Title 9 — Title 9

Any person who willfully or knowingly makes to any officer authorized to issue a hunting, fishing, fur-bearing animal, or seafood license a false statement as to his or her name, age, residence or any other statement relevant to the purchasing of the license, or any person who ma…

The lending, borrowing, selling, buying, renting, or using in any way the license of another to hunt, fish, trap, deal in furs, or to take oysters or shrimp shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) nor more…

Unless otherwise provided, a violation of any of the provisions of this title or any rule or regulation of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources or approved by the Advisory Board of Conservation and Natural Resources shall be a Class C misdemeanor. History: (Code 1…

Waters; Violations. (a) Any person engaging in the business of cutting, trimming, severing, or uprooting aquatic plants within public waters, as defined in Section 9-11-80, shall employ commercially reasonable methods to remove any cut, trimmed, severed, or uprooted aquatic plant…

Damages for the Unauthorized Removal of Coal; Retroactive Application of Section. (a) The objective of this section is to specify the measure of damages for the unauthorized removal of coal in Alabama. It is declared that the extraction of coal provides a major present and future…

There shall be a Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, which shall be an executive and administrative department in order to enable the Governor to exercise a direct and effective control over the natural resources, state parks and historical sites of the state and in…

Preservation, Maintenance, Etc., of State Parks, Etc. It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, acting through the Division of Parks, to preserve, improve, protect and maintain all parks, parkways, monuments and historic sites now owned or he…

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…

Etc., Excepted from Jurisdiction of Director. (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…

Generally. 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 th…

Cooperation with Citizens’ Committees, Etc. 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 …

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…

from Operation of Certain New Facilities Within State Park System. 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 facilit…

Additional Divisions in Department; Appointment of Directors of Divisions. With the approval of the Governor, the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources may create and establish such additional division or divisions as may be determined to be necessary or convenient i…

of Rules and Regulations for Department. The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources shall have and exercise all rule-making powers of any division of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources subject to the provisions of Section 9-2-15. The Commissioner of …

(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…

Agencies to File Legal Instruments. (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 o…

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. History: (Acts 1993, No. 93-631, p. 1077, §3.)

Prohibit Importation of Birds, Animals, Fish, Etc. (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,…

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…

Composition; Qualifications, Appointment, Terms of Office, and Compensation of Members; Residency Requirements; Meetings; Record of Meetings and Proceedings; Transitional Members. (a) There shall be an Advisory Board of Conservation and Natural Resources. The board shall consist …

Duties. 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 r…

of Rules and Regulations; Prohibition of Airboat; Penalty. (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 …

Program. (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 hat…

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 …

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. History: (Acts 1965, No. 828, p. 1556, §§ 1,2.)

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…

(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…

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…

of Department. 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 Co…

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…

Created as Special Account; Administration; Restrictions; Use of Income. (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 f…

(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…

Credit of Fund. 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 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…

Which Collected, Allotted or Budgeted. 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 retainin…

The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall have no power or authority to issue any bonds or to borrow any money. History: (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…

Policies Act. 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 a…

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. History: (Acts 1977, No. 20, p. 28; Act 2018-2…

Enforcement Officers. (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…

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…