9-15-55
Section 9-15-55 Retention by state of title to certain filled lands; rights of access. (a)
The state shall retain title to any lands of the state lying seaward of the mean high tide
line that are filled in the course of a beach project undertaken by a coastal municipality
pursuant to Article 11 of Chapter 47 of Title 11 with the permit of the Commissioner of the
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources as provided in Section 9-15-56. (b) The title
to additional filled lands shall be retained by the state to the extent that the proportions
of any state-owned lands filled in the course of a permitted beach project undertaken by a
coastal municipality are subsequently increased seaward by accretion or any other natural
or artificial fill process. (c) Notwithstanding any rule of decision or principle of common
law recognized prior to May 23, 2000, the retention of title by the state pursuant to this
section shall be recognized regardless of the participation, consent, or objection...
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9-2-150
Section 9-2-150 Shellfish Aquaculture Review Board; oyster aquaculture leasing program. (a)
For purposes of this section, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) BOARD.
The Shellfish Aquaculture Review Board. (2) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Conservation and
Natural Resources. (3) OYSTER AQUACULTURE. The cultivation and harvesting of hatchery-spawned
oysters for commercial purposes. (b) There is created the Shellfish Aquaculture Review Board,
which shall be responsible for developing a shellfish aquaculture policy and implementing
a sustainable program for leasing land in the coastal waters of Alabama for oyster aquaculture.
For administrative purposes, the board shall be an administrative unit within the department.
(c) The board shall consist of the following members: (1) The Commissioner of the Alabama
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources or his or her designee. (2) The Commissioner
of the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries or his or her...
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9-2-25
Section 9-2-25 Refunds on erroneous or excessive license fees. (a) This section shall apply
to all licenses administered by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources or any
division thereof. (b) In the event any license for the same privilege is made available at
a lesser price and reasonable notice of its availability has not been given to the public,
a person, firm or corporation will be entitled to a refund equal to the amount of the reduction
of the license fee; and any person, firm or corporation who, by mistake, purchases any duplicate
license or pays an amount in excess of that required by law for the license shall be entitled
to have the money incorrectly paid refunded as hereinafter provided, less any amount paid
as an issuance fee or other fee to any probate judge, license commissioner, special agent
or other person authorized to issue such licenses. (c) Any amount charged by a probate judge,
license commissioner, special agent or other person authorized to issue...
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33-5-20
Section 33-5-20 Special agents to sell boat licenses. The sheriffs of this state may be designated
as special agents to sell boat licenses as provided for herein. The Commissioner of Conservation
and Natural Resources is authorized to appoint other special agents to sell boat licenses
as provided for herein; provided, however, that the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural
Resources may not appoint any special agent until the agent is bonded for not less than five
thousand dollars ($5,000). Such agents shall receive licenses from the Department of Conservation
and Natural Resources in the same manner as the probate judges and license commissioners and
shall make such reports and be subject to such audits as the Commissioner of Conservation
and Natural Resources may specify. Special agents so appointed shall make returns to the Department
of Conservation and Natural Resources in the same manner as probate judges and license commissioners.
The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural...
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9-12-233
Section 9-12-233 Additional surcharge on saltwater fishing licenses. Effective for a period
of five years following June 1, 2008, there is levied a surcharge of up to eight dollars ($8),
as set by the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, on each
annual resident and nonresident saltwater fishing license issued under Sections 9-11-53.1,
9-11-53.2, 9-11-53.5, 9-11-55.2, and 9-11-55.3. The surcharge shall be in addition to the
regular license and issuance fees on such licenses and shall be collected in the same manner
as those fees. The surcharge shall not apply to saltwater licenses issued to disabled persons.
The proceeds from the surcharge shall be deposited into the Marine Resources Restoration Fund
established in Section 9-12-234 and used for the purposes specified therein. (Act 2008-467,
p. 1022, §5.)...
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9-15-52
Section 9-15-52 Sale or leasing of sand or gravel on public water bottoms and certain state
lands - Negotiation, consummation and administration of contracts, leases, etc. All contracts,
leases, and agreements for the sale of sand and gravel from the lands of the state which are
not owned, occupied, or held in trust by or assigned or dedicated to any department, agency,
or institution and from the public water bottoms of the State of Alabama shall be negotiated,
consummated, and administered by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, acting
through the Lands Division of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, which
division shall receive as the cost of administration 10 percent of all revenues accruing from
the sale of sand and gravel or royalties resulting from sand and gravel leases. (Acts 1953,
No. 737, p. 1000, §§1, 2; Acts 1993, No. 93-631, p. 1077, §2.)...

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9-17-68
Section 9-17-68 Revenues from leases - Disposition. The revenues that shall accrue under the
provisions of this division from rentals, royalties and all other sources subject to the cost
of administration shall be the property of the department or institution to which said lands
belong or in which said department or institution shall own the beneficial interest. All revenue
accruing from the lease of the bed of any navigable streams, waterways, bays, estuaries, lagoons,
bayous, lakes and any submerged lands in the Gulf of Mexico within the historic seaward boundary
of this state, subject to the cost of administration, shall be paid by the Commissioner of
Conservation and Natural Resources to the State Treasurer to become a part of the General
Funds of the State of Alabama. The Division of Lands of the Department of Conservation and
Natural Resources shall be entitled to 10 percent of all revenues, including royalty, bonus
and rentals, derived under the provisions of this division as...
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11-47-252
Section 11-47-252 Requirements for construction of beach project. A coastal municipality may
not begin construction of a beach project until each of the following requirements have been
satisfied: (1) The governing body of the coastal municipality, after a public hearing held
on not less than 30 days' public notice, has identified the following by adoption of a survey,
map, metes and bounds description, or plane coordinate references. a. The location of the
mean high tide line for the area in which the beach project is proposed to be located. b.
The location of the limits of the landward and seaward extensions of the proposed beach project
relative to both the mean high tide line and the construction control line, if any, then established
under the regulations of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management, the ordinances
of the coastal municipality, or both. (2) The Commissioner of the Department of Conservation
and Natural Resources, acting through the Lands Division of the...
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33-5-29
Section 33-5-29 Rules and regulations - Filing and publication. A copy of the regulations adopted
pursuant to this article, and of any amendments thereto, shall be filed in the office of the
secretary of state, and in the office of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
Rules and regulations may be published by the commissioner in a convenient form. The Commissioner
of Conservation and Natural Resources shall cause to be publicized, by the issuance of newspaper
releases, new or amended or rescinded rules and regulations promulgated by him. (Acts 1959,
No. 576, p. 1442, §27.)...
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9-11-44.1
Section 9-11-44.1 Certification of completion of approved hunter education course required
for issuance of license; penalty; "supervision required" status. (a) It shall be
unlawful for any person born on or after August 1, 1977, and of 16 years of age or older,
or his or her agent, to procure any annual, trip, or wildlife heritage hunting license unless
the person has been issued and exhibits to the issuing agent at the time of purchasing any
annual, trip, or wildlife heritage hunting license, a certification of satisfactory completion
by the person of a hunter education course approved by the Department of Conservation and
Natural Resources. The person shall only be required to exhibit the certification at the time
of purchase of his or her initial license. The exhibition of the certification shall not be
required at the time of purchase of subsequent licenses if the person exhibits to the issuing
agent at the time of purchase a license which was issued by this state to him or her in...

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