9-2-85
Section 9-2-85 Duties of employees of division generally; seizure, etc., of seafoods illegally taken, etc. The employees of the Division of Marine Resources shall diligently enforce all laws and regulations of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources now existing or which may hereafter be enacted or promulgated for the protection, propagation, preservation or conservation of the seafoods of the State of Alabama and shall prosecute all persons who violate any of such laws or regulations. Such employees shall, at any and all times, seize any and all oysters, saltwater fish or other seafoods which have been caught, taken or transported in a manner contrary to the laws or regulations based thereupon of this state. All seafood which is seized by such employees shall be held as evidence and used in the trial of the violation for which it was seized. After the trial of such violation, the seafood which has been so seized shall be disposed of by order of the court in which the case...
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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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9-2-86
Section 9-2-86 Director and employees constituted peace officers; inspection, etc., of factories, barrel measures, nets, trawls, etc. The Director of the Division of Marine Resources and other employees of said division are hereby constituted peace officers of the State of Alabama with full police power and jurisdiction to enforce all laws with reference to the seafoods of the State of Alabama and all rules and regulations promulgated by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, and they may exercise such powers in any county of the State of Alabama and on any waters of this state. They are hereby authorized to carry firearms or other weapons when they are actually in the discharge of their duties as such officers. They shall be clothed with the power to arrest with or without warrant any person who shall violate any of the laws of the State of Alabama or any rule or regulation of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources with reference to the protection,...
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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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9-2-8
Section 9-2-8 Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources - Promulgation of rules and regulations as to game, fish and seafood; publication and distribution of laws, etc. The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources is authorized to make and promulgate such reasonable rules and regulations not in conflict with the provisions of the game and fish laws as he may deem for the best interest of the conservation, protection and propagation of wild game, birds, animals, fish and seafoods, which rules and regulations shall have the effect of law; provided, that the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources shall not have the right to make or promulgate any rules or regulations which will hamper industry or which will interfere with the operation of any industrial plant or plants or any industrial operation. The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources shall not have the right to make or promulgate any rules or regulations which will hamper or interfere with...
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33-5-33
Section 33-5-33 Fees in certain prosecutions. In all misdemeanor cases for violations of the provisions of this article and regulations promulgated thereunder, and in all misdemeanor cases for violation of future laws, the enforcement of which is assigned to the Marine Police Division of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, cognizable in district courts or circuit courts, where the defendant pleads guilty and no appeal is taken, no fee shall be taxed or collected in said court for trial tax, district attorney's fee or entering judgment in such cases. (Acts 1967, No. 288, p. 817.)...
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9-12-31
Section 9-12-31 Boarding of boats, etc., and entrance into places of business to investigate compliance with laws. The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources or its duly authorized agent or agents shall have authority to board any boat, barge or other watercraft which is engaged in the taking or catching of oysters or shrimp or to enter the place of business of any person, firm, corporation or association engaged in the seafood industry or sale of seafoods and by inspection or investigation determine whether such boat, barge or other craft or such business is in every respect being operated in full compliance with the provisions of the seafood laws of this state or regulations based thereunder or whether oysters or shrimp or other seafoods are being taken or canned, packed or processed or caught or transported in full compliance with the laws relating to oysters and shrimp or other seafoods or regulations based thereunder. (Acts 1936-37, Ex. Sess., No. 169, ยง31, p. 192; Code...
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9-12-113
Section 9-12-113 Licenses or permits for commercial fishing; net or seine permits. (a) Each license or permit issued by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources or his or her authorized agent shall state the name of the applicant. (1) If the applicant is a resident of the State of Alabama, the applicant shall pay the following fees: a. One hundred dollars ($100) for commercial fishing. b. Three hundred dollars ($300) on each net or seine permit, plus an additional five hundred dollars ($500) per permit for the taking of Roe Mullet and Spanish Mackerel, as defined by regulation of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. c. One thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) for each purse seine license. (2) Nonresidents shall pay the following fees: a. Two hundred dollars ($200) for commercial fishing. b. One thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) for each net or seine permit, plus an additional two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per permit for the taking of...
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9-2-4
Section 9-2-4 Powers and duties as to seafoods, etc. (a) The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall have full jurisdiction and control of all seafoods existing or living in the waters of Alabama and of all public and natural oyster reefs and oyster bottoms of the State of Alabama, and it shall ordain, promulgate and enforce all rules, regulations and orders deemed by it to be necessary for the protection, propagation or conservation of the same. (b) The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources may by order duly made and published prescribe the manner of taking or catching, the time when and designate the places from which seafoods may or may not be taken or caught during certain periods of the year, or entirely, as it may deem to be for the best interest of the seafood industry. (c) It shall have full authority to prohibit the catching or taking of oysters from reefs designated by it by order duly made and promulgated during the entire open season or any part...
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9-2-87
Section 9-2-87 Seafoods Fund - Created; composition. There is hereby created and there shall be a fund which shall be known as the "Seafoods Fund." This fund shall consist of: (1) All moneys received from all occupational and privilege licenses or taxes imposed by the state on any person, firm or corporation for engaging in any business or activity relating to the taking, catching, processing or handling seafoods as defined in Section 9-2-80; (2) All revenue derived from oyster bottom leases; (3) All moneys paid, derived or received arising from fines, penalties or forfeitures of the seafood laws of this state or the rules and regulations based thereon; (4) All moneys derived from the sale, leasing, dredging, excavation or removal of oyster shells from the bottoms of any bay, lagoon, estuary, bayou or saltwater area within the jurisdiction of the State of Alabama; and (5) All moneys accruing to the Marine Resources Division of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources from...
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