Title 9

After September 8, 1967, the State Department of Transportation may have the duty and responsibility of repairing and maintaining all roads and bridges within the state parks system and state owned public fishing lake areas. (Acts 1967, No. 743, p. 1595, § 1.)

Any county and any incorporated city or town in the State of Alabama is hereby authorized and empowered to donate, convey and grant to the State of Alabama any land owned by it or which it may hereafter acquire to become a part of the state park system. Any such county, city or t…

(a) Notwithstanding any other laws, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is prohibited from selling, trading, or rearranging any lands within the boundaries of Monte Sano State Park in Madison County, Alabama. (b) It is the intent of subsection (a) to preserve at …

(a) Any active or retired member of the United States Armed Forces, including any reserve component thereof, or the National Guard, upon presentation of an appropriate active or retired military identification card, shall be granted free admission to any state park operated by th…

Each state park that has a lodging facility and restaurant may sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption Monday through Saturday, except that in those facilities which currently allow Sunday sales, alcoholic beverages may be sold for on-premises consumption each day of…

The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Division of Parks may, with certain exceptions set out in this article, enter into contracts with persons, firms or corporations to maintain and operate concessions within the state park areas for the welfare of the general pu…

(a) For any concession contract authorizing occupancy by the concessionaire of any portion of the state park system, the Division of Parks shall prepare an invitation to bid, which shall include a summary of the terms and conditions of the concession sufficient to enable persons,…

(a) The Division of Parks shall advertise for sealed bids on all concessions by publication of notice thereof one time in a newspaper published in Montgomery County, Alabama, or in any other manner and for such lengths of time as the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resou…

(a) The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources shall require and set appropriate bonds (but in no event in an amount less than $50,000.00 per $1,000,000.00 or fraction thereof of the construction, equipping and furnishing cost of the facility leased) for all park conc…

(a) All concession contracts authorizing occupancy of any portion of the state park system shall be awarded to the highest responsible bidder, as determined by criteria set out in the notice therefor, who, in the opinion of the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, …

No person, firm or corporation shall be granted a concession contract who or which does not have sufficient financial resources to properly operate a concession. All bidders for concessions must submit with their bids a complete financial statement, which statement shall be subje…

No concession contract awarded may be cancelled except as provided for therein. (Acts 1971, No. 2440, p. 3900, §8; Acts 1975, No. 1208, p. 2521, §3.)

No concession contract shall be granted, the term of which exceeds six years, unless the concessionaire is required by the terms of the contract to expend major monetary sums for the purpose of improving, furnishing, equipping or enlarging existing facilities or constructing and/…

All concession contracts entered into by virtue of the provisions of this article shall be consummated by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources; provided, that all such contracts must have the written approval of the Attorney General, the Chief Examiner of the De…

The provisions of this article shall not apply to or authorize the leasing of any tent camping or trailer park facility, except at Camden State Park, nor do the provisions of this article authorize, for a period of three years beginning with the date of the official opening of al…