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9-11-80
Section 9-11-80 Public and private waters defined. (a) All waters of this state are hereby
declared to be public waters if such waters are natural bodies of water such as rivers, creeks,
brooks, lakes, bayous, bays, channels, canals or lagoons or are dug, dredged or blasted canals
and if these waters traverse, bound, flow upon or through or touch lands title to which is
held by more than one person, firm or corporation. Any water impounded by the construction
of any lock or dam or other impounding device placed across the channel of a navigable stream
is declared a public water. All waters caused to be impounded or owned or leased by any municipality,
county or other governmental unit are also declared to be public waters; likewise, all impoundments
owned or operated by public utilities when such impoundments touch or bound lands title to
which is held by more than one person, firm or corporation are declared to be public waters;
provided, that before any person may go or be upon the...
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9-8-63
Section 9-8-63 Addition of lands to districts. (a) Any one or more owners of land may petition
the board of supervisors to have their lands added to a watershed conservancy district. Such
petition shall define the boundaries of the land desired to be annexed, the number of acres
of land involved and other information pertinent to such proposal. When the boundary described
embraces lands of others than the petitioners, the petition shall so state and shall be signed
by 25 or more of the landowners in the territory described if 50 or more such owners are involved,
or by a majority if less than 50 landowners are involved. (b) Within 30 days after such petition
is filed, the board shall cause due notice to be given of a hearing on such petition. All
interested parties shall have a right to attend such hearing and be heard. The board shall
determine whether the lands described in the petition or any portion thereof shall be included
in the district. If all the landowners in the territory...
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9-8A-5
Section 9-8A-5 Allocation of funds to soil and water conservation districts. (a) Funds allocated
to the soil and water conservation districts by the commission shall be used only to pay the
costs of installing soil and water conservation practices of the types listed in Section 9-8A-7.
Soil and water conservation district supervisors shall designate which soil and water conservation
practices will be eligible for cost-share grants in their district, subject to approval by
the Agricultural and Conservation Development Commission. The commission, through the State
Soil and Water Conservation Committee, may allocate any available appropriations and other
moneys received by the commission for cost-share grants to the soil and water conservation
districts in steps identified as original allocation, reversion of allocated funds, and reallocation
of reverted funds. (b) Original allocation. The commission may allocate funds to the state's
soil and water conservation districts at the beginning...
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22-29-2
Section 22-29-2 Purpose of chapter. It is the intent of the Legislature by the passage of this
chapter to enable the state, acting by and through the authority, to aid in the prevention
and control of water pollution, to provide state financial aid or grants to local public bodies
for the prevention and control of water pollution and, to these ends, to authorize the incorporation
of a state authority with power to issue bonds and from the proceeds of such bonds or other
funds obtained by the authority to enable the state to agree to pay and to pay such portion
of the estimated reasonable cost of the projects of each local public body as may be required
in order that such project shall be eligible for the maximum obtainable federal grant under
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. (Acts 1971, No. 42, p. 279, ยง2.)...
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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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8-17-254
Section 8-17-254 Exceptions. (a) Nothing contained in this article shall apply to: (1) Personnel
of regular law enforcement agencies, military, or naval forces of the United States, or to
the duly organized military force within the state, so long as these persons are acting within
their respective official capacities and in the performance of official duties. (2) The possession
and storage of black powder, percussion caps, safety and pyrotechnic fuses, matches and friction
primers, intended to be used solely for sporting, recreational, or cultural purposes in antique
firearms, or antique devices as defined in Section 921(a)(16) of Title 18 of the United States
Code. (3) The possession and storage of smokeless powder, primers used for reloading rifles,
or pistol cartridges, shot shells, percussion caps, and smokeless propellants intended for
personal use. (4) Coal mining. (5) Public utilities. (6) Railroads. (7) The use of explosives
for occasional personal agricultural blasting or...
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9-15-9
Section 9-15-9 Preparation and disposition of records showing ownership, general character,
disposition, etc., of used and unused lands. Upon the filing of the list required to be filed
by Section 9-15-8, the Land Agent, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, shall
cause a record to be compiled, which record shall list by counties all lands owned or held
in trust by an institution or department of the State of Alabama, as shown by lists mentioned
in Section 9-15-8. Such record shall also show the ownership of such lands and whether or
not the same are used or unused lands, as defined in Section 9-15-1, and said record shall
further show the general character of such land, that is, whether chiefly valuable for agricultural,
mining, timber culture or other use and the use to which the same is being put. If at any
future time any of the said lands shall be leased or sold or otherwise disposed of, or should
unused lands become used lands or used lands become unused lands, such...
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9-8A-4
Section 9-8A-4 Commission - Powers. The commission shall have the following powers: (1) To
have succession by its corporate name until it shall have been dissolved as provided herein;
(2) To sue and be sued and to prosecute and defend in any court having jurisdiction of the
subject matter and of the parties thereof; (3) To adopt and use a seal and to alter the seal
at pleasure; (4) To designate and maintain a principal office in the City of Montgomery; (5)
To adopt, and from time to time amend and repeal, bylaws and rules and regulations, not inconsistent
with this chapter, to carry into effect the powers and purposes of the commission in the conduct
of its business; (6) To allocate funds through the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee
to the soil and water conservation districts of the state for use by them in making cost-share
grants and approving technical assistance to eligible persons as provided herein; (7) To appoint,
employ, contract with, and provide for the...
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9-9-32
Section 9-9-32 Levy of annual installment of tax; form of certificate and order directing collection
of tax; preparation of tax record; proceedings as to delinquencies. (a) The said board of
water management commissioners shall each year thereafter determine, order and levy the amount
of the annual installment of the total taxes under Section 9-9-31, which shall become due
and be collected during said year at the same time that state and county taxes are due and
collected and which shall be evidenced and certified by the said board as provided in this
section. Prior to the first Monday in October of each year, one copy of the water management
tax book shall be delivered to the tax collector of each county in which benefited lands and
other benefited property of said district are situated after the judge of the court of probate
of the county in which the district was organized has affixed his signature to the certificate
and order directing the collection of said tax, and said tax shall...
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10A-20-15.01
Section 10A-20-15.01 Rights, powers, and authority. All corporations organized under the general
laws of this state, or heretofore under a special act of the Legislature, and all corporations
organized under the laws of any other of the United States which have complied with the Constitution
and laws of the State of Alabama as to foreign corporations and which by their charter have
the right to manufacture, supply, and sell to the public power produced by water as a motive
force, shall, after acquiring by purchase, or otherwise than by condemnation, a dam site or
power site comprising not less than one acre of land upon each and opposite sides of any watercourse
or after acquiring by purchase, or otherwise than by condemnation, a dam site comprising not
less than one acre of land upon one side of any watercourse and, where the dam site on the
other side of the watercourse is owned or controlled by the United States, shall have acquired
the permission of the United States to attach to...
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