4-3-11
Section 4-3-11 Powers of authority generally. The authority shall have the following powers,
together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to the discharge thereof in corporate
form: (1) To have succession by its corporate name for the duration of time (which may be
in perpetuity) specified in its certificate of incorporation; (2) To sue and be sued in its
own name in civil suits and actions, excepting actions in tort against the authority; (3)
To adopt and make use of a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure; (4) To adopt
and alter bylaws for the regulation and conduct of its affairs and business; (5) To acquire,
receive, take and hold, whether by purchase, gift, lease, devise or otherwise, property of
every description, whether real, personal or mixed, whether in one or more counties and whether
within or without the corporate limits of any authorizing subdivision, and to manage said
property, and to develop any undeveloped property owned, leased or controlled by...
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4-3-47
Section 4-3-47 Powers of authority generally. The authority shall have the following powers,
together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to the discharge thereof in corporate
form: (1) To have succession by its corporate name for the duration of time (which may be
in perpetuity) specified in its certificate of incorporation; (2) To sue and be sued in its
own name in civil actions, excepting actions in tort against the authority; (3) To adopt and
make use of a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure; (4) To adopt and alter bylaws
for the regulation and conduct of its affairs and business; (5) To acquire, receive, take
and hold, whether by purchase, option to purchase, gift, lease, devise or otherwise, property
of every description, whether real, personal or mixed, whether in one or more counties and
whether within or without the corporate limits of any authorizing subdivision, and to manage
said property and to develop any property and to sell, exchange, lease or...
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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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9-14-4
Section 9-14-4 Construction, maintenance, etc., of roads leading from state highways to lands
in state park system. The State Department of Transportation is hereby authorized and empowered
upon the request of the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources to construct, reconstruct
and maintain roads leading from a state highway to any land included in the state park system.
The State Director of Transportation shall confer with the Commissioner of Conservation and
Natural Resources before deciding upon the location and character of any such improvement.
The State Department of Transportation is hereby authorized and empowered, upon the request
of the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, to construct, reconstruct and maintain
roads within the boundary of any land or lands included in the state park system. The construction
and reconstruction of such roads shall be in accordance with the development plan for the
said land or lands as approved by the Commissioner...
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23-1-3
Section 23-1-3 Closing of public roads to traffic; acquisition of materials. The state, acting
through the State Department of Transportation and its duly authorized employees, and the
various counties of the state, acting through the county commissions and their duly authorized
employees, in the doing of public roads work shall have and exercise the right, power, and
authority, when deemed necessary or advisable to do so, to close public roads to traffic and,
when possible so to do, to make detour roads and to contract for such land as may be necessary
for such detour roads; also to acquire, by purchase, or by condemnation, land necessary for
drainage ditches and borrow pits, lime and stone quarries, clay and clay pits, sand and sand
pits and gravel and gravel pits, together with any and all other material of every character
that may be necessary or essential or desired in the construction and maintenance of highways
and bridges, and to tap and draw materials from the same to such...
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23-1-59
Section 23-1-59 Rules and regulations of department. (a) The State Department of Transportation
shall have the right and power to adopt all reasonable and necessary rules and regulations
for the better construction, repair, and maintenance of the public roads and bridges in Alabama
under the jurisdiction of the department which the department shall deem proper. The department
shall have the power to enter into contracts and agreements with the owners or operators of
telegraph or telephone lines, community antenna television systems, power transmission lines,
gas districts, gas, water, sewer, or other pipelines which are constructed, to be constructed,
or operated along or across the right-of-way of public roads, bridges, and highways of this
state and to prescribe all reasonable rules and regulations as to the construction, repair,
or maintenance of the poles, wires, and lines of such telegraph, telephone, community antenna
television systems, or power companies, and pipelines of gas...
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23-1-40
Section 23-1-40 Duties and powers generally. (a) It shall be the duty of the Department of
Transportation to designate the roads to be constructed, repaired, and maintained and to construct,
standardize, repair, and maintain roads and bridges of this state; and it shall have authority
to make contracts or agreements to construct or pave the roadway only of the street or streets
which will serve to connect the state highway constructed or repaired by the department within
any municipality in the State of Alabama. (b) In such municipalities in which the Department
of Transportation has not designated the street or streets which are a part of the state highways
constructed or repaired by the department, it shall be the duty of the department to designate
such street or streets. The department may also cooperate or contract with any municipality
or county in the paving or improving of any street or streets, highway or highways, or walkway
or walkways upon which a state educational or...
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45-36-180.03
Section 45-36-180.03 Employment of county engineer. The county commission may request the Director
of the State Department of Transportation to send names of candidates for the position of
qualified registered engineer or the commission, without said names, may employ a person who
is a qualified registered engineer and who has as least five years' experience in the construction
and maintenance of roads and highways. The person may be a Jackson County resident. This person
shall head the department of public works in Jackson County and shall be referred to as the
county engineer. During his or her employment, the engineer shall devote his or her entire
time and attention to the maintenance and construction of county roads, bridges, and ferries
and he or she shall reside in Jackson County. He or she shall select for the transfer to the
county department of public works up to 75 percent of the state employees, at their option,
who presently are employed by the State Department of...
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23-1-62
Section 23-1-62 State Highway Fund - Purposes for which used. (a) All proceeds arising from
the sale of state highway bonds and the revenue appropriated to the State Department of Transportation,
when received by the State Treasurer, shall be set aside in a special fund known as the State
Highway Fund and be used for no other purpose than in the carrying out of the provisions of
this chapter. The revenue derived by the state from the sale of motor vehicle, trailer, and
tractor licenses and all other appropriations shall be used for the following purposes: (1)
To provide a sinking fund sufficient for the retirement of the said road bonds as they shall
mature; (2) For the expense of the State Department of Transportation and for the maintenance
of roads and bridges constructed under the provisions of this chapter; and (3) For the purchase
of supplies and material, livestock, and machinery, and any balance for the construction of
roads and bridges. (b) Annually, at such times as it may...
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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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