Ala. Code § 23-7-4 — Alabama Code / Title 23 / Chapter 7 / Section 23-7-4
Section 23-7-4 Board of Directors
Status: in_force

(a) The board of directors is the governing board of the bank. The board shall consist of seven voting members as follows:

(1) The Director of the Department of Transportation, ex officio, who shall be designated as chair.

(2) The State Finance Director, ex officio, who shall be designated as secretary.

(3) Three members appointed by the Governor.

(4) One member of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

(5) One member of the Senate appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate.

(b) Members appointed by the Governor hold office concurrently with the Governor and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall serve during the member’s term of office during which the member was appointed and until the member’s successor is appointed and qualified. The vice chair shall be elected by the board. Any person appointed to fill a vacancy shall be appointed in the same manner as the original appointee for the remainder of the unexpired term.

(c) Any four members of the board of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

(d) All appointing authorities shall coordinate their appointments so that the diversity of gender, race, and geographical areas is reflective of the makeup of this state.
Ala. Code § 23-1-28 — Alabama Code / Title 23 / Chapter 1 / Section 23-1-28
Section 23-1-28 Legal Division - Offices, Etc.; Expenses
Status: in_force

The chief counsel and the assistant counsel shall be furnished with offices, necessary stenographic and clerical help, subject to the provisions of the state Merit System law, and office equipment, stationery, and postage and shall be allowed traveling expenses when traveling on business of the state pursuant to Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 36, all to be paid by the State Department of Transportation from funds appropriated or otherwise available therefor.
Ala. Code § 23-1-9 — Alabama Code / Title 23 / Chapter 1 / Section 23-1-9
Section 23-1-9 Elimination of Railroad Grade Crossings
Status: in_force

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 right-of-way and over the tracks as owned or operated by any railway in this state. If after due notice to a railroad that such a viaduct, tunnel, underpass, or bridge, in the judgment of the State Department of Transportation, is necessary to be built or constructed across the width of the right-of-way and over the tracks of the railway and such railway fails or refuses to comply with the order of the State Department of Transportation as provided in this section, the State Department of Transportation is empowered and authorized to forthwith build or construct such viaducts, tunnels, underpasses, or bridges, and the amounts so expended for such construction as provided in this section, shall constitute a charge against such railway and the State Department of Transportation shall render a bill to such railway stating the amounts expended and for what purpose; and upon the failure or refusal of such railway to make payment of the amount due the state, the State Department of Transportation shall forward all data and information to the Attorney General of this state, who shall immediately institute an action in the name of the State of Alabama, as provided by law, for the recovery of the amount as reported by the State Department of Transportation as due by the railway for the funds to be expended in the construction of viaducts, tunnels, underpasses, or bridges across the width of the right-of-way and over the tracks of such railway. Upon the recovery of such funds, the amount shall be paid into the State Treasury and credited to the account of the State Department of Transportation from which such funds were withdrawn; but said railway shall not be required to pay exceeding 50 percent of the cost thereof.
Ala. Code § 23-5-2 — Alabama Code / Title 23 / Chapter 5 / Section 23-5-2
Section 23-5-2 Driving Around, Destruction, Etc., of Detour or Warning Sign, or Barricade or Fence
Status: in_force

(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 any letters or figures on a detour or warning sign set upon a highway or road of this state, or who wilfully knocks down, removes, rearranges, destroys, defaces or alters any letter or figures on a barricade or fence erected on any highway or road of this state, or who drives around or through any barricade or fence on any officially closed highway or road of this state or drives around such detour sign or barricade or fence or any person who wilfully ignores or disregards a warning sign before such road has been officially opened to the public traffic by the State Department of Transportation or, in appropriate cases, by the county or municipal officer responsible for constructing or maintaining such roads, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; provided, that as long as no damage is done to the new work, this section shall have no application to peace officers in the performance of their duties, nor to employees of the State Department of Transportation, nor of the contractor, nor of the federal authorities when engaged in inspection of surveys, repairs, maintenance, or construction on or alongside such highways, within the right-of-way, nor individuals domiciled or making their livelihood within the affected areas, nor to any person or group of persons who shall be authorized by the Director of Transportation or any appropriate county or municipal officer.

(c) Every person convicted of a violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than $5.00 nor more than $100.00 or by imprisonment for not more than 30 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Ala. Code § 23-2-155 — Alabama Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2 / Section 23-2-155
Section 23-2-155 Authority to Maintain Own Toll Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
Status: in_force

Each toll road, bridge and tunnel project when constructed and opened to traffic shall be maintained and kept in good condition and repair by the authority.
Ala. Code § 23-1-312 — Alabama Code / Title 23 / Chapter 1 / Section 23-1-312
Section 23-1-312 Bonds and Notes - Exemption from Taxation; Use as Security for Deposits; Eligibility as Investment for Fiduciary Funds
Status: in_force

(a) Any obligations authorized by this article and the income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation in the state.

(b) Any of the obligations authorized by this article may be used by the holder thereof as security for the deposit of any funds belonging to the state or to any instrumentality or agency of the state in any instance where security for such deposits may be required by law.

(c) Unless otherwise directed by the court having jurisdiction thereof or by the document that is the source of power, a trustee, executor, administrator, guardian or one acting in any other fiduciary capacity may, in addition to any other investment powers conferred by law and with the exercise of reasonable business prudence, invest fiduciary funds in any of the obligations authorized by this article.
Ala. Code § 23-7-15 — Alabama Code / Title 23 / Chapter 7 / Section 23-7-15
Section 23-7-15 Annual Report; Audit
Status: in_force

Following the close of each state fiscal year, the bank shall submit an annual report of its activities for the preceding year to the Governor and to the Legislature. The report may be incorporated into the annual report required pursuant to Section 23-1-35 or may be prepared as a separate document. The bank also shall submit an annual report to the appropriate federal agency in accordance with requirements of any federal program. An independent certified public accountant or the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts shall perform an audit of the books and accounts of the bank at least once in each state fiscal year.
Ala. Code § 23-2-167 — Alabama Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2 / Section 23-2-167
Section 23-2-167 Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this article, the following words shall have the following meanings:

(1) AUTHORITY. The Alabama Toll Road, Bridge and Tunnel Authority, as defined in Section 23-2-142.

(2) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Transportation.

(3) ELECTRONIC TOLL COLLECTION. A method of collecting tolls or charges which is capable of charging an account holder the appropriate toll or charge, including, but not limited to, either of the following:

a. The transmission of information from an electronic device on a motor vehicle to the toll system, which information is used to charge the account the appropriate toll or charge.

b. The transmission of license plate information from a photo-monitoring system to the toll system, which information is used to charge the account the appropriate toll or charge.

(4) ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION. Any process of communication not directly involving the physical transfer of paper that is suitable for the retention, retrieval, and reproduction of information by the recipient.

(5) LESSOR. Any person, corporation, firm, partnership, agency, association, or organization renting or leasing vehicles to a lessee under a rental agreement, lease, or otherwise providing the lessee with the exclusive use of the vehicle for any period of time.

(6) LESSEE. Any person, corporation, firm, partnership, agency, association, or organization that rents, leases, or contracts for the use of one or more vehicles and has exclusive use of the vehicles for any period of time.

(7) OPERATOR. Any person who is or was driving a vehicle that is or was the subject of a toll violation, but who is not the owner of the vehicle.

(8) OWNER. Any person or entity who, at the time of a toll violation and with respect to the vehicle involved in the violation, is the registrant or co-registrant of the vehicle with the Motor Vehicle Division of the Department of Revenue or with another state, territory, district, province, nation, or jurisdiction.

(9) PAYMENT. Paying a toll by cash, by permitting a charge against a valid account with the authority, department, or private toll entity, or by any other means of payment approved by the authority, department, or private toll entity.

(10) PHOTO-MONITORING SYSTEM. A vehicle sensor installed to work in conjunction with a toll collection facility that automatically produces one or more photographs, one or more microphotographs, a videotape, or other recorded images of a vehicle at the time it passes through a toll collection point. Information obtained by a photo-monitoring system may be used to charge the account of an account holder or to identify violations of toll collection regulations.

(11) PRIVATE TOLL ENTITY. An individual, group of individuals, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, or any other legal entity licensed pursuant to Section 23-1-81 or Section 23-2-144(12), to operate toll collection facilities.

(12) TOLL. Charges prescribed by the authority, department, or private toll entity for the use of any toll road, bridge, causeway, or tunnel under the jurisdiction of the authority or department or under the ownership or operation of a private toll entity.

(13) TOLL VIOLATION. The passage of a vehicle through a toll collection point without payment of the required toll.

(14) VEHICLE or MOTOR VEHICLE. A motor vehicle, as defined in Section 32-7A-2.