SB63 Alabama 2019 Session

Updated Apr 26, 2021

Senate Bill

Enacted

Current Status

Regular Session 2019

Session

Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Jim McClendon Senator
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2019
Title: Underwater Cultural Resources Act, definition of cultural resources, items eligible for, or listed in, the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Hertiage deleted, Sec. 41-9-291 am'd.
Description: Under existing law, the Alabama Underwater Cultural Resources Act requires a permit from the Alabama Historical Commission to explore or excavate underwater cultural resources. Violations are subject to criminal penalties. Cultural resources are defined to include all abandoned shipwrecks or remains of those ships and all underwater treasures and artifacts that are contained in or on submerged lands belonging to the State of Alabama, have remained unclaimed for 50 years, and are eligible for, or listed in, the National Register of Historic Places or the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage.
This bill would delete items that are eligible for, or listed in, the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage from the definition of cultural resources.
Subjects: Historical Commission