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9-8-25
Section 9-8-25 Powers and duties of districts; performance of work on private lands; acquisition,
etc., of land by public bodies; exemption from taxation. (a) A soil and water conservation
district organized under this article shall constitute a governmental subdivision of this
state and a public body, corporate and politic, exercising public powers, and such district
and the supervisors thereof shall have the following powers, in addition to others granted
in other sections of this article: (1) To carry out preventive and control measures within
the district including, but not limited to, engineering operations, methods of cultivation,
the growing of vegetation, changes in use of land, and other erosion control measures on lands
owned or controlled by this state or any of its agencies with the consent and cooperation
of the agency administering and having jurisdiction thereof and on any other lands within
the district upon obtaining the consent of the owner of such lands or the...
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33-12-5
Section 33-12-5 Powers, duties and functions. The powers, duties and functions of the agency
shall be as follows: (1) GENERALLY. The agency a. Shall have perpetual succession in its corporate
name. b. May sue and be sued in its corporate name. c. May adopt, use and alter a corporate
seal, which shall be judicially noticed. d. May enter into such contracts and cooperative
agreements with the federal, state and local governments, with agencies of such governments,
with private individuals, corporations, associations, trusts and other organizations as the
board may deem necessary or convenient to enable it to carry out the purposes of this chapter,
including the planned, orderly residential development of the area. e. May adopt, amend and
repeal bylaws. f. May appoint such managers, officers, employees, attorneys and agents as
the board deems necessary for the transaction of its business, fix their compensation, define
their duties, require bonds of such of them as the board may...
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22-22-9
Section 22-22-9 Powers and duties; enforcement of orders; permits; civil penalties for violations.
(a) It shall be the duty of the commission to control pollution in the waters of the state,
and it shall specifically have the following powers: (1) To study and investigate all problems
concerned with the improvement and conservation of the waters of the state; (2) To conduct,
independently and in cooperation with others, studies, investigation and research and to prepare,
or in cooperation with others prepare, a program or programs, any or all of which shall pertain
to the purity and conservation of the waters of the state or to the treatment and disposal
of pollutants or other wastes, which studies, investigations, research and program or programs
shall be intended to result in the reduction of pollution of the waters of the state according
to the conditions and particular circumstances existing in the various communities throughout
the state; and (3) To propose remedial measures...
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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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40-23-4
Section 40-23-4 Exemptions. (a) There are exempted from the provisions of this division and
from the computation of the amount of the tax levied, assessed, or payable under this division
the following: (1) The gross proceeds of the sales of lubricating oil and gasoline as defined
in Sections 40-17-30 and 40-17-170 and the gross proceeds from those sales of lubricating
oil destined for out-of-state use which are transacted in a manner whereby an out-of-state
purchaser takes delivery of such oil at a distributor's plant within this state and transports
it out-of-state, which are otherwise taxed. (2) The gross proceeds of the sale, or sales,
of fertilizer when used for agricultural purposes. The word "fertilizer" shall not
be construed to include cottonseed meal, when not in combination with other materials. (3)
The gross proceeds of the sale, or sales, of seeds for planting purposes and baby chicks and
poults. Nothing herein shall be construed to exempt or exclude from the computation of...
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9-15-44
Section 9-15-44 Exchanges of school lands. The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources
is hereby authorized to exchange school lands for other lands of equal value, with the approval
of the Governor and the State Superintendent of Education. The Commissioner of Conservation
and Natural Resources shall have the title to the land to be received by the state examined;
and, if in his opinion said title is without defect, he shall so certify to the Governor and,
provided the Governor and the State Superintendent of Education approve, the Governor shall
cause patents to be issued to those exchanging said lands. Such patent shall vest a fee simple
title in the grantee named therein. The title to the land received in exchange for school
land shall be in the State of Alabama in trust for the use of schools and shall be classified
as school land as defined by law. (Acts 1939, No. 581, p. 949, §12; Code 1940, T. 8, §244.)...
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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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9-12-24
Section 9-12-24 Authority and procedure for leasing of bottoms in natural oyster reefs; cancellation
and forfeiture of leases; disposition of proceeds from leases. In addition to the powers heretofore
enumerated, the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources shall have power to lease
to any citizen of Alabama or firm or corporation organized under the laws of this state and
doing business within its limits, for the purpose of oyster culture, any bottom of the waters
of the state in a natural oyster bed or reef in such areas and at such prices and under such
conditions as he may determine. Such persons, firms or corporations desiring to avail themselves
of the privileges of leasing oyster bottoms shall make application in writing to the Commissioner
of Conservation and Natural Resources accompanied by such fee as may be prescribed by the
Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, whereupon a competent surveyor, selected
by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural...
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