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AL Code § 32-2-82 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 2 - Department of Public Safety.|Article 5 - Public Safety Motor Vehicle Replacement Fund.|Section 32-2-82 - Transfer of Vehicles; Notification of Purchase.

Section 32-2-82Transfer of vehicles; notification of purchase. The Department of Public Safety may not transfer automotive vehicles from law enforcement personnel nor vehicles designated for law enforcement purposes to other personnel in that department nor shall vehicles be transferred to be used for any other purpose in that department nor transferred to any other state agency. Whenever the Department of Public Safety intends to purchase vehicles, the director shall provide written notification to the Director of Finance, the Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means, and the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation-General Fund at least ten (10) days prior to the purchase. Such notification shall include the number of vehicles, the cost of those vehicles and the designated purpose for those vehicles. (Acts 1995, No. 95-389, p. 795, §3.)
AL Code § 32-2-84 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 2 - Department of Public Safety.|Article 5 - Public Safety Motor Vehicle Replacement Fund.|Section 32-2-84 - Funds Designated in Addition to Money Transferred to Department.

Section 32-2-84Funds designated in addition to money transferred to department. The funds designated by this article to be deposited to the Motor Vehicle Replacement Fund are intended to be in addition to the amounts transferred annually to the Department of Public Safety from the Public Road and Bridge Fund pursuant to Act 91-797. Funds transferred to the Department of Public Safety, which will become part of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, pursuant to Act 91-797 may be expended for the operations of the department as well as for the purchase of equipment for traffic law enforcement, as provided by that act. Such equipment shall include motor vehicles and related equipment only. (Acts 1995, No. 95-389, p. 795, §5; Act 2009-514, p. 1402, §2; Act 2011-635, p. 1528, §1; Act 2014-320, p. 1144, §1.)
AL Code § 32-2-100 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 2 - Department of Public Safety.|Article 6 - State Capitol Police Officers.|Section 32-2-100 - State Capitol Police Officers.

Section 32-2-100State Capitol police officers. (a) The Director of the Alabama Department of Public Safety shall employ the necessary state Capitol police officers, subject to the state Merit System laws, to preserve order, to prevent and investigate crime, and protect and save from injury persons and property at the Capitol and all state buildings occupied by the state departments and agencies within the State of Alabama. The director shall prescribe the duties and responsibilities of the state Capitol police officers. All officers employed as state Capitol police officers shall meet the certification requirements as established by the Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission prior to being granted permanent employment status. (b) Upon September 1, 2003, all state Capitol police officers and employees shall be transferred to the Alabama Department of Public Safety. Sworn officers transferred in accordance with this section shall remain in their current Merit System classification, unless later altered or amended by the State Personnel Board. The Director of the Department of Finance shall cause to be transferred to the Department of Public Safety, the annual funding appropriation and budget for the state Capitol police officers and all individual and organizational equipment, uniforms, vehicles, and other property currently utilized by the state Capitol police officers. The Director of Finance and the Director of Public Safety may enter into an interagency agreement to facilitate this transfer of employees and property. (c) Upon September 1, 2003, the classification of State Capitol Police Chief shall be transferred to the Department of Public Safety with no loss of pay or benefits, to be assigned duties as the Director of Public Safety or his or her designee shall designate. (d) State Capitol police officers, when duly appointed, shall have the powers of peace officers in this state and may exercise such powers anywhere within the state. (e) Any reference to the state Capitol police officers under the Department of Finance shall henceforth be considered as the state Capitol police under the Department of Public Safety. (Act 2003-363, p. 1014, §2.)
AL Code § 32-5-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5 - Regulation of Operation of Motor Vehicles, etc., Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 32-5-1 - Powers of Local Authorities.

Section 32-5-1Powers of local authorities. (a) Except as herein otherwise provided, local authorities shall have no power to pass, enforce, or maintain any ordinance, rule, or regulation requiring from any owner or chauffeur or other authorized driver to whom this chapter is applicable, any additional license or permit for the use of the public highways, or excluding any such owner, chauffeur, or other authorized driver from the public highway, nor to pass, enforce, or maintain any ordinance, rule, or regulation regulating motor vehicles or their speed contrary to the provisions of this chapter, nor shall any such law now in force or hereafter enacted have any effect. (b) Local authorities shall have no power or authority to charge a license or tax upon any motor carrier hauling passengers or any truck hauling freight for hire, when such motor carriers in the usual course of operations enter or pass through any county, municipality, or town of this state; provided, that this limitation shall not restrict the right of any municipality to charge a license for the privilege of maintaining or operating a terminal station, depot, or waiting room therein. (c) Local authorities may set aside for a given time a specified public highway for speed contests or races, to be conducted under proper restrictions for the safety of the public. Local authorities may exclude motor vehicles from any cemetery or grounds used for burial of the dead. (d) Local authorities shall have power to provide by ordinance for the regulation of traffic by means of traffic officers or semaphores or other signaling devices on any portion of the highway where traffic is heavy or continuous and may prohibit other than one-way traffic upon certain highways and may regulate the use of the highways by processions or assemblages. (e) Local authorities may also regulate or prohibit the parking of vehicles within the limits of their respective municipalities, and may also regulate the speed of vehicles in public parks and shall erect at all entrances to such parks adequate signs giving notice of any such special speed regulations. (Code 1923, §6269; Acts 1927, No. 347, p. 348; Code 1940, T. 36, §32.)
AL Code § 32-5-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5 - Regulation of Operation of Motor Vehicles, etc., Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 32-5-2 - Regulation of Use of Real Property by Owner; Owner to Erect and Maintain Traffic-Control Devices.

Section 32-5-2Regulation of use of real property by owner; owner to erect and maintain traffic-control devices. Nothing in this chapter shall be so construed as to prevent the owner of real property used in public for purposes of vehicular travel by permission of the owner and not as matter of right, from prohibiting such use nor from requiring other or different or additional conditions than those specified in this chapter or otherwise regulating such use as may seem best to such owner. Provided, however, when the owner of real property allows the real property to be used by the public for the purpose of vehicular travel, and/or as a quasi-public parking lot for the use of customers, tenants, or employees of the property, the owner of the real property shall erect and maintain all traffic-control devices thereon in strict accordance with the rules and regulations in effect in the local jurisdiction and in conformance with the Alabama Manual on Uniform Traffic-Control Devices and any revisions thereof. Nothing herein contained, however, shall be construed to compel the state or local governmental jurisdiction to maintain such quasi-public parking areas and lots or to install or maintain any traffic-control device therein and thereon. The owner of the real property shall be required to meet the requirements of Section 32-5-31(a) with respect to local authorities in their respective jurisdictions. (Acts 1927, No. 347, p. 348; Code 1940, T. 36, §33; Acts 1979, No. 79-673, p. 1188.)
AL Code § 32-5-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5 - Regulation of Operation of Motor Vehicles, etc., Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 32-5-3 - Loading From Ramps, Platforms, or Other Devices.

Section 32-5-3Loading from ramps, platforms, or other devices. It shall be unlawful and constitute a misdemeanor for any person to park or place any vehicle upon the public highway opposite or at or near a ramp or any other constructed platform, or any other loading device, and take on or be loaded therefrom. Any person violating this section upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than $25.00 nor more than $100.00, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 10 days, nor more than 30 days, or by both fine and imprisonment. (Acts 1927, No. 347, p. 348; Code 1940, T. 36, §4.)
AL Code § 32-5-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5 - Regulation of Operation of Motor Vehicles, etc., Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 32-5-4 - Unloading Logs, Lumber, etc., on or Near Highways.

Section 32-5-4Unloading logs, lumber, etc., on or near highways. It shall be unlawful and constitute a misdemeanor for any person to unload from a vehicle of any kind in whole or in part any lumber, logs or any other article upon the highway, or within the limits of the right-of-way of any public highway, or place lumber or logs, or any other article at or near either limit of the road right-of-way which may endanger the safety of life, limb or property of any person passing upon the highway. Any person violating this section upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than $25.00 nor more than $100.00, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 10 days nor more than 30 days, or by both fine and imprisonment. (Acts 1927, No. 347, p. 348; Code 1940, T. 36, §4.)
AL Code § 32-5-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5 - Regulation of Operation of Motor Vehicles, etc., Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 32-5-5 - Removal of Ramps, Platforms, and Obstructions.

Section 32-5-5Removal of ramps, platforms, and obstructions. It shall be the duty of the Director of Transportation to immediately remove or cause to be removed any ramp or platform extending upon the right-of-way of any public highway and to remove or cause to be removed immediately upon notice any obstruction found upon the roadway likely to endanger life, limb, or property and to remove or cause to be removed any obstruction found in the ditches or drains of any public highway, and he or she shall have the authority to proceed against any person guilty of violating any provision of Sections 32-5-3 and 32-5-4 as provided by law. (Acts 1927, No. 347, p. 348; Code 1940, T. 36, §4.)
AL Code § 32-5-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5 - Regulation of Operation of Motor Vehicles, etc., Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 32-5-8 - School Bus Specifications and Operation.

Section 32-5-8School bus specifications and operation. The State Board of Education shall adopt minimum standards, not inconsistent with this chapter, to govern the specifications of all new school buses purchased in the future and for the overall operation of all school buses used for the transportation of school children when owned and operated by any school system or privately owned and operated under contract with any school system. (Acts 1949, No. 516, p. 740, §33.)
AL Code § 32-5-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5 - Regulation of Operation of Motor Vehicles, etc., Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 32-5-9 - Liability for Damage to Highway or Structure.

Section 32-5-9Liability for damage to highway or structure. (a) Any person driving any vehicle, object, or contrivance upon any highway or highway structure shall be liable for all damage which the highway or structure may sustain as a result of any illegal or careless operation, driving or moving of such vehicle, object, or contrivance, or as a result of operating, driving, or moving any vehicle, object, or contrivance weighing in excess of the maximum weight prescribed by law but authorized by a special permit issued as provided in Section 32-9-29. (b) Whenever such driver is not the owner of such vehicle, object, or contrivance, but is so operating, driving, or moving the same with the express or implied permission of the owner, then the owner and driver shall be jointly and severally liable for any such damage. (c) Such damage may be recovered in a civil action brought by the authorities in control of such highway or highway structures. (Acts 1949, No. 516, p. 740, §41.)
AL Code § 32-5-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5 - Regulation of Operation of Motor Vehicles, etc., Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 32-5-11 - Throwing or Shooting Deadly or Dangerous Missile Into Occupied Vehicle.

Section 32-5-11Throwing or shooting deadly or dangerous missile into occupied vehicle. Whoever willfully throws or shoots a rock, stone, brick or piece of iron, steel or other like metal, or any deadly or dangerous missile or fire bomb, into a motor vehicle that is occupied by one or more persons is guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be imprisoned for not less than one year and a day and shall be fined not less than $500.00. This section is cumulative. (Acts 1967, No. 429, p. 1099.)
AL Code § 32-5-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5 - Regulation of Operation of Motor Vehicles, etc., Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 32-5-12 - Distress Flag for Handicapped or Paraplegic Drivers - Authorized; Design.

Section 32-5-12Distress flag for handicapped or paraplegic drivers - Authorized; design. Handicapped or paraplegic drivers of motor vehicles are authorized when getting into and out of such vehicles, or when in motor vehicle distress, to display a white flag of approximately seven and one-half inches in width and 13 inches in length, with the letter "H" thereon in red color with an irregular one-half inch red border. The flag shall be of reflective material so as to be readily discernible under darkened conditions and shall be issued under Section 32-5-13. (Acts 1961, No. 710, p. 1006, §1.)
AL Code § 32-5-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5 - Regulation of Operation of Motor Vehicles, etc., Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 32-5-13 - Distress Flag for Handicapped or Paraplegic Drivers - Fee; Card Authorizing Use; Replacement Flags.

Section 32-5-13Distress flag for handicapped or paraplegic drivers - Fee; card authorizing use; replacement flags. The Director of Public Safety may, upon application and payment of a fee of $1.00, issue to any handicapped person a distress flag as described in Section 32-5-12, and a card which shall be applicant's authority to use such flag. This card shall set forth applicant's name, address, date of birth, physical apparatus, if any, needed to operate a motor vehicle, and other pertinent facts which the director deems desirable. The card and flag issued to an applicant shall bear corresponding numbers. In the event of loss or destruction of such flag a replacement may be issued upon the payment of the sum of $1.00 by the applicant. The Director of Public Safety shall maintain a list of those persons to whom distress flags and cards have been issued. (Acts 1961, No. 710, p. 1006, §2.)
AL Code § 32-5-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5 - Regulation of Operation of Motor Vehicles, etc., Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 32-5-14 - Distress Flag for Handicapped or Paraplegic Drivers - Penalty for Illegal Use.

Section 32-5-14Distress flag for handicapped or paraplegic drivers - Penalty for illegal use. Any person who is not a handicapped or paraplegic person who uses the distress flag as a distress signal or for any other purpose or any other person who violates any provision of Sections 32-5-12 through 32-5-14 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as provided by law. (Acts 1961, No. 710, p. 1006, §3.)
AL Code § 32-5-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5 - Regulation of Operation of Motor Vehicles, etc., Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 32-5-16 - State Trooper May Close Highways.

Section 32-5-16State 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.)
AL Code § 32-5-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5 - Regulation of Operation of Motor Vehicles, etc., Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 32-5-17 - Nuisance of Casting Light From Motor Vehicle on Real Property at Night; Exceptions; Penalty.

Section 32-5-17Nuisance of casting light from motor vehicle on real property at night; exceptions; penalty. (a) It shall be deemed a nuisance and shall be unlawful for any person, or one or more of a group of persons together, between the hours of sunset and sunrise, to willfully throw or cast, or cause to be thrown or cast, in a continuous and repeated manner, the rays of a spotlight, headlight, or other artificial light from any motor vehicle or with the aid of any motor vehicle, while the motor vehicle is on any highway or public road and casting the light on any real property. The provisions of this section shall not apply to farmers while checking livestock and repair upon land which they own, lease, or rent, nor to employees of a utility company when such employees are acting within the scope of their employment. The Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall be empowered to issue exceptional permits for the purpose of wildlife management, research, or education. (b) Any violation of the provisions of this section shall be a Class B misdemeanor. (Acts 1979, No. 79-709, p. 1262; Acts 1987, No. 87-575, p. 918.)
AL Code § 32-5-31 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5 - Regulation of Operation of Motor Vehicles, etc., Generally.|Article 2 - Signs, Signals and Markings.|Section 32-5-31 - Local Traffic-Control Devices.

Section 32-5-31Local traffic-control devices. (a) Local authorities in their respective jurisdictions shall place and maintain such traffic-control devices upon highways under their jurisdiction as they may deem necessary to indicate and carry out the provisions of this chapter or local traffic ordinances or to regulate, warn, or guide traffic. (b) Repealed by Acts 1980, No. 80-434, §15-106. (Acts 1927, No. 347, p. 348; Code 1940, T. 36, §48; Acts 1949, No. 517, p. 754, §14; Acts 1976, No. 355, p. 399.)
AL Code § 32-5-51 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5 - Regulation of Operation of Motor Vehicles, etc., Generally.|Article 3 - Operation of Vehicles Generally.|Section 32-5-51 - Towing or Hauling Disabled Vehicle.

Section 32-5-51Towing or hauling disabled vehicle. No provision of this chapter shall prevent a motor vehicle from hauling or towing a disabled vehicle while on the highway to a point for the purpose of making repairs; provided, that such motor vehicle otherwise complies with the requirements of this chapter and is in charge of a responsible driver; a drawbar or other connection between any two such vehicles shall not exceed 15 feet in length, and there shall be displayed at the rear of the last vehicle a red flag or other signal or cloth not less than 12 inches in length and width and lighted as required by Section 32-5-240. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided in Section 32-5-311. (Acts 1927, No. 347, p. 348; Code 1940, T. 36, §81.)
AL Code § 32-5-54 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5 - Regulation of Operation of Motor Vehicles, etc., Generally.|Article 3 - Operation of Vehicles Generally.|Section 32-5-54 - Keep to the Right in Crossing Intersections or Railroads.

Section 32-5-54Keep to the right in crossing intersections or railroads. In crossing an intersection of highways or in the intersection of a highway by a railroad right-of-way, the driver of a vehicle shall at all times cause such vehicle to travel on the right half of the highway unless such right half is obstructed or impassable. (Acts 1949, No. 516, p. 740, §5.)
AL Code § 32-5-64 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5 - Regulation of Operation of Motor Vehicles, etc., Generally.|Article 3 - Operation of Vehicles Generally.|Section 32-5-64 - Persons Under 16 Years of Age Operating Motor Vehicles - Prohibited; Driver Training Programs.

Section 32-5-64Persons under 16 years of age operating motor vehicles - Prohibited; driver training programs. Any person under the age of 16 years who shall drive or operate any motor vehicle upon the public highways of this state shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be dealt with as provided by the juvenile laws of this state. This section shall not apply to any student enrolled in a driver training program approved by the State Superintendent of Education or the Director of Public Safety while driving or operating a motor vehicle pursuant to the instructional program. However, no student in any driver training program who is under 16 years of age shall drive or operate any motor vehicle unless accompanied by a licensed driver who is 21 years of age or older. (Code 1923, §3329; Acts 1927, No. 347, p. 348; Code 1940, T. 36, §55; Acts 1949, No. 517, p. 754, §17; Act 2010-735, p. 1850, §1.)
AL Code § 32-5-65 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5 - Regulation of Operation of Motor Vehicles, etc., Generally.|Article 3 - Operation of Vehicles Generally.|Section 32-5-65 - Persons Under 16 Years of Age Operating Motor Vehicles - Owner of Motor Vehicle Permitting.

Section 32-5-65Persons under 16 years of age operating motor vehicles - Owner of motor vehicle permitting. Any owner or person in charge of any motor vehicle who permits any child under the age of 16 years to operate such motor vehicle upon the public highways of this state, except as provided by Section 32-5-64, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished as provided by Section 32-5-311. (Code 1923, §3330; Acts 1927, No. 347, p. 348; Code 1940, T. 36, §56; Acts 1949, No. 517, p. 754, §18.)