23-3-5
Section 23-3-5 Acquisition of property and property rights. (a) For the purpose of this chapter, the highway authorities of the state, acting alone or through the counties, cities, and towns, may acquire private or public property and property rights for controlled access facilities and service roads, including rights of access, air, view and light, by gift, devise, purchase, or condemnation in the same manner as such authorities are now, or hereafter may be, authorized by law to acquire such property or property rights in connection with highways and streets within their respective jurisdiction. In connection with the acquisition of property or property rights for any controlled access facility, or portion thereof or service road in connection therewith, the state, county, city, or town highway authority is hereby authorized, in its discretion, to acquire an entire lot, block or tract of land, even though such entire lot, block or tract of land is not immediately needed for the...
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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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11-69-1
Section 11-69-1 Adoption and implementation of plan. (a) Any Class 7 or 8 municipality in this state may adopt a rural scenic right-of-way plan for the development, improvement, and use of right-of-way along municipal roads and streets and county roads within the corporate limits and police jurisdiction of the municipality except right-of-way, highways, streets, or roads that are under exclusive or concurrent jurisdiction of the Alabama Department of Transportation. Pursuant to the plan, the municipality may designate right-of-way adjacent to a municipal road or street or a county road to be developed, improved, and used for recreational or beautification purposes. Any portion of a road designated shall continue for at least three miles in length and may not at the time of designation have an average density of two or more commercial enterprises that have an entrance or exit on the road per mile. The path of the right-of-way along a street or road included in the plan may cross another...
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23-1-5
Section 23-1-5 Payment of costs of relocation of utility facilities necessitated by construction of highways. (a) Whenever the Director of Transportation shall determine and order that the relocation of any utility facility is necessitated by the construction of any project on the national system of interstate and defense highways, including the extensions thereof within urban areas, the utility owning or operating the utility facility shall relocate the facility in accordance with the order of the Director of Transportation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the cost of the utility facility relocation is eligible and approved for reimbursement by the federal government, the cost of the relocation of the utility facility shall be paid by the state as a part of the cost of the construction of the project out of the funds then or thereafter available for the highway construction after the utility has furnished the Director of Transportation with all papers, records, or other supporting...
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23-2-153
Section 23-2-153 Exemptions from levy, charge, assessment, collection, etc., of certain taxes; certificate of exemption. (a) The exercise of the powers granted by this article shall be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state, for the increase of their commerce and prosperity, and for the improvement of their health and living conditions. Since the ownership, operation, and maintenance of toll road, bridge, or tunnel projects by the authority will constitute the performance of essential functions, the authority, department, and any concessionaire, or any contractor, subcontractor, or agent thereof, shall not be required to pay the taxes or assessments as specifically authorized in this section upon any toll road, bridge, or tunnel project or any property acquired or used by the authority, department, or any concessionaire under this article. (b) An income, excise, or license tax or assessment may not be levied upon or collected in the state with respect to any...
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29-2-1
Section 29-2-1 Legislative findings and intent. The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: improving the efficiency, cost effectiveness and performance of all branches of government can only be achieved with proper oversight, accountability, and transparency in government decision making and processes for service delivery; a long-range program of highway development and maintenance in Alabama (herein "the state") is vital to the safety of the traveling public as well as the industrial and agricultural growth of the state; the highway system in the state must be adequate to meet expanding needs; highway construction, maintenance, and administration to support such a system should include long-range planning, soundness in scope of the highway program, efficient performance, and fiscal responsibility in both policy and planning; the use of a long-range highway program will further the judicious expenditure of highway funds, will promote the public safety and convenience, will...
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41-10-239
Section 41-10-239 Property rights not to be affected by article; sections imposing licensing requirements, taxes, etc., are void if such requirements not otherwise imposed. It is the intent of this article that it shall not restrict or impair the real, personal or mixed property in which any individual person, industry, business, utility, industrial development board or similar board or authority, public or private corporation or the Alabama State Port Authority has any legal, equitable, absolute or conditional right, title or interest, whether by fee simple, leasehold, easement, possession, contract, license, permit or any other form of ownership or other rights thereto whatsoever or any existing or future rights of way required by the State of Alabama Department of Transportation for the construction of Interstate Route I-210 and the construction of the new Cochrane Bridge and its roadway approaches and any future connections to or between these two highway facilities. In the event...
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45-16-180
Section 45-16-180 Clowers Bridge. (a) The bridge over White Water Creek on Highway 167 in Coffee County is hereby officially designated "The Clowers Bridge." (b) The Coffee County Commission is authorized to accept funds from private sources to pay for the preparation and erection of signs designating the bridge. The county commission is also authorized to pay funds to the State Department of Transportation as compensation for the cost of preparing and erecting the signs as provided in Section 23-1-8.1. (Act 88-746, p. 152, §§1, 2.)...
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45-2-181
Section 45-2-181 Highway maintenance, repair or construction; personnel; equipment; compensation. (a) Any special, local, or general law to the contrary notwithstanding, the Baldwin County governing body, upon adoption of a resolution, is authorized to employ, supervise, and direct highway personnel necessary to construct, maintain, and repair public roads, bridges, and ferries, together with or supplemental to those persons now employed by the State Department of Transportation. (b) Any special, local, or general law to the contrary notwithstanding, the Baldwin County governing body is authorized, upon adoption of a resolution, to purchase or lease equipment and materials and to contract for the purchase or lease of equipment and materials necessary for the construction, maintenance, and repair of public roads, bridges, and ferries in Baldwin County. (c) The Baldwin County governing body is authorized to provide, upon adoption of a resolution, for the compensation of personnel, and...
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11-50-400
Section 11-50-400 Use of public highway rights-of-way. Each such district is hereby authorized to use the right-of-way of public highways for construction of gas lines along the margin of said right-of-way subject to the district's obtaining written permission from the appropriate county commission or the State Department of Transportation as applicable. (Acts 1951, No. 762, p. 1319, §19; Acts 1969, No. 476, p. 932.)...
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