Title 9

(a) The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources may prohibit by duly promulgated regulation the importation of any bird, animal, reptile, amphibian, or fish when the importation of the animal, bird, reptile, amphibian, or fish would not be in the best interest of the s…

(a) There shall be an Advisory Board of Conservation and Natural Resources. The board shall consist of the Governor, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, the Director of the Agricultural Extension System ex officio, and 10 other members to be appointed by the Governor,…

The functions and duties of the Advisory Board of Conservation and Natural Resources shall be as follows: (1) To assist in formulating the policies of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources in the performance of its functions and duties; (2) To examine all rules and…

(a) The conservation advisory board shall have the power to promulgate rules and regulations having the force and effect of law to regulate, including the authority to prohibit, the use of an airboat on any of the public waters of this state that are subject to an ebb and flow of…

The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources shall, with the approval of the Governor and subject to the provisions of the Merit System, determine the number of employees needed for the efficient and economical performance of the functions and duties of the Department o…

Before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, each officer and employee of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources authorized or permitted to handle any money shall execute to the State of Alabama a bond, to be approved by the Governor, in an amount to…

The salary of the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources and the salaries and wages of the administrative staff together with all administrative expenses of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall be prorated by the Commissioner of Conservation and …

The general functions and duties of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall be as follows: (1) To protect, conserve, and increase the wildlife of the state and to administer all laws relating to wildlife and the protection, conservation, and increase thereof. (…

There is hereby created and there shall be a fund which shall be known as the Game and Fish Fund. This fund shall consist of: (1) All moneys received for all occupational licenses or privilege taxes imposed by the state on any person, firm or corporation for engaging in any busin…

(a) There is hereby created within the Game and Fish Fund a special account to be known as the Alabama Game and Fish Endowment Fund. The assets of said fund shall consist of the following: (1) The proceeds from the sale of the lifetime hunting, lifetime fishing, and combination l…

(a) There is hereby created within the Game and Fish Fund a special account to be known as the Alabama Nongame Wildlife Endowment. The assets of said account shall consist of the following: (1) The proceeds from the sale of reproductions of the said print and/or stamp; (2) The pr…

Each officer or employee of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources or other officer charged with the duty of collecting any of the funds or moneys mentioned in Section 9-2-20 shall remit all such collections on the first day of each month directly to the Commissione…

The said fund hereby created shall be used and expended by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources in furtherance of the preservation, protection, propagation and development of wild birds, wild fur-bearing animals, game, fish and all other species of wildlife with…

Nothing in Sections 9-2-20 through 9-2-22, however, shall require the diversion of any funds from any particular purpose for which they were collected, allotted or budgeted if the effect of such diversion would penalize the state in retaining or securing any federal funds or fede…

The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall have no power or authority to issue any bonds or to borrow any money. (Acts 1939, No. 162, p. 255; Code 1940, T. 8, §12.)

(a) This section shall apply to all licenses administered by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources or any division thereof. (b) In the event any license for the same privilege is made available at a lesser price and reasonable notice of its availability has not bee…

The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is authorized to cooperate with the United States Department of Agriculture and other federal agencies in the restoration of wildlife in compliance with the Pittman-Robertson Act and in the restoration or rehabilitation of game…

The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby authorized to expend such appropriated and uncommitted capital improvement funds as may be necessary to comply with Sections 210 and 305 of Public Law 91-646, known as the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Land Acquis…

Whenever the terms “game and fish warden” or “game and fish wardens” appear in this title, the terms shall mean and refer to conservation officers appointed by the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. (Acts 1977, No. 20, p. 28; Act 2018-201, §1.)

(a) The Legislature declares that it is the purpose of this section to authorize the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to designate the calendar work week for its law enforcement officers. (b) For the purpose of Sections 36-21-4 and 36-21-5, the…

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 ot…

(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. (2) PROPERTY UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE DEPARTMENT. Property, and any roads or streets on the property, including but n…

(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Lulu Gribbin Shark Alert System Act. (b) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) ALERT SYSTEM. The shark alert system. (2) BEACHES AND COASTAL AREAS. Beaches and shorelines that…

(a) The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall have full jurisdiction and control of all seafoods existing or living in the waters of Alabama and of all public and natural oyster reefs and oyster bottoms of the State of Alabama, and it shall ordain, promulgate and…

The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall be headed by and shall be under the direction, supervision and control of an officer who shall be known and designated as the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources. The Commissioner of Conservation and Natura…

All functions and duties of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall be exercised by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources acting by himself or by and through such administrative divisions or such officers or employees as he may designate. The C…

(a) The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources may enforce and administer all laws providing for the preservation, protection, propagation, and development of wild birds, wild fur-bearing animals, game fish, saltwater fish, shrimp, oysters and other shellfish, crustac…

The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources is authorized to make and promulgate such reasonable rules and regulations not in conflict with the provisions of the game and fish laws as he may deem for the best interest of the conservation, protection and propagation of …

The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, acting through the Division of Parks, shall have the following powers and authorities: (1) To acquire in the name of the State of Alabama by purchase, lease, agreement, license, condemnation or otherwise land deemed necessar…

The Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby designated as an awarding authority. (Acts 1953, No. 521, p. 685, §1.)

The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby empowered and authorized to prepare plans and specifications for the construction or modification of any buildings or facilities within the jurisdiction of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. (Acts 1…

The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is empowered and authorized to enter into contracts with engineering or architectural firms for the preparation of plans and/or specifications to be used by said department in constructing or modifying buildings and other facil…

The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is further empowered and authorized to enter into contracts for the construction or modification of any buildings or facilities within the jurisdiction of said department; provided, however, that all such contracts shall be inv…

All construction or modification contracts as specified in this article which may hereafter be made are excepted from approval by the Division of Construction Management of the Department of Finance with the exception of buildings erected by the Department of Conservation and Nat…

(a) There is created within the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources a division to be known as the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries. (b) Wherever reference is made to the Game and Fish Division or the Division of Game and Fish in this title, or in any oth…

The Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries shall be a division of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and shall be headed by and be under the direction, supervision and control of the Director of the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries. He shall …

Before entering upon the discharge of his duties, the Director of the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries shall take the constitutional oath of office. He shall devote his full time to his official duties and shall hold no other lucrative position. (Acts 1939, No. 162, …

Before entering upon the duties of his office, the Director of the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries shall execute to the State of Alabama a bond, to be approved by the Governor, in an amount to be fixed by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, for t…

The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources shall have power to appoint as many game and fish wardens as he or she shall deem necessary for the proper enforcement of the game and fish laws of the state. All game and fish wardens, before entering upon their duties as su…

(a) Game and fish wardens shall have power: (1) To enforce all laws of this state relating to birds, animals and fish; (2) To execute all warrants and search warrants for the violation of the game, fish and fur laws of the state; (3) To serve subpoenas issued for examination, inv…

(a) There is hereby established an official annual state nongame wildlife print and/or stamp. (b) The Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby given the authority to contract with an artist of its choice for t…

The Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations as shall be necessary to carry out the intent of this act. (Acts 1990, No. 90-256, p. 319, §8.)

As used in this title, the term “seafoods” shall include and mean all oysters, saltwater fish, saltwater shrimp, diamond back terrapin, sea turtle, crabs and all other species of marine or saltwater animal life existing or living in the water within the territorial jurisdiction o…

There is hereby created within the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources a division to be known as the Division of Marine Resources. The Division of Marine Resources shall have the personnel, duties, powers, functions and properties of the Department of Conservation an…

The Division of Marine Resources shall be headed by and be under the direction, supervision and control of an officer who shall be designated “Director of the Marine Resources Division.” The Director of the Marine Resources Division shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Conse…

Before entering upon the discharge of his duties, the Director of the Marine Resources Division shall take the constitutional oath of office. His salary shall be fixed by the State Personnel Board as it may deem appropriate or as otherwise fixed by law. He shall devote his full t…