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9-10A-1
Section 9-10A-1 Legislative intent. Proper management of the watersheds of the state is necessary
to insure the health, safety and welfare of our citizens. Improper land use and water use
practices upon our watersheds have caused or contributed to and will continue to cause and
contribute to critical flooding, erosion and pollution problems. Proper management of watersheds
is necessary to provide an adequate supply of water for residential, agricultural and industrial
uses, flood prevention and control, soil erosion prevention and control, agricultural and
timber land protection, and wildlife habitat protection. The legislative intent of this chapter
is to provide for the establishment of watershed management authorities, and to authorize
said entities to protect and manage the watersheds of this state. (Acts 1991, No. 91-602,
p. 1119, ยง1.)...
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9-16-90
Section 9-16-90 Environmental protection performance standards. (a) Any permit issued pursuant
to this article to conduct surface mining operations shall require that such surface coal
mining operations will meet all applicable performance standards of this article, and such
other requirements as the regulatory authority shall promulgate. (b) General performance standards
shall be applicable to all surface coal mining and reclamation operations and shall require
the operation as a minimum to: (1) Conduct surface coal mining operations so as to maximize
the utilization and conservation of the solid fuel resource being recovered so that reaffecting
the land in the future through surface coal mining can be minimized; (2) Restore the land
affected to a condition capable of supporting the uses which it was capable of supporting
prior to any mining, or higher or better uses of which there is reasonable likelihood, so
long as such use or uses do not present any actual or probable hazard to...
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9-8-65
Section 9-8-65 Discontinuance. (a) At any time after five years from the organization of a
watershed conservancy district, 25 or more landowners within a district or, if less than 50
landowners are involved, a majority of the landowners in such district may file a petition
with the board of supervisors praying that the existence of the district be discontinued.
The petition shall state the reasons for discontinuance and that all obligations of the district
have been met. (b) After giving notice, the board of supervisors may conduct such hearings
on the petition as may be necessary to assist it in making a determination. (c) Within 60
days after the petition is filed, a referendum shall be held and conducted under the supervision
of the board of supervisors in the same manner as a referendum is required to be held and
conducted under the provisions of Sections 9-8-56 through 9-8-58. No informalities in the
conduct of the referendum or in any matters relating to the referendum shall...
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9-9-7
Section 9-9-7 Establishment of district - Filing of petition for organization of district;
appointment, etc., of engineer; report of engineer. (a) Whenever a petition praying for the
organization of a water management district and signed by a majority of the landowners owning
more than one third of the land in acreage in a proposed district or by at least one third
of the persons owning more than one half of the land in the proposed district shall be filed
with the court of probate of such county in which such lands are located or, if such lands
are composed of tracts or parcels situated in two or more counties, then in the office of
the court of probate of the county in which there is situated more of said lands than in any
other county, said petition setting forth the specific body or district of land in the county
or county and adjoining counties described in such a way as to convey an intelligent idea
as to location of such land and stating that the public benefit or utility or the...
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9-16-71
Section 9-16-71 Declaration of public policy and legislative intent; all land surface mined
under this article shall be reclaimed. (a) The objective of this article is to provide for
the safe, responsible and reasonable reclamation of lands upon which surface disturbances
will be created by surface mining and the surface effects of underground mining so as to protect
the taxable value of property and preserve natural resources within the state and protect
and promote the health and safety of the people of this state, consistent with the protection
of property and with maximum employment and the economic and industrial well-being of the
state. The Legislature finds and declares that the extraction of coal by surface mining provides
a major present and future source of energy and is an essential and necessary activity which
contributes to the economic and material well-being of the state. (b) The Legislature finds
that the unregulated or irresponsible surface mining of coal may cause...
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36-29-14
Section 36-29-14 Health insurance coverage under State Employees' Insurance Board; operation
of board. (a) Any agency of the state, or any governmental entity, body, or subdivision thereto,
any county, any municipality, any municipal foundation, any fire or water district, authority,
or cooperative, any regional planning and development commission established pursuant to Sections
11-85-50 through 11-85-73, that is not and was not for the 12 months immediately preceding
the date of application to participate in any plan created pursuant to the provisions of this
article a member of an existing government sponsored health insurance program, formed under
the provisions of Section 11-26-2, the Association of County Commissions of Alabama or the
Alabama League of Municipalities, the Alabama Retired State Employees' Association, the Alabama
State Employees Credit Union, Easter Seals Alabama, Alabama State University, the Alabama
Rural Water Association, Rainbow Omega, Incorporated, The Arc...
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9-2-3
Section 9-2-3 Powers and duties as to state parks and parkways, etc. The Department of Conservation
and Natural Resources, for the purpose of establishing, developing and maintaining state parks
and parkways, may acquire land by donation, purchase, condemnation or lease and for these
purposes may use such funds as may be available to it and not otherwise obligated and may
enter into agreements with the federal government or other agencies for acquiring by lease,
purchase or otherwise such lands as in its judgment are desirable for state parks or parkways.
As to the purchase of lands, such agreements may provide for a division of the payments over
a period of years, in which case the payments may be secured by mortgage; provided, that no
liability shall attach to the State of Alabama or any of its departments, boards, bureaus
or commissions or any member or official thereof if the security specifically given in any
such mortgage is insufficient to pay said mortgage at a forced sale or...
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27-9A-2
Section 27-9A-2 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) APPRENTICE INDEPENDENT ADJUSTER.
As defined in Section 27-9A-11. (2) BUSINESS ENTITY. A corporation, association, partnership,
limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or other legal entity. (3) COMMISSIONER.
The Alabama Commissioner of Insurance. (4) HOME STATE. The District of Columbia and any state
or territory of the United States in which an independent adjuster maintains the principal
place of residence or business of the adjuster and in which the adjuster is licensed to act
as a resident independent adjuster. In the case of a resident of a Canadian province, or if
the resident state or territory does not license independent adjusters for the line of authority
sought, the home state of the independent adjuster shall be any state in which the independent
adjuster is licensed and in good standing, as designated by...
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28-5-2
Section 28-5-2 Authorization and procedure generally for granting of permits for operation
of alcohol distilleries and denaturing plants in connection with sugar refineries. Upon the
filing with the Governor of Alabama by any person, firm or corporation of an application to
operate on any state-owned land that constitutes, in whole or in part, any plan of development
by the state or its agency for the improvement or expansion of any of the harbors or seaports
of the state an alcohol distillery and alcohol denaturing plant for the production of industrial
alcohol solely for nonbeverage use, the Governor may, in his discretion, grant a permit, as
provided in this chapter, to such applicant to operate an alcohol distillery and alcohol denaturing
plant, in connection with a sugar refinery, where the distillation of alcohol may be economically
undertaken to conserve the by-product materials used in or incident to the operation of such
sugar refinery; provided, that the applicant has or does...
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34-32-6
Section 34-32-6 Persons exempt from chapter. The following persons shall be exempt from the
provisions of this chapter: (1) Any person not a resident of and having no established place
of business in this state, practicing or offering to practice herein the profession of soil
classifier when such practice does not exceed a total of 30 days in any calendar year, provided
such person is legally qualified by registration to practice the profession in his or her
own state or country in which the requirements and qualifications for obtaining registration
are not lower than those specified in this chapter. (2) Any person not a resident of and having
no established place of business in this state, or who has recently become a resident thereof,
practicing or offering to practice herein for more than 30 days in any calendar year the profession
of soil classifier, if he or she shall have filed with the board an application for registration
and shall have paid the fee required by this chapter....
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