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9-16-77
Section 9-16-77 Division of Hearings and Appeals. (a) There is created a Division of Hearings
and Appeals within the Alabama Surface Mining Commission to enforce this article. The division
shall have such powers and authority as required by law and as delegated by the director.
(b) The commission may hire or contract with hearing officers to hear and determine appeals
from regulatory, enforcement, or other activities of the commission. A hearing officer shall
be a member of and in good standing with the Alabama State Bar. (c) No person shall serve
as a hearing officer who has any direct or indirect financial interest in an underground or
surface coal mining operation or who has been employed by or represented any coal mine operator
within the previous 24 months. (Acts 1981, No. 81-435, p. 682, §8; Act 2010-498, p. 768,
§1.)...
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9-16-5
Section 9-16-5 Permit for engaging in surface mining operations - Application; issuance. (a)
Any operator desiring a permit shall file an application with the department upon a form furnished
by the department containing all of the following: (1) A brief description of the tract or
tracts of land and the estimated number of acres to be affected by the applicant's surface
mining thereon during the permit period. The description shall include the section, township,
range, and county in which the land is located and shall otherwise describe the land with
sufficient clarity so it may be located and distinguished from other lands. The description
shall also include a description of access to the area from the nearest public highway (2)
A statement by the applicant that the applicant has the right and power by legal estate owned
to mine by surface mining the land so described. The statement shall set forth by reference
the source of the applicant's right and power to so mine. (3) A statement...
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9-16-74
Section 9-16-74 Surface Mining Commission - Powers. In addition to any other powers conferred
on it by law, the commission shall have the power to do all of the following: (1) Adopt, amend,
suspend, repeal, and enforce reasonably necessary rules and regulations, provided such rules
and regulations shall not be more stringent than those promulgated by federal law, or rule
or regulation, to control surface coal mining operations consistent with this article including
the declaration of public policy and legislative intent contained in Section 9-16-71. Such
rules and regulations may be for the state as a whole or may vary from area to area, as may
be appropriate to accomplish the policy and intent of this article and in order to take into
account varying local conditions. (2) Hold public hearings as may be specified by law relating
to any aspect or matter in the administration of this article and, in connection therewith,
administer oaths and compel the attendance of witnesses and the...
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3-1-29
Section 3-1-29 Activities relating to fighting of dogs prohibited; punishment; violations;
confiscation; procedures for disposition of animals; bond for the care of seized dog; forfeiture.
(a) It shall be a Class C felony for any person to do any of the following: (1) To own, possess,
keep, or train any dog with the intent that such dog shall be engaged in an exhibition of
fighting with another dog. (2) For amusement or gain, to cause any dog to fight with another
dog, or cause any dogs to injure each other. (3) To permit any act in violation of subdivisions
(1) and (2) of this subsection. (b) It shall be a Class C felony for any person to be knowingly
present, as a spectator, at any place, building, or tenement where preparations are being
made for an exhibition of the fighting of dogs, with the intent to be present at such preparations,
or to be knowingly present at such exhibition or to knowingly aid or abet another in such
exhibition. (c) Any dog used to fight other dogs in...
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9-16-125
Section 9-16-125 Reclamation program. (a) The Department of Labor, State Programs Division,
shall establish and maintain a state reclamation program for abandoned mines which complies
with Title IV of Public Law 95-87. The state reclamation program plan shall generally identify
the areas to be reclaimed, the purposes for which the reclamation is proposed, the relationship
of the lands to be reclaimed and the proposed reclamation to surrounding areas, the specific
criteria for ranking and identifying projects to be funded, and the legal authority and programmatic
capability to perform such work in conformance with the provisions of the federal act. (b)
The director shall annually submit to the secretary, an application for the support of the
state program and implementation of specific reclamation projects. Such requests shall include,
but shall not be limited to: (1) A general description of each proposed project; (2) A priority
evaluation of each proposed project; (3) A statement of...
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22-36-3
Section 22-36-3 Rules and regulations governing underground storage tanks. The department,
acting through the commission, is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations governing
underground storage tanks and is authorized to seek the approval of the United States Environmental
Protection Agency to operate the state underground storage tank program in lieu of the federal
program. In addition to specific authorities provided by this chapter, the department is authorized,
acting through the commission, to adopt any rules or regulations that are mandatory requirements
for approval of the State Underground Storage Tank Regulatory Program by the United States
Environmental Protection Agency. Adoption of rules and regulations governing underground storage
tanks shall not occur prior to adoption by the United States Environmental Protection Agency
of regulations establishing the federal program. (1) The department, acting through the commission,
is authorized to promulgate rules and...
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9-17-6
Section 9-17-6 Oil and Gas Board - Powers and duties generally. (a) The board shall have jurisdiction
and authority over all persons and property necessary to administer and enforce effectively
the provisions of this article and all other articles relating to the conservation of oil
and gas. (b) The board shall have the authority and it shall be its duty to make such inquiries
as it may think proper to determine whether or not waste, over which it has jurisdiction,
exists or is imminent. In the exercise of such power the board shall have the authority to
perform the following: (1) Collect data. (2) Make investigation and inspection. (3) Examine
properties, leases, papers, books, and records, including drilling records, logs, and other
geological and geophysical data. (4) Examine, check, test, and gauge oil and gas wells, tanks,
plants, processing facilities, structures, natural gas pipelines and gathering lines, and
storage and transportation equipment and facilities, and other modes...
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11-88-132
Section 11-88-132 Acquisition, etc., of water system of water and fire protection authority
by city board of water and sewer commissioners - Conveyance of funds in trust for authority's
fire protection system; governing board of authority as trustees; trustees' powers and liabilities.
(a) In the event that the board of water and sewer commissioners of any city ("commissioners")
should acquire, operate, or control by virtue of assignment, conveyance, court order, operation
of law, or otherwise the water system of a water and fire protection authority ("authority"),
then the commissioners shall thereupon convey to the authority the principal sum of $2,000,000
in irrevocable trust for the support and maintenance of the authority's fire protection system.
(b) The trustees of the trust so established shall be the members of the governing board of
the authority, as it may be comprised from time to time, who shall have all powers necessary
to effect the support and maintenance of the...
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2-15-70
Section 2-15-70 Operation of livestock market without permit, etc.; disposition of fines; injunctive
proceedings to restrain operation of livestock market in violation of provisions of division.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any of the provisions and requirements
of this division or to fail or refuse to perform any duty or requirement imposed by the provisions
of this division or to operate a livestock market without having a valid permit as required
under the provisions of this division, and it shall also be unlawful for any person to operate
a livestock market after the permit to so operate has been revoked under the provisions of
this division. Each day's operation of a livestock market without a permit shall constitute
a separate violation. Any person operating a livestock market without a permit shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than $50.00 nor more than $500.00
and, within the discretion of the court, may be...
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32-7-6
Section 32-7-6 Security required; suspensions; applicability. (a) If 20 days after the receipt
of a report of a motor vehicle accident within this state which has resulted in bodily injury
or death, or damage to the property of any one person in excess of five hundred dollars ($500),
the director does not have on file evidence satisfactory that the person who would otherwise
be required to file security under subsection (b) of this section has been released from liability,
or has been finally adjudicated not to be liable, or has executed a duly acknowledged written
agreement or conditional release providing for the payment of an agreed amount in installments
with respect to all claims for injuries or damages resulting from the accident, which agreement
or conditional release may include reasonable interest as set out in Section 32-7-7, the director
shall determine the amount of security which shall be sufficient in his or her judgment to
satisfy any judgment or judgments for damages...
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