33-8-1
Section 33-8-1 Authorization; provisions generally; legislative approval and ratification. The Governor on behalf of this state is hereby authorized to execute a compact, in substantially the following form, with the State of Mississippi; and the Legislature hereby signifies in advance its approval and ratification of such compact, which compact is as follows: TOMBIGBEE-TENNESSEE WATERWAY DEVELOPMENT COMPACT Article I. The purpose of this compact is to promote the development of a navigable waterway connecting the Tennessee and Tombigbee Rivers by way of the east fork of the Tombigbee River and Mackeys and Yellow Creeks so as to provide a nine-foot navigable channel from the junction of the Tombigbee and Warrior rivers at Demopolis in the State of Alabama to the junction of Yellow Creek with the Tennessee River at Pickwick Pool in the State of Mississippi, and to establish a joint interstate authority to assist in these efforts. Article II. This compact shall become effective...
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22-32-1
Section 22-32-1 Enactment of Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact. The Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into by the State of Alabama with any and all states legally joining therein in accordance with its terms, in the form substantially as follows: SOUTHEAST INTERSTATE LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT COMPACT Article I. Policy and Purpose There is hereby created the Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact. The party states recognize and declare that each state is responsible for providing for the availability of capacity either within or outside the state for the disposal of low-level radioactive waste generated within its borders, except for waste generated as a result of defense activities of the federal government or federal research and development activities. They also recognize that the management of low-level radioactive waste is handled most...
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41-23-122
Section 41-23-122 Inland Waterways and Intermodal Infrastructure Advisory Board. (a) The Director of ADECA shall create an Inland Waterways and Intermodal Infrastructure Advisory Board to advise the Director of ADECA. The membership of the board shall be inclusive and reflect the racial, gender, geographic, urban and rural, and economic diversity of the state. The membership of the board shall be composed of the following members to be selected and appointed by the Director of ADECA in consultation with the Coalition of Alabama Waterway Associations: (1) One representative from each of the associations representing the five major navigable waterways serving Alabama, namely the Coosa-Alabama River Improvement Association, Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway Association, Tri Rivers Waterway Development Association, Tennessee River Valley Association, and Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority. (2) One member from public port operations which have existing waterfront cargo handling...
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33-9-2
Section 33-9-2 Authorization; provisions. The Governor, on behalf of this state, is hereby authorized to execute a compact, in substantially the form as provided hereinafter, with the State of Mississippi: Article I. The purpose of this compact is to promote the development of a deep draft harbor and terminal to be located on the continental shelf of the United States, in the Gulf of Mexico, and to establish a joint interstate authority to assist in this effort. Article II. The states which are parties to this compact (hereinafter referred to as "party states") do hereby establish and create a joint agency which shall be known as the Ameraport Deep Draft Harbor and Terminal Authority (hereinafter referred to as the "authority"). The membership of which authority shall consist of the Governor of each party state and five other citizens of each party state, to be appointed by the Governor thereof. Each appointive member of the authority shall be a citizen of that state who is interested...
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9-13-200
assisting member state from assuming such loss, damage, expense or other cost or from loaning such equipment or from donating such service to the receiving member state without charge or cost. Each member state shall provide for the payment of compensation and death benefits to injured employees and the representatives of deceased employees in case employees sustain injuries or are killed while rendering outside aid pursuant to this compact, in the same manner and on the same terms as if the injury or death were sustained within such state. For the purposes of this compact the term employee shall include any volunteer or auxiliary legally included within the forest fire fighting forces of the aiding state under the laws thereof. The compact administrators shall formulate procedures for claims and reimbursement under the provisions of this article, in accordance with the laws of the member states. Article VI. Ratification of this compact shall not be construed to affect any existing...
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33-18-1
of the ACT Basin, and to share this information among the commission members and with others; (10) To cooperate with appropriate state, federal, and local agencies or any other person in the development, ownership, sponsorship, and operation of water resource facilities in the ACT Basin; provided, however, that the commission shall not own or operate a federally-owned water resource facility unless authorized by the United States Congress; (11) To acquire, receive, hold and convey such personal and real property as may be necessary for the performance of its duties under the compact; provided, however, that nothing in this compact shall be construed as granting the ACT Basin Commission authority to issue bonds or to exercise any right of eminent domain or power of condemnation; (12) To establish and modify an allocation formula for apportioning the surface waters of the ACT Basin among the States of Alabama and Georgia; and (13) To perform all functions required of it by this...
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33-19-1
of the ACF Basin, and to share this information among the commission members and with others; (10) To cooperate with appropriate state, federal, and local agencies or any other person in the development, ownership, sponsorship, and operation of water resource facilities in the ACF Basin; provided, however, that the commission shall not own or operate a federally-owned water resource facility unless authorized by the United States Congress; (11) To acquire, receive, hold and convey such personal and real property as may be necessary for the performance of its duties under the compact; provided, however, that nothing in this compact shall be construed as granting the ACF Basin Commission authority to issue bonds or to exercise any right of eminent domain or power of condemnation; (12) To establish and modify an allocation formula for apportioning the surface waters of the ACF Basin among the States of Alabama, Florida and Georgia; and (13) To perform all functions required of it by...
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9-18-1
this compact any and all donations, and grants of money, equipment, supplies, materials, and services (conditional or otherwise) from any state or the United States or any subdivision or agency thereof, or interstate agency, or from any institution, person, firm, or corporation, and may receive, utilize and dispose of the same. "(i) The board may establish and maintain such facilities as may be necessary for the transacting of its business. The board may acquire, hold, and convey real and personal property and any interest therein. "(j) The board shall adopt bylaws, rules, and regulations for the conduct of its business, and shall have the power to amend and rescind these bylaws, rules, and regulations. The board shall publish its bylaws, rules, and regulations in convenient form and shall file a copy thereof, and shall also file a copy of any amendment thereto, with the appropriate agency or officer in each of the party states. "(k) The board annually shall make to the governor of...
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9-18A-1
under this compact any and all donations and grants of money, equipment, supplies, materials and services (conditional or otherwise) from any state or the United States or any subdivision or agency thereof, or interstate agency, or from any institution, person, firm or corporation, and may receive, utilize and dispose of the same. "(i) The board may establish and maintain such facilities as may be necessary for the transacting of its business. The board may acquire, hold and convey real and personal property and any interest therein. "(j) The board shall adopt bylaws, rules and regulations in convenient form, and shall also file a copy of any amendment thereto, with the appropriate agency or officer in each of the party states. "(k) The board annually shall make to the governor of each party state, a report covering the activities of the board for the preceding year, and embodying such recommendations as may have been adopted by the board, which report shall be transmitted to the...
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37-11-1
Section 37-11-1 Execution and text of compact. The Governor, on behalf of this state, is hereby authorized to execute a compact in substantially the following form with the states of Louisiana and Mississippi, and the legislature hereby signifies in advance its approval and ratification of such compact, which compact is as follows: Southern High-Speed Rail Commission. Article I. The purpose of this compact is to study the feasibility of rapid rail transit service between the states of Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama and to establish a joint interstate commission to assist in this effort. Article II. This compact shall become effective immediately as to the states ratifying it whenever the states of Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama have ratified it and Congress has given consent thereto. Any state not mentioned in this article which is contiguous with any member state may become a party to this compact, subject to approval by the legislature of each of the member states. Article...
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