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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23-1-53
Section 23-1-53 Contracts to do work - Authority. The State Department of Transportation may enter into contracts with any of the counties of the state or with any of the municipalities of this state, as it may with individuals, firms, or private corporations, to do any work in the construction, repair, or maintenance of the roads, bridges, or highways in this state. (Code 1923, §1327; Acts 1927, No. 347, p. 348; Code 1940, T. 23, §22.)...
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41-10-239
Section 41-10-239 Property rights not to be affected by article; sections imposing licensing requirements, taxes, etc., are void if such requirements not otherwise imposed. It is the intent of this article that it shall not restrict or impair the real, personal or mixed property in which any individual person, industry, business, utility, industrial development board or similar board or authority, public or private corporation or the Alabama State Port Authority has any legal, equitable, absolute or conditional right, title or interest, whether by fee simple, leasehold, easement, possession, contract, license, permit or any other form of ownership or other rights thereto whatsoever or any existing or future rights of way required by the State of Alabama Department of Transportation for the construction of Interstate Route I-210 and the construction of the new Cochrane Bridge and its roadway approaches and any future connections to or between these two highway facilities. In the event...
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23-1-95
Section 23-1-95 Violation of rules, etc., enacted by county commissions. No person shall violate any rule, regulation, or law which may be adopted or promulgated by the county commission of any county under the authority conferred by this article relating to the use, control, care, operation, or maintenance of any such public road, bridge, or ferry, except in cases where the State Department of Transportation has jurisdiction over such highways. (Code 1923, §1349; Acts 1927, No. 347, p. 348; Code 1940, T. 23, §61.)...
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11-6-2
Section 11-6-2 Qualifications. The person appointed as county engineer, or chief engineer of the division of public roads within the meaning of this article, shall be a registered professional engineer in the State of Alabama in good standing and, in addition, he shall have had not less than three years' experience in the maintenance and construction of highways and bridges. The county engineer need not be qualified as a land surveyor in order for the State Department of Transportation to participate in the payment of a portion of said county engineer's salary as provided in Section 11-6-4. (Acts 1971, No. 1945, p. 3143, §3; Acts 1976, No. 338, p. 368; Acts 1977, No. 463, p. 603; Acts 1977, No. 470, p. 612; Acts 1977, No. 797, p. 1376; Acts 1978, No. 18, p. 84; Acts 1978, No. 382, p. 346; Acts 1979; No. 79-273, p. 412; Acts 1979, No. 79-571, p. 1020; Acts 1980, No. 80-111, p. 163; Acts 1981, No 81-707, p. 1188; Acts 1986, No. 86-395, p. 582, §2.)...
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23-1-94
Section 23-1-94 Construction of article not to conflict with local or special laws. Nothing in this article shall be construed to authorize the county commissions of the several counties to establish, promulgate, or enforce any rules, regulations, or laws which may be in conflict with a local or special law providing for the working, maintenance, change, discontinuance, or improvement of the public roads, bridges, or ferries of such county now in force or which may hereafter be enacted, except in cases where the State Department of Transportation has jurisdiction over such highways. (Code 1923, §1348; Acts 1927, No. 347, p. 348; Code 1940, T. 23, §64.)...
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23-5-2
Section 23-5-2 Driving around, destruction, etc., of detour or warning sign, or barricade or fence. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this subsection: (1) DETOUR SIGN. Any sign placed across or on a public road of the state by the state, the county or municipal authorities, or by their contractors, indicating that such road is closed or partially closed, which sign also indicates the direction of an alternate route to be followed to give access to certain points. (2) WARNING SIGN. A sign indicating construction work in area. (3) BARRICADE. A barrier for obstructing the passage of motor vehicle traffic. (4) FENCE. A barrier to prevent the intrusion of motor vehicle traffic. (5) OFFICIALLY CLOSED. A highway or road that has been officially closed by a governmental unit, the State Department of Transportation, a city or a county. (b) Any person who wilfully destroys, knocks down, removes, defaces or alters...
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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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39-2-12
Section 39-2-12 Partial and final payments of contractors by awarding authorities. (a) As used in this section the following words shall have the meanings ascribed to them as follows: (1) CONTRACTOR. Any natural person, partnership, company, firm, corporation, association, limited liability company, cooperative, or other legal entity licensed by the Alabama State Licensing Board for General Contractors. (2) NONRESIDENT CONTRACTOR. A contractor which is neither a. organized and existing under the laws of the State of Alabama, nor b. maintains its principal place of business in the State of Alabama. A nonresident contractor which has maintained a permanent branch office within the State of Alabama for at least five continuous years shall not thereafter be deemed to be a nonresident contractor so long as the contractor continues to maintain a branch office within Alabama. (3) RETAINAGE. That money belonging to the contractor which has been retained by the awarding authority conditioned on...
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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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