Division of Parks.

Ala. Code tit. 9, ch. 2, art. 5

in effect

Ala. Code § 9-2-100 Created; Appointment of Director.

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 direction, supervision and control of an officer, who shall be designated the Director of the Division of Parks. He shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources with the approval of the Governor. (Acts 1939, No. 162, p. 255, §13; Code 1940, T. 8, §173.)

Ala. Code § 9-2-101 Oath of Director; Director Full-Time Position.

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 devote his full time to his official duties and shall hold no other lucrative position while serving as Director of the Division of Parks. (Acts 1939, No. 162, p. 255, §15; Code 1940, T. 8, §174.)

Ala. Code § 9-2-102 Bond of Director.

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, to be approved by the Governor, in an amount to be fixed by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, for the faithful performance of his duties. (Acts 1943, No. 122, p. 123, §15; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 208, p. 2190, §1.)

Ala. Code § 9-2-103 Powers and Duties of Director Generally; State Forests, Monuments, Etc., Excepted from Jurisdiction of Director.

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 state parks, monuments and historical sites in the state and to publish such thereof as will be of general interest; and (2) To perform all functions and duties of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources with respect to state parks, monuments and historical sites including the marking, upkeep and publicizing of historical sites heretofore or hereafter designated by the Department of Archives and History. (b) The inclusion of specific duties of the Director of the Division of Parks in this title shall not be deemed an exclusion of or limitation upon his general duties to effectuate and accomplish the purposes generally set out in this title. (c) There are excepted from the duties of the Director of the Division of Parks all state forests, Mound State Monument, the White House of the Confederacy and all monuments and historical sites now or hereafter located on state-owned property in the City of Montgomery, including the Alabama Memorial Building. (Acts 1939, No. 162, p. 255, §§3, 13; Code 1940, T. 8, §175.)

Ala. Code § 9-2-104 Powers and Duties of Director with Respect to Confederate Memorials - Generally.

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 out of the part performed by troops from this state in the War Between the States which may arise in connection with the location and identification of their position or part in any battle or engagement or upon any battlefield or in connection with the appropriate determination, location, identification or marking of such part or position or in connection with the appropriate marking or monumenting of spots or occurrences made historic by their services or sacrifices, whether in the several military parks or on some other battlefield or in prisons or cemeteries or other historic spots or places. The Director of the Division of Parks, unless otherwise provided, shall have charge of the erection and shall direct the expenditure of all appropriations for the placing of monuments, memorials or markers to Alabama troops in the war as above set forth. (Code 1923, §1734; Code 1940, T. 8, §177.)

Ala. Code § 9-2-105 Powers and Duties of Director with Respect to Confederate Memorials - Cooperation with Citizens’ Committees, Etc.

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 any committee of citizens in erecting any monument or may supplement the amount raised by any camp of the United Confederate Veterans or camp of the United Sons of Confederate Veterans or chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy or any ladies’ memorial association to erect a monument; provided, that not more than $25,000.00 shall be expended out of such funds as may be appropriated in any one fiscal year. (Code 1923, §1738; Code 1940, T. 8, §178.)

Ala. Code § 9-2-106 State Park Fund.

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 by the State of Alabama shall be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of said fund. The said fund hereby created shall be used and expended by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources in accordance with the terms of the gift, bequest, appropriation or donation from which said moneys are derived and, in the absence of any such terms or stipulations, shall be expended by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources in furtherance of any of the provisions of this chapter. All expenses of the Division of Parks of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources including its pro rata portion of administrative expenses of said Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall be payable from said fund on the requisition of the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources; provided, however, that no funds shall be withdrawn nor expended for any purpose whatsoever unless the same shall have been allotted and budgeted in accordance with the provisions of Article 4 of Chapter 4 of Title 41 of this code and only in the amounts and for the purposes provided by the Legislature in the general appropriation bill. (Acts 1939, No. 556, p. 877, §6; Code 1940, T. 8, §183; Acts 1945, No. 228, p. 351; Acts 1951, No. 831, p. 1462, §1; Acts 1967, No. 778, p. 1637, §1.)

Ala. Code § 9-2-107 State Park Revolving Fund.

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 the State Park Revolving Fund, which fund shall be constituted from all moneys received for admissions charged or rentals, sales of goods or services and such other miscellaneous charges collected by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources in the operation of its state parks, monuments, historical sites and other facilities. The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, with the approval of the state Department of Finance, is authorized and empowered to provide for and open an account or accounts at any state or federal bank whose deposits are insured within the State of Alabama for the purpose of providing a depository or depositories for said revolving fund. The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources is further authorized and empowered to draw on or make expenditures from said revolving fund for the purchase of goods for resale, equipment purchases, payment of utilities, salaries of employees and any other normal operating costs of park facilities, including normal maintenance costs. Said revolving fund shall be subject to examination and audit as other funds of the state are examined and audited. The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, with the approval of the state Department of Finance and the Chief Examiner of Public Accounts, shall by regulation provide the procedure for making deposits and withdrawals from said revolving fund together with such other accounting procedures as may be needed, including the setting of bonds for persons empowered to handle said fund. The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, with the approval of the Governor, may at the close of any state fiscal year transfer to the State Parks Fund from said revolving fund such moneys as may be deemed excess to the purpose or purposes of the revolving fund. (Acts 1967, No. 778, p. 1637, §1.)

Ala. Code § 9-2-108 Disposition and Expenditure of Revenues from Sale of Timber, Etc., and from Operation of Certain New Facilities Within State Park System.

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 Conservation and Natural Resources and the revenues produced from any new facility within the state park system which is opened or placed in operation during that period of time between the effective dates of the biennial general appropriation bills shall be covered into the state Treasury to the credit of the State Park Fund of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and shall be expended only for the Division of Parks in such manner and such amounts as may be provided by the Legislature in the general appropriation bill and pursuant to the provisions of Article 4 of Chapter 4 of Title 41 of this code. (Acts 1953, No. 792, p. 1085, §1; Acts 1959, No. 33, p. 438, §1.)

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