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9-11-80
Section 9-11-80 Public and private waters defined. (a) All waters of this state are hereby
declared to be public waters if such waters are natural bodies of water such as rivers, creeks,
brooks, lakes, bayous, bays, channels, canals or lagoons or are dug, dredged or blasted canals
and if these waters traverse, bound, flow upon or through or touch lands title to which is
held by more than one person, firm or corporation. Any water impounded by the construction
of any lock or dam or other impounding device placed across the channel of a navigable stream
is declared a public water. All waters caused to be impounded or owned or leased by any municipality,
county or other governmental unit are also declared to be public waters; likewise, all impoundments
owned or operated by public utilities when such impoundments touch or bound lands title to
which is held by more than one person, firm or corporation are declared to be public waters;
provided, that before any person may go or be upon the...
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10A-21-2.04
Section 10A-21-2.04 Condemnation for rights-of-way or easements by mining, manufacturing, industrial,
power, and quarrying companies. (a) Every mining, manufacturing, industrial, power, and quarrying
corporation or company may acquire by condemnation rights-of-way or easements over or across
the lands or easements of others for ways and rights-of-way on or under which it may erect
or construct and operate railways, tramways, pipelines, transmission lines, cables, ways,
roads, and underground passages not exceeding 100 feet in width for the purpose of connecting
any part of its lands, works, plants, mines, lines, or system with any other part thereof,
with any public road, railroad, navigable water, with the mines, lands, works, plants, lines,
or system of any other such company, corporation, or owner or with any shipping, storage,
delivery, receiving, or distributing point and for the purpose of transporting or transmitting
any materials, equipment, or products used by or mined,...
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45-37A-53
Section 45-37A-53 Abatement of weeds. (a) All weeds growing upon private property within municipalities
of the state having a population of 300,000 inhabitants or more, according to the last or
any subsequent federal census, which bear seeds of a wingy or downy nature or attain such
a large growth as to become a fire menace when dry, or which are otherwise noxious or dangerous,
may be declared to be a public nuisance by the governing body of any such municipality, and
thereafter abated as in this section provided. (b) Whenever any such weeds are growing upon
any private property, the governing body of any such municipality may, by resolution, declare
the same to be a public nuisance. The resolution shall refer to the street by the name under
which it is commonly known, and describe the property upon which the nuisance exists by giving
a legal description thereof; and no other description of the property shall be required. Any
number of parcels of private property may be included in one...
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45-49-170
Section 45-49-170 Mobile County Litter Control Act. (a)(1) Recognizing the rapid growth of
the County of Mobile and the need for a healthful, clean, and beautiful environment; and further
recognizing that the proliferation and accumulation of litter discarded throughout Mobile
County impairs this need and constitutes a public health hazard; and further recognizing the
addition need of effective litter control, there is hereby enacted this Mobile County Litter
Control Act. (2) The purpose of this section is to accomplish litter control throughout Mobile
County and its municipalities. (b) As used in this section unless the context indicates otherwise:
(1) LITTER. Any bottles, glass, crockery, cans, scrapmetal, junk, paper, garbage, rubbish,
or similar refuse discharged as no longer useful or useable. (2) PERSON. An individual, partnership,
firm, corporation, association, or other entity. (3) PUBLIC PLACE. Any area that is used or
held out for use by the public whether owned or operated...
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6-5-127
Section 6-5-127 Nuisance exceptions; right of action for pollution of waters, etc.; relation
to municipal ordinances. (a) No agricultural, manufacturing, or other industrial plant or
establishment, farming operation facility, or any racetrack for automobiles or motorcycles,
or both, operated in conjunction with a museum that is owned by a nonprofit organization and
has a building and collection on display which together have a minimum value of at least one
million dollars ($1,000,000), or any of its appurtenances or the operation thereof shall be
or become a nuisance, private or public, by any changed conditions in and about the locality
thereof after the same has been in operation for more than one year during which such plant,
facility, establishment, farming operation facility, or racetrack, its appurtenances or the
operation thereof has not been found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be a nuisance;
provided, that the provisions of this subsection shall not apply whenever a...
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11-92-1
Section 11-92-1 Definitions. (a) The following definitions shall be applicable to this chapter,
unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: (1) COUNTY. Each county in the
state. (2) GOVERNING BODY. The county commission or the board of commissioners, council, or
other governing body of a municipality. (3) INDUSTRIAL PARK. Land, with such improvements
as are authorized by this chapter, which has been determined by a governing body to be suitable
for use by more than one industrial or commercial enterprise for industrial or commercial
purposes and has been acquired or is proposed to be acquired by a county or a municipality
or any combination of counties and municipalities and held for the purpose of transferring
it to one or more persons for use for industrial or commercial purposes. (4) MUNICIPALITY.
A municipal corporation in the state. (5) PARTICIPANT. With respect to the acquisition and
development of an industrial park, a county or municipality which has financed...
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9-7-10
Section 9-7-10 Definitions. The following terms, whenever used in this chapter shall have the
following respective meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) COASTAL
AREA. The coastal waters, including the lands therein and thereunder, and the adjacent shorelands,
including the waters therein and thereunder, strongly influenced by each and in proximity
to the shorelines of Alabama and including transitional and intertidal areas, salt marshes,
wetlands, and beaches. The area extends seaward to the outer limit of the United States territorial
sea and extends inland from the shorelines only to the extent necessary to control shorelands,
the uses of which have a direct and significant impact on the coastal waters. (2) COASTAL
WATERS. Those waters, adjacent to the shoreline, which contain a measurable quantity or percentage
of sea water, including but not limited to, sounds, bays, lagoons, bayous, ponds and estuaries.
(3) ESTUARY. That part of a river or stream or other...
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33-5-3
Section 33-5-3 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings
respectively ascribed to them in this section, unless the context clearly requires a different
meaning: (1) VESSEL. Every description of watercraft, other than a seaplane, capable of being
used as a means of transportation on the water, but such term shall not include vessels 12
feet in length or less when used solely on farm ponds of less than 50 acres in size. (2) WATERS
OF THIS STATE. Any waters within the territorial limits of this state and the marginal sea
adjacent to this state and the high seas when navigated as a part of a journey or ride to
and from the shore of this state; provided, however, that "waters of this state"
shall not be interpreted to mean any private pond which is not used for boat rentals or the
charging of fees for fishing therein. (3) OWNER. A person, other than a lienholder, having
the property in or title to a vessel. The term includes a person entitled to the...
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41-29-501
Section 41-29-501 Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this article, the following words and
phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) AUTHORITY. The public corporation organized
pursuant to the provisions of Sections 41-10-20 through 41-10-32. (2) AUTHORIZED PURPOSE.
Any one or more of the purposes for which grants are herein authorized to be made as specified
in Section 41-29-503(a). (3) BOARD OF DIRECTORS. The board of directors of the authority.
(4) BOND. The bonds issued under the provisions of this article. (5) CAPITAL COSTS. All costs
and expenses incurred by one or more investing companies in connection with the acquisition,
construction, installation, and equipping of a qualifying project during the period commencing
with the date on which such acquisition, construction, installation, and equipping commences
and ending on the date on which the qualifying project is placed in service, including, without
limitation of all of the following: a. The costs of acquiring,...
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11-50A-1
Section 11-50A-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the following
meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) AUTHORITY. Alabama Municipal
Electric Authority created pursuant to this chapter and any successor or successors thereto.
(2) BOARD. The board of directors of the authority. (3) BONDS. Any bonds issued by the authority
under the provisions of this chapter, including refunding bonds. (4) BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES.
Short term obligations issued by the authority in anticipation of the issuance of bonds. (5)
COSTS. All costs of acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement, equipment, alteration,
repair, or extension of any project; all costs of real and personal property required for
the purposes of any project, including any rights or undivided interest therein; all costs
of easements, franchises, water rights, fees, permits, approvals, licenses, and certificates,
and all costs of securing any permits, approvals, licenses,...
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