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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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45-37A-56.70
Section 45-37A-56.70 Obstruction of streets, roads, etc. (a) This section shall only apply
in Jefferson County. (b)(1)a. It shall be unlawful for any railroad train to obstruct any
public street, road, or highway crossing-at-grade within a Class 1 municipality in the county
for more than five minutes. b. The railroad corporation or company that owns or operates a
train violating this subdivision is liable for a civil penalty not exceeding one thousand
dollars ($1,000) for each violation. (2) A train crew, yard crew, or engine crew of a train
blocking a public crossing shall immediately take all reasonable steps, consistent with safe
operation of that train, to clear the crossing upon receiving information from a law enforcement
officer, member of a fire department, or operator of an emergency vehicle that emergency circumstances
require the clearing of the crossing. (3) If a train is stopped on a railroad track and is
obstructing a public street, road, or highway crossing-at-grade, the...
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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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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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15-8-150
Section 15-8-150 Contents; sufficiency; use of analogous forms. The forms of indictment set
forth in this section in all cases in which they are applicable, are sufficient, and analogous
forms may be used in other cases. (1) CAPTION, COMMENCEMENT AND CONCLUSION GENERALLY. The
State of Alabama,) Circuit court, ___ session, ___) 20___ The grand jury of said county charge
that, before the finding of this indictment, etc. (describing the offense as in the following
forms), against the peace and dignity of the State of Alabama. E.F.J.,District Attorney of
the ______ circuit. (2) ADVERTISING, ETC., UNREGISTERED SECURITIES. A. B. did, contrary to
law, and subsequent to the ____ day of ____, 20__, advertise (or otherwise describing the
unlawful act) in this state for the purpose of inducing or securing subscriptions to or sales
of the capital stock of the X. Y. company (or otherwise describing the security so advertised),
which said stock (or other security) had not then...
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23-1-9
Section 23-1-9 Elimination of railroad grade crossings. Whenever the funds of the state are
being expended for the construction, maintenance, or repair of a public highway, the State
Department of Transportation shall have the power and authority to compel all railways operating
in this state to construct viaducts, tunnels, underpasses, or bridges to the full extent of
the width of the right-of-way and over the tracks as owned or operated by any railway when,
in the judgment of the State Department of Transportation, such viaducts, tunnels, underpasses,
or bridges are necessary for the safety of the general public and whereby a dangerous grade
crossing is eliminated. The State Department of Transportation may appropriate out of the
funds credited to the State Department of Transportation for the construction and maintenance
of highways an amount not to exceed 50 percent of the cost to construct said viaducts, tunnels,
underpasses, or bridges to the full extent of the width of 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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23-1-40
Section 23-1-40 Duties and powers generally. (a) It shall be the duty of the Department of
Transportation to designate the roads to be constructed, repaired, and maintained and to construct,
standardize, repair, and maintain roads and bridges of this state; and it shall have authority
to make contracts or agreements to construct or pave the roadway only of the street or streets
which will serve to connect the state highway constructed or repaired by the department within
any municipality in the State of Alabama. (b) In such municipalities in which the Department
of Transportation has not designated the street or streets which are a part of the state highways
constructed or repaired by the department, it shall be the duty of the department to designate
such street or streets. The department may also cooperate or contract with any municipality
or county in the paving or improving of any street or streets, highway or highways, or walkway
or walkways upon which a state educational or...
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45-18-70.02
Section 45-18-70.02 Commission districts. For the purpose of this article , and for future
elections of associate members of the county commission, Conecuh County is divided into five
separate geographical districts, to be numbered 1 to 5, inclusive, and are described as follows:
DISTRICT 1 Start at the southeastern-most corner of the county, where Conecuh County, Covington
County, and Escambia County meet; go west along the Conecuh River following the county line
to the Sepulga River; go north along the Sepulga River following the Conecuh County line to
Brooklyn; go west along the Conecuh County line to the second unpaved road, south of County
Road 6, just east of Feagin Creek; go north along this unpaved road to County Road 6; go east
along County Road 6 to County Road 29; go north on County Road 29 to the first unpaved road,
just north of Franklintown, on the east side of County Road 29; continue to go east along
the unpaved road which forks, until you come to the second unpaved...
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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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