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23-1-82
Section 23-1-82 County commissions - Eminent domain. The county commissions of the several
counties of the state are given the right of eminent domain for the purpose of establishing
and changing public roads, bridges, and ferries in their respective counties, except in cases
where the State Department of Transportation has jurisdiction over such highways. When an
appeal is taken from any assessment in a condemnation proceeding brought by a county, such
appeal shall not deprive the county obtaining the judgment of condemnation of a right of entry
for any and all purposes named in the condemnation proceeding provided the amount of damages
assessed shall have been paid into court in money and a bond shall have been given in not
less than double the amount of damages assessed, with good and sufficient sureties, to be
approved by the clerk of the court to which the appeal is taken, conditioned to pay such damages
as the owner of the property may sustain. Said amount of damages may be paid...
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39-2-1
Section 39-2-1 Definitions. As used in this title, the following words shall have the meanings
ascribed to them as follows: (1) AWARDING AUTHORITY. Any governmental board, commission, agency,
body, authority, instrumentality, department, or subdivision of the state, its counties and
municipalities. This term includes, but shall not be limited to, the Department of Transportation,
the State Building Commission, the State Board of Education, and any other entity contracting
for public works. This term shall exclude the State Docks Department and any entity exempted
from the competitive bid laws of the state by statute. (2) FORCE ACCOUNT WORK. Work paid for
by reimbursing for the actual costs for labor, materials, and equipment usage incurred in
the performance of the work, as directed, including a percentage for overhead and profit,
where appropriate. (3) LIFE CYCLE COSTS. The total cost of ownership over the extended life
of a public works project, taking into consideration the costs of...
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23-1-21.1
Section 23-1-21.1 Definitions. The following terms, whenever used or referred to in this section
and Sections 23-1-21.2 and 23-1-21.3, shall have the following meanings, except in those instances
where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: (1) DIRECTOR. The Director of the
State of Alabama State Department of Transportation. (2) PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. Transportation
which is appropriate to transport people by bus, rail, or other conveyance, serving the general
public. The terms "mass transportation," "mass transit," "public
transit," "ridesharing," "carpooling," "vanpooling," and
"buspooling" are included within this definition and shall be considered synonymous
with "public transportation." (3) MUNICIPALITY. Any city, town, or like governing
body. (4) COUNTY. Any county in the State of Alabama. (5) TRANSIT AUTHORITY. Any transit authority
organized within the state or authority organized to serve a metropolitan or urbanized area
which borders on the state boundary. (6)...
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32-5A-176.1
Section 32-5A-176.1 Speed limits in construction zones. (a) The State Department of Transportation
may set the speed limits in urban and rural construction zones along state and interstate
highways and the county commission of a county may set the speed limits in urban and rural
construction zones along county roads or highways. The construction zone speed limits shall
be posted on the department's standard size speed limit signs at least one hundred feet in
advance of the entrance to a construction zone. Law enforcement authorities shall enforce
construction zone speed limits. Upon conviction of a construction zone speed violation, the
operator of the motor vehicle shall be assessed a fine of double the amount prescribed by
law outside a construction zone. The fine shall only be doubled for construction zone violations
if construction personnel are present and that fact is indicated by appropriate signs. The
signs, placed at the entrance of the construction zone, shall warn of the...
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22-27-5
Section 22-27-5 Authority of localities to establish charges, fees, etc., and enter into mutual
agreements or contracts; approval of department; licensing of private or corporate agencies;
permits and bonds; nonpayment of fees, etc. (a) Fees, etc.; mutual agreements or contracts.
The county commission or municipality undertaking the responsibility for providing services
to the public under this article may establish fees, charges and rates and may collect and
disburse funds within cooperating areas or districts, inside or outside the corporate limits
of municipalities or inside or outside of county boundaries, for the specific purpose of administering
this article and providing and operating a solid waste program. Also, said county commission
or public authority may enter into mutual agreements or contracts with the government bodies
of other counties, municipalities, corporations or individuals, where deemed to be mutually
economical and feasible, to jointly or individually collect,...
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41-22-3
Section 41-22-3 Definitions. The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall
have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section, except when the context otherwise
requires: (1) AGENCY. Every board, bureau, commission, department, officer, or other administrative
office or unit of the state, including the Alabama Department of Environmental Management,
other than the Legislature and its agencies, the Alabama State Port Authority, the courts,
the Alabama Public Service Commission, or the State Banking Department, whose administrative
procedures are governed by Sections 5-2A-8 and 5-2A-9. The term does not include boards of
trustees of postsecondary institutions, boards of plans administered by public pension systems,
counties, municipalities, or any agencies of local governmental units, unless they are expressly
made subject to this chapter by general or special law. (2) COMMITTEE. The Joint Committee
on Administrative Rule Review, comprised of the members of...
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37-15-10.1
Section 37-15-10.1 Underground Damage Prevention Authority. (a) The Underground Damage Prevention
Authority is created for the purpose of enforcing this chapter and for reviewing penalty provisions
and the adequacy of the enforcement process. It is the intent of the Legislature that the
authority and its enforcement activities not be funded by appropriations from the state budget.
(b) The authority shall utilize the services of the Alabama Public Service Commission to provide
administrative support for the authority, subject to the concurrence by the authority board.
The Public Service Commission shall charge the expenses associated with the administrative
duties of the authority back to the authority, subject to the concurrence of the authority
board. The administrative support provided by the Alabama Public Service Commission to the
authority is in an administrative capacity only and nothing in this chapter shall expand the
jurisdiction of the Alabama Public Service Commission in any...
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23-8-8
Section 23-8-8 Deposit and use of funds; audit; annual plan. (a) The monies paid to counties
or municipalities pursuant to Section 40-17-371 shall be deposited into a separate fund maintained
by the county or municipality and expended only for one or more of the following: (1) The
maintenance, improvement, replacement, and construction of roads and bridges maintained by
a qualified county. (2) The maintenance, improvement, replacement, and construction of roads
and bridges maintained by a qualified municipality. (3) As matching funds for federal road
or bridge projects. (4) The payment of any debt associated with a road or bridge project.
(5) For a joint road or bridge project with one or more adjoining counties pursuant to any
agreement executed under the authority of state law. (6) For a joint road or bridge project
with one or more municipalities pursuant to any agreement executed under the authority of
state law. (7) For a joint road or bridge project with one or more counties and...
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37-11-1
Section 37-11-1 Execution and text of compact. The Governor, on behalf of this state, is hereby
authorized to execute a compact in substantially the following form with the states of Louisiana
and Mississippi, and the legislature hereby signifies in advance its approval and ratification
of such compact, which compact is as follows: Southern High-Speed Rail Commission. Article
I. The purpose of this compact is to study the feasibility of rapid rail transit service between
the states of Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama and to establish a joint interstate commission
to assist in this effort. Article II. This compact shall become effective immediately as to
the states ratifying it whenever the states of Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama have ratified
it and Congress has given consent thereto. Any state not mentioned in this article which is
contiguous with any member state may become a party to this compact, subject to approval by
the legislature of each of the member states. Article...
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36-25-14
Section 36-25-14 Filing of statement of economic interests. (a) A statement of economic interests
shall be completed and filed in accordance with this chapter with the commission no later
than April 30 of each year covering the period of the preceding calendar year by each of the
following: (1) All elected public officials at the state, county, or municipal level of government
or their instrumentalities. (2) Any person appointed as a public official and any person employed
as a public employee at the state, county, or municipal level of government or their instrumentalities
who occupies a position whose base pay is seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) or more
annually, as adjusted by the commission by January 31 of each year to reflect changes in the
U.S. Department of Labor's Consumer Price Index, or a successor index. (3) All candidates,
provided the statement is filed on the date the candidate files his or her qualifying papers
or, in the case of an independent candidate, on the...
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