Title 9 — Title 9

Forest Products. (a) It is unlawful for any person or persons to do any of the following: (1) Willfully and knowingly cut, kill, destroy, girdle, chop, chip, saw or otherwise damage timber or forest products not his own or without authority of the legal owner. (2) Willfully and k…

Title, Etc. In any affidavit, information or indictment under this article, the person or persons accused may be charged with commencing or conspiring to commence at some particular time to commit any of the acts hereby made punishable and of continuing to commit the same at dive…

Any person or entity who damages, destroys, cuts, or removes timber or other forest products not owned by that person or without the authority of the legal owner, and any person or entity who shall supervise any other person in so doing, regardless of whether the act was done kno…

Forest Products; Provision of False Information to Purchasers, Etc.; Failure to Maintain Record, Etc. Any person, firm, or corporation buying, contracting to buy, or otherwise acquiring logs, poles, piling, crossties, pulpwood, veneer bolts, stave bolts, or other unmanufactured o…

Article, Etc. (Repealed by Act 2026-402) [Effective until October 1, 2026.] THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED BY ACT 2026-402, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. All employees of the State Forestry Commission shall have the powers of peace officers in the enforcing of the provisions of this arti…

All fines collected from violations of Sections 9-13-60 and 9-13-63 shall go to the Alabama Forestry Commission Fund. History: (Acts 1939, No. 626, p. 993, §6; Code 1940, T. 8, §218(6).)

Fire Lines, Etc. (Repealed by Act 2026-402) [Effective until October 1, 2026.] THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED BY ACT 2026-402, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. Persons so appointed as forest wardens shall be empowered to enter any lands and to construct thereon fire lines, fire lanes or fir…

(Repealed by Act 2026-402) [Effective until October 1, 2026.] THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED BY ACT 2026-402, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. At the discretion of the State Forester, such forest fire wardens may be issued fire- fighting equipment from such equipment as may be available for…

The following words, terms, and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: (1) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of Revenue of the State of Alabama. (2) CONCENTRATION Y…

Tax. To provide further for conservation of the natural resources of the state by protection of the state’s forests and development of the forestry program, there is levied and shall be collected as provided in this article a privilege tax on every person who owns timber prior to…

(a) The measure of the forest products severance tax is at the following rates: (1) On pine logs severed in Alabama and delivered to a manufacturer, processor, or concentration yard in Alabama, the rate shall be $0.10 per ton (2,000 pounds). On pine logs severed in Alabama for tr…

The taxes levied by this article shall not apply to nor shall such taxes be required of those individual owners of timber who occasionally sever or cut the same from their own premises to be utilized by them in the construction or repair of their own structures, buildings or impr…

Fund; Appropriation of Tax Receipts for Use of State Forestry Commission. (a) The taxes imposed by this article, and any other taxes imposed on the severance of forest products, shall be due and payable quarterly to the department and, when collected, shall be paid by the departm…

Repealed by Act 2017-301, § 4, effective July 1, 2017. History: (Acts 1945, No. 169, p. 285, §6; Acts 1967, No. 763, p. 1619, §1.)

Processors; Payment of Taxes. Every manufacturer and processor, within 30 days after the expiration of each quarter annual period expiring, respectively, shall on the last day of March, June, September, and December of each year, file with the department a statement under oath, o…

Products Shipping, Etc., Same Out of State in Unmanufactured Condition. Every producer of forest products who shall ship the same out of the State of Alabama in an unmanufactured condition or who shall sell such product for shipment outside the State of Alabama in an unmanufactur…

It shall be the duty of every manufacturer and processor in this state and of every producer who shall ship forest products out of the State of Alabama in an unmanufactured condition and of every concentration yard where any logs, pulpwood, or inwoods pulpwood chips are sold or d…

[Effective until October 1, 2026.] THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED BY ACT 2026-402, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. The State Forester, with the approval of the state merit board, shall have the power to provide for the compensation to be received by such forest fire wardens if, in his judg…

Any person subject to the provisions of this article who shall fail to make the reports or any of them as required by this article or who shall fail to keep the records as required by this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than…

The taxes provided in this article shall become delinquent after the date fixed for the filing of the quarter annual report to be filed with the department. History: (Acts 1945, No. 169, p. 285, §28; Act 2017-301, §1.)

The taxes together with interest and penalties imposed by this article shall be a lien upon the property of any person subject to the provisions of this article, and the provisions of the revenue laws of the State of Alabama applying to liens for license taxes shall apply fully t…

For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) PARK. Any area of land primarily valuable for recreational purposes because of its scenic, historic, prehistoric,…

Sites in State Park System. All parks, parkways, monuments and historic sites now owned or hereafter established or acquired by the state shall constitute the state park system (except Mound State Monument, the First White House of the Confederacy and all monuments and historic s…

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…

Responsibility for Maintenance of State Facilities Leased. (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…

Opening of Bids; Original Bids and Documents to Be Retained and Open to Public Inspection. (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 othe…

Contracts; Rejection of All Bids; Negotiation of Contract. (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 an…

Charges; Periodic Review, Etc., of Rates and Charges; Inclusion of Terms and Conditions for Protection of State Against Loss of Investment. (a) All concession contracts authorizing occupancy of any portion of the state park system shall be awarded to the highest responsible bidde…

Submission of Financial Statements with Bids; Verification of Same. 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…

No concession contract awarded may be cancelled except as provided for therein. History: (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/…

Chief Examiner of Department of Public Accounts and Governor. 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 …

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…

The granite monument marking the site of Fort Louis de la Mobile, founded by Iberville and Bienville, and the 25 feet square parcel of land upon which the monument is erected is a part of the public property of the state and must be cared for by the Division of Parks. History: (C…

Highways to Lands in State Park System. The State Department of Transportation is hereby authorized and empowered upon the request of the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources to construct, reconstruct and maintain roads leading from a state highway to any land inclu…

System and State Owned Public Fishing Lake Areas. 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. Histo…

Appropriations of Moneys for Improvement, Operation, Etc., of State Park System. 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 hereaf…

(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…

This chapter shall be known as the “Alabama Public Recreational and Historical Facilities Improvement Act.” History: (Act 2000-708, p. 1487, §1.)

The State Treasurer is authorized and directed to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter, as such principal, premium, if any, and interest shall respectively mature, and he is further authorized and directed to…

The bonds of each series issued pursuant to this chapter may be issued as serial bonds payable in annual installments or as term bonds or as a combination thereof, and the principal of the bonds of each such series shall mature or be subject to mandatory redemption according to s…

The bonds of each series thereof issued pursuant to this chapter shall be sold by the corporations at public sale as provided in the amendment. The bonds shall be executed in the name of the state by the Governor and countersigned by the secretary of the respective corporation is…

The proceeds derived from the sale of each series of the bonds issued pursuant to this chapter by the Alabama State Parks System Improvement Corporation other than refunding bonds shall be paid into the State Treasury upon receipt thereof, and the State Treasurer shall keep such …

Improvement Fund. The proceeds derived from the sale of each series of the bonds issued pursuant to this chapter by the Alabama Public Historical Sites and Parks Improvement Corporation other than refunding bonds shall be paid into the State Treasury upon receipt thereof, and the…

Upon order of the respective board of directors of the corporations, all expenses incurred in connection with the authorization, preparation, sale, and issuance of bonds authorized herein and by the amendment shall be paid out of the proceeds thereof. The proceeds thereof remaini…

Pursuant to the provisions of the aforesaid amendment and this chapter, the corporations may, at any time and from time to time, issue for the state refunding bonds of the state for the purpose of refunding any or all of the bonds authorized by the aforesaid amendment then outsta…

All bonds, including refunding bonds, issued pursuant hereto, and the income therefrom, including the interest income thereon, shall be free from all taxation by the state or any county, municipality, or other political subdivision or instrumentality of the state, excepting inher…

All contracts of the corporations for the acquisition, provision, construction, improvement, renovation, equipping, and maintenance of the state parks system, public historical sites and public historical parks shall be in writing, shall be subject to the rules and regulations of…