AL SB395

Defines "living shoreline" as shoreline restoration techniques including native vegetation planting, wave attenuation structures, fill material placement, and similar methods designed to preserve natural coastal processes.

Authorizes the State Lands Division of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Department of Environmental Management to issue permits without fee or charge to riparian property owners to dredge for sand and sediment.

Permits dredging from the owner's riparian property or immediately adjacent property (with consent) when the sand and sediment will be used to construct a living shoreline in front of the owner's riparian property.

Limits the act's authority to property bounded by and touching the Gulf of Mexico proper, Mobile Bay, and connected bays, rivers, or creeks located south of Mobile River mile 0.0 (Latitude 30 degrees 41.32848 minutes North, Longitude 88 degrees 02.39862 minutes West).

Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor.