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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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40-17-359
Section 40-17-359 Distribution and use of proceeds. (a) For the purpose of this section, the
following terms shall have the meanings ascribed below: (1) BASE ANNUAL COUNTY DISTRIBUTION.
Five hundred fifty thousand dollars ($550,000). (2) COST OF COLLECTION. The amounts from the
proceeds of the highway gasoline tax that may be appropriated by the Legislature to the department
for its operating expenses. (3) COUNTY. Each county in the state. (4) FISCAL YEAR. The fiscal
year of the state. (5) DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. The Department of Transportation of the
state. (6) HIGHWAY GASOLINE TAX. Both of the following: a. 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. b. The excise tax levied by Sections 40-17-140
to 40-17-155, inclusive, except that portion of the tax imposed on diesel fuel. (7) LOCAL
SUBDIVISIONS' SHARES OF THE NET TAX PROCEEDS. The 55 percent...
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45-25-130
Section 45-25-130 Qualifications; compensation; duties; employment of road supervisor. (a)
The DeKalb County Commission shall employ a county engineer, who shall be a thoroughly qualified
and competent, licensed professional civil engineer, possessing all of the qualifications
as specified for county engineers under the general laws of the State of Alabama. The engineer
shall reside within DeKalb County during his or her employment. (b) The county commission
shall fix the amount of the salary of the county engineer in an amount to be determined by
the county commission and as approved by the State Department of Transportation as appropriate
for experience, training, and education. The compensation shall be paid in equal monthly payments
from the county gasoline tax or road and highway funds as appropriate. (c) The employment
of the county engineer shall be made by contract to include all terms and requirements addressed
within this section and shall fully disclose all salaries, raises,...
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29-2-4
Section 29-2-4 Reporting requirements; powers and duties. (a) On or before January 31 of each
year, any county or city required to report local motor fuel excise tax rate information to
the Department of Revenue pursuant to Act 1998-192 shall provide a similar report to the transportation
department regarding the total amount of local motor fuel excise tax revenues collected by
the county or city for the immediately preceding fiscal year and the total amount of the revenues
expended on road and bridge maintenance and improvement during that same fiscal year. The
transportation department shall collect the information and deliver a report to the Joint
Transportation Committee on or before March 31 of each year. (b) The powers and duties of
the Joint Transportation Committee shall be as follows: (1) It shall review and shall consider
concurring with the long-range plan of the transportation department as such plan exists at
the date of the meeting called for the purpose of reviewing the...
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32-9-29
Section 32-9-29 Permits for movement of oversized vehicles or loads. (a) Authorized; application;
issuance; seasonal, etc., limitations; refusal, revocation, or cancellation. (1) The Director
of the Department of Transportation or the official of the department designated by the director,
upon application and for good cause being shown therefor, may issue a permit in writing authorizing
the applicant to operate or move upon the state's public roads a vehicle or combination of
no more than two vehicles and loads whose weight, width, length, or height, or combination
thereof, exceeds the maximum limit specified by law; provided, that the load transported by
such vehicle or vehicles is of such nature that it is a unit which cannot be readily dismantled
or separated; provided, however, that bulldozers and similar construction equipment shall
not be deemed readily separable for purposes of this chapter; and further provided, that no
permit shall be issued to any vehicle whose operation upon...
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32-9A-2
Section 32-9A-2 Compliance with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations; in-service training
by law enforcement officers. (a)(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), no person
may operate a commercial motor vehicle in this state, or fail to maintain required records
or reports, in violation of the federal motor carrier safety regulations as prescribed by
the U.S. Department of Transportation, 49 C.F.R. Part 107, Parts 171-180, Parts 382-387, and
Parts 390-399 and as they may be amended in the future. Except as otherwise provided herein,
this chapter shall not be construed to repeal or supersede other laws relating to the operation
of motor vehicles. (2)a. No person may operate a commercial motor vehicle in this state in
violation of 49 C.F.R. §393.120, as amended, relating to load securement for certain metal
coils. b. No one owning, leasing, or allowing a commercial vehicle to be operated in this
state shall knowingly or negligently be in violation of 49 C.F.R. §393.120,...
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32-5A-173
Section 32-5A-173 When local authorities may and shall alter maximum limits. (a) Whenever local
authorities in their respective jurisdictions determine on the basis of an engineering and
traffic investigation that the maximum speed permitted under this article is greater or less
than is reasonable and safe under the conditions found to exist upon a highway or part of
a highway, the local authority may determine and declare a reasonable and safe maximum limit
thereon which: (1) Decreases the limit at intersections; (2) Increases the limit within an
urban district but not to more than the maximum rate of speed that may be prescribed by the
Governor under subdivision (6) of Section 32-5A-171; (3) Decreases the limit on any street,
unpaved road, or highway under the jurisdiction and control of any county commission; or (4)
Increases the limit on any street, unpaved road, or highway under the jurisdiction and control
of any county commission but not to more than the maximum rate of speed...
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39-2-12
Section 39-2-12 Partial and final payments of contractors by awarding authorities. (a) As used
in this section the following words shall have the meanings ascribed to them as follows: (1)
CONTRACTOR. Any natural person, partnership, company, firm, corporation, association, limited
liability company, cooperative, or other legal entity licensed by the Alabama State Licensing
Board for General Contractors. (2) NONRESIDENT CONTRACTOR. A contractor which is neither a.
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Alabama, nor b. maintains its principal
place of business in the State of Alabama. A nonresident contractor which has maintained a
permanent branch office within the State of Alabama for at least five continuous years shall
not thereafter be deemed to be a nonresident contractor so long as the contractor continues
to maintain a branch office within Alabama. (3) RETAINAGE. That money belonging to the contractor
which has been retained by the awarding authority conditioned on...
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40-12-240
Section 40-12-240 Definitions. (a) For the purpose of this article, the following terms shall
have the respective meanings ascribed by this section: (1) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department
of Revenue. (2) ESTABLISHED PLACE OF BUSINESS. A place actually occupied either continuously
or at regular periods at or from which a business or a part thereof is transacted. (3) FARM
TRACTOR. Every motor vehicle designed and used primarily as a farm implement for drawing plows,
mowing machines, and other implements designed and used for agricultural purposes and only
incidentally moved upon public highways. (4) FARMER. An individual, partnership, cooperative
corporation, or other entity actively engaged in agriculture or agricultural activities as
the same are circumscribed and defined in paragraphs a. and b. of Section 41-14-51(1). (5)
FLEET. A group of similarly classified fleet vehicles comprised of 50 or more units or other
amount as prescribed by the department. (6) FLEET OPERATOR. A person,...
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37-11A-1
Section 37-11A-1 Execution and text of compact. The Governor, on behalf of this state, shall
execute a compact, in substantially the following form, with the State of Mississippi, and
the Legislature approves and ratifies the compact in the form substantially as follows: Northeast
Mississippi - Northwest Alabama Railroad Authority Compact. The contracting states solemnly
agree: Article I. The purpose of this compact is to promote and develop trade, commerce, industry,
and employment opportunities for the public good and welfare in northeast Mississippi and
northwest Alabama through the establishment of a joint interstate authority to acquire certain
railroad properties and facilities which the operator thereof has notified the Interstate
Commerce Commission of an intention to abandon and which are located in any of Franklin, Marion,
or Winston Counties, Alabama or in Alcorn or Tishomingo Counties, Mississippi. Article II.
This compact shall become effective immediately as to the State...
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