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11-85-56
Section 11-85-56 Powers and duties generally. A regional planning and development commission
established pursuant to this article may perform the following: (1) Carry on continuous, comprehensive
planning for the region, assessing needs, resources, and development opportunities and formulating
goals, objectives, policies, and standards to guide physical, economic, and human resource
development. (2) Prepare a regional plan consistent with state comprehensive planning and
reflecting plans and programs of the participating governmental units which shall set forth
policies for the development of the region in accordance with present and future needs and
resources including policies for patterns of urbanization, for the use of land and resources
for commerce, industry, recreation, transportation, forestry, and agriculture, for the development
of human resources and for administrative measures in support thereof. (3) Prepare an annual
regional development program to implement the policies...
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41-18-1
Section 41-18-1 Text. Article I. Findings and Purposes. (a) The party states find that the
South has a sense of community based on common social, cultural and economic needs and fostered
by a regional tradition. There are vast potentialities for mutual improvement of each state
in the region by cooperative planning for the development, conservation and efficient utilization
of human and natural resources in a geographic area large enough to afford a high degree of
flexibility in identifying and taking maximum advantage of opportunities for healthy and beneficial
growth. The independence of each state and the special needs of subregions are recognized
and are to be safeguarded. Accordingly, the cooperation resulting from this agreement is intended
to assist the states in meeting their own problems by enhancing their abilities to recognize
and analyze regional opportunities and take account of regional influences in planning and
implementing their public policies. (b) The purposes of...
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41-23-121
Section 41-23-121 Powers of office. The office shall have the following powers to: (1) Ensure
that assets and needs of water transportation and intermodal infrastructure are properly considered
and reflected in the state's comprehensive transportation and strategic planning policies.
(2) Assist and coordinate with public and private entities in the development of the state's
rivers, ports, harbors, and intermodal facilities. (3) Coordinate with the Coalition of Alabama
Waterway Associations and other interests to formulate recommendations on annual budget requirements
for federal waterway projects, infrastructure development, and related needs. (4) Coordinate
with each of Alabama's individual waterway associations to promote the continued development,
maintenance, and multiple use benefits of federally maintained navigation channels within
the state and to market the benefits of improved water transportation. (5) Coordinate with
local and state development agencies to ensure a better...
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22-27-45
Section 22-27-45 State Solid Waste Management Plan. The Director of the Alabama Department
of Environmental Management, with the advice and consultation of the Solid Waste Management
Advisory Committee, is directed to prepare a State Solid Waste Management Plan. In developing
the state plan, the department will seek to achieve the following goals: (1) That solid waste
facilities and management systems are provided for in an orderly manner consistent with the
needs and plans of the state and its regions and local governments; (2) That alternative methods
of solid waste management are encouraged as a means of reducing the state's dependence on
landfilling; (3) That all aspects of local, regional and state planning, zoning, population
estimates, and economics are taken into consideration; and (4) That appropriate time schedules
are set for the phasing in of the required component parts of the system. Said plan shall
be developed in two phases: a. The first phase of the plan shall be...
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33-18-1
Section 33-18-1 Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin Compact. The State of Alabama hereby agrees
to the following interstate compact known as the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin Compact:
Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin Compact The States of Alabama and Georgia and the United
States of America hereby agree to the following compact which shall become effective upon
enactment of concurrent legislation by each respective state legislature and the Congress
of the United States. Short Title This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa
River Basin Compact" and shall be referred to hereafter in this document as the "ACT
Compact" or "compact." Article I Compact Purposes This compact among the States
of Alabama and Georgia and the United States of America has been entered into for the purposes
of promoting interstate comity, removing causes of present and future controversies, equitably
apportioning the surface waters of the ACT, engaging in water planning,...
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33-19-1
Section 33-19-1 Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact. The State of Alabama
hereby agrees to the following interstate compact known as the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint
River Basin Compact: Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact The States of Alabama,
Florida and Georgia and the United States of America hereby agree to the following compact
which shall become effective upon enactment of concurrent legislation by each respective state
legislature and the Congress of the United States. Short Title This Act shall be known and
may be cited as the "Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact" and shall
be referred to hereafter in this document as the "ACF Compact" or "compact."
Article I Compact Purposes This compact among the States of Alabama, Florida and Georgia and
the United States of America has been entered into for the purposes of promoting interstate
comity, removing causes of present and future controversies, equitably apportioning the...
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11-85-40
Section 11-85-40 Powers of Alabama Development Office and local, regional, and joint planning
commissions as to comprehensive advisory planning and research; comprehensive advisory planning
defined. (a) To facilitate the solution of urban and regional planning problems and to provide
for comprehensive advisory planning, including transportation planning, for the state and
its cities, counties, urban areas, and regions, the Alabama Development Office, the various
regional planning commissions presently authorized to be created, the various county planning
commissions presently authorized to be created, the various joint planning commissions presently
authorized to be created, municipalities, and the various municipal planning commissions presently
authorized to be created are each and all hereby empowered and authorized, within the respective
geographical areas as to which planning power has heretofore been delegated to such respective
office, commissions, or other agencies to perform...
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11-85-52
Section 11-85-52 Formation of regional planning and development commissions. (a) Generally.
At any time subsequent to the designation of a state planning and development district pursuant
to Section 11-85-51, governmental units within the district acting through their governing
bodies by ordinance or resolution may adopt a written agreement for the formation of a regional
planning and development commission and may petition the Governor to certify such a commission
for a region located entirely within a state planning and development district and consisting
of at least three contiguous counties and containing a population of at least 100,000. Governmental
units so petitioning must represent at least a majority of the population within the proposed
region. No county shall be divided in forming a region. The Governor may, after consultation
with the governing bodies of the governmental units involved, amend petitions to include additional
counties to assure that the objectives of this...
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41-9-200
Section 41-9-200 Legislative findings; purpose of article. (a) The Legislature finds and declares
that: (1) The people of this state have a fundamental interest in the orderly development
of the state and its regions; (2) The state has a positive interest in the preparation and
maintenance of long-term, comprehensive plans for the economic, physical and human resource
development of the whole state and of each of its regions, which plans can serve as a guide
for local governmental units and state departments and agencies; (3) The continued growth
of the state, particularly in urban areas, and the readjustment of the people to the changed
economy of the state present problems which can best be solved by overall state planning guidance
for their solution; (4) Local governmental planning and program implementation can be strengthened
when done in relation to and coordinated with the planning efforts and program implementation
of the state and of the regions of the state; and (5) Orderly...
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41-9-207
Section 41-9-207 Legislative findings and declarations; purpose of article; agencies; duties
and goals. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that: (1) The people of this state have
a fundamental interest in the orderly development of the state and its regions; (2) The state
has a positive interest in the preparation and maintenance of long-term, comprehensive plans
for the economic, physical and human resource development of the whole state and of each of
its regions which plans can serve as guides for local governmental units and state departments
and agencies; (3) The continued growth of the state and the readjustment of the people to
the changing economy of the state, present problems which can best be solved by overall state
planning guidance for their solution; (4) Local governmental planning and program implementation
can be strengthened when done in relation to and coordinated with the planning efforts and
program implementation of the state and of the regions of the state;...
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