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9-10A-3
Section 9-10A-3 Purpose of authorities. Watershed management authorities may be formed in any
watershed area of the state for the purpose of developing and executing plans and programs
relating to any phase of conservation of water, water usage, flood prevention, flood control,
water pollution control, wildlife habitat protection, agricultural and timberland protection,
erosion prevention and control of erosion, flood-water and sediment damages. (Acts 1991, No.
91-602, p. 1119, §3.)...
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9-10B-3
Section 9-10B-3 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases,
unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, shall have the following meanings:
(1) AREA OF THE STATE. Any municipality or county, including portions thereof, or other geographical
area of the state as may be designated by the commission pursuant to this chapter. (2) BENEFICIAL
USE. The diversion, withdrawal, or consumption of the waters of the state in such quantity
as is necessary for economic and efficient utilization consistent with the interests of this
state. (3) CAPACITY STRESS AREA. An area of the state designated by the commission pursuant
to this chapter where the commission determines that the use of the waters of the state, whether
ground water, surface water, or both, requires coordination, management, and regulation for
the protection of the interests and rights of the people of the state. (4) CERTIFICATE OF
USE. A certificate which shall be issued by the...
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9-9-47
Section 9-9-47 Construction of improvements crossing railroad right-of-way. After a district
has let a contract for work which crosses or traverses a railway right-of-way and the actual
construction is commenced, the engineer in charge of construction shall notify the railroad
company of the probable time at which the contractor will be ready to enter upon the right-of-way
of said road and construct the work thereon. It shall be the duty of the said railroad to
send a representative to view the ground with the engineer and arrange the exact time at which
such work can be most conveniently done. At the time agreed upon, the said railroad company
shall remove its rails, ties, stringers and such other obstructions as may be necessary to
permit the excavation or construction of the channel or other work of improvement across its
right-of-way. The work shall be so planned and conducted as to interfere in the least possible
manner with the business of the said railroad. In case the railroad...
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22-22-1
Section 22-22-1 Short title; definitions. (a) This chapter may be cited as the "Alabama
Water Pollution Control Act." (b) For the purposes of this chapter, unless otherwise
indicated, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this
section: (1) COMMISSION. The Alabama Department of Environmental Management. (2) WATERS. All
waters of any river, stream, watercourse, pond, lake, coastal, ground or surface water, wholly
or partially within the state, natural or artificial. This does not include waters which are
entirely confined and retained completely upon the property of a single individual, partnership
or corporation unless such waters are used in interstate commerce. (3) POLLUTION. The discharge
of a pollutant or combination of pollutants. A pollutant includes but is not limited to dredged
spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical
wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or...
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22-38-3
Section 22-38-3 Legislative intent. In order to further the efficient and effective administration
of programs related to agricultural nonpoint sources of pollution it is hereby declared to
be the intent of the Legislature to have federal cost-sharing funds provided to the state
and administered by state agencies for control of agricultural nonpoint sources of pollution
through financial assistance or cost-share grants to landusers to be administered by the committee
and soil and water conservation districts. (Acts 1988, No. 88-602, p. 939, §3.)...
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9-10B-25
Section 9-10B-25 Considerations when designating capacity stress areas; authority of local
organizations to implement proposed actions. During the designation of a capacity stress area,
the commission shall give due consideration to any hydrologic boundaries or other geographical
considerations in designating an area of the state as a capacity stress area. In addition,
the commission shall determine whether any local organization, including, but not limited
to, watershed management authorities, conservancy districts, or soil and water conservation
districts, are duly organized and authorized to implement the proposed actions in a capacity
stress area other than those actions delegated to the Alabama Department of Environmental
Management pursuant to Section 9-10B-23. In the absence of local organizations or in the event
any such local organizations do not have the authority or are not authorized to take the action
proposed within the capacity stress area, the Office of Water Resources...
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9-8-59
Section 9-8-59 Board of directors - Composition; qualifications, election and terms of office
of members; vacancies; officers; quorum; prior elections, etc., ratified, etc. (a) Within
30 days after a watershed conservancy district is created under the provisions of this article,
the board of supervisors shall cause an election, after due notice has been given, to be held
therein for the election of a board of directors of such watershed conservancy district. All
owners of lands lying within the district shall be eligible to vote in such election, and
only such landowners shall be eligible to vote. The board of directors shall be composed of
five members, whose terms of office shall be four years. A director shall hold office until
his successor has been elected and has qualified. Such board of directors shall, under the
supervision of the board of supervisors, be the governing body of the watershed conservancy
district. Successors to the first elected directors shall likewise be...
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16-49-20
Section 16-49-20 Creation; composition; nominating committee. (a)(1) There is created a Board
of Trustees for Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University, a state land-grant educational
institution at Huntsville. The membership of the board shall be inclusive and reflect the
racial, gender, geographic, urban/rural, and economic diversity of the state. The board of
trustees shall consist of 12 members, two members who shall reside in the congressional district
in which the institution is situated; one member shall reside in each of the remaining congressional
districts in the state as constituted on September 5, 1975, and shall be a bona fide resident
and qualified elector of that district, with a verifiable physical presence in that district,
during the entire term of office; three at-large members who may be selected from outside
the state; and the Governor, who shall be ex officio president of the board. The president
of the student government association and the president of the...
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31-9A-12
Section 31-9A-12 Homeland Security Task Force. (a) The Homeland Security Task Force shall consist
of the following members: (1) The Governor, as chairman. (2) The Director of Homeland Security.
(3) The Director of Emergency Management. (4) The Adjutant General. (5) The Attorney General.
(6) The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. (7) The State Health Officer. (8) The
Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency. (9) The Director of Transportation.
(10) The Director of Finance. (11) The Director of the Alabama Port Authority. (12) The State
Fire Marshal. (13) A representative of county governments appointed by the Governor. (14)
A representative of municipal governments appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(15) A representative of county law enforcement agencies appointed by the Speaker of the House
of Representatives. (16) A representative of municipal law enforcement agencies appointed
by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate. (17) A...
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34-11-30
Section 34-11-30 Creation and composition; nominating committee; terms of office. (a) A State
Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors is created. It shall be the
duty of the board to administer this chapter. The board shall consist of five members licensed
as professional engineers, two members licensed as professional land surveyors, and two public
members. One of the professional land surveyor members may also be licensed as a professional
engineer. All members shall be appointed by the Governor. The five professional engineers
shall be appointed from a list of three persons nominated for each appointment by a professional
engineer nominating committee; the two professional land surveyors shall be appointed from
a list of three persons nominated for each appointment by the Alabama Society of Professional
Land Surveyors; and, once the board has adopted rules establishing a public member nominating
committee, the two public members shall be appointed from a...
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