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9-16-76
Section 9-16-76 Conflict of interest; penalty. No officer or employee of the commission performing
any function or duty under this article, shall have a direct or indirect financial interest
in underground or surface coal mining operations. Whoever knowingly violates the provisions
of this section shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than $2,500.00,
or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, and shall relinquish his commission
seat. (Acts 1981, No. 81-435, p. 682, §7.)...
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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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9-16-94
Section 9-16-94 Penalties. (a) Any permittee or operator who violates any permit condition
or who violates any other provision of this article, may be assessed a civil penalty by the
regulatory authority, except that if such violation leads to the issuance of a cessation order
under Section 9-16-93, the civil penalty shall be assessed. Such penalty shall not exceed
$5,000.00 for each violation. Each day of continuing violation may be deemed a separate violation
for purposes of penalty assessments. In determining the amount of the penalty, consideration
shall be given to the permittee's history of previous violations at the particular surface
coal mining operations; the seriousness of the violation, including any irreparable harm to
the environment and any hazard to the health or safety of the public; whether the permittee
was negligent; and the demonstrated good faith of the permittee charged in attempting to achieve
rapid compliance after notification of the violation. (b) A civil...
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9-16-88
Section 9-16-88 Permits - Review and appeal of applications. (a) At the time of submission
of an application for a surface coal mining and reclamation permit, or revision of an existing
permit, pursuant to the provisions of this article, the applicant shall submit to the regulatory
authority a copy of his advertisement of the ownership, precise location, and boundaries of
the land to be affected. At the time of submission such advertisement shall be placed by the
applicant in a local newspaper of general circulation in the locality of the proposed surface
mine at least once a week for four consecutive weeks. The regulatory authority shall notify
various local governmental bodies, planning agencies, and sewage and water treatment authorities
or water companies in the locality in which the proposed surface mining will take place, notifying
them of the operator's intention to surface mine a particularly described tract of land and
indicating the application's permit number and where a...
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29-11-1
Section 29-11-1 Transfer of certain state funds to offset costs of services. (a) Notwithstanding
any other provision of law to the contrary, in order to provide for an increase in receipts
into the State General Fund for the funding of the operations of state government, there is
hereby established the authority to transfer from the following state departments state funds
in those amounts as are annually specified in the State General Fund appropriations act beginning
with the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and each fiscal year thereafter. Such transfers
shall be for the purpose of providing funds to help offset the costs of state services provided
to the several departments by state entities which are supported by appropriations from the
State General Fund: (1) Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. (2) Department of Conservation
and Natural Resources. (3) Department of Environmental Management. (4) Department of Finance.
(5) Department of Insurance. (6) Department of...
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9-16-78
Section 9-16-78 Hearing officer; powers; witness fees. (a) No hearing officer shall participate
in a hearing if he or she has an interest therein. At any such hearing all testimony shall
be given under oath and be recorded, but need not be transcribed unless an appeal is made.
(b) The manner in which hearings before hearing officers shall be presented and the conduct
of hearings and appeals before hearing officers shall be in accordance with regulations prescribed
by the regulatory authority. (c) In the discharge of his or her duties under this article,
any hearing officer shall have power to administer oaths, certify to official acts, take and
cause to be taken depositions of witnesses, issue and serve subpoenas, compel the attendance
of witnesses and the production of papers, books, accounts, payrolls, documents, records,
and testimony, provide for site inspections or inspections of other operations. In the event
of failure of any person to comply with any subpoena lawfully issued,...
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33-18-1
Section 33-18-1 Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin Compact. The State of Alabama hereby agrees
to the following interstate compact known as the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin Compact:
Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin Compact The States of Alabama and Georgia and the United
States of America hereby agree to the following compact which shall become effective upon
enactment of concurrent legislation by each respective state legislature and the Congress
of the United States. Short Title This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa
River Basin Compact" and shall be referred to hereafter in this document as the "ACT
Compact" or "compact." Article I Compact Purposes This compact among the States
of Alabama and Georgia and the United States of America has been entered into for the purposes
of promoting interstate comity, removing causes of present and future controversies, equitably
apportioning the surface waters of the ACT, engaging in water planning,...
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33-19-1
Section 33-19-1 Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact. The State of Alabama
hereby agrees to the following interstate compact known as the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint
River Basin Compact: Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact The States of Alabama,
Florida and Georgia and the United States of America hereby agree to the following compact
which shall become effective upon enactment of concurrent legislation by each respective state
legislature and the Congress of the United States. Short Title This Act shall be known and
may be cited as the "Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact" and shall
be referred to hereafter in this document as the "ACF Compact" or "compact."
Article I Compact Purposes This compact among the States of Alabama, Florida and Georgia and
the United States of America has been entered into for the purposes of promoting interstate
comity, removing causes of present and future controversies, equitably apportioning the...
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22-27-3
Section 22-27-3 Authority of local governing bodies as waste collections and disposal; household
exemptions; state regulatory program. (a) Generally. (1) The county commission or municipal
governing body may, and is hereby authorized to, make available to the general public collection
and disposal facilities for solid wastes in a manner acceptable to the department. The county
commission or municipal governing body may provide such collection or disposal services by
contract with private or other controlling agencies and may include house-to-house service
or the placement of regularly serviced and controlled bulk refuse receptacles within reasonable
(generally less than eight miles) distance from the farthest affected household and the wastes
managed in a manner acceptable to the department. (2) Any county commission or municipal governing
body providing services to the public under this article shall have the power and authority
by resolution or ordinance to adopt rules and...
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45-45-174
Section 45-45-174 Noise control. (a) In Madison County, the Madison County Commission may enact
a noise ordinance for the areas outside of the corporate limits of any municipality and may
provide that a violation of the ordinance constitutes a public nuisance subject to a civil
fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) per day to be assessed as provided in
the ordinance. Any law enforcement officer or constable may issue a citation alleging a violation
of the ordinance. The ordinance may provide that the person charged with a violation may pay
a civil fine or request, within 30 days of receipt of the citation, a due process hearing
before the Madison County Commission or a hearing officer designated by the Madison County
Commission on the validity of the citation. An order of the Madison County Commission finding
a violation and an assessment of a civil fine shall be final within 30 days thereof unless
appealed to the Circuit Court in Madison County based on the...
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