9-15-47
Section 9-15-47 Disposition of revenue from sales, etc., of swamp and overflowed lands. Any
revenue derived from the sale or adjustment of any swamp and overflowed lands as provided
in this article shall be paid by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources to
the State Department of Mental Health. (Acts 1939, No. 581, p. 949, §17; Code 1940, T. 8,
§249.)...
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9-2-9
Section 9-2-9 Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources - Powers and duties as to
state parks, etc., generally. The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, acting
through the Division of Parks, shall have the following powers and authorities: (1) To acquire
in the name of the State of Alabama by purchase, lease, agreement, license, condemnation or
otherwise land deemed necessary or desirable to be preserved, improved, protected and maintained
as a part of the state park system and to accept in his discretion, in fee or otherwise, land
donated, entrusted, conveyed or devised to the state for like purposes and with like discretion
to accept gifts, contributions or bequests of money or other personal property of value to
be used or expended for the benefit of the state park system; (2) To contract and make cooperative
agreements with the federal government and with states, counties, municipalities, corporations,
associations or individuals for the purpose of...
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9-15-37
Section 9-15-37 Institution of civil actions to clear title to school lands, etc.; cruising
of timber, surveying of lands, investigation of claims to lands, etc. The Commissioner of
Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby authorized and empowered to present civil actions
in the name of the State of Alabama to clear title to school lands or for any other purposes
for the protection of such lands. The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources shall
be further empowered to have the timber on school lands cruised, the land surveyed, claims
to said lands investigated, the title cleared in any legal manner which he may deem advisable
and to do such other things regarding school lands which in his opinion shall be for the best
interests of said lands in the supervision and management of them. (Acts 1939, No. 581, p.
949, §4; Code 1940, T. 8, §237.)...
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40-10-137
Section 40-10-137 Conveyance to Department of Conservation and Natural Resources of land bid
in by state - Procedure. Any lands which have been bid in by the state at tax sale shall,
after three years have elapsed from the date of sale to the state and no person having any
interest therein having redeemed same from tax sale, be subject to conveyance to the Department
of Conservation and Natural Resources in the manner hereinafter provided: (1) Whenever the
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall determine any lands which have been
bid in by the state at tax sale and the title to which has not passed out of the state, to
be suitable or desirable for the use of the said Department of Conservation and Natural Resources,
either for the purpose of being used as a state park, state forest, or for the purpose of
exchange for other lands of equal value, which are determined to be suitable for said purposes,
or for any other use or disposition which the Department of Conservation...
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40-10-138
Section 40-10-138 Conveyance to Department of Conservation and Natural Resources of land bid
in by state - Deed to department. When lands are required to be conveyed to the Department
of Conservation and Natural Resources, as hereinabove provided, the Land Commissioner, in
behalf of the state, with the approval of the Governor, shall execute to the Department of
Conservation and Natural Resources, a deed, duly acknowledged, without warranty or covenant
of any kind on the part of the state, express or implied, conveying to the said Department
of Conservation and Natural Resources all the right, title, and interest of the state in and
to the lands so conveyed. The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall thereafter
have all the right, title, and interest of the state in and to such lands and shall be held
and treated as the assignee of all the taxes due upon such lands or for which they were sold
and the penalties and all of the taxes that should have been under the law...
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9-15-17
Section 9-15-17 Fund for management, etc., of unused lands. All funds which shall be retained
by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources as charges against the income from
any lands administered by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources under authority
of this article shall be delivered to the State Treasurer by the Commissioner of Conservation
and Natural Resources, and the State Treasurer shall keep said funds in a special fund, which
fund shall be used only for the preservation, management, protection and improvement of unused
lands and shall be paid out upon the requisition of the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural
Resources. Any balance remaining in said fund at the end of any fiscal year shall not revert
to the General Funds of the state but shall be allowed to accumulate to the end that a fund
may be provided for the management, protection, development and improvement of unused lands;
provided, that no funds shall be withdrawn nor expended for...
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9-11-2
Section 9-11-2 Acquisition of lands for state game lands; erection, etc., of buildings for
propagation of game, birds or fish. The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources
may with the consent and approval of the Governor by lease, gift or otherwise acquire title
to or control over lands within the state suitable for protection and propagation of game
and fish or for public hunting and fishing purposes or to be used otherwise as provided in
this chapter, to be known as state game lands. The director may purchase, erect and equip
such buildings as may be deemed necessary for propagating game, birds or fish; provided, however,
that all purchases made under the powers conferred in this section shall be subject to the
provisions of Chapters 4 and 5 of Title 41. (Acts 1935, No. 240, p. 632, §24; Code 1940,
T. 8, §25.)...
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40-10-139
Section 40-10-139 Conveyance to Department of Conservation and Natural Resources of land bid
in by state - Notice to former owner of intended conveyance. Whenever it is determined by
the Land Commissioner that it is to the best interest of the state to convey to the Department
of Conservation and Natural Resources the title of any lands which have been bid in at tax
sale and which remain unredeemed, he may, on his own motion and without application being
filed by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, issue notice to the former
owner or some person having an interest in such land, in the same manner as heretofore provided
for in cases where application for conveyance has been filed by the Department of Conservation
and Natural Resources; and, if such lands are not redeemed within the time so fixed, the same
shall, upon approval of the Governor, be conveyed to the Department of Conservation and Natural
Resources in the same manner as if application for such conveyance had...
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9-15-14
Section 9-15-14 Duty to determine best use for which unused lands may be adapted; use of same
for purpose for which suited. It shall be the duty of the Department of Conservation and Natural
Resources as to all unused lands owned by the State of Alabama or any institution or department
thereof to determine the best use to which said lands may be adapted and, thereafter, at the
request of the department or institution having title to or an interest in or charged by law
with the management of such lands and with the approval of the Governor, the Commissioner
of Conservation and Natural Resources then shall have authority to use such lands for the
purpose for which they are suited, and said lands shall be under the exclusive jurisdiction,
management and control of the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources; provided,
that the lands donated to or purchased by the state to be used as the Fort Morgan Parkway
from Fort Morgan to Gulf Shores, now a part of the Dixie Graves Highway,...
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9-11-3
Section 9-11-3 Title and deeds to acquired lands; supervision of same. The title to any land
acquired by gift or otherwise shall first be approved by the Attorney General, and such title
shall vest in the state. The deed to any such lands shall be recorded in the county where
such land lies and shall be deposited with the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources.
The supervision of and over such lands shall be under the control of the Commissioner of Conservation
and Natural Resources. (Acts 1935, No. 240, p. 632, §25; Code 1940, T. 8, §26.)...
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