Alabama § 9-20-3 Introduction of Nonindigenous Aquatic Plants in Public Waters Prohibited

Alabama Statutes

§ 9-20-3 — Introduction of Nonindigenous Aquatic Plants in Public Waters Prohibited

Alabama § 9-20-3

Title 9Conservation and Natural Resources

Ch. 20Nonindigenous Aquatic Plant Control Act

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Bluebook

Ala. Code § 9-20-3 (2026).

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Any person who introduces, places, or causes to be introduced or placed, any nonindigenous aquatic plant into any public waters of the state shall be in violation of this chapter. For purposes of this section, the unintentional adherence to a boat or boat trailer of a nonindigenous aquatic plant, and its subsequent unintentional transportation or dispersal in the course of common and ordinary boating activities and practices, does not constitute a violation of this chapter.

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Any person who introduces, places, or causes to be introduced or placed, any nonindigenous aquatic plant into any public waters of the state shall be in violation of this chapter. For purposes of this section, the unintentional adherence to a boat or boat trailer of a nonindigenous aquatic plant, and its subsequent unintentional transportation or dispersal in the course of common and ordinary boating activities and practices, does not constitute a violation of this chapter.