Section 35-19-8 – Recording of Environmental Covenants.
Section 35-19-8 Recording of environmental covenants. (a) An environmental covenant and any amendment or termination of the covenant must be recorded in every county in which any portion of the real property subject to the covenant is located. For purposes of indexing, a holder shall be treated as a grantee. (b) Except as otherwise provided […]
Section 35-16-3 – Publication of Mortality Tables.
Section 35-16-3 Publication of mortality tables. The superintendent of insurance shall, within 10 days after final adjournment of each regular session of the legislature, cause to be delivered to the secretary of state the then current American experience and commissioners standard ordinary mortality tables, which the secretary of state shall cause to be printed in […]
Section 35-19-9 – Duration of Environmental Covenants.
Section 35-19-9 Duration of environmental covenants. (a) An environmental covenant is perpetual unless any of the following conditions apply: (1) The covenant is limited to a specific duration or terminated by the occurrence of a specific event. (2) The covenant is terminated or modified by consent pursuant to Section 35-19-10. (3) The covenant is terminated […]
Section 35-16-4 – Mortality Tables as Evidence.
Section 35-16-4 Mortality tables as evidence. (a) Mortality tables as printed in the bound acts of the legislature pursuant to section 35-16-3 shall be received in all courts of this state as evidence of the facts therein stated. (b) The provisions of section 35-16-3 and subsection (a) of this section are cumulative and shall not […]
Section 35-19-10 – Amendment or Termination of Environmental Covenant.
Section 35-19-10 Amendment or termination of environmental covenant. (a) Unless otherwise specified in the environmental covenant, an environmental covenant may be amended or terminated by consent only if the amendment or termination is signed by each of the following: (1) The agency, unless waived by the agency, in which event the current owner of the […]
Section 35-18-1 – Definitions.
Section 35-18-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following words have the following meanings: (1) CONSERVATION EASEMENT. A nonpossessory interest of a holder in real property imposing limitations or affirmative obligations the purposes of which include retaining or protecting natural, scenic, or open-space values of real property, assuring its availability for agricultural, silvicultural, forest, […]
Section 35-19-11 – Administration and Enforcement of Chapter.
Section 35-19-11 Administration and enforcement of chapter. (a) The department is designated as the administrating agency for this chapter and is empowered to administer and enforce this chapter using the authorities granted to it by the Environmental Management Act. However, such designation shall not imply that the department shall assume any administration or enforcement functions […]
Section 35-18-2 – Easement Conveyed, Recorded, Assigned, etc.; Term of Easement; Interest Maintained; Condemnation.
Section 35-18-2 Easement conveyed, recorded, assigned, etc.; term of easement; interest maintained; condemnation. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a conservation easement may be created, conveyed, recorded, assigned, released, modified, terminated, or otherwise altered or affected in the same manner as other easements. A conservation easement may not be created or expanded under […]
Section 35-19-12 – Registry of Environmental Covenants.
Section 35-19-12 Registry of environmental covenants. (a) The Alabama Department of Environmental Management shall establish and maintain a registry that contains all environmental covenants and any amendment or termination of those covenants. The registry may also contain any other information concerning environmental covenants and the real property subject to them which the department considers appropriate. […]
Section 35-15-21 – Definitions.
Section 35-15-21 Definitions. Unless the context thereof clearly indicates to the contrary, as used in this article the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) OWNER. Any public or private organization of any character, including a partnership, corporation, association, any individual, or any federal, state or local political subdivision or any agency of any […]