Chapter 1 - Department Of Conservation And Natural Resources
- Article 1 General Provisions.
- Section 9-2-1 Created; seal
There shall be a Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, which shall be an executive and administrative department in order to enable the Governor ...
- Section 9-2-2 Powers and duties generally
The general functions and duties of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall be as follows: (1) To protect, conserve and increase the ...
- Section 9-2-3 Powers and duties as to state parks and parkways, etc
The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, for the purpose of establishing, developing and maintaining state parks and parkways, may acquire land by donation, ...
- Section 9-2-4 Powers and duties as to seafoods, etc
(a) The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall have full jurisdiction and control of all seafoods existing or living in the waters of ...
- Section 9-2-5 Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources - Qualifications, appointment, term of office, oath, and bond
The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall be headed by and shall be under the direction, supervision and control of an officer who ...
- Section 9-2-6 Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources - Powers and duties generally
All functions and duties of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall be exercised by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources acting ...
- Section 9-2-7 Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources - Powers and duties as to game, fish and seafood generally
(a) The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby vested with the power to enforce and administer all laws providing for the preservation, ...
- Section 9-2-8 Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources - Promulgation of rules and regulations as to game, fish and seafood; publication and distribution of laws, etc
The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources is authorized to make and promulgate such reasonable rules and regulations not in conflict with the provisions ...
- Section 9-2-9 Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources - Powers and duties as to state parks, etc., generally
The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, acting through the Division of Parks, shall have the following powers and authorities: (1) To acquire in ...
- Section 9-2-10 Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources - Duties as to 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 ...
- Section 9-2-11 Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources - Creation of 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 ...
- Section 9-2-12 Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources - Promulgation 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 ...
- Section 9-2-13 Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources - Authority to 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 ...
- Section 9-2-14 Advisory Board of Conservation and Natural Resources - Created; 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 of the Governor, the Commissioner of Agriculture and ...
- Section 9-2-15 Advisory Board of Conservation and Natural Resources - Powers and 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 ...
- Section 9-2-15.1 Advisory Board of Conservation and Natural Resources; promulgation 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 ...
- Section 9-2-16 Director of Irrigation
(a) There shall be established in the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources the office of the Director of Irrigation. The director shall ...
- Section 9-2-17 Employees generally
The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources shall, with the approval of the Governor and subject to the provisions of the Merit System, determine ...
- Section 9-2-18 Requirement of bonds for certain officers and employees
Before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, each officer and employee of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources authorized or permitted ...
- Section 9-2-19 Administrative salaries and expenses to be prorated among divisions 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 ...
- Section 9-2-20 Game and Fish Fund - Created; composition
There is hereby created and there shall be a fund which shall be known as the Game and Fish Fund. This fund shall consist ...
- Section 9-2-20.1 Game and Fish Fund - Alabama Game and Fish Endowment Fund 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 ...
- Section 9-2-20.2 Game and Fish Fund - Alabama Nongame Wildlife Endowment
(a) There is hereby created within the Game and Fish Fund a special account to be known as the Alabama Nongame Wildlife Endowment. The ...
- Section 9-2-21 Game and Fish Fund - Remittance of collections to State Treasurer to 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 ...
- Section 9-2-22 Game and Fish Fund - Disbursement
The said fund hereby created shall be used and expended by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources in furtherance of the preservation, protection, ...
- Section 9-2-23 Game and Fish Fund - Diversion of funds from particular purpose for 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 ...
- Section 9-2-24 Department not to issue bonds or borrow money
The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall have no power or authority to issue any bonds or to borrow any money. ...
- Section 9-2-25 Refunds on erroneous or excessive license fees
(a) This section shall apply to all licenses administered by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources or any division thereof. (b) In the ...
- Section 9-2-26 Cooperation with federal agencies
The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is authorized to cooperate with the United States Department of Agriculture and other federal agencies in the ...
- Section 9-2-27 Compliance with Uniform Relocation Assistance and Land Acquisition 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 ...
- Section 9-2-28 "Game and fish wardens" deemed "conservation officers."
Whenever the terms "game and fish warden" or "game and fish wardens" appear in this title, but not including deputies, such terms shall mean ...
- Section 9-2-29 Commissioner authorized to designate calendar work week for law 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 ...
- Article 2 Construction or Modification of Buildings and Facilities.
- Section 9-2-40 Commissioner designated awarding authority
The Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby designated as an awarding authority. ...
- Section 9-2-41 Preparation of plans and specifications
The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby empowered and authorized to prepare plans and specifications for the construction or modification of any ...
- Section 9-2-42 Contracts for advisory engineering or architectural services
The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is empowered and authorized to enter into contracts with engineering or architectural firms for the preparation of ...
- Section 9-2-43 Contracts for construction or modification of buildings or facilities
The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is further empowered and authorized to enter into contracts for the construction or modification of any buildings ...
- Section 9-2-44 Approval of state Building Commission not required as to certain contracts; compliance with state building code
All construction or modification contracts as specified in this article which may hereafter be made are excepted from approval by the state Building Commission ...
- Article 3 Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries.
- Section 9-2-60 Created
(a) There is created within the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources a division to be known as the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater ...
- Section 9-2-61 Appointment of director; powers and duties of division generally
The Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries shall be a division of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and shall be headed by ...
- Section 9-2-62 Oath of director; director full-time position
Before entering upon the discharge of his duties, the Director of the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries shall take the constitutional oath of ...
- Section 9-2-63 Bond of director
Before entering upon the duties of his office, the Director of the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries shall execute to the State of ...
- Section 9-2-64 Appointment, oath, bond and compensation of game and fish wardens and deputy wardens
The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources shall have power to appoint as many game and fish wardens as he shall deem necessary for ...
- Section 9-2-65 Powers and duties of game and fish wardens; powers and duties of director with respect to game and fish wardens
(a) Game and fish wardens shall have power: (1) To enforce all laws of this state relating to birds, animals and fish; (2) To ...
- Section 9-2-66 Official annual state nongame wildlife print and/or stamp
(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 ...
- Section 9-2-67 Rules and regulations for Nongame Wildlife Endowment
The Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations as shall be necessary to ...
- Article 4 Division of Marine Resources.
- Section 9-2-80 "Seafoods" defined
As used in this title, the term "seafoods" shall include and mean all oysters, saltwater fish, saltwater shrimp, diamond back terrapin, sea turtle, crabs ...
- Section 9-2-81 Created; powers and duties generally
There is hereby created within the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources a division to be known as the Division of Marine Resources. The ...
- Section 9-2-82 Director - Appointment
The Division of Marine Resources shall be headed by and be under the direction, supervision and control of an officer who shall be designated ...
- Section 9-2-83 Director - Oath and compensation; full-time position
Before entering upon the discharge of his duties, the Director of the Marine Resources Division shall take the constitutional oath of office. His salary ...
- Section 9-2-84 Director - Bond
Before entering upon the duties of his office, the Director of the Marine Resources Division shall execute to the State of Alabama a bond, ...
- Section 9-2-85 Duties of employees of division generally; seizure, etc., of seafoods illegally taken, etc
The employees of the Division of Marine Resources shall diligently enforce all laws and regulations of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources now ...
- Section 9-2-86 Director and employees constituted peace officers; inspection, etc., of factories, barrel measures, nets, trawls, etc
The Director of the Division of Marine Resources and other employees of said division are hereby constituted peace officers of the State of Alabama ...
- Section 9-2-87 Seafoods Fund - Created; composition
There is hereby created and there shall be a fund which shall be known as the "Seafoods Fund." This fund shall consist of: (1) ...
- Section 9-2-88 Seafoods Fund - Remittance of collections to State Treasurer to credit of fund
Each officer or employee of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources or other person charged with the duty of collecting any of the ...
- Section 9-2-89 Seafoods Fund - Disbursement
The said Seafoods Fund hereby created shall be used and expended by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources in furtherance of the preservation, ...
- Article 5 Division of Parks.
- Section 9-2-100 Created; appointment of director
There shall be in the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources a Division of Parks, which shall be headed by and be under the ...
- Section 9-2-101 Oath of director; director full-time position
Before entering upon the discharge of his duties, the Director of the Division of Parks shall take the constitutional oath of office. He shall ...
- Section 9-2-102 Bond of director
Before entering upon the duties of his office, the Director of the Division of Parks shall execute to the State of Alabama a bond, ...
- Section 9-2-103 Powers and duties of director generally; state forests, monuments, 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 ...
- Section 9-2-104 Powers and duties of director with respect to Confederate memorials - 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 ...
- Section 9-2-105 Powers and duties of director with respect to Confederate memorials - 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 ...
- Section 9-2-106 State Park Fund
There shall be a State Park Fund. All moneys received from gifts or bequests or from county, municipal or federal appropriations or moneys appropriated ...
- Section 9-2-107 State Park Revolving Fund
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 ...
- Section 9-2-108 Disposition and expenditure of revenues from sale of timber, etc., and 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 ...
- Article 6 Division of Lands.
- Section 9-2-120 Supervision and development of certain state-owned islands
(a) It shall be the duty and responsibility of the Division of Lands of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to protect, develop ...
- Section 9-2-121 Land Resources Information Center; survey and compilation of data; 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 ...
- Section 9-2-122 Deposits into State Lands Fund authorized; use of funds
All funds and fees accruing from the management of lands by the Lands Division of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources which are ...
- Section 9-2-123 Management fee for certain lands
For all other lands managed by the Lands Division of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, there shall be retained by the Lands ...
- Article 7 Office of Land Agent.
- Section 9-2-130 Created; appointment and duties of agent
Within the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and under the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, there is hereby created the office of ...
