9-2-61
Section 9-2-61 Appointment of director; powers and duties of division generally. The Division
of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries shall be a division of the Department of Conservation
and Natural Resources and shall be headed by and be under the direction, supervision and control
of the Director of the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries. He shall be appointed
by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources with the approval of the Governor.
The Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries shall have the personnel, powers, properties,
functions and duties of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources which pertain
to the game and fish of the State of Alabama and such personnel, duties, powers, functions
and properties as may be hereafter conferred by law. (Acts 1939, No. 162, p. 255, § 11; Code
1940, T. 8, §15; Acts 1951, No. 476, p. 840, §2.)...
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40-17-359
Section 40-17-359 Distribution and use of proceeds. (a) For the purpose of this section, the
following terms shall have the meanings ascribed below: (1) BASE ANNUAL COUNTY DISTRIBUTION.
Five hundred fifty thousand dollars ($550,000). (2) COST OF COLLECTION. The amounts from the
proceeds of the highway gasoline tax that may be appropriated by the Legislature to the department
for its operating expenses. (3) COUNTY. Each county in the state. (4) FISCAL YEAR. The fiscal
year of the state. (5) DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. The Department of Transportation of the
state. (6) HIGHWAY GASOLINE TAX. Both of the following: a. The excise tax levied under subdivision
(1) of subsection (a) of Section 40-17-325, with the exception of those portions of the tax
levied on aviation fuel and marine gasoline. b. The excise tax levied by Sections 40-17-140
to 40-17-155, inclusive, except that portion of the tax imposed on diesel fuel. (7) LOCAL
SUBDIVISIONS' SHARES OF THE NET TAX PROCEEDS. The 55 percent...
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9-11-53
Section 9-11-53 Resident license - Freshwater fishing. (a) Any person who has been a bona fide
resident of this state for a period of not less than 90 days next preceding and who is age
16 or older, but who has not yet reached the age of 65, shall not take, catch, kill or attempt
to take, catch, or kill any fish in any of the waters of this state above that line defined
in Rule 220-2-.42 (1) of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources as published
in the Alabama Administrative Code, as well as below that line in any of the ponds or lakes
containing freshwater fish, subject to the exceptions contained herein, by any means, except
designated commercial fishing gear and wire baskets, expressly allowed by law or regulation
without first procuring an annual resident freshwater fishing license and paying therefor
the sum of eleven dollars ($11), plus a one dollar ($1) issuance fee, which fees shall be
subject to adjustment as provided for in Section 9-11-68; provided, however,...
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9-11-37
Section 9-11-37 Issuance of licenses generally - Issuance fee; reports. (a) There shall be
a $1.00 issuance fee for all licenses sold by the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries
of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, which shall be in addition to the
prescribed cost of such licenses. In counties where the probate judge or issuing officer is
on the fee system, the issuing fee shall be retained by the probate judge or issuing officer,
and in counties where the probate judge or issuing officer is on a salary basis, the fee shall
be paid by him into the county treasury to the credit of the appropriate fund. It shall be
unlawful to charge any amount that is in excess of the fee provided herein; and, if any probate
judge, license commissioner, special agent or other person authorized to issue such licenses
does so, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished, upon conviction, by a
fine of not less than $10.00 nor more than $25.00 for each offense. (b)...
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9-2-66
Section 9-2-66 Official annual state nongame wildlife print and/or stamp. (a) There is hereby
established an official annual state nongame wildlife print and/or stamp. (b) The Division
of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
is hereby given the authority to contract with an artist of its choice for the providing of
said print and/or stamp. (c) The Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries of the Department
of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby given authority to sell reproductions of said
print and/or stamp. (Acts 1990, No. 90-256, p. 319, §§1-3.)...
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9-11-375
Section 9-11-375 Charge for buying or otherwise obtaining freshwater mussels; disposition of
revenues; violation as a misdemeanor. (a) Any person, firm, or corporation who purchases or
otherwise obtains freshwater mussels taken from Alabama waters shall pay to the Alabama Department
of Conservation and Natural Resources Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries the amount
equal to $0.05 per pound of mussel shells, with or without meat, purchased or obtained. (b)
The payment to the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries shall be calculated from
receipts filled out by the buyer for each transaction. A copy of each receipt shall be given
to the seller and a copy retained by the buyer, and shall be made available by the buyer for
inspection by agents of the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries for a period of
two years. When mussels are exported without first going through a buyer, the method of payment
shall be as described in the rules and regulations promulgated by...
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9-2-60
Section 9-2-60 Created. (a) There is created within the Department of Conservation and Natural
Resources a division to be known as the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries. (b)
Wherever reference is made to the Game and Fish Division or the Division of Game and Fish
in this title, or in any other statute, rule, or regulation of the State of Alabama, the reference
shall be construed to refer to the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries. (Acts 1951,
No. 476, p. 840, § 2; Act 99-637, 2nd Sp. Sess., §§ 1, 2.)...
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9-11-68
Section 9-11-68 Cost adjustments - Hunting and fishing licenses. Beginning with the license
year October 1, 2010, and each license year thereafter, those license fees and issuance fees
specified in Act 2007-418 shall be subject to a possible cost adjustment based on the following
procedure: By the end of November of 2009, and each November thereafter, the Director of the
Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries of the Department of Conservation and Natural
Resources, with the approval of the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural
Resources, may submit to the Chair of the Advisory Board of Conservation and Natural Resources,
a recommendation of an increase in both the license fees and issuance fees for the licenses,
based on the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U)
(All Items - U.S. City Average) maintained by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor
Statistics, for the immediately preceding yearly period of...
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9-2-63
Section 9-2-63 Bond of director. Before entering upon the duties of his office, the Director
of the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries shall execute to the State of Alabama
a bond, to be approved by the Governor, in an amount to be fixed by the Commissioner of Conservation
and Natural Resources, for the faithful performance of his duties. (Acts 1943, No. 122, p.
123, §15; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 208, p. 2190, §1.)...
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9-2-22
Section 9-2-22 Game and Fish Fund - Disbursement. The said fund hereby created shall be used
and expended by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources in furtherance of the
preservation, protection, propagation and development of wild birds, wild fur-bearing animals,
game, fish and all other species of wildlife within the state or within the territorial jurisdiction
of the state which have not been reduced to private ownership and, when so expended, shall
be paid out on the requisition of the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources and
charged to said fund. All necessary expenses of the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries
of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, including its pro rata portion of
the administrative expense of said Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, shall
likewise be paid out of said fund on the requisition of the Commissioner of Conservation and
Natural Resources; provided, that no funds shall be withdrawn...
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