The sheriffs of this state may be designated as special agents to sell boat licenses as provided for herein. The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources is authorized to appoint other special agents to sell boat licenses as provided for herein; provided, however, that the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources may not appoint any special agent until the agent is bonded for not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000). Such agents shall receive licenses from the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources in the same manner as the probate judges and license commissioners and shall make such reports and be subject to such audits as the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources may specify. Special agents so appointed shall make returns to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources in the same manner as probate judges and license commissioners. The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources is further authorized to cancel such special agents' authority to sell licenses at any time he or she may so desire. Special agents shall be entitled to an issuance fee of two dollars ($2). Any special agent selling licenses in excess of the cost of licenses as herein specified shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100).
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.
Chapter 5 - Registration and Operation of Vessels.
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 33-5-1 - Declaration of Policy.
Section 33-5-2 - Applicability of Article.
Section 33-5-4 - Division of Marine Police - Generally.
Section 33-5-6 - Enforcement of Article.
Section 33-5-7 - Records Kept Pursuant to Article.
Section 33-5-8 - Commissioner to Supply Information to Federal Agencies.
Section 33-5-9 - Vessels to Be Registered and Numbered.
Section 33-5-12 - Certificates of Registration and Numbers Generally - Numbering System.
Section 33-5-20 - Special Agents to Sell Boat Licenses.
Section 33-5-21 - Safety Provisions Relative to Boat Liveries.
Section 33-5-22.1 - "Sailboard" Defined; Hull Deemed Flotation Device.
Section 33-5-23 - Muffling Devices and Sirens.
Section 33-5-25 - Collisions, Accidents, and Casualties.
Section 33-5-26 - Water Skis and Aquaplanes.
Section 33-5-27 - Regattas, Races, Marine Parades, Tournaments and Exhibitions.
Section 33-5-28 - Rules and Regulations - Power of Commissioner to Promulgate.
Section 33-5-29 - Rules and Regulations - Filing and Publication.
Section 33-5-30 - Rules and Regulations - Admissibility as Evidence.
Section 33-5-31 - Local Regulation.
Section 33-5-32 - Jurisdiction of Offenses; Disposition of Fines.
Section 33-5-33 - Fees in Certain Prosecutions.
Section 33-5-34 - Fees of Arresting Officer.
Section 33-5-35 - Penalty for Violations of Chapter Generally.