Alabama Code 22-24-5. Well driller’s license – Required; application; annual fee; term
Terms Used In Alabama Code 22-24-5
- person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- year: means a calendar year; but, whenever the word "year" is used in reference to any appropriations for the payment of money out of the treasury, it shall mean fiscal year. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
Every person who intends to drill water wells within the State of Alabama shall annually obtain from the board a water well driller’s license and, in order to obtain said license, shall file with the board, in accordance with rules and regulations as established by the board, an application form, to be made available by the board. Any person, upon filing said application and receiving approval of the board, shall pay an annual fee of $200.00 to the board, and the payment of said fee shall entitle said person to the full and complete privileges of drilling water wells, as provided in this chapter, and the board shall issue a license for a period not to exceed one year. Said annual fee paid to the board shall not exempt a person from additional state or county privilege taxes.