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Alabama Statutes, Title 9

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Title 9

34 chapters · 1,222 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 91,222 Ch 11, Fish, Game and Wildlife268 Ch 12, Marine Resources110 Ch 13, Forests and Forest Products108 Ch 17, Oil and Gas107 Ch 2, Department of Conservation and Natur…73 Ch 16, Mineral Resources70 Ch 9, Water Management and Drainage69 Ch 15, Public Lands62 Ch 8, Soil and Water Conservation Generally35 Ch 10, Water Conservation and Irrigation32 Ch 10B, Alabama Water Resources30 Ch 3, State Forestry Commission26 Ch 14A, Alabama Public Recreational and Hist…23 Ch 10A, Watershed Management Authorities22

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Ala. Code § 9-14F-6 Additional Powers
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In addition to any other powers provided in this chapter, the authority shall also have all of the following powers: (a) To improve, renovate, equip, acquire, provide, construct, and maintain Alabama state parks under the jurisdiction of the Department of Conservation and Natural…
Ala. Code § 9-14F-7 Bonds-Generally
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The bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall not be obligations of the authority but shall be general obligations of the state with the full faith and credit and taxing power of the state to be pledged to the prompt and faithful payment of the principal thereof and the interes…
Ala. Code § 9-14F-8 Bonds-Payment; Recordkeeping
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The State Treasurer is authorized and directed to pay the principal, premium, if any, and interest on the bonds issued under this chapter, as the principal, premium, if any, and interest shall respectively mature, and he or she is further authorized and directed to maintain appro…
Ala. Code § 9-14F-9 Bonds-Redemption
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(a) 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 …

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Ala. Code § 9-15-1 Definitions

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As used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) USED LANDS. Lands that are being utilized for the specific and immediate purposes of the state or of any institution or de…

Ala. Code § 9-15-10 Notice, Etc., of Change in Status, Disposition or Acquisition of Used and Unused Lands

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(a) If at any future time any institution or department of the State of Alabama shall deem it advisable to make use of any unused land owned by it, it shall notify the Land Agent, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, who shall place said land on the “used land” list,…

Ala. Code § 9-15-11 Preparation of County Maps Showing Ownership and Location of Lands Owned by State Institutions or Departments

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It shall be the duty of the Land Agent, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, to cause maps of each county of the State of Alabama to be prepared, showing thereon the location of any real estate owned by any institution or department of the State of Alabama. Such map …

Ala. Code § 9-15-12 Preparation of Lists of Lands Owned by State, State Institutions, Etc., for County Tax Assessors; Notice of Acquisition or Disposition of Lands

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The Land Agent, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, upon completion of records covering used lands and unused lands of the State of Alabama and institutions or departments of the State of Alabama shall prepare a list and furnish each tax assessor in the various coun…

Ala. Code § 9-15-13 Acquisition of Lands to Which State Entitled; Recordation of Same

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It shall be the duty of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to ascertain what, if any, lands the state or any institution thereof is entitled to which have not been received, allocated to or set aside to the state or such institution and to take immediate and app…

Ala. Code § 9-15-14 Duty to Determine Best Use for Which Unused Lands May Be Adapted; Use of Same for Purpose for Which Suited

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It shall be the duty of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources as to all unused lands owned by the State of Alabama or any institution or department thereof to determine the best use to which said lands may be adapted and, thereafter, at the request of the departmen…

Ala. Code § 9-15-15 Disposition of Revenues from Unused Lands Managed by Department; Charges for Administration, Protection, Mapping, Etc

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Any revenues that shall accrue from the lands so managed by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources subject to costs of administration shall be the property of the department or institution to which the lands belong or in which the department or institution shall own…

Ala. Code § 9-15-16 Maximum Amount for Charges for Administration, Etc., of Lands

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In no case shall the charges for administering, managing, protecting, or developing the lands exceed 10 percent of the gross income derived from the lands. (Acts 1945, No. 341, p. 554, §9; Acts 1973, No. 1287, p. 2200, §1; Acts 1993, No. 93-631, p. 1077, §2.)

Ala. Code § 9-15-17 Fund for Management, Etc., of Unused Lands

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All funds which shall be retained by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources as charges against the income from any lands administered by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources under authority of this article shall be delivered to the State Treasurer …

Ala. Code § 9-15-18 Sale of Timber, Minerals, Etc., from Lands; Lease, Exchange or Sale of Lands, Etc

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The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby empowered to sell or cause to be sold timber or minerals or other natural resources from all lands managed or controlled under authority of this article when in his opinion he deems such timber or minerals or other …

Ala. Code § 9-15-19 Effect of Article on Local Laws, Etc., Governing Ownership, Management, Etc., of Lands in Counties

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This article and its provisions shall in nowise affect any local law or general law of local application governing ownership, management or control of lands in any county or counties or disposition of revenues derived therefrom. (Acts 1945, No. 341, p. 554, §13.)

Ala. Code § 9-15-2 Jurisdiction and Control of Unused Lands; Recommendations as to Policy Generally

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The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall have jurisdiction over and control of all unused lands, so long as they remain such, and shall look after and protect such lands from depredation so far as may be possible and shall recommend to the Governor or to the dep…

Ala. Code § 9-15-3 Determination and Listing of Unused Lands Suitable for Devotion to Forest Culture; Use of Same as State Forests or State Parks

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It shall be the duty of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources as to all unused lands owned absolutely by the state to determine which of said lands are most suitable to be devoted to forest culture and to make a list of such lands and file the same in the office of…

Ala. Code § 9-15-4 Concentration of Ownership of Scattered State Owned Lands

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The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall, where any of the lands of the state or of any institution of the state are scattered, undertake to see if such ownership may be concentrated by the exchange of such lands with individual owners. (Acts 1927, No. 635, p. 7…

Ala. Code § 9-15-5 Duties of Department to Be Performed Without Prejudice, Etc., to Rights of Trust Beneficiaries or State Institutions; Department to Act as Technical Advisor

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The duties and powers placed upon and vested in the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources by this article are to be exercised in subordination to and without prejudice to the right of the beneficiary of any trust under which the state may hold said lands or of the righ…

Ala. Code § 9-15-6 Ascertainment of Description and Location of Lands Owned or Held in Trust by State, State Institutions, Etc.; Classification of Lands and Preparation of Records of Ownership

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It shall be the duty of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to ascertain the description and location of all lands to which the state holds the legal title for itself or as trustee, and all state parks and all lands belonging to any institution or department of t…

Ala. Code § 9-15-7 Disposition of Records Generally

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Said records shall be prepared and kept in duplicate, one copy of each of said records being kept in the files of the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and one copy containing the record of the lands pertaining to each department or institution of the state, …

Ala. Code § 9-15-8 Filing of Lists of Used and Unused Lands by State Departments and Institutions; Filing of Lists of Improvements Made on Said Lands; Disposition of Lists

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It shall be the duty of each state department or institution of the State of Alabama which holds the legal title to or any interest in any lands in the State of Alabama and any department charged by law with the administration, control or management of any state department or ins…

Ala. Code § 9-15-9 Preparation and Disposition of Records Showing Ownership, General Character, Disposition, Etc., of Used and Unused Lands

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Upon the filing of the list required to be filed by Section 9-15-8, the Land Agent, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, shall cause a record to be compiled, which record shall list by counties all lands owned or held in trust by an institution or department of the S…

Ala. Code § 9-15-30 Title to Swamp and Overflowed Lands and Swamp and Overflowed Indemnity Lands Patented to State by Federal Government; Utilization, Disposition, Etc., of Same Generally

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(a) Title to all lands of the swamp and overflowed category or swamp and overflowed indemnity lands, which are, subsequent to September 5, 1951, patented to the State of Alabama by the federal government and recorded in the office of the Secretary of State, shall be vested in the…

Ala. Code § 9-15-31 Management and Supervision of School Lands, Swamp and Overflowed Lands, Etc

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The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby expressly authorized and empowered to have complete management of, and supervision over lands which are known as school lands, as defined by Section 16-20-1, which lands are vested in or which may hereafter be veste…

Ala. Code § 9-15-32 Land Clerk - Qualifications and Appointment

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The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources shall appoint a land clerk, with the approval of the Governor, who has had experience in dealing with public lands and who understands the system of survey and platting of the public lands of the United States. (Acts 1915, No…

Ala. Code § 9-15-33 Land Clerk - Examination, Etc., of Lands

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Whenever in the judgment of the Governor or the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources it is proper that any of the lands described in Sections 9-15-31 and 9-15-32 should be examined or evidence obtained for the protection of any of these lands, the land clerk may be …

Ala. Code § 9-15-34 Institution, Etc., of Practice of Forestry and Enforcement of State Fire and Trespass Laws - School Lands

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The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby empowered to have forestry practiced upon school lands, to supervise and inaugurate sound practices of forestry thereon, to put into effect and enforce state fire and timber trespass laws on said lands and to do all…

Ala. Code § 9-15-35 Institution, Etc., of Practice of Forestry and Enforcement of State Fire and Trespass Laws - Swamp and Overflowed Lands

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The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby empowered to have forestry practiced upon swamp and overflowed lands, to supervise and inaugurate sound practices of forestry thereon, to put into effect and enforce state fire and timber trespass laws on said lands…

Ala. Code § 9-15-36 Leasing of School Lands

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With the approval of the Governor, the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby authorized to rent or lease school lands upon such terms as he deems advisable, and he is also hereby authorized and empowered to rent or lease school lands for the purposes of pro…

Ala. Code § 9-15-37 Institution of Civil Actions to Clear Title to School Lands, Etc.; Cruising of Timber, Surveying of Lands, Investigation of Claims to Lands, Etc

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The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby authorized and empowered to present civil actions in the name of the State of Alabama to clear title to school lands or for any other purposes for the protection of such lands. The Commissioner of Conservation and N…

Ala. Code § 9-15-38 Sales of Timber or Minerals from School or Swamp and Overflowed Lands

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The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources may sell or cause to be sold timber from school lands, swamp and overflowed lands, and other lands under the jurisdiction of the State Lands Division, or minerals from school lands or swamp and overflowed lands, when in his o…

Ala. Code § 9-15-39 Disposition of Revenues from Sales of Timber or Minerals or from Rentals or Leases - School Lands

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The revenue derived from any sale of timber or minerals from, or rental or lease of, any school lands shall be paid by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources to the Treasurer to be deposited to the credit of the proper township or townships as provided for by the …

Ala. Code § 9-15-40 Disposition of Revenues from Sales of Timber or Minerals or from Rentals or Leases - Swamp and Overflowed Lands

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The revenue derived from any sale of timber or minerals from, or rental or lease of, any swamp and overflow land owned by the Department of Mental Health shall be paid by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources to the Department of Mental Health, except that there …

Ala. Code § 9-15-41 Sales of School Lands - Authorized

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School land, as defined by Section 16-20-1, may be sold or exchanged for other lands by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources with the approval of the Governor and the State Superintendent of Education under the terms and conditions provided for in this article. …

Ala. Code § 9-15-42 Sales of School Lands - Issuance of Patents to Purchasers

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All persons purchasing said lands shall be entitled to a patent to said lands, and the Governor of Alabama, if he deems advisable, when presented with the approval of the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources and the State Superintendent of Education shall cause pate…

Ala. Code § 9-15-43 Sales of School Lands - Disposition of Revenues from Sales

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Any revenue derived from the sale of school lands shall be paid by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources to the Treasurer to be deposited to the proper township or townships as provided for by the Constitution and laws of Alabama. A report of such sale shall be i…

Ala. Code § 9-15-44 Exchanges of School Lands

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The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby authorized to exchange school lands for other lands of equal value, with the approval of the Governor and the State Superintendent of Education. The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources shall have the …

Ala. Code § 9-15-45 Leases, Exchanges or Sales of Swamp and Overflowed Lands

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Swamp and overflowed lands may be leased, exchanged or sold by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources with the approval of the State Department of Mental Health. (Acts 1939, No. 581, p. 949, §14; Code 1940, T. 8, §246.)

Ala. Code § 9-15-46 Issuance of Patents to Purchasers of Swamp and Overflowed Lands

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All persons purchasing said lands shall be entitled to a patent to said lands, and the Governor of Alabama, when presented with the approval of the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources and State Department of Mental Health, shall cause patents to be issued to those …

Ala. Code § 9-15-47 Disposition of Revenue from Sales, Etc., of Swamp and Overflowed Lands

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Any revenue derived from the sale or adjustment of any swamp and overflowed lands as provided in this article shall be paid by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources to the State Department of Mental Health. (Acts 1939, No. 581, p. 949, §17; Code 1940, T. 8, §249.…

Ala. Code § 9-15-48 Claims of Title to Swamp and Overflowed Lands

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All persons claiming title to any swamp and overflowed lands in this state under any alleged purchase or through any chain of title may submit their claims to the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources together with such evidence of purchase or claim, whereupon the Co…

Ala. Code § 9-15-49 Corrections of Errors in Records Pertaining to School or Swamp and Overflowed Lands - When Required

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For the purpose of facilitating the management and supervision of school lands and swamp and overflowed lands, upon the submission to the Secretary of State of legal and effective proof of any error or mistake, either of omission or commission, in any of the records in his office…

Ala. Code § 9-15-50 Corrections of Errors in Records Pertaining to School or Swamp and Overflowed Lands - File of Proof Submitted

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The Secretary of State shall maintain a file in his office where he shall keep copies of the proof submitted for the correction of errors or mistakes as provided for in this article. (Acts 1939, No. 581, p. 949, §19; Code 1940, T. 8, §251.)

Ala. Code § 9-15-51 Corrections of Errors in Records Pertaining to School or Swamp and Overflowed Lands - Certifications of Corrected Records

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After the correction of any error or mistake in any record which pertains to such lands, the Secretary of State, in any subsequent certification of a corrected record, shall certify the corrected record, which record, so corrected, shall have the same weight and authority as any …

Ala. Code § 9-15-52 Sale or Leasing of Sand or Gravel on Public Water Bottoms and Certain State Lands - Negotiation, Consummation and Administration of Contracts, Leases, Etc

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All contracts, leases, and agreements for the sale of sand and gravel from the lands of the state which are not owned, occupied, or held in trust by or assigned or dedicated to any department, agency, or institution and from the public water bottoms of the State of Alabama shall …

Ala. Code § 9-15-53 Sale or Leasing of Sand or Gravel on Public Water Bottoms and Certain State Lands - Disposition and Expenditure of Revenues

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The revenues, including royalties, derived from the sale of sand and gravel or from leases for the purposes of the removal of sand and gravel from the public water bottoms of the State of Alabama and from the lands of the state which are not owned, occupied or held in trust by or…

Ala. Code § 9-15-54 Release of Sand for Use in Beach Project

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Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, in the event a beach project to be undertaken by a coastal municipality as permitted by the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources pursuant to Section 9-15-56 requires the use of sand from the public…

Ala. Code § 9-15-55 Retention by State of Title to Certain Filled Lands; Rights of Access

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(a) The state shall retain title to any lands of the state lying seaward of the mean high tide line that are filled in the course of a beach project undertaken by a coastal municipality pursuant to Article 11 of Chapter 47 of Title 11 with the permit of the Commissioner of the De…

Ala. Code § 9-15-56 Application for Beach Project; Issuance of Permit

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(a) Upon application by a coastal municipality, the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, acting through the Lands Division of the department, shall issue a permit for the construction and maintenance of a beach project by the coastal municipality …