(a)(1) The State Forestry Commission may adopt, alter, amend, or repeal rules governing the preservation, protection, and use of state forests and any other lands owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by the commission.
(2) Any person who violates a rule adopted pursuant to this section shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) for each offense, and may be required to pay all costs of the proceedings.
(3) When collected, all fines shall be paid to the Office of the State Forester to be delivered to the State Treasurer and placed in the Alabama Forestry Commission Fund.
(b) The State Forester and any employee of the State Forestry Commission so designated by the State Forester shall have and is vested with the authority to prefer charges and issue a citation against a person for violating a rule adopted pursuant to this section or for the violation of any other provision of this article.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.
Chapter 13 - Forests and Forest Products.
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 9-13-1 - Gifts of Lands for State Forests.
Section 9-13-2 - Distribution and Expenditure of Receipts From National Forests.
Section 9-13-4 - Alabama Forestry Commission Fund.
Section 9-13-5 - Designation or Appointment of Forest Wardens; Duties.
Section 9-13-6 - Forest Fire Wardens - Appointment; Duties Generally.
Section 9-13-8 - Forest Fire Wardens - Issuance to and Use of Fire-Fighting Equipment.
Section 9-13-9 - Forest Fire Wardens - Compensation.
Section 9-13-10.2 - Rulemaking Authority; Violations; Enforement.
Section 9-13-14 - Equipping of Locomotives, etc., With Appliances to Prevent Escape of Fire.
Section 9-13-22 - District Attorneys to Prosecute Violators of Provisions of Chapter.
Section 9-13-23 - Jurisdiction of Prosecutions Under Chapter.
Section 9-13-24 - Fees of Arresting Officers, etc.; Informers' Fees.