9-2-86
Section 9-2-86 Director and employees constituted peace officers; inspection, etc., of factories,
barrel measures, nets, trawls, etc. The Director of the Division of Marine Resources and other
employees of said division are hereby constituted peace officers of the State of Alabama with
full police power and jurisdiction to enforce all laws with reference to the seafoods of the
State of Alabama and all rules and regulations promulgated by the Department of Conservation
and Natural Resources, and they may exercise such powers in any county of the State of Alabama
and on any waters of this state. They are hereby authorized to carry firearms or other weapons
when they are actually in the discharge of their duties as such officers. They shall be clothed
with the power to arrest with or without warrant any person who shall violate any of the laws
of the State of Alabama or any rule or regulation of the Department of Conservation and Natural
Resources with reference to the protection,...
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9-2-89
Section 9-2-89 Seafoods Fund - Disbursement. The said Seafoods Fund hereby created shall be
used and expended by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources in furtherance
of the preservation, protection, propagation and development of saltwater fish, shrimp, oysters
and other shellfish and crustaceans and the development of the seafoods industry and saltwater
sports fishing. The appropriation provided for by Section 9-12-183 shall be paid out of said
fund. The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources may also make expenditures out
of such fund for any additions and betterments which the Commissioner of Conservation and
Natural Resources, with the approval of the Governor, deems beneficial to the area. When so
expended, the same shall be paid out on the requisition of the Commissioner of Conservation
and Natural Resources and charged to said fund. All necessary expenses of the Division of
Marine Resources of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources,...
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9-7A-2
Section 9-7A-2 Definitions. The following terms, whenever used in this chapter, shall have
the following respective meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) COMMISSIONER.
The Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. (2) ADMINISTRATOR.
The director of the plans and programs of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
(3) FUND. The Alabama Recreation Capital Development Assistance Fund. (4) APPLICANT. Any county,
or municipality; or state, county or municipal agency having legal authority to hold title
to real property, or any combination of the above named entities. (5) RECREATIONAL LAND. Land
and appurtenances thereto used for, or susceptible to recreational use. (6) RECREATIONAL USE.
Participation in or observation of outdoor activities by the general public including, but
not limited to, hunting, fishing, water sports, aerial sports, hiking, camping, winter sports,
animal or vehicular riding and any related activity. (7)...
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41-27-6
Section 41-27-6 Appointment of the Director of the Department of Public Safety; functions of
department; Highway Patrol Division; Marine Police Division. (a)(1) The Director of the Department
of Public Safety shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement
Agency, after consultation with the Governor, and shall hold office at the pleasure of the
secretary. The director shall be appointed from a legacy agency as defined in Section 41-27-7.
The salary of the director shall be set by the secretary, and shall not be subject to Section
36-6-6. A person appointed director shall have an extensive law enforcement background and,
by virtue of office, is a state law enforcement officer with the immunity set forth in Section
6-5-338. (2) The director shall have overall supervision and management of functions transferred
to the department pursuant to this section, subject to the approval of the secretary, including
the power to change the working title of any position or...
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9-11-170
Section 9-11-170 Spearing of commercial or nongame fish for sport - When, where and how permitted;
notice of competitive events. (a) The spearing of commercial or nongame fish solely for the
purpose of sport in all waters of this state, both fresh and salt, shall be lawful; provided,
that the person engaged in the act of spearing shall be completely submerged. "Commercial
or nongame fish" as used in this article shall be limited to those freshwater fish designated
as such by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and all species of saltwater
fish. "Spearing" as used in this article shall be limited to the use of a spear
or similar instrument that is held in the hand of the person using same and the use of a weapon,
other than a firearm, which propels or forces a projectile, arrow or similar device therefrom
to which a wire, rope, line, cord or other means of recovering the propelled projectile, arrow
or similar device is attached and is secured to the weapon or to the...
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9-11-273
Section 9-11-273 Limited application. This article applies only to activities on lands or waters
upon which hunting or fishing may legally occur. This article does not apply to acts of a
peace officer, owner of the lands or waters, or the tenant or other person acting under authority
of the owner of the lands or waters; provided, however, that the provisions of this article
shall apply to wildlife and game management areas operated by the Division of Wildlife and
Freshwater Fisheries of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. This
article shall not be construed to prohibit conduct protected under the First Amendment to
the United States Constitution. (Acts 1994, No. 94-321, p. 561, §4; Acts 1996, No. 96-668,
p. 1131, §1.)...
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9-11-94.1
Section 9-11-94.1 Purchase of tags required for each tarpon taken, killed, or harvested. (a)
It shall be unlawful for any person to possess or kill or harvest from the public waters of
this state the fish commonly known as the tarpon (Megalops Atlanticus), and has been designated
as the official state saltwater fish of the State of Alabama, pursuant to Section 1-2-8, without
first obtaining from the Marine Resources Division of the State of Alabama Department of Conservation
and Natural Resources a tag which shall be affixed to the tarpon immediately upon the kill
or harvest from the public waters of Alabama. (b) The cost of the tags for the tarpon shall
be $50 per tag, and the Marine Resources Division may promulgate rules and regulations concerning
the sale of the tags and the quantity thereof which may be purchased by any person during
one calendar year. (c) Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor
and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished...
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9-12-52
Section 9-12-52 Tax on shrimp taken for transportation to other states. Before any shrimp which
have been taken or caught in the waters of this state or the waters within the territorial
jurisdiction of this state shall be carried beyond the boundaries of the State of Alabama,
they shall be brought to a port of entry designated by the Department of Conservation and
Natural Resources, and then and there a tax of $.20 per barrel must be paid. This section
is intended to apply only to shrimp which are caught for the purpose of being transported
to other states and shall not apply to canned or headless shrimp which have been caught and
on which the tax due has been paid. (Acts 1936-37, Ex. Sess., No. 169, p. 192, § 40; Code
1940, T. 8, § 163.)...
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9-12-93
Section 9-12-93 License for boat used for taking or carrying shrimp. It shall be unlawful for
any person to use any boat for the purpose of drawing a seine or trawl used in catching shrimp
or hauling or carrying shrimp without first having secured an annual license due and payable
on or before the opening date of the season as set by the Commissioner of Conservation and
Natural Resources in each and every year as follows: For each and every boat owned by a resident
of this state, there shall be an annual license fee of fifty dollars ($50) for commercial
boats under 30 feet in length, seventy-five dollars ($75) for commercial boats from 30 to
45 feet in length, one hundred dollars ($100) on commercial boats over 45 feet in length,
and fifteen dollars ($15) on all recreational boats regardless of length. Recreational boats
can use trawls of 16 feet or less as measured at the cork line or main top line to catch,
or attempt to catch, shrimp for bait or noncommercial purposes, not to exceed...
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9-14A-20
Section 9-14A-20 Bonds - Proceeds - Appropriations. The proceeds from the bonds issued by the
Alabama Public Historical Sites and Parks Improvement Corporation and interest income thereon
shall be appropriated as follows: (a) Three million dollars ($3,000,000) of the proceeds and
interest thereon shall be used for the acquisition, improvement, renovation, equipping and
maintenance of state-owned public historical sites and public historical parks not under the
jurisdiction of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. (b) Three million dollars
($3,000,000) for the acquisition, improvement, renovation, equipping, and maintenance of publicly-owned
historical sites, public parks, and public historical parks not under the jurisdiction of
the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, provided that the corporation may provide
up to one third of this amount for the acquisition, improvement, renovation, equipping, and
maintenance of publicly-owned historical sites and...
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