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23-3-2
Section 23-3-2 Declaration of policy. It is the declared policy of this state to facilitate
the flow of traffic and promote public safety by controlling access to highways included in
the national system of interstate highways as selected by joint action of the State Department
of Transportation and the United States Bureau of Public Roads. (Acts 1956, 1st Ex. Sess.,
No. 104, p. 148, §1.)...
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23-1-272
Section 23-1-272 Declaration of policy. The Legislature hereby finds and declares: (1) That
outdoor advertising is a legitimate commercial use of private property adjacent to roads and
highways; (2) That the erection and maintenance of outdoor advertising signs, displays, and
devices in areas adjacent to interstate highways and primary highways should be regulated
in order to protect the public investment in such highways, to promote the recreational value
of public travel, to preserve natural beauty, and to promote the reasonable, orderly, and
effective display of such signs, displays, and devices; (3) That outdoor advertising is an
integral part of the business and marketing function and an established segment of the national
economy and should be allowed to operate in business areas; (4) Regulatory standards set forth
in Section 23-1-274 are consistent with customary use in this state and will properly and
adequately carry out each and all of the purposes of this division; and (5)...
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32-9-20
Section 32-9-20 Schedule of restrictions. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to drive
or move on any highway in this state any vehicle or vehicles of a size or weight except in
accordance with the following: (1) WIDTH. Vehicles and combinations of vehicles, operating
on highways with traffic lanes 12 feet or more in width, shall not exceed a total outside
width, including any load thereon, of 102 inches, exclusive of mirrors or other safety devices
approved by the Department of Transportation. The Director of Transportation may, in his or
her discretion, designate other public highways for use by vehicles and loads with total outside
widths not exceeding 102 inches, otherwise; vehicles and combinations of vehicles, operating
on highways with traffic lanes less than 12 feet in width, shall not exceed a total outside
width, including any load thereon, of 96 inches, exclusive of mirrors or other safety devices
approved by the Department of Transportation. No passenger vehicle shall...
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9-10B-5
Section 9-10B-5 Functions and duties of Office of Water Resources. The general functions and
duties of the Office of Water Resources shall be as follows: (1) To develop long-term strategic
plans for the use of the waters of the state by conducting and participating in water resource
studies and by administering the laws established by this chapter and regulations promulgated
hereunder; (2) Acting through the commission, to adopt and promulgate rules, regulations,
and standards for the purposes of this chapter, and to develop policy for the state regarding
the waters of the state; (3) To implement quantitative water resource programs and projects
for the coordination, conservation, development, management, use, and understanding of the
waters of the state; (4) To serve as a repository for data regarding the waters of the state;
(5) To, at its discretion, study, analyze, and evaluate in coordination with, or with the
assistance of, other agencies of the state, the federal government, any...
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37-11A-1
Section 37-11A-1 Execution and text of compact. The Governor, on behalf of this state, shall
execute a compact, in substantially the following form, with the State of Mississippi, and
the Legislature approves and ratifies the compact in the form substantially as follows: Northeast
Mississippi - Northwest Alabama Railroad Authority Compact. The contracting states solemnly
agree: Article I. The purpose of this compact is to promote and develop trade, commerce, industry,
and employment opportunities for the public good and welfare in northeast Mississippi and
northwest Alabama through the establishment of a joint interstate authority to acquire certain
railroad properties and facilities which the operator thereof has notified the Interstate
Commerce Commission of an intention to abandon and which are located in any of Franklin, Marion,
or Winston Counties, Alabama or in Alcorn or Tishomingo Counties, Mississippi. Article II.
This compact shall become effective immediately as to the State...
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22-55-1
Section 22-55-1 Enactment of compact; terms. The Interstate Compact on Mental Health is hereby
enacted into law and entered into by this state with all other states legally joining therein
in the form substantially as follows: INTERSTATE COMPACT ON MENTAL HEALTH The contracting
states solemnly agree that: Article I The party states find that the proper and expeditious
treatment of the mentally ill and mentally deficient can be facilitated by cooperative action
to the benefit of the patients, their families and society as a whole. Further, the party
states find the necessity of and desirability for furnishing such care and treatment bear
no primary relation to the residence or citizenship of the patient but that, on the contrary,
the controlling factors of community safety and humanitarianism require that facilities and
services be made available for all who are in need of them. Consequently, it is the purpose
of this compact and of the party states to provide the necessary legal basis...
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23-1-242
Section 23-1-242 Declaration of policy. The regulation of junkyards in areas adjacent to any
state highway included in the national system of interstate and primary highways is hereby
declared to be in the public interest and necessary to promote the public safety, health,
welfare, convenience, and enjoyment of public travel, to protect the public investment in
public highways, to preserve and enhance the scenic beauty of lands bordering on such highways,
and to promote the conservation of our natural mineral resources by encouraging the recycling
of the reusable scrap iron and metals. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that junkyards
which do not conform to the requirements of this division are a public nuisance. (Acts 1967,
No. 643, p. 1455, §2.)...
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32-5A-176.1
Section 32-5A-176.1 Speed limits in construction zones. (a) The State Department of Transportation
may set the speed limits in urban and rural construction zones along state and interstate
highways and the county commission of a county may set the speed limits in urban and rural
construction zones along county roads or highways. The construction zone speed limits shall
be posted on the department's standard size speed limit signs at least one hundred feet in
advance of the entrance to a construction zone. Law enforcement authorities shall enforce
construction zone speed limits. Upon conviction of a construction zone speed violation, the
operator of the motor vehicle shall be assessed a fine of double the amount prescribed by
law outside a construction zone. The fine shall only be doubled for construction zone violations
if construction personnel are present and that fact is indicated by appropriate signs. The
signs, placed at the entrance of the construction zone, shall warn of the...
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23-3-1
Section 23-3-1 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. Any highway
now included or which shall hereafter be included as a part of the national system of interstate
highways, selected by joint action of the State Department of Transportation and the United
States Bureau of Public Roads. (2) CONTROLLED ACCESS FACILITY. A highway or street included
in the national system of interstate highways especially designed for through traffic and
over, from or to which owners or occupants of abutting land or other persons have no right
of easement or access from abutting properties. Such highways or streets may be parkways from
which trucks, buses, or other commercial vehicles shall be excluded or they may be freeways
open to use by all customary forms of street and highway traffic. (Acts 1956, 1st Ex. Sess.,
No. 104, p. 148, §2.)...
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32-9-1
Section 32-9-1 Trailers. Trailers, when used in a truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer combination
may be operated on the national system of interstate and defense highways and other highways
upon designation by the Director of Transportation and final approval by the Governor. The
Director of Transportation shall, at a minimum, designate those highways necessary to cause
the State of Alabama to be in compliance with the Federal Surface Transportation Assistance
Act of 1982. Except as provided above, no person shall operate any trailer, as defined in
this title, on any highway unless such trailer is operated for the purpose of constructing
highways or other facilities of the state or a political subdivision thereof. The Department
of Transportation is authorized to regulate the movement of such trailers from one job to
another by special permits issued in the same manner as permits are issued under Section 32-9-29.
No trailer or semitrailer of any kind shall be used for the hauling of...
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