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AL HB502
Bill
Status
5/18/2023
Primary Sponsor
Jennifer Fidler
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AI Summary
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Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall adopt rules establishing a uniform system of navigational markers compatible with U.S. Coast Guard standards (33 C.F.R. Part 62) for all state waters.
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Persons, counties, or municipalities may apply to the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency for permits to place navigational markers, with applications requiring location maps, marker lists, specifications, purpose statement, and names of responsible parties.
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Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall assist applicants in securing Coast Guard permission where required, conduct investigations, and issue permits while maintaining records of all approvals.
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The Marine Patrol Division shall have general oversight and maintenance responsibility of permitted navigational markers on state waters, including the Gulf of Mexico and salt and brackish bodies of water.
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The act becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor.
Legislative Description
Relating to vessels and navigation; to provide for the placement of a uniform system of navigational markers on the waters of this state; to amend Section 33-5-4, Code of Alabama 1975, to require the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency to provide general oversight and maintenance of permitted navigational markers on the waters of this state; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.
Vessels; placement of navigational markers on waters of this state, provided
Last Action
Indefinitely Postpone
5/31/2023