Section 41-23-124 Construction and Application.

(a) This article shall not apply nor have any effect on any state agency currently having control over local port or infrastructure commissions or authorities. (b) This article shall not change any existing laws that apply to any existing port or infrastructure commission or authority, or to powers presently provided for conducting and developing the water transportation industry, and all such existing laws are hereby expressly preserved and shall not be preempted by this article. (c) No provision of this article shall be construed to authorize any diversion from local port or infrastructure commissions or authorities of fees, funds, donations, grants, or monies to which the commission or authorities are otherwise entitled. (d) The Alabama State Port Authority, including its inland ports, is expressly exempt from the purview of this article.