23-5-13
Section 23-5-13 Violation of State Department of Transportation rules or regulations. Any person, firm or corporation who violates any reasonable rule or regulation prescribed by the State Department of Transportation for the better construction, repair and maintenance, protection and preservation of the public roads, bridges, highways and rights-of-way of roads and highways of this state shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00 and, at the discretion of the judge trying the case, may also be sentenced to hard labor for the county for a term not to exceed six months, unless otherwise provided by law. (Code 1923, §4449; Acts 1927, No. 347, p. 348; Code 1940, T. 23, §127.)...
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23-1-170
Section 23-1-170 Purpose and construction of article. It is the intention of the Legislature by the passage of this article to authorize the incorporation of a public corporation for the following purposes: (1) To issue bonds to assure the availability of funds for payment of the state's share of the cost of constructing roads and bridges as shall from time to time be constructed with funds supplied jointly by the state and federal government; and (2) To construct and maintain, or participate in the construction and maintenance, or lend its aid in construction and maintenance or contract for construction and maintenance of roads and bridges in the State of Alabama, as well as the approaches thereto, including the reconstruction and relocating of approaches, causeways and like or other highway facilities which may, from time to time, be constructed and maintained with funds to be supplied jointly by the state and federal government, together with work incidental and related thereto,...
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45-31-241.02
Section 45-31-241.02 Levy of tax for jail construction and maintenance; excess funds for road and bridge projects. (a) This section shall only apply to Geneva County. (b) As used in this section, state sales tax means the tax imposed by Article 1 of Chapter 23 of Title 40 and state use tax means the tax imposed by Article 2 of Chapter 23 of Title 40. (c) (1) In addition to all other taxes authorized by law, the Geneva County Commission may levy up to a one percent sales tax and up to a one percent use tax. (2) The proceeds of the tax shall be used for the construction, maintenance, and operation of a jail with any excess proceeds to be used for road and bridge projects. (3) The proceeds of all sales which are presently exempt under the state sales and use tax statutes are exempt from the taxes authorized by this section. (4) The proceeds of all sales which are presently taxed at a lower rate under the state sales and use tax statutes shall be taxed under this section at a...
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11-14-16
Section 11-14-16 Special tax for courthouse or jail; disposition of surplus. Whenever it shall be deemed necessary by the county commission of any county in this state to pay any debt or liability now existing against any county incurred for the erection, construction, or maintenance of the necessary public buildings or bridges or that may hereafter be created for the erection of necessary public buildings, bridges, or roads, such court shall have the power and authority to levy and collect a special tax upon the taxable property of such county, not to exceed in one year one fourth of one percent for such purposes; and such tax, when collected, shall be applied exclusively for the purposes for which the same was so levied and collected. (Code 1876, §823; Code 1886, §894; Code 1896, §1409; Code 1907, §138; Code 1923, §217; Code 1940, T. 12, §191.)...
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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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45-26-130
Section 45-26-130 Appointment and employment; duties; compensation; equipment and facilities. (a) This section shall apply only in Elmore County. (b) The Elmore County Commission shall appoint and employ a county engineer or chief engineer, who shall be a thoroughly qualified and competent professional engineer. The county engineer or chief engineer shall possess all of the qualifications as specified for county engineers or chief engineers under the general laws of the State of Alabama. The county engineer or chief engineer shall be responsible for the maintenance and construction of the public roads, bridges, and ferries in the county and shall perform other duties related to his or her appointment as may be assigned by the county commission. The county engineer or chief engineer shall serve at the pleasure of the county commission. (c) It shall be the duty of the county engineer or chief engineer to carry out the following as determined by the county commission: (1) Employ,...
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45-31-241.01
Section 45-31-241.01 Levy of tax for jail maintenance, road and bridge projects, and school resource officers. (a) This section shall only apply to Geneva County. (b) As used in this section, state sales tax means the tax imposed by the state sales and use tax statutes, including, but not limited to, Sections 40-23-1, 40-23-2, 40-23-3, and 40-23-4. (c)(1) The County Commission of Geneva County may levy, in addition to all other authorized taxes, a one percent sales tax. (2) The proceeds of all sales which are presently exempt under the state sales and use tax statutes are exempt from the tax authorized by this section. (d) The tax authorized by this section shall be collected by the State Department of Revenue or the county commission or other entity which the county commission has contracted with to collect the taxes at the same time and in the same manner as state sales taxes are collected. On or prior to the date the tax is due, each person subject to the tax shall file with the...
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45-9-242
Section 45-9-242 Education and road construction purposes. Pursuant to subsection (f) of Amendment No. 373 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, the Chambers County Commission may levy for a period of 20 years, in addition to any other tax, an ad valorem tax in the amount of six mills on each dollar of taxable property in the county. The revenue from the additional tax shall be paid to the county general fund to be distributed as follows: (1) Three mills to the county and city boards of education to be used for general education purposes. (2) Three mills shall remain in the county general fund to be used for the construction and maintenance of roads in the county. (Act 2003-287, p. 686, §1.)...
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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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40-13-58
Section 40-13-58 Disposition of funds. (a) All revenues collected from the tax levied pursuant to this article, less an amount to cover the expenses of administration and collection and one-half of all interest and penalties collected, as provided in subsection (b) of Section 40-13-57, shall be remitted quarterly to the governing body of the county from which the severed material was severed within 60 days following the end of a calendar quarter along with a report prepared by the department detailing how the amount remitted was determined. Notwithstanding the above, the aggregate amount retained by the department to defray the expenses described herein shall not exceed 1.5 percent of the total revenues collected during such calendar quarter and shall be credited to its current service revenue. (b) The revenues remitted to a county as provided in subsection (a) shall be deposited into a fund held and dispensed by the county commission and designated as the severed material severance...
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