The following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) ACTIVITY AND USE LIMITATIONS. Restrictions or obligations created under this chapter with respect to real property.
(2) AGENCY or DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Environmental Management.
(3) COMMON INTEREST COMMUNITY. A condominium, cooperative, or other real property with respect to which a person, by virtue of the person's ownership of a parcel of real property, is obligated to pay property taxes or insurance premiums, or for maintenance, or improvement of other real property described in a recorded covenant that creates the common interest community.
(4) DIRECTOR. The Director of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management or his or her designated representative.
(5) ENVIRONMENTAL COVENANT. A servitude arising under an environmental response project that imposes activity and use limitations.
(6) ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE PROJECT. A plan or work performed for environmental remediation of real property and conducted under any of the following programs or situations:
a. Under a federal or state program governing environmental remediation of real property, including Chapter 30E of Title 22, but not including Chapter 36 of Title 22.
b. Incident to closure of a solid or hazardous waste management unit, if the closure is conducted with approval of an agency.
c. Under a state voluntary clean-up program authorized in Chapter 30E of Title 22.
(7) HOLDER. The grantee of an environmental covenant as specified in subsection (a) of Section 35-19-3.
(8) PERSON. An individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government, governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity.
(9) RECORD. Used as a noun, means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
(10) STATE. The State of Alabama.
Structure Code of Alabama
Chapter 19 - Alabama Unform Environmental Covenants Act.
Section 35-19-1 - Short Title.
Section 35-19-2 - Definitions.
Section 35-19-3 - Requirements for Environmental Covenants.
Section 35-19-4 - Interest Holders; Rights of Holders and Agencies; Priority.
Section 35-19-5 - Validity and Enforceability of Environmental Covenants.
Section 35-19-6 - Relation to Zoning and Other Laws Regulating Use.
Section 35-19-7 - To Whom Copies Must Be Provided.
Section 35-19-8 - Recording of Environmental Covenants.
Section 35-19-9 - Duration of Environmental Covenants.
Section 35-19-10 - Amendment or Termination of Environmental Covenant.
Section 35-19-11 - Administration and Enforcement of Chapter.
Section 35-19-12 - Registry of Environmental Covenants.