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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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32-1-1.1
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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32-5-16
Section 32-5-16 State trooper may close highways. When it becomes apparent to any state trooper
that a road is dangerous for use of motor vehicles on account of weather conditions, high
water, damaged roadways or bridges, or from any other cause, or when in the opinion of any
state trooper a road may be seriously injured by allowing traffic on same, then the state
trooper is authorized to close such highway immediately by placing thereon a barricade, lights,
or other sign stating that the road is closed, and immediately notifying the division engineer
or some other official of the Department of Transportation. Such road shall remain closed
until the hazard has been corrected and the road ordered opened by the Department of Transportation.
(Acts 1949, No. 516, p. 740, §40.)...
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13A-8-71
Section 13A-8-71 Possession of traffic sign; notification; destruction, defacement, etc., of
traffic sign or traffic control device; defacement of public building or property. (a) No
person may unlawfully possess any traffic sign erected by the state, a county, or a municipality.
(b) Any person who voluntarily notifies a law enforcement agency of the presence on their
property of a traffic sign shall not be guilty of violating the provisions of subsection (a).
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to intentionally destroy, knock down, remove, deface,
or alter any letters or figures on a traffic sign, or in any way damage any traffic control
device, erected on a highway, public road, or right of way of this state, by the Department
of Transportation, a county, or municipality. (d) It shall be unlawful for any person to intentionally
deface any public building or public property. (Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-887, p. 157,
§2; Acts 1996, No. 96-425, p. 539, §1.)...
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32-5A-36
Section 32-5A-36 Display of unauthorized signs, signals, or markings as public nuisance; signs,
markings, etc., to be approved; procedure for approval. (a) No person shall place, maintain,
or display upon or in view of any highway any unauthorized sign, signal, marking, or device
which purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles an official traffic-control device
or railroad sign or signal, or which attempts to direct the movement of traffic, or which
hides from view or interferes with the effectiveness of an official traffic-control device
or any railroad sign or signal. (b) No person shall place or maintain nor shall any public
authority permit upon any highway any traffic sign or signal bearing thereon any commercial
advertising. (c) This section shall not be deemed to prohibit the erection upon private property
adjacent to highways of signs giving useful directional information and of a type that cannot
be mistaken for official signs. (d) Every such prohibited sign, signal,...
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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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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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2-1-13
Section 2-1-13 Agricultural tourist attractions. (a) For the purpose of this section, the following
words have the following meanings: (1) AGRICULTURAL TOURIST ATTRACTIONS. Any agricultural
based business providing any on-site attraction to tourists which meets criteria established
by the Department of Agriculture and Industries. (2) DIRECTIONAL SIGN. A sign placed on the
right-of-way of a state highway or county road to direct traffic to an agricultural tourist
attraction. (b) The Department of Agriculture and Industries shall by rule establish the criteria
and an application process to provide for agricultural tourist attractions. Each application
for approval as an agricultural tourist attraction with the department shall be accompanied
by a one-time application fee to be established by the department. In addition, each agricultural
tourist attraction shall pay an annual renewal fee to be established by the department. The
department shall maintain a registry of approved...
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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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6-5-700
Section 6-5-700 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) AWARDING AUTHORITY. a. The Alabama Department of Transportation,
if the contractor enters into a contract with the State of Alabama to construct, repair, or
maintain a highway, a road, or a street for the State of Alabama; or b. The county governing
body, if the contractor enters into a contract with that county to construct, repair, or maintain
a highway, a road, or a street for that county; or c. The governing body of any other local
government, if the contractor enters into a contract with that local government to construct,
repair, or maintain a highway, a road, or a street for that local government. (2) CONCLUSION
OF PROJECT. The date that the awarding authority notifies the contractor, in writing, that
the awarding authority has assumed maintenance responsibilities for the roadway or 60 days
after the contractor has notified, in writing, the awarding authority...
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