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People in cave-related activities must assess the safety of group equipment they plan to use, and certain people involved in the activity are generally not liable for injuries or equipment failure, with stated exceptions.
This section makes it a misdemeanor for covered persons and organizations to damage cave formations, litter caves, disturb cave access structures, sell speleothems, or harm plant or animal life in wild caves, with exceptions for recognized scientific purposes and emergency rescue units.
It is unlawful for covered persons and entities to risk polluting underground water by dumping or placing hazardous materials in caves, sinkholes, or natural wells.
Violations of the chapter’s misdemeanor provisions are punished with different misdemeanor classes depending on whether it is the first, second, or a later offense.
This provision creates the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources as an executive and administrative department and requires it to have a seal.
The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources must preserve, improve, protect, and maintain specified Alabama parks, parkways, monuments, and historic sites, with stated exceptions.
The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources must have a Division of Parks headed by a Director appointed by the Commissioner with the Governor’s approval.
The Director of the Division of Parks must take the constitutional oath of office before starting duties, work full time, and not hold another lucrative job while serving.
The Director of the Division of Parks must give the State of Alabama a bond before taking office.
The Director of the Division of Parks must study, report on, and publish information about state parks, monuments, and historical sites, and carry out related functions and duties for those resources, with listed exceptions.
The Director of the Division of Parks must represent Alabama on matters tied to Alabama troops’ War Between the States service and oversee monument, memorial, and marker work for them.
The Director of the Division of Parks may help erect monuments or add to money raised for a monument, but only with approval from the Governor and the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources.
A State Park Fund is created, and money received for it must be deposited in the Treasury and used by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources under the donor or appropriation terms, with extra spending limits from the budget and general appropriation bill.
Creates the State Park Revolving Fund and lets the Commissioner manage, spend, regulate, and transfer money from it with required approvals.
Revenues from certain timber sales and new state park facilities must be deposited into the state Treasury for the State Park Fund and spent only for the Division of Parks as provided by the Legislature.
The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources may, with the Governor’s approval, create additional divisions, assign or transfer functions and duties among divisions, and appoint division directors.
The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources may make and publish rules and regulations for the department, and may not delegate that rule-making power except where the text expressly allows it.
The Division of Lands must protect, develop, and supervise qualifying state-owned islands, and it may develop them and sell certain materials from them with Governor approval and on a competitive-bid basis.
This section creates a State Land Resources Information Center and requires state land records, surveys, filings, and updates to be handled on set timelines.
Funds and fees from specified land-management activities must be deposited into the State Lands Fund and used only for preserving, managing, protecting, and improving the lands.
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