45-33-140
Section 45-33-140 Protection of timberlands; finance charge. (a)(1) The Alabama Forestry Commission has notified the County Commission of Hale County that additional funding is necessary to maintain protection of the timberlands in Hale County. (2) The County Commission of Hale County is unable to fully fund the work of the Alabama Forestry Commission in Hale County. (3) The County Commission of Hale County realizes that without this much needed protection the timberlands of Hale County would be in grave danger of fire, insects, and disease. (b)(1) There is hereby levied and assessed a finance charge of ten cents ($0.10) per acre to be paid by the owners of forest lands located in Hale County, Alabama, for the use of land for timber growing purposes. (2) Forest lands, as used in this section, shall mean any land which is used for timber growing purposes, or for the production of wood products. Forest lands, as used in this section, shall not include any publicly owned lands or lands...
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45-42-160
Section 45-42-160 Participation in acreage protection program. (a) The County Commission of Limestone County is authorized, when the need exists, to provide protection for the forestlands and other acreage protected by the Alabama Forestry Commission in Limestone County by participating in the Alabama Forestry Commission's acreage protection program in the manner hereinafter specified. (b)(1) After the Limestone County Commission has determined that such a need does exist in Limestone County, the county commission may, in the manner hereinafter specified, provide for a financial charge to be paid by the owners of forestlands and other acreage protected by the Alabama Forestry Commission in Limestone County for the use of the land for timber growing purposes and the protected acreage therein, amounting to the whole or any part of the cost of such forest protection program, but not in excess of ten cents ($.10) per acre, provided such financial charge is not greater than the benefit...
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9-10B-12
Section 9-10B-12 Water Resources Commission created; membership. There is hereby created the Alabama Water Resources Commission. The commission shall consist of 19 members who are citizens of this state as follows: (1) Seven of the members of the commission shall be appointed by the Governor with one member being a resident of each congressional district and with at least one member being a resident of each surface water region; provided, however, that no more than two residents from each surface water region may be appointed by the Governor to serve on the commission at the same time. (2) The Governor shall also appoint one member of the commission from a list of five candidates submitted by an organization representing a majority of the rural water systems in the state, and one member from a list of five candidates submitted by a statewide organization representing soil and water conservation districts in the state. (3) Five of the members of the commission shall be appointed by the...
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9-11-300
Section 9-11-300 Establishment. The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, through the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, is hereby authorized and directed to establish by proclamation such wildlife management areas as may be in the public interest and to enter into agreements with the United States Forest Service, the United States Bureau of Biological Survey, the Tennessee Valley Authority or other owners, lessees or administrators of such lands as may be necessary and suitable for the purpose of establishing wildlife management areas. Such agreements shall provide for the fixing and demarcation of the boundaries of said area or areas, define the responsibilities of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the cooperating party or parties for restocking of wildlife species, the planting and cultivation of game and fish foods, the protection of such areas from predatory animals and unauthorized hunting or fishing and any other work necessary...
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9-11-391
Section 9-11-391 Definitions. Wherever used in this article, unless a different meaning clearly appears in the context, the following terms shall be given the following respective meanings: (1) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources of the State of Alabama. (2) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources of the State of Alabama. (3) CONSERVATION and MANAGEMENT. The collection and application of biological information for the purposes of increasing and maintaining the number of animals within species and populations of marine mammals at the optimum carrying capacity of their habitat. Such terms include the entire scope of activities that constitute a modern scientific resources program, including, but not limited to, research, census law enforcement and habitat acquisition and improvement. Also included within these terms, when and where appropriate, is the periodic or total protection of species or populations as well...
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9-13-40
Section 9-13-40 Declaration of public policy; deferred taxation of timber on lands designated as auxiliary state forests authorized and directed. It is the declared policy of the state to encourage reforestation of cutover lands and timber culture generally; and to that end and in consideration of the public benefits arising therefrom, the timber growing on lands which shall hereafter be designated by the State Forestry Commission as auxiliary state forests under the provision of this article shall not be taxable or assessed for taxation by any authority from the time that said lands are so designated until they are withdrawn as auxiliary state forests, and only the land on which said timber grows may be taxed or assessed for taxation as if the ownership of the timber growing thereon had been severed from the ownership of the land, and the valuation of the timber growing on auxiliary state forests shall not be included in the valuation of the shares of stock in any domestic corporation...
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9-14A-4
Section 9-14A-4 Alabama State Parks System Improvement Corporation. (a) The Governor, the Lieutenant Governor or his or her designee, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate or his or her designee, the Speaker of the House of Representatives or his or her designee, the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources of the state, and the Director of Finance of the state may become a corporation, with the powers and authorities hereinafter provided, by proceeding according to the provisions of this chapter. To become a corporation, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor or his or her designee, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate or his or her designee, the Speaker of the House of Representatives or his or her designee, the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, and the Director of Finance shall present to the Secretary of State of Alabama an application signed by them which shall set forth: (1) The name, official designation and...
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9-14E-1
Section 9-14E-1 Definitions. The following terms as used in this section shall have the following meanings: (1) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. (2) GOVERNOR. The Governor of the State of Alabama. (3) GROUND LEASE. A lease of the project site which shall provide for the rights and responsibilities of the state and any other person which is a party thereto. (4) GULF STATE PARK. The real property comprising approximately 6,150 acres, and any future additions thereto, including facilities and fixtures located thereon and appurtenances thereto, owned and managed by the state and the department in south Baldwin County, Alabama. (5) GULF STATE PARK PROJECT COMMITTEE. The committee established pursuant to subsection (d) of Section 9-14E-5. (6) PARTY TO AN EXECUTED PROJECT AGREEMENT. The state or any person who is a party to and is obligated to the state under a project agreement, or any part thereof. (7) PERSON. Any private person or any public person. (8)...
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9-15-17
Section 9-15-17 Fund for management, etc., of unused lands. All funds which shall be retained by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources as charges against the income from any lands administered by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources under authority of this article shall be delivered to the State Treasurer by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, and the State Treasurer shall keep said funds in a special fund, which fund shall be used only for the preservation, management, protection and improvement of unused lands and shall be paid out upon the requisition of the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources. Any balance remaining in said fund at the end of any fiscal year shall not revert to the General Funds of the state but shall be allowed to accumulate to the end that a fund may be provided for the management, protection, development and improvement of unused lands; provided, that no funds shall be withdrawn nor expended for...
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9-15-72
Section 9-15-72 Lands Division responsible for selling or leasing property. Each department, board, bureau, commission, institution, corporation, or agency which holds real property shall notify the Lands Division of the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources of its desire and intention to sell or lease any of the real property and shall provide such information as may be specified by the Lands Division. The Lands Division shall be responsible for obtaining the appraisal, deed, and other documents needed for selling or leasing the property under this article and for handling the closing of the sale or lease. No sale or lease involving an amount of more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) shall be divided into smaller parcels involving less than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for avoiding the requirements of this article. (Acts 1995, No. 95-280, p. 507, §3; Act 2000-685, p. 1390, §1.)...
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