45-5-130
Section 45-5-130 Duties; salary; bond; county commissioners employed as part-time officers. (a) In addition to all other authority vested in the Blount County Commission, the county commission shall set the necessary policies and priorities for the construction, maintenance, and repair of all public roads, county highways, bridges, ferries, and public facilities within the county, to insure the people a safe and adequate road system based on the county unit system. Each member of the county commission shall inspect the roads of his or her district from time to time, and hear the suggestions and complaints of the citizens, and report the suggestions and complaints to the commission with his or her recommendations; confer with the county engineer concerning the problems of his or her district; and to assist in securing rights-of-ways, and assist in public service generally. The county engineer shall provide the necessary equipment and personnel, in the absence of a county commissioner,...
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23-8-2
Section 23-8-2 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds all of the following: (a) That consistent with the constitutional mandate that navigable waterways are public highways, the Legislature hereby finds as a fact that a portion of the gasoline and diesel fuel sold in this state is used for marine purposes to propel vessels on coastal and inland waterways of this state. (b) That it is the policy of this state to use a portion of the funds derived from the additional excise tax levied by the Rebuild Alabama Act on each net gallon of gasoline and diesel fuel for the programs and activities of the Alabama State Port Authority. (c) That the development and growth of electric vehicle transportation infrastructure are considerations in the construction, reconstruction, maintenance, and repair of a modern-day public road, highway, and bridge system in this state. (d) That the State Department of Transportation is the appropriate agency to initiate the comprehensive planning and...
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45-2-181
Section 45-2-181 Highway maintenance, repair or construction; personnel; equipment; compensation. (a) Any special, local, or general law to the contrary notwithstanding, the Baldwin County governing body, upon adoption of a resolution, is authorized to employ, supervise, and direct highway personnel necessary to construct, maintain, and repair public roads, bridges, and ferries, together with or supplemental to those persons now employed by the State Department of Transportation. (b) Any special, local, or general law to the contrary notwithstanding, the Baldwin County governing body is authorized, upon adoption of a resolution, to purchase or lease equipment and materials and to contract for the purchase or lease of equipment and materials necessary for the construction, maintenance, and repair of public roads, bridges, and ferries in Baldwin County. (c) The Baldwin County governing body is authorized to provide, upon adoption of a resolution, for the compensation of personnel, and...
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45-36-180.09
Section 45-36-180.09 Appropriation and use of funds. The authority of the county engineer shall be limited to the expenditure of funds, as may be appropriated by the county commission, for the purpose of constructing, maintaining, or repairing public roads, bridges, and ferries and the supervision of the solid waste system of the county. The county commission, however, is authorized from time to time within such period to increase the amount so appropriated, to be expended by the county engineer during the period, and may deposit such to the account of the department of public works, when such authorization does not conflict with Section 11-8-3, and provided further that, if such funds are then available, and are not set aside by the State Department of Transportation or by the present county commission, upon October 1, 1979, it shall be the duty of the county commission to set aside a sufficient portion of the funds for the maintenance of roads, bridges, and ferries and supervision of...
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23-1-44
Section 23-1-44 Right of entry for purpose of making surveys and taking soil samples. (a) All officers and employees of the State Department of Transportation are hereby authorized and empowered to enter upon and go across the lands of any individual or corporation in the State of Alabama for the purpose of making any and all surveys necessary for the construction of any highways, roads, and bridges to be constructed by it or under its supervision and to enter upon the property of individuals or corporations for the purpose of securing samples of the land to determine if same can be used as a source of material for the construction, maintenance, and improvement of public highways, roads, and bridges. (b) Such officers or employees are not relieved of civil liability for any damages caused by any acts authorized in subsection (a) of this section. (c) Such officers or employees may erect or place such stobs, stakes, monuments, or other markers as may be required in carrying out such...
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23-1-47
Section 23-1-47 Authority to maintain, etc., city and town streets and roads. (a) It is hereby declared by the Legislature of Alabama that all city and town streets and roads in the State of Alabama, including viaducts, bridges, and culverts, do now, and will in the future, serve a state purpose and are of benefit to the people of the state, that said streets and roads, including viaducts, bridges, and culverts, are public highways and bridges and that it is a proper and legitimate function for the state to provide for the cost of maintaining, improving, constructing, and reconstructing such streets and roads in cooperation with the city or town involved. (b) The State Department of Transportation, hereinafter referred to as the department, in cooperation with the city or town involved, is hereby authorized and empowered to make expenditures from its funds for all, or any part of, the costs of maintaining, improving, repairing, constructing, and reconstructing all or any portion of the...
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32-9-29
Section 32-9-29 Permits for movement of oversized vehicles or loads. (a) Authorized; application; issuance; seasonal, etc., limitations; refusal, revocation, or cancellation. (1) The Director of the Department of Transportation or the official of the department designated by the director, upon application and for good cause being shown therefor, may issue a permit in writing authorizing the applicant to operate or move upon the state's public roads a vehicle or combination of no more than two vehicles and loads whose weight, width, length, or height, or combination thereof, exceeds the maximum limit specified by law; provided, that the load transported by such vehicle or vehicles is of such nature that it is a unit which cannot be readily dismantled or separated; provided, however, that bulldozers and similar construction equipment shall not be deemed readily separable for purposes of this chapter; and further provided, that no permit shall be issued to any vehicle whose operation upon...
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40-12-270
Section 40-12-270 Disbursement of net proceeds from license taxes and registration fees; Secondary Road Committee created. (a) The moneys collected each month by the judge of probate from motor vehicle license taxes and registration fees, after deducting therefrom the amounts referred to in subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection (a) of Section 40-12-269, the moneys remaining after making the said deductions being referred to in this section as "the net proceeds," shall be disbursed by the judge of probate as follows: (1) That portion of the net proceeds that consists of additional amounts paid under the schedule of additional amounts set forth in subsection (b) of Section 40-12-248 shall be remitted by the judge of probate to the State Treasurer who shall distribute said amounts as follows: a. 64.75 percent of said amounts shall be distributed by the State Treasurer to the State of Alabama; b. 35.25 percent of said amounts shall be apportioned and distributed by the State Treasurer...
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45-26-130
Section 45-26-130 Appointment and employment; duties; compensation; equipment and facilities. (a) This section shall apply only in Elmore County. (b) The Elmore County Commission shall appoint and employ a county engineer or chief engineer, who shall be a thoroughly qualified and competent professional engineer. The county engineer or chief engineer shall possess all of the qualifications as specified for county engineers or chief engineers under the general laws of the State of Alabama. The county engineer or chief engineer shall be responsible for the maintenance and construction of the public roads, bridges, and ferries in the county and shall perform other duties related to his or her appointment as may be assigned by the county commission. The county engineer or chief engineer shall serve at the pleasure of the county commission. (c) It shall be the duty of the county engineer or chief engineer to carry out the following as determined by the county commission: (1) Employ,...
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23-1-41
Section 23-1-41 Self-insurance program for department employees. (a) The State Department of Transportation is authorized and empowered and may, with the approval of the Governor provide for a self-insurance program covering a certain amount to be paid to the employees of the State Department of Transportation who may be killed or injured in the line and scope of their employment; provided, that the amount paid to any such party on account of death or injury shall not exceed the amount or amounts as provided by the Workers' Compensation Act of this state. The Director of Transportation may, with the approval of the Governor, enter into an agreement with an agency, company, or corporation qualified to administer a self-insured Workers' Compensation program to administer the program or, in the alternative, the director may elect to administer the program with State Department of Transportation personnel. The cost of this program shall be paid out of the funds of the State Department of...
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