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9-13-271
Section 9-13-271 Legislative findings. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the
application of prescribed burning is a landowner property right and a land management tool
that benefits the safety of the public, the environment, the natural resources, and the economy
of Alabama. Therefore, the Legislature finds that: (1) Prescribed burning reduces naturally
occurring vegetative fuels within wildland areas. The reduction of the fuel load reduces the
risk and severity of major catastrophic wildfire, thereby reducing the threat of loss of life
and property, particularly in urbanizing areas. (2) Many of Alabama's natural communities
require periodic fire for maintenance of their ecological integrity. Prescribed burning is
essential to the perpetuation, restoration, and management of many plant and animal communities.
Significant loss of the state's biological diversity will occur if fire is excluded from fire-dependent
ecosystems. (3) Forest lands constitute significant...
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9-7-13
Section 9-7-13 Activities deemed permissible uses within coastal area; determination of additional
permissible uses. (a) The Legislature of Alabama finds that the following activities shall
constitute permissible uses within the coastal area: (1) The accomplishment of emergency decrees
of any duly appointed health officer of a county or municipality or of the state acting to
protect the public health and safety; (2) The conservation, repletion and research activities
of the Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium, the Marine Resources Division of the Department
of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium; (3)
The exercise of riparian rights by the owner of the riparian rights; provided, that the construction
and maintenance of piers, boathouses and similar structures shall be on pilings that permit
a reasonably unobstructed ebb and flow of the tide; (4) The normal maintenance and repair
of bulkheads, piers, roads and highways existing on the...
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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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2-27-30
Section 2-27-30 Establishment and operation; policy committee and executive committee therefor.
The commissioner and state Department of Agriculture and Industries shall have authority to
provide for the establishment and operation of a laboratory to obtain reliable analysis of
raw and processed agricultural products, the materials used in production of agricultural
products for harmful pesticide residues for the protection of public health and interest,
to aid in developing and expanding markets for agricultural products, the protection and production
of fish and wildlife, and the use of recreational areas as related to pesticide residues.
In connection therewith, there shall be established a policy committee to be composed of the
following: (1) The Director, Alabama Cooperative Extension Service, who shall be chairman
of the committee; (2) The Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Industries; (3)
The Director, Alabama Experiment Station System; (4) The State Health...
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23-1-81
Section 23-1-81 County commissions - Authority to establish, operate, etc., bridges, ferries,
causeways, etc.; licensing. (a) The county commission of each county is invested with authority
to purchase or establish toll bridges, free bridges, causeways, and ferries or free ferries
within their respective jurisdictions as provided in this article and may levy a special tax
to purchase or build the bridges and causeways when, in the opinion of the county commission,
the public good requires it. (b) The county commission of each county may also license any
individual, group of individuals, partnership, corporation, association, or any other legal
entity to establish or to operate toll roads, toll bridges, ferries, or causeways and authorize
the licensee to establish and fix the rates of toll. Toll roads and toll bridges that are
licensed by a county and which are on or over the line between any two counties shall be licensed
by both counties. (c) The State Department of Transportation may...
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26-16-52
Section 26-16-52 Ad hoc child abuse protection team advisory committee created; composition,
duties, etc.; annual report. Upon October 1, 1985, an ad hoc child abuse protection team advisory
committee shall be created and shall consist of the following members: The Governor of the
State of Alabama or his or her designated representative; the Director of the Department of
Human Resources; the Executive Director of the Child Abuse Trust Fund; the President of the
State Parents Teachers Association; two judges in the State of Alabama that preside over courts
exercising juvenile jurisdiction to be selected by the Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme
Court; one representative from the Association of County Department of Human Resources County
Directors to be selected by the Governor; the Executive Director of the Office of Prosecution
Services; the Chairman of the Victims Compensation Commission; and two other members selected
by the President of the Child Abuse Trust Fund. The committee...
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40-18-140
Section 40-18-140 Contribution designations. (a)(1) Each Alabama resident individual income
taxpayer desiring to contribute to any of the programs listed in subsection (b) may designate
an amount of his or her refund, rounded off in whole dollars, in an appropriate box on the
state income tax return form, to be credited to the program. (2) All future check-offs, duly
enacted by the Legislature subsequent to April 17, 2006, shall be accorded an appropriate
box on the state income tax return forms, subject to the terms and conditions prescribed herein,
without the requirement that they be added by amendment to this section. (b) Contributions
received for the following authorized charitable and nonpolitical income tax check-off recipients,
less costs of administration to the Department of Revenue not to exceed five percent, shall
be distributed and appropriated as provided herein: (1) Contributions to the Alabama Aging
Program shall be deposited with the State Treasurer into the Alabama...
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41-23-82
Section 41-23-82 Creation; composition; purpose; supervision. (a) The Alabama Energy and Residential
Codes Board is established. (b) The board shall consist of 15 members appointed by the Governor
and two additional members, numbered 16 and 17, appointed by the Chair of the Permanent Joint
Legislative Committee on Energy Policy. The members appointed by the Governor shall be legal
residents of the state, and shall be selected on the basis of their representation of the
following organizations, industries, entities, and professions: (1) One member shall represent
the Home Builders Association. (2) One member shall represent the Board of General Contractors.
(3) One member shall represent the State Board of Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration.
(4) One member shall represent the private, investor-owned, electric utility industry. (5)
One member shall represent the rural electric cooperative industry. (6) One member shall represent
the natural gas industry. (7) One member shall be...
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9-14C-7
Section 9-14C-7 Designation as state agency; rules and regulations; law enforcement officers.
(a) The commission shall be a state agency and shall have exclusive control over the Red Mountain
Greenway and Recreational Area and the area appurtenant thereto, all improvements and exhibits
located thereon, and any additions constructed, created, leased, acquired, or erected in connection
therewith. (b) The commission shall have the power and authority to establish and promulgate
and from time to time alter, amend, or repeal rules concerning the preservation, protection,
and use of the Red Mountain Greenway and Recreational Area and to maintain the peace therein.
Any person who violates any rule of the commission shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall
be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisonment for not
more than one year, or both, and may be adjudged to pay all costs of the proceedings. (c)
The commission may designate any employee or employees...
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9-2-3.1
Section 9-2-3.1 Parking violations on property under control control of department. (a) For
the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) DEPARTMENT.
The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. (2) PROPERTY UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE
DEPARTMENT. Property, and any roads or streets on the property, including but not limited
to, state parks property; boating access areas, including associated parking lots; wildlife
management areas; public fish lake property; and any property controlled, owned, leased, or
managed by the department or any of its divisions or the Forever Wild Land Trust. (b)(1) A
person may not park, cause to be parked, or permit a motor vehicle to be parked on any property
under the control of the department in violation of a rule adopted by the department. (2)
The presence of an unattended motor vehicle on property under control of the department in
violation of a rule of the department shall create a prima facie...
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