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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16-20-6
Section 16-20-6 When title acquired by adverse possession. When a person is in possession of any sixteenth section lands under color of title, and has been in such possession for more than 20 years prior to the first day of May, 1908, and neither the state, nor any department thereof, holds any note, bond, obligation or other contract of anyone for the purchase money of such land, and the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Director of Finance shall so certify, and the Attorney General shall certify that proof of adverse possession, by the person now in possession, or coupled with his predecessor in possession, for 20 years prior to May 1, 1908, under color of title, has been made, which proof is satisfactory to the Attorney General. The Governor must cause a patent to issue to said land under the seal of the state to the person entitled thereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, if the Attorney General is satisfied with...
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6-5-347
behalf of an agritourism professional. (4) INHERENT RISKS OF AGRITOURISM ACTIVITIES. Those conditions, dangers, or hazards that are an integral part of an agritourism activity, including any of the following: a. Surface and subsurface conditions and natural conditions of land, vegetation, and waters. b. The behavior of wild animals or insects. c. The behavior of domestic animals or insects as to: 1. The propensity of a domestic animal or insect to behave in ways that may result in sickness, injury, harm, or death to persons on or around them. 2. The unpredictability of the reaction of a domestic animal or insect to sounds, sudden movement, and unfamiliar objects, persons, or other animals. d. The ordinary dangers of structures or equipment ordinarily used on a working agricultural operation, excluding a dangerous condition on structures or equipment ordinarily used on a working agricultural operation that is actually known by an agritourism professional, not open and obvious, not made...
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9-14-4
Section 9-14-4 Construction, maintenance, etc., of roads leading from state highways to lands in state park system. The State Department of Transportation is hereby authorized and empowered upon the request of the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources to construct, reconstruct and maintain roads leading from a state highway to any land included in the state park system. The State Director of Transportation shall confer with the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources before deciding upon the location and character of any such improvement. The State Department of Transportation is hereby authorized and empowered, upon the request of the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, to construct, reconstruct and maintain roads within the boundary of any land or lands included in the state park system. The construction and reconstruction of such roads shall be in accordance with the development plan for the said land or lands as approved by the Commissioner...
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9-15-33
Section 9-15-33 Land clerk - Examination, etc., of lands. Whenever in the judgment of the Governor or the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources it is proper that any of the lands described in Sections 9-15-31 and 9-15-32 should be examined or evidence obtained for the protection of any of these lands, the land clerk may be sent to make such examination or to obtain such evidence, and his actual expenses shall be paid upon his filing with the Director of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources a statement thereof by items and duly verified. (Acts 1915, No. 76, p. 217, §3; Code 1923, §1504; Acts 1939, No. 162, p. 255; Code 1940, T. 8, §234.)...
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9-17-6
in subdivisions (1), (2), (3), and (4) of this subsection, including the duty to plug each dry or abandoned well and to restore the well site for each dry or abandoned well and associated production and processing facility and plant upon the abandonment of such well, facility, or plant and to reclaim all surfaces disturbed during surface mining operations for the recovery of oil from oil sands. (6) To prevent wells from being drilled, operated, or produced in such a manner as to cause injury to neighboring leases or property and to protect neighboring leases or property from being damaged or injured by operations to recover oil from oil sands. (7) To prevent the drowning by water of any stratum or part thereof capable of producing oil or gas in paying quantities and to prevent the premature and irregular encroachment of water which reduces or tends to reduce the total ultimate recovery of oil or gas from any pool. (8) To require the operation of wells with efficient gas-oil...
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9-2-150
Section 9-2-150 Shellfish Aquaculture Review Board; oyster aquaculture leasing program. (a) For purposes of this section, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) BOARD. The Shellfish Aquaculture Review Board. (2) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. (3) OYSTER AQUACULTURE. The cultivation and harvesting of hatchery-spawned oysters for commercial purposes. (b) There is created the Shellfish Aquaculture Review Board, which shall be responsible for developing a shellfish aquaculture policy and implementing a sustainable program for leasing land in the coastal waters of Alabama for oyster aquaculture. For administrative purposes, the board shall be an administrative unit within the department. (c) The board shall consist of the following members: (1) The Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources or his or her designee. (2) The Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries or his or her...
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32-9-29
by the director may withhold such permit or, if such permit is issued, may establish seasonal or other time limitations within which the vehicles described may be operated on the public road indicated, or may otherwise limit or prescribe conditions of operation of such vehicle, when necessary to assure against undue damage to the road foundation, surfaces, or bridge structures, and require such undertaking or other security as may be deemed necessary to compensate the state for any injury to any roadway or bridge structure. (6) For just cause, including, but not limited to, repeated and consistent past violations, the director or an official of the department designated by the director may refuse to issue, or may cancel, suspend, or revoke, the permit of an applicant or permittee. (b) Duration and limits of permits; bond or insurance requirements. (1)a. ANNUAL. The director or the official of the department designated by the director, pursuant to this section, may issue an...
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9-12-21
Section 9-12-21 "Natural oyster reef" defined. A natural oyster reef is declared and defined as not less than one acre in continuous area of any bottoms of any bay, sound, bayou, creek, inlet or any other body of salt or brackish water on which oysters grow naturally, or have grown naturally, in quantity sufficient to warrant fishing for them with hand tongs as a means of a livelihood within a period of five years next preceding the time at which said matter may be presented for consideration and determination by the Director, Marine Resources Division of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. But in no case shall an oyster bed be declared or defined to be a natural oyster reef when such bed is located within the limits where the owners of land fronting on such waters where oysters may be grown have the right to create and have created, by artificial means such as planting oysters or oyster shells or by any other means, culture grounds for the growth of oysters and have...
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23-1-331
Section 23-1-331 Definitions. Where used in this article, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) BRIDGE REPLACEMENT. Bridge replacement includes the replacement of existing bridge structures and, if necessary, the realignment of the adjacent approaches. If the route is to be four-laned, it includes the construction of a new bridge for the two new lanes. (2) CONSTRUCTION, CONSTRUCT, or CONSTRUCTING. The act of completing a project. The physical building of the roadway, bridges, and appendages thereto. (3) COUNTY ROADS. All paved or unpaved public roads, including bridges, within a county on the county road system and continuing into or through the corporate limits of any city or town in a county which are not a part of the state highway system. (4) DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. That state department created by Section 23-1-20. (5) OBLIGATION LIMIT. That point in obligating or budgeting funds for projects that the Transportation Director may not exceed by approving...
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