Any owner or any agency in control of any vessel that is anchored, moored, or made fast to the shore when the same is in bad repair, liable to sink, liable to pollute adjacent water or determined to be a substantial threat to pollute adjacent water, or deemed to be a derelict vessel, or in violation of any law or regulation, who fails to remove it from the harbor to a designated place when directed to do so by an accredited agent of the port authority, shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and shall be fined not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000) and may also be imprisoned for not more than one year. The offender shall be guilty of a new and similar offense and subject to the same penalty for each 48 hours that elapses after the order to remove the vessel from the harbor or seaport is served. Any fines so collected shall be paid to the port authority and by it placed to the credit of the operating fund.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.
Chapter 1 - General Provisions Relative to Harbors and Ports and State Docks Department.
Section 33-1-1.1 - Definitions.
Section 33-1-2 - Alabama State Port Authority.
Section 33-1-4 - Assistant Directors.
Section 33-1-5 - Officers and Employees; Employee Compensation Plan.
Section 33-1-5.1 - Retirement Plans for Employees of Alabama State Port Authority.
Section 33-1-6 - Bonds Required of Certain Employees.
Section 33-1-7 - Functions of Secretary-Treasurer; Bond.
Section 33-1-8 - Board of Directors.
Section 33-1-10 - State Docks Advisory Committee - Committee to Act in Advisory Capacity.
Section 33-1-11 - Jurisdiction.
Section 33-1-12 - Power to Acquire, Operate, etc., Structures, Facilities, Etc.
Section 33-1-12.1 - Additional Powers.
Section 33-1-15 - Amendment of Plans.
Section 33-1-16 - Terminal Railroads.
Section 33-1-17 - Title to Property.
Section 33-1-18 - Sales of Submerged Lands and Made Lands Lying Under or Abutting Tidal Waters.
Section 33-1-19 - Exemption of Leases, etc., From Taxation.
Section 33-1-20 - Exchange of Property and Relocation of Buildings, Etc.
Section 33-1-21 - Enforcement.
Section 33-1-22 - Acquisition of Property and Rights-of-Way.
Section 33-1-23 - To What Property Eminent Domain Applicable.
Section 33-1-24 - Conduct of Operation of Harbors, Ports, Facilities, etc., by Port Authority.
Section 33-1-27 - Exercise and Evidence of Authority of Governor and Port Authority.
Section 33-1-28 - Establishment of Harbor Lines; Grant of Licenses for Construction of Wharves, Etc.
Section 33-1-29 - Revocation or Suspension of Upland Owners' Licenses.
Section 33-1-30 - Establishment of Foreign Trade Zones.
Section 33-1-31 - Rules and Regulations; Violations.
Section 33-1-32 - Violation of Orders, etc., of Director or Agents.
Section 33-1-33 - Failure to Remove Dangerous Vessels on Order of Port Authority.
Section 33-1-35 - Depositing Substance That Will Form Obstruction to Navigation.
Section 33-1-37 - Safety Incentive Program.
Section 33-1-38 - Compliance With Railway Labor Act.
Section 33-1-40 - Sovereign Immunity.