Alabama Administrative Code
Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Chapter 220-4 - STATE LANDS DIVISION
Section 220-4-.15 - Regulation of Certain Conduct on Lands Under State Lands Division Jurisdiction
Universal Citation: AL Admin Code R 220-4-.15
Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 02, November 27, 2024
(1) Except as otherwise authorized in writing by the Director of the State Lands Division, it shall be unlawful on any state-owned lands under the jurisdiction of the State Lands Division:
(a) To hunt,
trap, use dogs, possess firearms, traps, or bow and arrow, without a proper
license. See (1)(r) for limited exception for certain lawfully authorized
handguns possessed for personal protection.
(b) For any person to carry in or on a
vehicle, any of the following: any firearms [including pistols/handguns, except
as described in (1)(r)] with ammunition in the magazine, breech or clip
attached to firearms, or black powder weapons with primer, cap or flash powder
in place, or cocked crossbows. See (1)(r) for limited exception for certain
lawfully authorized handguns possessed for personal protection.
(c) To camp except in designated areas.
Campers using generators must camp in an area designated for generator use.
Individuals or groups may camp for a period not to exceed nine (9) days in any
thirty (30) day period. Campfires must be extinguished before departing. No
warming fires shall be permitted away from camping area.
(d) To kill, collect or willfully molest any
species of wildlife except those designated for hunting.
(e) To discharge fireworks at any
time.
(f) To discharge firearms or
archery equipment for target practice
(g) To hunt or discharge firearms or shoot a
bow and arrow or crossbow within 150 yards of any designated camping area,
dwelling, dam or timber operation, 100 yards of any paved public road or
highway, or within a posted safety zone or on Sunday within one/half mile of
any church.
(h) For any person
except authorized personnel to operate any motor driven vehicle behind, under
or around any locked gate, barricaded road or sign which prohibits vehicular
traffic.
(i) For any unauthorized
person at any time to operate a motor scooter, ATV, motorcycle, motorized trail
bike, or any motor driven vehicle except on regularly used roads open for
public use by four wheel vehicle traffic; or for any unauthorized person to
ride or possess horses except:
(1) on roads
open to four-wheel motorized vehicles; and
(2) in areas, roads, and trails, designated
as open to horses.
(j)
For any person except authorized personnel to block or otherwise stop traffic
on any road or at any gate by any means including by parking a vehicle in such
a way that passage around the vehicle is impossible.
(k) For any person to deposit, distribute or
scatter grain, salt, litter, or any other materials.
(l) To damage or remove any trees, embedded
submerged logs, crops, plants or other vegetation, minerals, precious metals,
dirt, gravel, stones, artifacts, fossils, firewood, mulch, leaf litter, sod or
pine straw.
(m) To erect or use a
permanent tree stand or scaffold.
(n) To cast a light of any kind, either hand
held, affixed to a vehicle, or otherwise, between the hours of sunset and
sunrise except in areas where the state law is more restrictive. This paragraph
does not apply to the headlights of vehicles traveling in a normal manner on an
open established road.
(o) To hunt
from an elevated stand or platform without attaching themselves to the tree or
platform with a full-body safety harness, capable of supporting their
weight.
(p) To violate any posted
restrictions on entry, hunting, fishing, or other conduct.
(q) To release any animal, bird, fish, other
wildlife, or introduce any plant or other vegetative material.
(r) Nothing in this regulation prohibits the
possession of handguns by lawfully authorized persons for personal protection,
provided the handguns are not used to hunt or take or to attempt to take
wildlife in violation of law.
(s)
To possess any open alcoholic beverages outside a designated camping area, a
lodging accommodation, a dining facility, or other special event areas as may
be designated by the Commissioner or his designee.
(t) For any unauthorized person, at any time,
to operate a motor scooter, ATV, UTV, motorcycle, motorized trail bike, or any
motor driven vehicle (NOT to include vessels) on state-owned submerged
lands.
Author: Christopher M. Blankenship
Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, § 9-2-12.
PENALTY: As provided by law.
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