Alabama Code 33-10-17. Jurisdiction; right to acquire waterbottoms
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 33-10-17
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
The commission shall have exclusive jurisdiction over the commission development program within the coastal waters of Alabama. The commission shall have the right to acquire waterbottoms inside and outside of the territorial limits of the State of Alabama for use in the construction, operation or maintenance of the facilities functionally required, related, necessary or useful to the operation of the commission.