Alabama 2023 Regular Session Status: Introduced 1 R cosponsors

SB 339 — Relating to vessels and navigation; to provide for the placement of a uniform system of navigational markers on the waters of this state; to amend Section 33-5-4, Code of Alabama 1975, to require the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency to provide general oversight and maintenance of permitted navigational markers on the waters of this state; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.

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  1. 1
    Introduced
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    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
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    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2023 Regular Session. It reached “Introduced” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Summary

Vessels; placement of navigational markers on waters of this state, provided

Bill Text

How this bill changes current law

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This bill establishes a uniform system of navigational markers for state waters and assigns oversight and maintenance of these markers to the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency.

  • Section 33-5-4

    General oversight and maintenance of permitted navigational markers located on the waters of this state, as provided in Section 1 of the act amending this section. → General oversight and maintenance of permitted navigational markers located on the waters of this state, as provided in Section 1 of the act amending this section.

    Removes redundant language and aligns the oversight duty with new provisions.

  • Section 33-5-4

    It is hereby expressly made the duty of the commissioner to set up a division within the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to be known as the "Division of Marine Police" with sufficient personnel to perform the necessary clerical and routine work for the department in issuing, The Marine Patrol Division shall be responsible for all of the following duties: → It is hereby expressly made the duty of the commissioner to set up a division within the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to be known as the "Division of Marine Police" with sufficient personnel to perform the necessary clerical and routine work for the department in issuing. The Marine Patrol Division shall be responsible for all of the following duties:

    Corrects and updates the structure of the language for clarity.

  • Section 33-5-4

    receiving.

    Removes an extraneous word to improve sentence flow.

  • Section 33-5-4

    making such providing reports of such accidents to such the applicable federal agency as may be required by federal law and such. → providing reports of such accidents to the applicable federal agency as may be required by federal law.

    Clarifies the language by removing redundant phrases.

  • Section 33-5-4

    law-enforcementlaw enforcement → law enforcement

    Corrects a typographical error.

Action History

  1. Read Second Time in House of Origin

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 139 not signed on

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Not signed on (139)

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 339 do?
Vessels; placement of navigational markers on waters of this state, provided
Who sponsors SB 339?
SB 339 is sponsored by David Sessions (R).
What is the current status of SB 339?
This bill died with 2023 Regular Session. It reached “Introduced” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 339?
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