Section 33-1-1 – State May Engage in Promoting, Constructing, Operating, etc., Harbors and Ports; Expenditure of Funds to Entertain Customers, etc., Authorized; Audit and Accounting of Certain Expenditures.

Section 33-1-1 State may engage in promoting, constructing, operating, etc., harbors and ports; expenditure of funds to entertain customers, etc., authorized; audit and accounting of certain expenditures. The State of Alabama may engage in, through the agency of the Alabama State Port Authority provided and designated by law, works of internal improvement, and of promoting, […]

Section 33-1-1.1 – Definitions.

Section 33-1-1.1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) BOARD. The Board of Directors of the Alabama State Port Authority. (2) DIRECTOR. The Chief Executive Officer of the Alabama State Port Authority. (3) DOCKS. Alabama state docks. (4) PORT AUTHORITY. The Alabama State Port Authority. (5) STATE […]

Section 33-1-10 – State Docks Advisory Committee – Committee to Act in Advisory Capacity.

Section 33-1-10 State docks advisory committee – Committee to act in advisory capacity. Repealed by Act 2000-598, §8, 2000 Regular Session, effective August 1, 2000. (Acts 1955, No. 103, p. 345, §6; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 302, p. 2362, §2.)

Section 33-1-11 – Jurisdiction.

Section 33-1-11 Jurisdiction. The jurisdiction of the port authority in any harbor or seaport within the state shall extend over the waters and shores of a harbor and shall extend to the outer edge of the outer bar at the harbor or seaport. The jurisdiction of the port authority shall also extend over the waters […]

Section 33-1-12 – Power to Acquire, Operate, etc., Structures, Facilities, Etc.

Section 33-1-12 Power to acquire, operate, etc., structures, facilities, etc. The port authority, in engaging in the work of internal improvement, or promoting, developing, constructing, maintaining and operating harbors, seaports, and riverports within the state and its jurisdiction, may acquire, purchase, install, lease, construct, own, hold, maintain, equip, use, control, and operate, at seaports, or […]

Section 33-1-12.1 – Additional Powers.

Section 33-1-12.1 Additional powers. In addition to the powers conferred in this chapter and by other applicable law, the port authority shall have the following powers: (1) To have and use a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure. (2) To exercise the right of eminent domain as freely and completely, and in […]

Section 33-1-13 – Governor May Make Additional Investigations Relative to Acquisition, etc., of Facilities.

Section 33-1-13 Governor may make additional investigations relative to acquisition, etc., of facilities. Repealed by Act 2000-598, §8, 2000 Regular Session, effective August 1, 2000. (Acts 1923, No. 303, p. 330; Code 1923, §2538; Acts 1927, No. 1, p. 1; Acts 1935, No. 385, p. 821; Code 1940, T. 38, §14.)

Section 33-1-14 – Appraisal of Real Estate; Approval of Facilities by Governor Prerequisite to Beginning Project.

Section 33-1-14 Appraisal of real estate; approval of facilities by Governor prerequisite to beginning project. Repealed by Act 2000-598, §8, 2000 Regular Session, effective August 1, 2000. (Acts 1923, No. 303, p. 330; Code 1923, §2539; Acts 1927, No. 1, p. 1; Acts 1935, No. 385, p. 821; Code 1940, T. 38, §15.)

Section 33-1-15 – Amendment of Plans.

Section 33-1-15 Amendment of plans. Repealed by Act 2000-598, §8, 2000 Regular Session, effective August 1, 2000. (Acts 1927, No. 1, p. 1; Acts 1935, No. 385, p. 821; Code 1940, T. 38, §16.)

Section 33-1-16 – Terminal Railroads.

Section 33-1-16 Terminal railroads. THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-149 IN THE 2022 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2022. TO SEE THE AMENDED VERSION, SEE THE VERSION LABELED PENDING. The port authority may acquire, own, lease, locate, install, construct, hold, maintain, control, and operate at seaports a line of terminal railroads with necessary sidings, […]

Section 33-1-17 – Title to Property.

Section 33-1-17 Title to property. The title to all property acquired by the Alabama State Docks Department and now vested in the State of Alabama shall on August 1, 2000, be vested in the port authority. The director, with the consent and the approval of the board may dispose of, sell, or lease to others, […]

Section 33-1-18 – Sales of Submerged Lands and Made Lands Lying Under or Abutting Tidal Waters.

Section 33-1-18 Sales of submerged lands and made lands lying under or abutting tidal waters. (a) The Director of the Alabama State Port Authority is vested with power and authority to obtain and negotiate a sale of any submerged lands and made lands claimed or owned by the state, which lands are under or were […]

Section 33-1-19 – Exemption of Leases, etc., From Taxation.

Section 33-1-19 Exemption of leases, etc., from taxation. All leases of real estate within the boundaries of the approved plan or within the boundaries of any amendment or extension thereof, for port or harbor improvement in and by the State of Alabama, the port authority, or its predecessors, now in effect, and also all structures […]

Section 33-1-2 – Alabama State Port Authority.

Section 33-1-2 Alabama State Port Authority. There shall be a state agency known as the Alabama State Port Authority, hereinafter sometimes referred to as the port authority. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever any act, section of this code, or any other provision of law refers to the Alabama State Docks Department, it shall […]

Section 33-1-20 – Exchange of Property and Relocation of Buildings, Etc.

Section 33-1-20 Exchange of property and relocation of buildings, etc. The port authority may exchange any property or properties acquired under the authority of this chapter for other property or properties usable in carrying out the powers hereby conferred, and also remove from lands needed for its purposes and reconstruct on other locations buildings, terminals, […]

Section 33-1-21 – Enforcement.

Section 33-1-21 Enforcement. The port authority may bring and prosecute all civil actions and other legal proceedings proper or necessary for the enforcement of its rights growing out of any of its transactions or operations authorized by this chapter. (Code 1923, §2545; Acts 1935, No. 385, p. 821; Code 1940, T. 38, §21; Act 2000-598, […]

Section 33-1-22 – Acquisition of Property and Rights-of-Way.

Section 33-1-22 Acquisition of property and rights-of-way. For the acquiring of rights-of-way and property necessary for the construction of terminal railroads and structures, including railroad crossings, wharves, piers, docks, quays, grain elevators, cotton compresses, warehouses, and other riparian and littoral terminals and structures and approaches thereto needful for the convenient use of rights-of-way and property, […]

Section 33-1-23 – To What Property Eminent Domain Applicable.

Section 33-1-23 To what property eminent domain applicable. Repealed by Act 2000-598, §8, 2000 Regular Session, effective August 1, 2000. (Acts 1923, No. 303, p. 330; Code 1923, §2543; Acts 1927, No. 1, p. 1; Acts 1935, No. 385, p. 821; Code 1940, T. 38, §23.)

Section 33-1-24 – Conduct of Operation of Harbors, Ports, Facilities, etc., by Port Authority.

Section 33-1-24 Conduct of operation of harbors, ports, facilities, etc., by port authority. The operation of all harbors and seaports within the state and the improvements and facilities hereby authorized shall be conducted in the name of the Alabama State Port Authority. In such operation, the port authority may contract such current indebtedness as is […]

Section 33-1-25 – Port Authority Authorized to Carry Fire and Casualty and Public Liability Insurance.

Section 33-1-25 Port authority authorized to carry fire and casualty and public liability insurance. The Alabama State Port Authority is hereby authorized to provide insurance covering loss or damage to its properties, or any properties of others in its custody, care or control, or any properties as to which it has any insurable interest, caused […]