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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9-16-127
Section 9-16-127 Acquisition and disposition of lands. (a) The director, with the approval of the Secretary of Interior, may acquire title in the name of the state to any land or interest therein by purchase, donation, or condemnation if such land or interest is adversely affected by past coal mining practices and upon a determination that acquisition of such land is necessary to successful reclamation and that: (1) The acquired land after restoration, reclamation, abatement, control or prevention of the adverse effects of past coal mining practices will serve recreation and historical purposes, conservation and reclamation purposes or provide open space benefits; and (2) Permanent facilities such as a treatment plant or a relocated stream channel will be constructed on the land for restoration, reclamation, abatement, control or prevention of the adverse effects of past coal mining practices; or (3) Acquisition of coal refuse disposal sites and all coal refuse thereon will serve the...
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9-9-71
Section 9-9-71 Declaration of benefits of drainage, etc.; declaration of public policy. The establishing of proper control of surface waters upon the agricultural lands of the state through proper distribution and holding of said waters upon said land, the prevention of increased areas of wet, swamp or overflow lands through control of soil erosion and the filling of natural and artificial drains and the establishing of systems for the proper distribution and control of waters which, when uncontrolled, become overflow waters and the elimination of overflow lands are declared to be in promotion of the public health, in aid of agriculture and in interest of the general welfare and public convenience. Such work is also declared to be a necessary and publicly convenient part of or aid to the execution of the powers of the state contained in Amendments 15 and 22 to the constitution. It is further declared to be the adopted public policy of the state to cooperate with persons desiring to...
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41-10-236
Section 41-10-236 State advisory committee to Africatown, U.S.A. State Park. There is hereby established a state advisory committee to the Africatown, U.S.A. State Park which shall include the Director of the state Historical Commission, the Director of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, the Director of the state Department of Tourism, the Mayor of the City of Prichard, Alabama, a member selected by the Black Heritage Council, the state representative and state senator representing the legislative districts in which the Africatown, U.S.A. State Park is located, and the senators and representatives representing the legislative districts in which the commemorative sites are located, a member of the Africatown, U.S.A. Historic Preservation Authority, and five other persons to be appointed by the Governor, at least one of whom shall be a descendent of the Africans brought over on the Clotilde and at least one of whom shall be a representative of the corporate community...
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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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9-15-17
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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9-15-34
Section 9-15-34 Institution, etc., of practice of forestry and enforcement of state fire and trespass laws - School lands. The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby empowered to have forestry practiced upon school lands, to supervise and inaugurate sound practices of forestry thereon, to put into effect and enforce state fire and timber trespass laws on said lands and to do all things which in his opinion he deems advisable to be done for the best interests of the state concerning school lands. (Acts 1939, No. 581, p. 949, §2; Code 1940, T. 8, §235.)...
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9-15-35
Section 9-15-35 Institution, etc., of practice of forestry and enforcement of state fire and trespass laws - Swamp and overflowed lands. The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby empowered to have forestry practiced upon swamp and overflowed lands, to supervise and inaugurate sound practices of forestry thereon, to put into effect and enforce state fire and timber trespass laws on said lands and to do all things which in his opinion he deems necessary to be done to promote the growth of timber thereon and to do all things which in his opinion he deems advisable to be done for the best interests of the state concerning said lands. (Acts 1939, No. 581, p. 949, §6; Code 1940, T. 8, §238.)...
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9-15-8
Section 9-15-8 Filing of lists of used and unused lands by state departments and institutions; filing of lists of improvements made on said lands; disposition of lists. It shall be the duty of each state department or institution of the State of Alabama which holds the legal title to or any interest in any lands in the State of Alabama and any department charged by law with the administration, control or management of any state department or institutional lands to file in the office of the Land Agent within the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources a complete list of all lands of whatsoever kind to which it holds the legal title or in which it claims any interest. If any land is held by any person, firm, corporation, department or institution of the State of Alabama for the use and benefit of any institution or department of the State of Alabama, such land shall also be included in such list to be filed in the office of the Land Agent, Department of Conservation and Natural...
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9-7-12
Section 9-7-12 Declaration of state policy. The Legislature finds and declares that it is state policy: (1) To preserve, protect, develop and, where possible, to restore or enhance the resources of the state's coastal area for this and succeeding generations; (2) To encourage and assist counties and municipalities, wherever applicable, to exercise effectively their responsibilities in the coastal area through the development and implementation of administration programs to achieve wise use of the land and water resources of the coastal area, giving full consideration to needs for economic development as well as to ecological, cultural, historic and aesthetic values; (3) To assure that in development of the state's coastal area adequate consideration is given to such uses of the coastal area as the establishment of harbor facilities for the receiving of oil, gas and other commodities from ships and tankers, pipelines from such ports and utility plant sites, utility generation,...
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