Code of Alabama - Title 9: Conservation and Natural Resources - Chapter 14C - Red Mountain Greenway and Recreational Area Commission

• Section 9-14C-1 Legislative findings
  (a) The Legislature finds that the land now known as Red Mountain Greenway and Recreational Area, the principal iron ore mining location for the Birmingham...
• Section 9-14C-2 Creation; purpose
  There is created the Red Mountain Greenway and Recreational Area Commission to acquire, establish, operate, and maintain as a greenway, recreational and educational area, alternative...
• Section 9-14C-3 Composition
  The commission shall be composed of 15 members. One member shall be appointed by USS Real Estate, two members shall be appointed by the Fresh...
• Section 9-14C-4 Compensation
  No member of the commission shall receive any pay or emolument other than expenses incurred in the discharge of duties as a member of the...
• Section 9-14C-5 Meetings; functions; officers; advisory board
  (a) The commission shall hold an annual meeting in Jefferson County. A majority of members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Additional...
• Section 9-14C-6 Powers and duties
  The commission shall constitute a body corporate and shall have, in addition to those set forth specifically in this article, all powers necessary or convenient...
• Section 9-14C-7 Designation as state agency; rules and regulations; law enforcement officers
  (a) The commission shall be a state agency and shall have exclusive control over the Red Mountain Greenway and Recreational Area and the area appurtenant...
• Section 9-14C-8 Employees of state; insurance, retirement, or pension contributions
  (a) Employees of the Red Mountain Greenway and Recreational Area Commission shall not be employees of the state, but shall be treated as state employees...
• Section 9-14C-9 Control of property; bonds
  (a) The commission may take possession under a lease or a deed of the land and other property in Jefferson County known as Red Mountain...
• Section 9-14C-10 Operation of site
  (a) The commission shall operate or provide for the operation of the greenway, recreational area, or historic site hereby provided for, and any appurtenances thereto,...
• Section 9-14C-11 Appropriation of funds
  The governing body of any county or municipality in this state, by resolution duly adopted and recorded, may appropriate to the commission any available public...
• Section 9-14C-12 Tax exemption
  The commission shall have tax exempt status, and the properties of the commission and the income therefrom, all lease agreements and contracts made by it,...
• Section 9-14C-13 Cooperative agreements and assistance
  The commission may offer technical or financial assistance and enter into cooperative agreements with other greenway, public open space, recreational area, educational, or related mining...

Last modified: May 3, 2021