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9-12-234
Section 9-12-234 Marine Resources Restoration Fund. (a) There is created in the State
Treasury the Marine Resources Restoration Fund which shall receive funds from the additional
surcharge on resident and nonresident saltwater fishing licenses levied pursuant to Section
9-12-233. In addition, the fund shall receive any state, federal, local, or private funds
that may be legally applied toward economic relief of saltwater commercial gill net fishermen.
(b) The fund is continuously appropriated to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
for the purpose of implementing the programs established in Section 9-12-232 and as
otherwise provided in subsection (d). The department may not use any of the monies in the
fund for administrative expenses. (c) All interest and earnings derived from the monies in
the fund shall remain in the fund. Any unexpended monies remaining in the fund at the end
of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall remain available for expenditure by...
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9-12-233
Section 9-12-233 Additional surcharge on saltwater fishing licenses. Effective for a
period of five years following June 1, 2008, there is levied a surcharge of up to eight dollars
($8), as set by the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources,
on each annual resident and nonresident saltwater fishing license issued under Sections 9-11-53.1,
9-11-53.2, 9-11-53.5, 9-11-55.2, and 9-11-55.3. The surcharge shall be in addition to the
regular license and issuance fees on such licenses and shall be collected in the same manner
as those fees. The surcharge shall not apply to saltwater licenses issued to disabled persons.
The proceeds from the surcharge shall be deposited into the Marine Resources Restoration Fund
established in Section 9-12-234 and used for the purposes specified therein. (Act 2008-467,
p. 1022, §5.)...
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9-12-42
Section 9-12-42 Duty to replant oysters and oyster shells on public reefs; option to
pay replanting costs, etc.; penalties. (a) The Marine Resources Division may establish by
rule a shell fee to be used for the replanting of oyster cultch material on the public reefs
of this state or for otherwise managing the oyster resources of this state. This fee shall
be charged on a per sack basis to all seafood dealers who are purchasing oysters directly
from the harvester. The fee shall be calculated and paid quarterly. The payment is due no
later than one month after the end of the previous quarter. (b) The division shall establish
an Oyster Management Fund and all monies paid to the department pursuant to the shell fee
shall be deposited in this fund. The monies in this Oyster Management Fund shall be used by
the division to replant cultch material on the public reefs of this state, to cultivate the
public reefs of this state, or to otherwise manage the oyster resources of this state. (c)...
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22-35-4
Section 22-35-4 Alabama Underground and Aboveground Storage Tank Trust Fund. There is
hereby created the Alabama Underground and Aboveground Storage Tank Trust Fund, hereinafter
referred to as the "fund," to be administered by the Secretary-Treasurer of the
Retirement Systems of Alabama. The fund shall be used by the department as a revolving fund
for carrying out the purposes of this chapter. The fund is not an insurance company and the
laws relating to the conduct of business in this state by an insurance company do not apply
to the fund. A decision that underground or aboveground storage tanks are ineligible for benefits
under the fund does not expose the fund, the director, department, or commission to a claim
of bad faith as such terms are used in general insurance law. Further, in no event shall combined
claims against the fund for payment of response actions and third-party claims exceed the
per occurrence indemnification limit set by the commission. Under no circumstances shall...
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9-12-67
Section 9-12-67 Sacking and tagging oysters; penalties. (a) All oysters taken from public
oyster bottoms of the State of Alabama for commercial purposes shall be sacked or placed in
containers, in accordance with the most current National Shellfish Sanitation Program Guide
for the Control of Molluscan Shellfish, as adopted by the state Department of Public Health,
containing not more than one-quarter Alabama barrel of oysters. Sacks or containers with oysters
shall be tagged and identified in accordance with the requirements of the most current National
Shellfish Sanitation Program Guide for the Control of Molluscan Shellfish, as adopted by the
state Department of Public Health, prior to leaving the harvest location or oyster management
station. The tag shall remain attached to each sack or container until it is emptied or retagged
with a certified dealer tag. Sacks or containers shall not be emptied in any proportion prior
to reaching the destination where the oysters shall be opened,...
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41-15B-2
Section 41-15B-2 Children First Trust Fund. (a) There is established a special fund
in the State Treasury to be known as the Children First Trust Fund. (b) The existence of the
fund is contingent upon the receipt by the state of tobacco revenues. (c) The fund shall consist
of tobacco revenues and any appropriations or revenues received from any other source. The
amounts provided for in Section 41-15B-2.1 shall be deposited into the fund from tobacco
revenues with the remainder of the tobacco revenues being distributed as provided in Division
1, Article 17, Chapter 10 of this title. (d) The council shall keep detailed permanent records
of all expenditures and distributions from the fund and shall file a monthly written report
of all transactions, and any other information requested, with the permanent Joint Legislative
Oversight Committee of the Children First Trust Fund. (e) The council shall prepare an annual
report to the Governor and the Legislature detailing the expenditures and...
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22-22-9
Section 22-22-9 Powers and duties; enforcement of orders; permits; civil penalties for
violations. (a) It shall be the duty of the commission to control pollution in the waters
of the state, and it shall specifically have the following powers: (1) To study and investigate
all problems concerned with the improvement and conservation of the waters of the state; (2)
To conduct, independently and in cooperation with others, studies, investigation and research
and to prepare, or in cooperation with others prepare, a program or programs, any or all of
which shall pertain to the purity and conservation of the waters of the state or to the treatment
and disposal of pollutants or other wastes, which studies, investigations, research and program
or programs shall be intended to result in the reduction of pollution of the waters of the
state according to the conditions and particular circumstances existing in the various communities
throughout the state; and (3) To propose remedial measures...
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9-11-23
Section 9-11-23 Alabama Marine Resources Endowment Fund. (a) There is created within
the Marine Resources Fund, a special account to be known as the Alabama Marine Resources Endowment
Fund. The assets of the fund shall consist of all of the following: (1) The proceeds from
the sale of the lifetime resident saltwater fishing license and two hundred fifty dollars
($250) of the proceeds from the sale of the combination lifetime freshwater and saltwater
fishing, combination lifetime saltwater fishing and hunting, and combination lifetime freshwater
and saltwater fishing and hunting licenses, provided in subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d)
of Section 9-11-65.2. (2) The proceeds of any gifts, grants, and contributions to the
state which are specifically designated for inclusion in the fund. (3) Any other sources as
may be specified by law. (b) The fund shall be administered by the Alabama Marine Resources
Endowment Fund Board of Trustees, which shall consist of the Director of Finance, the...
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9-12-9
Section 9-12-9 Endorsement or stamp required to harvest specific species and species
groups of marine resources; fees. (a) The Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and
Natural Resources may require the possession of an endorsement or stamp in order to harvest
or attempt to harvest specific species or species groups of marine resources. The commissioner
shall establish the requirements and any associated fees for an endorsement or stamp by rule.
All fees derived from endorsements or stamps issued pursuant to this section shall
be deposited in the Marine Resources Fund and shall only be used for the management and development
of the species or species group for which an endorsement or stamp was issued. Any endorsement
or stamp required pursuant to this section and any associated fees shall be in addition
to any other license or fee otherwise required by law. (b) For purposes of this section,
the term marine resources means those resources subject to the jurisdiction of the...
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9-12-184
Section 9-12-184 Annual appropriation for operating expenses of commission. There is
hereby appropriated annually out of the Seafood Fund of the Department of Conservation and
Natural Resources the sum of $3,500.00 to the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission as the
State of Alabama's prorated share of said commission's annual operating expenses as provided
in the "Gulf States Marine Fisheries Compact," Sections 9-12-180 through 9-12-183.
(Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 109, p. 2030, § 1.)...
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