The commission may lease or sublease lands leased from the State of Alabama and is authorized to negotiate and enter contracts or agreements with any public or private individual or corporation for the construction and operation of a petroleum and commodity terminal as an interstate common carrier. In the event of the acquisition or use of any state-owned waterbottoms on which there has been granted an oyster lease the private oyster lessee shall be reimbursed by the commission for the actual market value of said lease. In the event of expropriation, the compensation to be paid shall be the actual market value of the property at the time of taking.
Last modified: May 3, 2021