Alabama § 35-19-2 - Definitions.
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§ 35-19-2. Definitions.
The following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) ACTIVITY AND USE LIMITATIONS. Restrictions or obligations created under this chapter with respect to real property.
(2) AGENCY or DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Environmental Management.
(3) COMMON INTEREST COMMUNITY. A condominium, cooperative, or other real property with respect to which a person, by virtue of the person’s ownership of a parcel of real property, is obligated to pay property taxes or insurance premiums, or for maintenance, or improvement of other real property described in a recorded covenant that creates the common interest community.
(4) DIRECTOR. The Director of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management or his or her designated representative.
(5) ENVIRONMENTAL COVENANT. A servitude arising under an environmental response project that imposes activity and use limitations.
(6) ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE PROJECT. A plan or work performed for environmental remediation of real property and conducted under any of the following programs or situations:
a. Under a federal or state program governing environmental remediation of real property, including Chapter 30E of Title 22, but not including Chapter 36 of Title 22 or Chapter 35 of Title 22 regarding aboveground storage tanks registered for eligibility.
b. Incident to closure of a solid or hazardous waste management unit, if the closure is conducted with approval of an agency.
c. Under a state voluntary clean-up program authorized in Chapter 30E of Title 22.
(7) HOLDER. The grantee of an environmental covenant as specified in Section 35-19-3(a).
(8) PERSON. An individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government, governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity.
(9) RECORD. Used as a noun, means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
(10) STATE. The State of Alabama.
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