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32-5A-151
Section 32-5A-151 Certain vehicles must stop at all railroad grade crossings; exceptions.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the driver of any vehicle described in regulations
issued pursuant to subsection (c), before crossing at grade any track or tracks of a railroad,
shall stop such vehicle within 50 feet but not less than 15 feet from the nearest rail of
such railroad and while so stopped shall listen and look in both directions along such track
for any approaching train, and for signals indicating the approach of a train and shall not
proceed until he or she can do so safely. After stopping as required herein and upon proceeding
when it is safe to do so the driver of any said vehicle shall cross only in such gear of the
vehicle that there will be no necessity for manually changing gears while traversing such
crossing and the driver shall not manually shift gears while crossing the track or tracks.
Nothing contained in this section is intended to abrogate or modify the...
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32-6-63
Section 32-6-63 Validation decals, etc., in lieu of license plates; change of residence.
For the years during which the metal license plates are not issued, in lieu thereof, validation
decals or other devices suitable for attaching to a motor vehicle license plate shall be issued.
The validation decal or device shall indicate the period for which it was issued and shall,
when properly affixed to the license plate, evidence payment for the motor vehicle license
fees and taxes for the period indicated thereon. Such validation decal or device shall be
such size as the legislative oversight committee, as provided for in this section,
deems appropriate and shall bear a bright reflective background contrasting with the digits
or letters printed thereon. The month and year of expiration shall be printed on the validation
decal. A person changing his or her county of residence shall be required to purchase a license
plate indicating his or her new county of residence upon expiration of the...
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32-5-213
Section 32-5-213 Horns and warning devices. (a) Every motor vehicle when operated upon
a highway shall be equipped with a horn in good working order capable of emitting a sound
audible under normal conditions for a distance of not less than 200 feet. It shall be unlawful
for any vehicle to be equipped with or for any person to use upon a vehicle any siren or for
any person at any time to use a horn otherwise than as a reasonable warning or to make any
unnecessary or unreasonably loud or harsh sound by means of a horn or other warning device.
(b) Every police and fire department and fire patrol vehicle and every ambulance used for
emergency calls shall be equipped with a siren, bell, ululating multi-toned horns or other
electronic siren type device approved by the Director of Public Safety. (c) Any person violating
any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Acts 1927,
No. 347, p. 348; Code 1940, T. 36, ยง36; Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 432, p. 578.)...
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32-5-220
Section 32-5-220 Flares or other warning devices - Carrying required by certain vehicles;
specifications. (a) No person shall operate any truck, passenger bus, or truck tractor upon
any highway outside the corporate limits of municipalities at any time from a half hour after
sunset to a half hour before sunrise unless there shall be carried in such vehicle the following
equipment, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section: (1) At least three
flares or three red electric lanterns each of which shall be capable of being seen and distinguished
at a distance of 500 feet under normal atmospheric conditions at nighttime. Each flare (liquid-burning
pot torch) shall be capable of burning for not less than 12 hours in five miles per hour wind
velocity and capable of burning in any air velocity from zero to 40 miles per hour. Every
such flare shall be substantially constructed so as to withstand reasonable shocks without
leaking. Every such flare shall be carried in the vehicle in a...
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32-5A-137
Section 32-5A-137 Stopping, standing, or parking prohibited in specified places. (a)
Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or in compliance with law or the
directions of a police officer or official traffic-control device, no person shall: (1) Stop,
stand, or park a vehicle: a. On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge
or curb of a street; b. On a sidewalk; c. Within an intersection; d. On a crosswalk; e. Between
a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within 30 feet of points on the curb immediately opposite
the ends of a safety zone, unless a different length is indicated by signs or markings; f.
Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing, or parking
would obstruct traffic; g. Upon any bridge or other elevated structure, upon a highway, or
within a highway tunnel; h. On any railroad tracks; i. At any place where official signs prohibit
stopping. (2) Stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not,...
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45-49-101.01
Section 45-49-101.01 Definitions. The following definitions and provisions shall apply
to this part: (1) BOARD. A county or city board of education, or the governing body of a school
system located in Mobile County. (2) COURT. A district court located in Mobile County if a
school bus violation occurs in an unincorporated area, or a municipal court located in Mobile
County if a violation occurs in an incorporated municipality. (3) ELECTRONIC DEVICE. Any camera
or recording device that uses a vehicle sensor and camera synchronized to automatically record
by video, photograph, or full motion streaming video, a motor vehicle approaching or overtaking
a school bus that is stopped for the purpose of receiving or discharging school children in
violation of Section 32-5A-154. (4) LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. A law enforcement agency
of a local political subdivision or local governing body located in Mobile County, or a county
or city school system located in Mobile County that is authorized to...
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33-6A-3.1
Section 33-6A-3.1 Use on specified lakes of houseboats, vessels of large size, and vessels
with certain speed ratings. (a) The prohibitions in this section shall apply only to
the following lakes: Lake Harris (Lake Wedowee), Lake Martin, and Weiss Lake. (1) Except as
authorized under subsection (d), beginning July 1, 2007, the use of houseboats shall be prohibited.
The term houseboat shall include any residence boat as defined in subdivision (6) of Section
33-6A-1 or any recreational vessel that constitutes a fully equipped dwelling similar in content
to a mobile home, with a marine sanitation device, galley, and sleeping quarters. (2) Beginning
October 1, 2006, the use of recreational vessels greater than 26 feet 11 inches in length
and rated by the manufacturer for or capable of a top speed in excess of 60 miles an hour
shall be prohibited. (3) Except as authorized under subsection (d), beginning July 1, 2007,
the use of recreational vessels greater than 30 feet 6 inches in length,...
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34-1A-6
Section 34-1A-6 Licenses - Exceptions. The licensing and regulatory provision of this
chapter shall not apply to any of the following persons, entities, or activities: (1) The
installation, servicing, monitoring, or responding to an alarm device which is installed in
a motor vehicle, aircraft, or boat. (2) The installation of an alarm system on property owned
by or leased to the installer. (3) A person or business entity who owns, installs, services,
or monitors alarm systems, CCTV systems, electronic access control systems, or mechanical
locking systems, on property owned by or leased to him or her or the business entity or, if
the person or business entity does not charge for the system or its installation, installs
it for the protection of his or her personal property located on the property of another,
and does not install or monitor the system as a normal business practice on the property of
another. (4) A person or business entity whose sale of an alarm system, CCTV system,...
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45-49-170
Section 45-49-170 Mobile County Litter Control Act. (a)(1) Recognizing the rapid growth
of the County of Mobile and the need for a healthful, clean, and beautiful environment; and
further recognizing that the proliferation and accumulation of litter discarded throughout
Mobile County impairs this need and constitutes a public health hazard; and further recognizing
the addition need of effective litter control, there is hereby enacted this Mobile County
Litter Control Act. (2) The purpose of this section is to accomplish litter control
throughout Mobile County and its municipalities. (b) As used in this section unless
the context indicates otherwise: (1) LITTER. Any bottles, glass, crockery, cans, scrapmetal,
junk, paper, garbage, rubbish, or similar refuse discharged as no longer useful or useable.
(2) PERSON. An individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association, or other entity. (3)
PUBLIC PLACE. Any area that is used or held out for use by the public whether owned or operated...
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45-49-201.21
Section 45-49-201.21 Special issuance fee. (a)(1) In Mobile County, the Mobile County
Commission may impose, by resolution of the commission, a special issuance fee not to exceed
five dollars ($5) to be collected by the License Commissioner of Mobile County on each motor
vehicle registration, boat renewal or registration, manufactured home registration, business
license application, or other instrument registered or application applied for in the office
of the license commissioner. The special issuance fee shall be in addition to all other fees,
taxes, and other charges provided by law. (2) The fee authorized by this section shall
be set by the Mobile County Commission, by resolution of the commission, adopted at a regularly
scheduled meeting. (b) The issuance fees collected pursuant to this section shall be
deposited in a segregated account of the office of the license commissioner and expended by
the license commissioner for the preservation and storage of records relating to motor...
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