Title 9

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…

Before entering upon the duties of his office, the Director of the Marine Resources Division 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 the faithful performa…

The employees of the Division of Marine Resources shall diligently enforce all laws and regulations of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources now existing or which may hereafter be enacted or promulgated for the protection, propagation, preservation or conservation …

The Director of the Division of Marine Resources and other employees of said division are hereby constituted peace officers of the State of Alabama with full police power and jurisdiction to enforce all laws with reference to the seafoods of the State of Alabama and all rules and…

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

Each officer or employee of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources or other person charged with the duty of collecting any of the funds or moneys mentioned in Section 9-2-87 shall remit all such collections on the first day of each month directly to the Commissioner…

The said Seafoods 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 saltwater fish, shrimp, oysters and other shellfish and crustaceans and the de…

There shall be in the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources a Division of Parks, which shall be headed by and be under the direction, supervision and control of an officer, who shall be designated the Director of the Division of Parks. He shall be appointed by the Comm…

Before entering upon the discharge of his duties, the Director of the Division of Parks shall take the constitutional oath of office. He shall devote his full time to his official duties and shall hold no other lucrative position while serving as Director of the Division of Parks…

Before entering upon the duties of his office, the Director of the Division of Parks 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 the faithful performance of h…

(a) The objects, purposes and duties of the Director of the Division of Parks are: (1) To make exploration, survey, studies and reports concerning state parks, monuments and historical sites in the state and to publish such thereof as will be of general interest; and (2) To perfo…

The Director of the Division of Parks shall act for and officially represent Alabama on all subjects, inquiries and matters connected with or growing out of the part performed by troops from this state in the War Between the States which may arise in connection with the location …

With the approval of the Governor and the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, the Director of the Division of Parks may join with any committee of citizens in erecting any monument or may supplement the amount raised by any camp of the United Confederate Veterans …

There shall be a State Park Fund. All moneys received from gifts or bequests or from county, municipal or federal appropriations or moneys appropriated by the State of Alabama shall be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of said fund. The said fund hereby created shall be use…

In addition to the State Park Fund established by Section 9-2-106, there is also hereby created and established a fund to be known as the State Park Revolving Fund, which fund shall be constituted from all moneys received for admissions charged or rentals, sales of goods or servi…

All the revenues derived from the sale of timber and timber products from lands owned by the Division of Parks of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the revenues produced from any new facility within the state park system which is opened or placed in operati…

(a) It shall be the duty and responsibility of the Division of Lands of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to protect, develop and supervise all state-owned islands now existing or which may appear in the future on the waters of this state which are not used by …

(a) There is hereby created and established within the Lands Division of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources a State Land Resources Information Center which shall compile certain data and information as hereinafter prescribed on all state owned lands, including t…

All funds and fees accruing from the management of lands by the Lands Division of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources which are received or retained pursuant to Sections 9-15-15, 9-15-16, 9-15-39, 9-15-40, and 9-15-52, and Section 9-2-123, shall be deposited into…

For all other lands managed by the Lands Division of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, there shall be retained by the Lands Division a management fee of 10 percent of all gross receipts. (Acts 1993, No. 93-631, p. 1077, §3.)

Within the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and under the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, there is hereby created the office of Land Agent, whose duties will be to compile a record of all lands owned by the State of Alabama or any department or…

(a) For purposes of this section, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) BOARD. The Shellfish Aquaculture Review Board. (2) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. (3) OYSTER AQUACULTURE. The cultivation and harvesting of hatchery-spa…

The commissioner of the department shall adopt rules for the licensing of state lands for oyster aquaculture in accordance with the recommendations of the board and to implement this article. The fees for leasing land pursuant to Section 9-2-150 shall be established by the State …

(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama State Reservoir Management Development Act. (b) For the purposes of this section, the following words have the following meanings: (1) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. (2) LOCAL ENTIT…

There is hereby created and established a State Forestry Commission, hereinafter referred to as commission, which commission shall be composed of seven members to be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. Two members shall be appointed for a period o…

There is hereby created a fund in the State Treasury to be known as the Alabama Forestry Commission Fund. All money derived by the commission shall be deposited to the credit of said fund. (Acts 1969, No. 764, p. 1354, §12.)

(a) There is hereby established an Emergency Forest Fire, Insect and Disease Fund into which there is automatically appropriated two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) annually at the beginning of each state fiscal year. The state Comptroller shall transfer moneys from the…

(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Rural Logging Efficiency Act of 2023. (b) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The forest product manufacturing sector is a large contributor to the state’s economy. (2) In order to have a successful …

The State Forester shall create the Rural and Community Fire Protection Advisory Committee to represent certified volunteer fire departments and to support the development and improvement of rural and community fire protection throughout the state. (Acts 1978, No. 515, p. 569, §1…

(a) The Rural and Community Fire Protection Advisory Committee shall be composed of 13 members, all of whom must be volunteer firefighters, to be appointed as follows: (1) One member of the Alabama Association of Fire Chiefs, who is an active chief of a volunteer fire department,…

The advisory committee shall make recommendations to the State Forester regarding the development and improvement of rural and community fire protection throughout this state. The advisory committee shall also make recommendations to the Alabama Forestry Commission regarding rura…

The committee shall meet semiannually, with the members of the committee setting the date. The State Forester shall have the authority to call special meetings. A majority of members shall constitute a quorum. (Acts 1978, No. 515, p. 569, §4.)

Members of the committee shall not be compensated for their services, but each shall be entitled to reimbursement for travel expenses in the same manner and amount that state employees are reimbursed. Such expenses shall be paid out of Forestry Commission funds. (Acts 1978, No. 5…

The State Forester is further authorized to establish a committee and call meetings of such committee to advise him on general forestry matters in Alabama. It shall consist of not more than 15 members. Section 9-3-15 shall apply in its entirety to this committee. (Acts 1978, No. …

(a) The term volunteer fire department shall apply to and be used to define an organized group of area residents who meet the following requirements for personnel, training, and equipment: (1) The group shall be organized and incorporated under the laws of the State of Alabama as…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that this section provides assistance to organized volunteer fire departments and organized search, air, and rescue squads including South Alabama Air Rescue, Incorporated, and other nonprofit organizations which provide search, air, or res…

(a) For the purposes of this section, the following words have the following meanings: (1) DEPARTMENT. A volunteer fire department certified by the State Forestry Commission and meeting the requirements of Section 9-3-17. (2) SQUAD. A volunteer rescue squad located in Alabama whi…

(a) As used in this section, the term “fire control or fire rescue equipment” includes, but is not limited to, a motor vehicle, fire fighting tools, protective gear, breathing equipment, and other vehicles, supplies, and tools used in fire fighting or fire rescue. (b) Any person,…

The commission shall, upon its first meeting, which shall be called by the Governor within 60 days after appointment of the membership, elect from its membership a chairman and vice-chairman who shall serve for a period of one year. The vice-chairman shall act in the place of the…

(a) A local fire district may not assess any type of fees or dues upon forest land that is treated as timber land for ad valorem tax purposes. (b) The authority and responsibility for the control and coordination of fire prevention, fire protection, and fire fighting services on …

(a) The Alabama Forestry Commission shall establish and administer the Rural and Community Fire Protection Development and Improvement grant program to aid volunteer fire departments in providing rural and community fire protection in this state. (b) There is established the Rura…

(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the State Forester may sell and is responsible for the sale of any vehicles, equipment, and other personal property owned by the commission. These items shall be sold by the State Forester or his or her designee either at public auctio…

If any member of the commission fails to attend three successive meetings of the commission without good and valid cause or excuse or without a leave of absence from the chairman, his office shall be declared vacant by the commission, and the chairman shall notify the Governor of…

The functions and duties of the commission shall be as follows: (1) To protect, conserve and increase the timber and forest resources of this state and to administer all laws relating to timber and forestry and the protection, conservation and increase of such resources; (2) To m…

It shall be the duty of the Alabama Forestry Commission to appoint with the advice and consent of the Governor a State Forester who shall serve as the executive secretary and administrative officer for the commission. The individual appointed as the State Forester must have earne…

The State Forester may declare, by order, a wildfire alert whenever, in his or her opinion, existing weather or other conditions produce a heightened level of danger from fire or smoke. The wildfire alert may be issued for the entirety of the state or for designated portions of t…