9-12-4
Section 9-12-4 Proceedings as to violations of chapter - Jurisdiction. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), jurisdiction of an alleged violation of this chapter shall be in the district court of the county where the offense is alleged to have been committed. (b)(1) For the purposes of determining jurisdiction of violations of the marine resources law pursuant to this subsection, the following line is established: The line shall be the centerline of the Mobile Ship Channel as it is located in the Gulf of Mexico, southward to the last navigational buoy, commonly referred to as the "Farewell Buoy," which is located at Latitude 30 degrees 07.490 minutes, Longitude 88 degrees 04.130 minutes, and extending due south from that point. (2) If a violation of any marine resources law or regulation is alleged to have been committed in the Gulf of Mexico within the waters of the state, the jurisdiction of the offense shall be based on the global positioning system (GPS) location thereof and...
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9-12-95
Section 9-12-95 Commercial party boat license; fee; requirements; expiration; penalty. (a) Any person, firm, or corporation who engages in the business of carrying one or more persons fishing in salt and brackish waters of the State of Alabama for a fee shall purchase a commercial party boat license. The fee for a commercial party boat license shall be $200.00 for boats certified for up to six passengers, $300.00 for boats certified for seven to twenty-five passengers, and $500 for boats certified for more than twenty-five passengers. Upon making application for the license, the applicant shall provide evidence of a United States Coast Guard license for operating a passenger boat. Any law or regulation to the contrary notwithstanding, passengers on the commercial party boats may fish in the territorial waters of Alabama, and land fish in this state caught within or beyond the territorial waters without purchasing a fishing license. Persons to whom the commercial party boat license is...
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9-12-22
Section 9-12-22 Right of owners of land fronting public waters to plant and gather oysters. All the beds and bottoms of the rivers, bayous, lagoons, lakes, bays, sounds and inlets within the jurisdiction of the State of Alabama are the property of the State of Alabama to be held in trust for the people thereof, but the owners of land fronting on such waters where oysters may be grown shall have the right to plant and gather same in the waters in front of their land to the distance of 600 yards from the shore measured from the average low water mark, but where the distance from shore to shore is less than 1,200 yards, the owners of either shore may plant and gather to a line equidistant between the two shores, but no person shall plant in any natural channel so as to interfere with navigation. The respective owners shall plant within lines extended into the water from points where the boundaries intersect the shore, as nearly as practicable, with a mean width corresponding with their...
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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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33-5-75
Section 33-5-75 Authority of Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources to cancel certification or to suspend or revoke privilege of operating vessel; procedures. (a) The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources may cancel any boater safety certification upon determining that the holder of the certification was not entitled to the issuance or that the holder failed to give the correct or required information in the application for certification. Upon cancellation the holder shall surrender the certification cancelled and any duplicate. A holder who refuses to surrender the certification and any duplicate shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor, punishable upon conviction as provided in Sections 13A-5-7 and 13A-5-12. (b) The privilege of operating a vessel on the waters of this state, as defined in Section 33-5-3, shall be subject to suspension or revocation by the commissioner in like manner and for like cause as a boater safety certification may be suspended or...
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40-20-1
Section 40-20-1 Definitions. For the purpose of this article, the following terms shall have the respective meanings ascribed by this section: (1) DEPARTMENT. The state Department of Revenue. (2) ANNUAL. The calendar year or the taxpayer's fiscal year, when permission is obtained from the department to use a fiscal year as a tax period in lieu of a calendar year. (3) VALUE. The sale price or market value at the mouth of the well. If the oil or gas is exchanged for something other than cash, if there is no sale at the time of severance or if the relation between the buyer and the seller is such that the consideration paid, if any, is not indicative of the true value or market price, then the department shall determine the value of the oil or gas subject to the tax hereinafter provided for, considering the sale price for cash of oil or gas of like quality. (4) OIL. Crude petroleum oil and other hydrocarbons regardless of gravity which are produced at the well in liquid form by ordinary...
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9-12-180
Section 9-12-180 Authorized; form. The Governor of this state is hereby authorized and directed to execute a compact on behalf of the State of Alabama with any one or more of the states of Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, and with such other states as may enter into the compact legally therein in the form substantially as follows: GULF STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMPACT The contracting states solemnly agree: Article I Whereas the Gulf Coast States have the proprietary interest in and jurisdiction over fisheries in the waters within their respective boundaries, it is the purpose of this compact to promote the better utilization of the fisheries, marine, shell and anadromous, of the seaboard of the Gulf of Mexico, by the development of a joint program for the promotion and protection of such fisheries and the prevention of the physical waste of the fisheries from any cause. Article II This compact shall become operative immediately as to those states ratifying it whenever any two...
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9-2-20
Section 9-2-20 Game and Fish Fund - Created; composition. There is hereby created and there shall be a fund which shall be known as the Game and Fish Fund. This fund shall consist of: (1) All moneys received for all occupational licenses or privilege taxes imposed by the state on any person, firm or corporation for engaging in any business or activity relating to taking, catching, capturing or killing of any fur-bearing or game animal or game bird in this state or the taking, catching, capturing or killing of any fish in the public or territorial waters of this state; (2) All moneys derived from the levying or imposition upon any person, firm or corporation of any tax, license, permit, certificate, fee or any other charge by whatsoever name called pursuant to the game and fish laws of this state or rules and regulations based thereon; (3) All moneys derived from the administration and enforcement of the game and fish laws of this state, or rules and regulations based thereon; (4) All...
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33-18-1
Section 33-18-1 Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin Compact. The State of Alabama hereby agrees to the following interstate compact known as the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin Compact: Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin Compact The States of Alabama and Georgia and the United States of America hereby agree to the following compact which shall become effective upon enactment of concurrent legislation by each respective state legislature and the Congress of the United States. Short Title This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin Compact" and shall be referred to hereafter in this document as the "ACT Compact" or "compact." Article I Compact Purposes This compact among the States of Alabama and Georgia and the United States of America has been entered into for the purposes of promoting interstate comity, removing causes of present and future controversies, equitably apportioning the surface waters of the ACT, engaging in water planning,...
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33-19-1
Section 33-19-1 Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact. The State of Alabama hereby agrees to the following interstate compact known as the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact: Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact The States of Alabama, Florida and Georgia and the United States of America hereby agree to the following compact which shall become effective upon enactment of concurrent legislation by each respective state legislature and the Congress of the United States. Short Title This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact" and shall be referred to hereafter in this document as the "ACF Compact" or "compact." Article I Compact Purposes This compact among the States of Alabama, Florida and Georgia and the United States of America has been entered into for the purposes of promoting interstate comity, removing causes of present and future controversies, equitably apportioning the...
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