9-12-150
Section 9-12-150 Artificial reef construction permit; transportation, inspection, etc., of reef materials; bond; penalties. (a) Before any person, firm, corporation, or association constructs or attempts to construct an artificial fishing reef in the coastal waters of the State of Alabama as defined by Section 9-7-10, or waters approved by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers adjacent to or which may affect the coastal area of Alabama as defined by Section 9-7-10, and transports or attempts to transport material from which artificial reefs may be constructed through the waters of this state, the person, firm, corporation, or association shall have the material inspected and approved by and shall obtain a permit from the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Marine Resources Division, or any agency designated in the future by the division, the cost of which shall be twenty-five dollars ($25) per reef and shall be credited to the Marine Resources Fund. Materials are...
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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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9-16-121
Section 9-16-121 Definitions. For the purpose of this article the following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) ABANDONED MINE LANDS. Lands affected by the mining of coal prior to November 5, 1990, and left in either an unreclaimed or inadequately reclaimed condition, and for which there is no continuing reclamation responsibility required under state or federal law, and which continue in their present condition to substantially degrade the quality of the environment, prevent or damage the beneficial use of land or water resources, or endanger the health or safety of the public. (2) DIRECTOR. The Secretary of Labor or his or her authorized agents or representatives. (3) FEDERAL ACT. Title IV, "Abandoned Mine Reclamation," of Public Law 95-87 of the 95th U. S. Congress. (4) FUND. State Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund. (5) SECRETARY. The Secretary of the United States Department of Interior. (6) STATE RECLAMATION PROGRAM. The state...
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9-4-2
Section 9-4-2 State Geologist - Duties generally. (a) It shall be the duty of the State Geologist to devote his entire time to the administrative duties of his office and to making explorations and examinations of the mineral, agricultural, biological and other natural resources of the state so as to determine accurately the quality and character of its soils and their adaptation to agricultural purposes and especially to the occurrence and quality of phosphates, marls, gypsum and other natural fertilizers, its mineral resources and their locations, character and capacity for development, its water powers and their capacity, its forest trees and their utilities and distribution and its other plant and animal forms useful or noxious; and it shall be the duty of him and his assistants, whenever they discover any deposits of ores or other resources of value, to notify immediately the owners of the land on which such deposits occur, but no individual or firm or corporation shall have the...
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9-10-6
Section 9-10-6 Applications for construction permits; duties of Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources as to granting of permits, etc.; enforcement of compliance with terms and conditions of permits. (a) Before any construction work on any project may be undertaken by any corporation created under the terms of this article, said corporation shall apply to the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources for a permit authorizing the proposed development. The corporation shall furnish with the application for permit the following information: preliminary plans consisting of maps, plats, plans and drawings showing the general features of the development or developments it proposes to make, with amount of water which will be required as related to the naturally available supply, the land areas and, if a multiple purpose project, the other clients which will benefit from the development and such other details as may be needed to make clear the extent and scope of the...
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33-5-62
Section 33-5-62 Rules and regulations; point system for suspension or revocation of certifications. The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources may establish and promulgate reasonable rules and regulations, not in conflict with the laws of this state, concerning operation of vessels and concerning the enforcement of this article. All fines collected shall be deposited into the State Water Safety Fund. Specifically, but not by way of limitation, the commissioner may establish, by regulation, in addition to all other penalties, a point system by which boater safety certifications may be suspended or revoked, as well as hearing procedures related to the suspension or revocation of certifications. Unless otherwise provided by law, the penalty for the violation of any rules and regulations promulgated under this article shall be a Class C misdemeanor punishable upon conviction as provided in Sections 13A-5-7 and l3A-5-12. A person so convicted shall be fined not less than fifty...
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33-7-31
Section 33-7-31 Eminent domain; improvement of navigation. Any such person, firm or corporation may exercise the power of eminent domain, for the purpose of acquiring such lands as it may be necessary or convenient to flood or otherwise utilize in order to improve navigation as provided in this article, such lands to include as well as all the area submerged a strip of land 50 feet in width bordering upon the margins of the slack water pool or pools as the same may be defined at the highest stage of the river at any time after the completion of the improvements herein provided for; and the right hereby conferred to exercise such power of eminent domain is cumulative. No person, firm or corporation shall acquire the rights granted by this article, unless the dam or system of dams, and lock or system of locks, to be constructed by such person, firm or corporation are so planned as, when constructed, will by the operation thereof improve the navigation of the river in which the dam or...
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45-29-140
Section 45-29-140 Definitions. When used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) AUTHORITY. The Fayette County Water Coordinating and Fire Prevention Authority, a public corporation organized pursuant to this article. (2) BOARD. The Board of Directors of the Fayette County Water Coordinating and Fire Prevention Authority. (4) CONCISE LEGAL DESCRIPTION. A reasonably concise description of a particular geographic area which may be by metes and bounds or by reference to government surveys, recorded maps and plats, municipal, county, or state boundary lines, well defined landmarks, and other monuments, or any combination of the foregoing. (5) COUNTY. Fayette County. (3) BONDS. Bonds, notes, and certificates representing an obligation to pay money. (6) DIRECTOR. A member of the Board of Directors of the Fayette County Water Coordinating and Fire Prevention Authority. (7) FIRE...
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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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9-12-21
Section 9-12-21 "Natural oyster reef" defined. A natural oyster reef is declared and defined as not less than one acre in continuous area of any bottoms of any bay, sound, bayou, creek, inlet or any other body of salt or brackish water on which oysters grow naturally, or have grown naturally, in quantity sufficient to warrant fishing for them with hand tongs as a means of a livelihood within a period of five years next preceding the time at which said matter may be presented for consideration and determination by the Director, Marine Resources Division of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. But in no case shall an oyster bed be declared or defined to be a natural oyster reef when such bed is located within the limits where the owners of land fronting on such waters where oysters may be grown have the right to create and have created, by artificial means such as planting oysters or oyster shells or by any other means, culture grounds for the growth of oysters and have...
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