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Current as of December 30, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
There is hereby created and shall be a fund in the state treasury, which shall be known as the game and fish fund. This fund shall consist of:
a. All monies received from all occupational licenses or privilege taxes imposed by the state on any person, firm or corporation for engaging in any business or activity relating to taking, catching, capturing or killing any fur-bearing or game animal or game bird in this state or the taking, catching, capturing or killing of any freshwater fish or aquatic animal in the public waters of this state;
b. All monies derived from the levying or imposition upon any person, firm or corporation of any tax, license, permit, certificate, fee or any other charge, by whatsoever name called, pursuant to the game and fish laws of this state or rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;
c. All monies paid, derived, received or arising from fines, penalties and forfeitures pursuant to the game and fish laws of this state and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;
d. All monies derived from the administration and enforcement of the game and fish laws of this state or rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;
e. All monies derived from the sale of hunting and fishing licenses or permits;
f. All monies derived from the sale of lands, timber or other natural resources owned by the game and fish division of the department of conservation;
g. All monies accruing to the game and fish fund from any other source whatsoever.
No funds accruing to the game and fish fund of the state of Alabama from any source whatsoever shall be expended for any other purpose than the payment of administrative costs of the game and fish activities of the department of conservation and for the protection, propagation, preservation, investigation of game and fish and public use of the game and fish resources of this state.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Alabama Constitution of 1901, Art. XI, § 219.01 - last updated December 30, 2022 | https://codes.findlaw.com/al/alabama-constitution-of-1901/al-const-art-xi-sect-219-01/
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