45-37A-56.70
Section 45-37A-56.70 Obstruction of streets, roads, etc. (a) This section shall only apply in Jefferson County. (b)(1)a. It shall be unlawful for any railroad train to obstruct any public street, road, or highway crossing-at-grade within a Class 1 municipality in the county for more than five minutes. b. The railroad corporation or company that owns or operates a train violating this subdivision is liable for a civil penalty not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each violation. (2) A train crew, yard crew, or engine crew of a train blocking a public crossing shall immediately take all reasonable steps, consistent with safe operation of that train, to clear the crossing upon receiving information from a law enforcement officer, member of a fire department, or operator of an emergency vehicle that emergency circumstances require the clearing of the crossing. (3) If a train is stopped on a railroad track and is obstructing a public street, road, or highway crossing-at-grade, the...
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37-8-115
Section 37-8-115 Crew member acting on instructions not responsible for obstructing streets, etc. No member of a train crew, yard crew or engine crew of a railroad, which is a common carrier, shall be held personally responsible or found guilty of violating any law of this state or any municipal ordinance regulating or intended to regulate the occupying or blocking of any street, road or highway crossing-at-grade by trains or passenger or freight cars upon reasonable proof that the occupying or blocking of said street, road or highway crossing-at-grade was necessary to comply with the orders or instructions either written or oral of his employer or its officers or supervisory officials; provided, that the provisions of this section shall not relieve the employer or railroad from any responsibility placed upon said employee or railroad by any such state laws or by such municipal ordinances; provided further, that nothing contained herein shall affect any civil tortious responsibility of...
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32-1-1.1
Section 32-1-1.1 Definitions. The following words and phrases when used in this title, for the purpose of this title, shall have meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section, except when the context otherwise requires: (1) ALLEY. A street or highway intended to provide access to the rear or side of lots or buildings in urban districts and not intended for the purpose of through vehicular traffic. (2) ARTERIAL STREET. Any United States or state numbered route, controlled-access highway, or other major radial or circumferential street or highway designated by local authorities within their respective jurisdictions as part of a major arterial system of streets or highways. (3) AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLE. Such fire department vehicles, police vehicles, and ambulances as are publicly owned, and such other publicly or privately owned vehicles as are designated by the Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency or the chief of police of an incorporated city. (4) BICYCLE....
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37-8-200
Section 37-8-200 Erection or maintenance of advertising signs resembling railroad signs. (a) No person, firm, association or corporation shall erect or maintain on any public road or street in the State of Alabama, or no private property within one fourth of a mile of the right-of-way of any public road or street, any advertising sign that resembles or that can reasonably be mistaken for a railroad crossing sign; and the owner or person in possession of such private property shall not knowingly permit another to erect or maintain such sign on such private property. (b) The person, firm, association or corporation whose name shall appear on said sign as the beneficiary of the advertising thereon shall be prima facie presumed to be the party guilty of erecting and maintaining the same, whether it be on a public road or street or on private property, within one fourth of a mile of the right-of-way of a public road or street. (c) No owner or person in possession of private property upon...
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37-2-84
Section 37-2-84 Abandonment and discontinuance of grade crossings. (a) The Department of Transportation is given authority and power to abandon and discontinue any portion of a state highway, or street on a state highway route with the approval of the city council or governing body of any municipality, crossing the tracks or right-of-way of any railroad or street railway within the state, and to close the grade crossing, whenever in the judgment of the department the grade crossing has ceased to be necessary for the public as a part of any state highway, because of relocation of the highway, or because of the construction of an underpass or overpass, or other provision made for the elimination of the grade crossing. Whenever the department orders the abandonment of a portion of the highway or street and the closing of a grade crossing, it shall enter its order providing therefor in the department minutes. Notice in writing of the abandonment and discontinuance of the portion of the...
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37-15-2
Section 37-15-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter the following words have the following meanings: (1) APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF UNDERGROUND FACILITIES. Information about an operator's underground facilities which is provided to a person by an operator and must be accurate to within 18 inches measured horizontally from the outside edge of each side of such operator's facility, or a strip of land 18 inches either side of the operator's field mark or the marked width of the facility plus 18 inches on each side of the marked width of the facility. (2) AUTHORITY. The Underground Damage Prevention Authority created under Section 37-15-10.1. (3) AUTHORITY BOARD. The Underground Damage Prevention Board created under Section 37-15-10.1. (4) BLASTING. The use of an explosive device for the excavation of earth, rock, or other material or the demolition of a structure. (5) CONTRACT LOCATOR. Any person contracted with an operator specifically to determine and mark the approximate location of the...
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23-1-301
Section 23-1-301 Definitions. When used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following respective meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) AUTHORITY. The Alabama Federal Aid Highway Finance Authority, a public corporation and instrumentality of the state authorized to be organized under the provisions of this article. (2) BOARD OF DIRECTORS. The board of directors of the authority. (3) BONDS. The bonds, including refunding bonds issued to refund outstanding obligations, that in this article are authorized to be sold and issued by the authority. (4) CORPORATION. The authority. (5) HIGHWAY GASOLINE TAX. The excise tax levied under subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of Section 40-17-325, with the exception of those portions of the tax levied on aviation fuel and marine gasoline. (6) LEGISLATURE. The Legislature of Alabama. (7) NET GASOLINE TAX PROCEEDS. The entire proceeds from the highway gasoline tax less the cost of collection and less any...
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40-17-322
Section 40-17-322 Definitions. As used in this article and unless the context requires otherwise, the following terms have the meaning ascribed herein: (1) AIRCRAFT. Any airplane or helicopter. (2) ASSOCIATE JOBBER. A person who acquires motor fuel from a licensed distributor in this state for subsequent sale. An associate jobber may obtain a distributor's license even though it does not acquire fuel from a supplier in this state. (3) AVIATION FUEL. Aviation gasoline or aviation jet fuel. (4) AVIATION GASOLINE. Motor fuel designed for use in the operation of aircraft other than jet aircraft, and sold or used for that purpose. (5) AVIATION JET FUEL. Motor fuel designed for use in the operation of jet or turbo-prop aircraft and sold or used for that purpose. (6) BIODIESEL FUEL. Any motor fuel or mixture of motor fuels that is derived, in whole or in part, from agricultural products or animal fats, or the wastes of such products or fats, and is advertised as, offered for sale as, suitable...
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32-5A-60
Section 32-5A-60 Throwing, dropping, etc., destructive or injurious materials onto highway, road, etc., prohibited; removal; penalty. (a) No person shall throw or deposit upon or alongside any highway, road, street, or public right-of-way any bottle, glass, nails, tacks, wire, cans, cigarettes, cigars, containers of urine, or any other substance likely to injure any person, animal, or vehicle upon or alongside the highway, road, street, or public right-of-way. (b) Any person who throws, drops, or permits to be thrown or dropped, upon any highway any destructive or injurious material shall immediately remove the material or cause it to be removed. (c) Any person removing a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a highway shall remove any glass or other injurious substance dropped upon the highway from the vehicle. (d) No person shall throw or drop litter from a motor vehicle upon or alongside any highway, road or street, or public right-of-way. (e) The uniform traffic citation may be used for...
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32-5A-330
Section 32-5A-330 Definitions; applicability; violations. (a) As used in this section, the following terms are defined: (1) OPEN CONTAINER. A container which is other than in the manufacturer's sealed condition. (2) PUBLIC HIGHWAY or RIGHT-OF-WAY OF A PUBLIC HIGHWAY. The entire width between and immediately adjacent to the boundary lines of any public road, street, highway, interstate, or other publicly maintained way when any part is open to the use of the public for purposes of motor vehicle travel. (b) It is unlawful for a person to have in his or her possession alcoholic beverages in an open container in the passenger area of a motor vehicle of any kind on a public highway or right-of-way of a public highway of this state. (c) This section shall not apply to: (1) A passenger of a motor vehicle designed, maintained, or primarily used for the transportation of persons for compensation and the driver holds a valid commercial driver's license. (2) A passenger of a bus for which the...
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