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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