9-16-12
Section 9-16-12 Disposition of fees and penalties. (a) All fees and penalties collected under the provisions of this article shall be deposited in the General Fund of the State Treasury. (b) All funds received from the forfeiture of bonds, sureties, cash, or governmental securities shall be placed in the State Treasury and credited to a special agency account created and designated as the Surface Mining Reclamation Fund. The department shall, for each bond, surety, or deposit of cash or securities forfeited, utilize the proceeds of the forfeiture for the reclamation of affected lands. The director may establish and carry out a systematic schedule for the reclamation and revegetation of lands which have been affected by strip mining operations and to which there is no obligation on any person to reclaim or revegetate. The department may cause the reclamation work to be done by employees of other governmental agencies or through contracts with qualified vendors. The department and any...
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9-16-125
Section 9-16-125 Reclamation program. (a) The Department of Labor, State Programs Division, shall establish and maintain a state reclamation program for abandoned mines which complies with Title IV of Public Law 95-87. The state reclamation program plan shall generally identify the areas to be reclaimed, the purposes for which the reclamation is proposed, the relationship of the lands to be reclaimed and the proposed reclamation to surrounding areas, the specific criteria for ranking and identifying projects to be funded, and the legal authority and programmatic capability to perform such work in conformance with the provisions of the federal act. (b) The director shall annually submit to the secretary, an application for the support of the state program and implementation of specific reclamation projects. Such requests shall include, but shall not be limited to: (1) A general description of each proposed project; (2) A priority evaluation of each proposed project; (3) A statement of...
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9-15-36
Section 9-15-36 Leasing of school lands. With the approval of the Governor, the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby authorized to rent or lease school lands upon such terms as he deems advisable, and he is also hereby authorized and empowered to rent or lease school lands for the purposes of prospecting for oil or gas upon such lands and to execute contracts for the sale of oil or gas from school lands, upon such terms and for such prices or royalties as he may deem to be for the best interests of the state. The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, with the approval of the Governor, is also hereby authorized to lease school lands for the purpose of mining or removing therefrom coal, iron and other minerals, other than oil or gas, upon a royalty basis and may include rights-of-way therein or easements over or upon such lands as may be deemed necessary or convenient to the operation or conduct of any mine or mining operation under such lease. (Acts...
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9-9-5
Section 9-9-5 Establishment of district - Jurisdiction generally; purposes. (a) The court of probate of any county of the State of Alabama shall have jurisdiction, power and authority to establish water management districts, as provided in this article for the following purposes: (1) To locate and establish levees, drains or canals and to cause to be constructed, straightened, widened or deepened any ditch, drain or watercourse; (2) To construct for the purposes of flood prevention or the conservation, development, utilization or disposal of water works of improvement, including levees, embankments, floodwater retarding structures, water storage structures, outlets and tide gates, flood gates and pumping plants for preventing floods, providing drainage, reducing sediment and reclaiming wet, swamp or overflowed lands and other related works of improvement that will carry out the purposes of this article; and (3) To provide maintenance for such installations. (b) It is hereby declared...
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9-16-7
Section 9-16-7 Duties of operators. (a) Every operator to whom a permit is issued pursuant to this article and who engages in surface mining on lands described in the permit shall: (1) Submit to the department, no later than 90 days after expiration of the permit period, a map or aerial photograph showing the location of the surface mining operation conducted during the permit period by section, township, range, and county with other description to identify the land upon which the operator has conducted surface mining during the permit period. The map or aerial photograph shall include a legend showing the number of acres of affected land and the reclamation to be made in accordance with this section. (2) Commence contemporaneous reclamation of mined areas as set out in the comprehensive reclamation plan approved by the department. Reclamation bonds shall be adjusted annually to reflect unreclaimed disturbed acreage as well as reclaimed acreage released by the department. Failure to...
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11-48-4
Section 11-48-4 General powers of municipalities as to public improvements. All cities or towns in this state may design or cause to be designed, contract for and execute or cause to be executed a contract for the construction of the following named improvements or reimprovements to the streets or any portions thereof and the following named sewers or sewer systems and the following named water and gas mains and service connections. All cities or towns in this state having a population of 60,000 inhabitants or more according to the most recent federal census may design or cause to be designed, contract for and execute or cause to be executed a contract for the construction of the following named drainage improvements or drainage systems or reclamation systems and the filling in of swamps or inundated or overflowed or submerged lands within the limits of such municipality. All cities or towns in this state may design or cause to be designed, contract for and execute or cause to be...
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9-16-73
Section 9-16-73 Surface Mining Commission - Creation; composition; officers; compensation; meetings; offices; funds; removal of members. (a) There is continued as previously established the Alabama Surface Mining Reclamation Commission under the name of the Alabama Surface Mining Commission for the purpose of transition in implementing and enforcing this article and carrying out the intent and policy stated in Section 9-16-71. All members of the commission appointed under authority of Section 9-16-33, shall continue their terms as created under that section until all reappointments and filling of vacancies have been filled in the manner as provided in this section. At the expiration of any term, that member shall continue in office until an appointment occurs as provided in this section. After February 25, 1994, no member shall serve more than two full consecutive terms of office. (b) The commission shall be composed of seven members, who are fair and reasonable citizens of the state...
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9-8A-1
Section 9-8A-1 Definitions. The following words and phrases used in this chapter, and others evidently intended as the equivalent thereof, shall, in the absence of clear implication herein otherwise, have the following respective meanings: (1) ALLOCATED FUNDS. That portion of the funds appropriated to the commission that are allocated by the commission to the soil and water conservation district in each county of the state. (2) AUTHORIZED INVESTMENTS. Bonds or other obligations of, or guaranteed by, the United States of America or the state, or interest bearing bank and savings and loan association deposits or obligations, obligations of any agency of the United States of America, any obligations in which a state chartered savings and loan association may invest its funds, any agreement to repurchase any of the foregoing, or any thereof. (3) COMMISSION. The Alabama Agricultural and Conservation Development Commission organized pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution of Alabama...
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22-35-1
Section 22-35-1 Legislative findings and intent. The Legislature of the State of Alabama finds and declares that certain lands of Alabama constitute unique and delicately balanced resources; that the protection of these resources is vital to the economy of this state; and that the preservation of waters is a matter of the highest urgency and priority as these waters provide a primary source of potable water in this state; that such use can only be served effectively by maintaining the quality of waters in as close to a comparable previous condition as possible, taking into account multiple use accommodations necessary to provide the broadest possible promotion of public and private interests. The Legislature further finds that where contamination of soils or waters has occurred, remedial measures have often been delayed for long periods while determinations as to liability and the extent of liability are made; that such delays result in the continuation and intensification of the...
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9-8-23
Section 9-8-23 Creation and incorporation of districts; increase or decrease in boundaries; reorganization; change of name. (a) Any 25 owners of land lying within the limits of the territory proposed to be organized into a district may file a petition with the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee asking that a soil and water conservation district be organized to function in the territory described in the petition. Such petition shall set forth: (1) The proposed name of said district; (2) That there is need in the interest of the public health, safety and welfare for a soil and water conservation district to function in the territory described in the petition; (3) A description of the territory proposed to be organized as a district, which description shall not be required to be given by metes and bounds or by legal subdivisions but shall be deemed sufficient if generally accurate; and (4) A request that the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee duly define the boundaries...
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