35-4-383
Section 35-4-383 Validity of leases, etc., by state agencies. (a) All leases, contracts of exchange, or other dispositions of real estate for more than one year made by any department, commission, or other agency of the State of Alabama shall be invalid and void unless approved in writing by the Governor on the face thereof. (b) The Governor, on behalf of the state, is hereby authorized to lease, upon such terms as he may approve, any lands or interest therein owned by the state, including lands or any right or interest therein under any navigable stream or navigable waters, bays, estuaries, lagoons, bayous or lakes, and the shores along any navigable waters to ordinary high-tide mark, and lands under navigable waters within the three-mile limit from the shore line of any county or counties in Alabama for the exploration, development, and production of oil, gas, and other minerals, or any one or more of them, on, in, and under such lands. Any lease executed under the provisions of this...
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9-17-64
Section 9-17-64 Execution of pooling or unitization agreements or amendments to leases to authorize same. The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby authorized to execute upon such terms as he may approve: (1) Pooling or unitization agreements affecting oil, gas and other minerals or any one or more of them, on, in or under lands within the jurisdiction of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources so as to pool or unitize such interests in oil, gas and other minerals or any one of them with similar interests in other lands; and (2) Agreements with lessees amending existing leases so as to authorize lessees to pool or unitize the leases, the lands or minerals covered thereby or any part thereof with other leases, lands or mineral estates or parts thereof, and to add to or change any other provisions thereof in order to make such existing lease(s) similar on those points with the lease form then being used by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural...
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35-4-393
Section 35-4-393 Settlement of dispute as to certain property in Mobile County conveyed to University of South Alabama Foundation by University of South Alabama. (a) WHEREAS, on December 13, 1982, the state issued to the university a patent to certain lands in Mobile County, herein called "the patent," covering the following described property in Mobile County, Alabama, to wit: Beginning at Alabama West Zone Coordinates Y = 118,606.82; X = 296,291.22 which point is on or near the intersection of the North line of Section 26, Township 8 South, Range 2 West and the East Shore line of Heron Bay, thence run North 77 degrees 54 minutes 52 seconds West a distance of 3883.84 feet to a point on the South shore line of Mon Louis Island, (Y = 119,419.98; X = 292,493.47) thence run due South a distance of 20,071.04 feet to coordinates Y = 99,348.94; X = 292,493.47 which point is in the Mississippi Sound, thence run North 79 degrees - 40 minutes - 28 seconds East a distance of 7805.85 feet to...
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35-4-380
Section 35-4-380 Lease of salt springs, etc. (a) The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources by and with the approval of the Governor may lease the salt springs and lands granted to the state under the second clause of the sixth section of the act of Congress of March 2, 1819, to the best advantage, in conformity with the provisions of the grant or any amendment thereto, and may sell the timber on said lands or any part thereof whenever he shall deem it to the best interest of the state to do so. (b) The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, by and with the approval of the Governor, on behalf of the state, is hereby authorized to lease upon such terms as he may approve, the lands granted to the state under the second clause of the sixth section of the act of Congress of March 2, 1819, or any right or interest therein for the purpose of exploring for and mining or producing therefrom oil, gas, or other minerals. (c) If oil, gas, or other minerals or products are...
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40-20-31
Section 40-20-31 Levied; applicability. There is hereby levied and shall be paid and collected as herein set forth a documentary or transfer tax, to be known as the mineral documentary tax, upon the filing and recording of every lease and other writing hereafter executed whereby there is created a leasehold interest in and to any nonproducing oil, gas or other minerals in, on or under or that may be produced from any lands situated within the State of Alabama, or whereby any such interest is assigned or is extended beyond the primary term fixed by the original instrument, and upon every deed, instrument, transfer, evidence of sale or other writing whereby there is hereafter conveyed to a grantee or purchaser, or excepted or reserved to a grantor separately and apart from the surface, any interest in or right to receive royalty from any nonproducing oil, gas or other minerals in, on or under or that may be produced from any lands within the State of Alabama; provided, that the tax shall...
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9-15-14
Section 9-15-14 Duty to determine best use for which unused lands may be adapted; use of same for purpose for which suited. It shall be the duty of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources as to all unused lands owned by the State of Alabama or any institution or department thereof to determine the best use to which said lands may be adapted and, thereafter, at the request of the department or institution having title to or an interest in or charged by law with the management of such lands and with the approval of the Governor, the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources then shall have authority to use such lands for the purpose for which they are suited, and said lands shall be under the exclusive jurisdiction, management and control of the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources; provided, that the lands donated to or purchased by the state to be used as the Fort Morgan Parkway from Fort Morgan to Gulf Shores, now a part of the Dixie Graves Highway,...
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41-9-253
Section 41-9-253 Cahawba Historical Site - Powers of commission; payment of expenses. The Alabama Historical Commission may acquire title, possession, or control of such properties and also of objects of historic interest at the Cahawba Historical Site as it may deem necessary or proper to be maintained, preserved, and protected on behalf of the State of Alabama and may acquire, by purchase, construction, lease, gift, condemnation, or otherwise, lands and rights in land, including leaseholds and easements, and water rights in the rivers and lands adjacent to or in the immediate vicinity of Cahawba. The commission's power of eminent domain may be exercised under Title 18 and any amendments thereto, or pursuant to any other general statutory provision enacted for the exercise of the power of eminent domain. The commission may mark in suitable manner the places or locations of historic interest at such point and prepare and publish for distribution pamphlets or other printed matter with...
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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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11-50A-8
Section 11-50A-8 Powers of the authority. In addition to other powers granted the authority by this chapter, it shall have all powers consistent with the purposes of the authority as set forth in Section 11-50A-3, which are necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this chapter, including, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following enumerated powers, which shall be exercised by the authority consistently with the provisions of Section 11-50A-3: (1) To sue and be sued and to prosecute and defend in any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties thereto; (2) To adopt and alter a corporate seal; (3) To make and alter at pleasure all needful bylaws, rules, and regulations for the transaction of its business and the control of its property and affairs; (4) To have the same right of eminent domain through condemnation conferred by Section 10-5-1, or any subsequent statute of similar import; provided...
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33-12-5
Section 33-12-5 Powers, duties and functions. The powers, duties and functions of the agency shall be as follows: (1) GENERALLY. The agency a. Shall have perpetual succession in its corporate name. b. May sue and be sued in its corporate name. c. May adopt, use and alter a corporate seal, which shall be judicially noticed. d. May enter into such contracts and cooperative agreements with the federal, state and local governments, with agencies of such governments, with private individuals, corporations, associations, trusts and other organizations as the board may deem necessary or convenient to enable it to carry out the purposes of this chapter, including the planned, orderly residential development of the area. e. May adopt, amend and repeal bylaws. f. May appoint such managers, officers, employees, attorneys and agents as the board deems necessary for the transaction of its business, fix their compensation, define their duties, require bonds of such of them as the board may...
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