Alabama § 11-72-1 - Short Title; Legislative Findings.
Full text of Alabama Code of Alabama § 11-72-1 — Short Title; Legislative Findings., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 11-72-1. Short Title; Legislative Findings.
(a) This chapter shall apply only in a Class 2 municipality.
(b) It is hereby declared that the trees on private property and in publicly owned areas within a Class 2 municipality, including particularly those in street rights-of-way, are both an economic and an aesthetic asset to the Class 2 municipality and the State of Alabama; that the existing trees so located are in need of protection and of active measures to support their health and growth, that it is desirable that additional trees be planted, and that those ends require a separate entity specifically charged with the responsibility and duty of fostering the planting, growth, and protection of trees on private property and publicly owned areas.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 11-72-1 ("Short Title; Legislative Findings.") is part of the Code of Alabama, the codified statutory law of Alabama. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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