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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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