Code of Alabama - Title 2: Agriculture - Chapter 6B - The Alabama Family Farm Preservation Act

• Section 2-6B-1 Short title; legislative intent
  (a) This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Family Farm Preservation Act. (b) The Legislature recognizes the importance of the...
• Section 2-6B-2 Definitions
  For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the following respective meanings: (1) FARM. The land, including ponds, buildings, support...
• Section 2-6B-3 Nuisance exception requirements; evidence of nuisance
  (a) A farm or farm operation shall not be deemed to be or become a public or private nuisance for purposes of Section 6-5-127, or...
• Section 2-6B-4 Applicability of Alabama Litigation Accountability Act
  The Alabama Litigation Accountability Act, Article 6, commencing with Section 12-19-270, of Chapter 19 of Title 12, shall apply to this chapter.
• Section 2-6B-5 Effect of nuisance actions
  No municipality, county, or other unit of local government in the state, whether by ordinance, resolution, or otherwise, may declare or treat any farm or...
• Section 2-6B-6 Availability of certain nonproprietary information as to National Pollutant Discharge Elimination Systems permits
  In order that the citizens of Alabama shall have the opportunity to be as fully informed as practicable respecting the establishment hereafter in this state...
• Section 2-6B-7 Construction of chapter
  The provisions of this chapter are supplemental and shall not be construed to repeal any law not in direct conflict with this chapter.

Last modified: May 3, 2021