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9-14C-1
Section 9-14C-1 Legislative findings. (a) The Legislature finds that the land now known as
Red Mountain Greenway and Recreational Area, the principal iron ore mining location for the
Birmingham steel industry, contains a number of nationally significant historic mining sites,
is critical to connecting a 64-mile network of trails and greenways within Greater Birmingham,
and is suitable for the development of athletic complexes that could serve the entire region
and state. (b) It is further found that the preservation of the land known as Red Mountain
Greenway and Recreational Area would place Birmingham first in the nation in the total acreage
of green and open space per capita and would provide for alternative transportation routes
for the citizens of the region. (c) It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state to
promote open space for physical activity in order to promote better health and combat obesity,
including recreational space, and to preserve, restore, maintain, and...
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9-14C-2
Section 9-14C-2 Creation; purpose. There is created the Red Mountain Greenway and Recreational
Area Commission to acquire, establish, operate, and maintain as a greenway, recreational and
educational area, alternative transportation route, and historic site the land and buildings
in Jefferson County along Red Mountain in Birmingham. The purpose of the commission shall
be to own, preserve, restore, maintain, and promote as a greenway, recreational area, or historic
site the land and relics of the property known as Red Mountain Greenway and Recreational Area,
and, in recognition of the important role played by the steel industry in the development
of this state, to exhibit this property as an example of the process of mining minerals necessary
for the production of steel in this state's early days. (Act 2006-542, p. 1256, §2.)...
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9-14C-13
Section 9-14C-13 Cooperative agreements and assistance. The commission may offer technical
or financial assistance and enter into cooperative agreements with other greenway, public
open space, recreational area, educational, or related mining and steel industrial preservation
projects in Alabama as funds are available. (Act 2006-542, p. 1256, §13.)...
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29-2-120
Section 29-2-120 Legislative findings. The Legislature hereby finds as follows: The Legislature
has the constitutional duty to appropriate and safeguard taxpayers' money; the Legislature
has recognized the need for community services programs; and the Legislature has recognized
the purposes for which Alabama community services grants may be made in Section 41-24-3, specifically
as follows: (1) To enhance the education of the citizenry through activities, expenditures
for capital improvements or equipment, that promote literacy, learning, arts appreciation,
public health and mental health. (2) To promote activities that provide human and social services
which reduce the hardships of old age, poor health or poverty. (3) To promote the marketability,
yield or quality of Alabama-produced agricultural commodities. (4) To promote the preservation,
restoration, development and propagation of Alabama's natural resources, recreational facilities,
environment, history, culture, transportation...
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45-17-90.06
Section 45-17-90.06 Powers and duties. The authority, or its agents and employees as directed,
may do any of the following: (1) Investigate, study, and engage in basic research relative
to the natural resources of land, water, minerals, and people in the cities and counties and
apply its findings and efforts to promote a sound and balanced agricultural, industrial, and
economic development of the cities and counties. (2) Cooperate with municipal, regional, state,
or federal planning entities or other industrial and economic development boards. (3) Publicize
and advertise the industrial, commercial, and agricultural resources and growth opportunities
of the cities and counties. (4) Collect, compile, and distribute literature concerning the
facilities, advantages, and attractions of the cities and counties, the educational, historic,
recreational, and scenic places of interest within the cities and counties, and the air, water,
and highway transportation facilities. (5) Contract with...
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45-39-92.06
Section 45-39-92.06 Powers and duties. The authority, or its agents and employees as directed,
may do any of the following: (1) Investigate, study, and engage in basic research relative
to the natural resources of land, water, minerals, and people in the cities and counties and
apply its findings and efforts to promote a sound and balanced agricultural, industrial, and
economic development of the cities and counties. (2) Cooperate with municipal, regional, state,
or federal planning entities or other industrial and economic development boards. (3) Publicize
and advertise the industrial, commercial, and agricultural resources and growth opportunities
of the cities and counties. (4) Collect, compile, and distribute literature concerning the
facilities, advantages, and attractions of the cities and counties, the educational, historic,
recreational, and scenic places of interest within the cities and counties, and the air, water,
and highway transportation facilities. (5) Contract with...
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9-7-11
Section 9-7-11 Purpose of chapter; legislative findings. The purpose of this chapter is to
promote, improve and safeguard the lands and waters located in the coastal areas of this state
through a comprehensive and cooperative program designed to preserve, enhance and develop
such valuable resources for the present and future well-being and general welfare of the citizens
of this state. In promulgating such a program, the Legislature of Alabama recognizes and declares
that: (1) The coastal area is rich in a variety of natural, commercial, recreational, industrial
and aesthetic resources of immediate and potential value to the present and future well-being
of the state; (2) There are increasing and competing demands upon the lands and waters of
the coastal area occasioned by population growth and economic development, including requirements
for industry, commerce, residential development, recreation, extraction of mineral resources
and fossil fuels, transportation and navigation, waste...
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9-14C-9
Section 9-14C-9 Control of property; bonds. (a) The commission may take possession under a
lease or a deed of the land and other property in Jefferson County known as Red Mountain Greenway
and Recreational Area, which is now owned by USS Real Estate or other entities and located
along Red Mountain in Birmingham. The commission is further authorized to lease, accept as
a gift or loan, or otherwise acquire any other property, real or personal, including gifts
or bequests or other things of value to be used in fulfilling the purpose for which it is
established or for any auxiliary purpose incidental or appropriate thereto. (b) The commission
may borrow money and issue revenue bonds in evidence thereof, but the bonds shall not be general
obligations of the State of Alabama or any agency or any political subdivision thereof and
must be publicly bid. The commission may pledge property, real or personal, to the repayment
thereof and may pledge the proceeds derived from admission fees or...
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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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28-4A-6
Section 28-4A-6 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds that it is in the best interest
of the public welfare of the State of Alabama to preserve and redevelop the downtown municipal
areas and registered historic districts and certain economically distressed areas of this
state and to further promote the preservation and redevelopment of historic buildings and
sites. The Legislature finds that an effective way of facilitating the urban redevelopment
program and the preservation of historic buildings and sites, and registered historic districts
and any economically distressed area designated as suitable by the municipal or county governing
body is by creating a single exception to the existing alcoholic beverage laws to authorize
and permit the establishment of brewpubs located in such historic buildings, sites, or districts
in urban redevelopment areas or economically distressed areas of those municipalities located
within counties where the brewing of beer for consumption by the...
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