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AL Code § 37-4-42 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 4 - Public Utilities Other Than Transportation Companies or Motor Vehicle Carriers.|Article 2 - Property and Franchises.|Division 1 - Sale of Lease in General|Section 37-4-42 - Approval by Commission - Property Located Within Single Municipality.

Section 37-4-42Approval by commission - Property located within single municipality. In cases where the property of the utility proposed to be sold and conveyed or leased lies within, and the franchises and public duties thereof relate to a single municipality, and in cases where such a utility is owned by a corporation, and its capital stock is proposed to be sold, the question whether the proposed sale and conveyance or lease is consistent with the interests of the public shall be determined by the governing body of such municipality, and also by the Public Service Commission, and if the governing body of such municipality and the commission shall each determine that the proposed sale and conveyance, or lease, is consistent with the interests of the public, their determination shall be shown by their approval of the proposed sale and conveyance or lease. (Acts 1915, No. 205, p. 268; Code 1923, §9826; Code 1940, T. 48, §338.)
AL Code § 37-4-43 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 4 - Public Utilities Other Than Transportation Companies or Motor Vehicle Carriers.|Article 2 - Property and Franchises.|Division 1 - Sale of Lease in General|Section 37-4-43 - Otherwise Legal Sales, etc., Not Affected.

Section 37-4-43Otherwise legal sales, etc., not affected. Nothing in this division shall be construed to limit or restrict any right to sell, lease, hypothecate or mortgage any property, or to invalidate any legal sale, lease, hypothecation or mortgage thereof, where the same is legal without reference to the provisions of this division. (Acts 1915, No. 205, p. 268; Code 1923, §9828; Code 1940, T. 48, §340.)
AL Code § 37-4-44 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 4 - Public Utilities Other Than Transportation Companies or Motor Vehicle Carriers.|Article 2 - Property and Franchises.|Division 1 - Sale of Lease in General|Section 37-4-44 - Sale of Property in Interstate Commerce Contrary to Federal Law Not Authorized.

Section 37-4-44Sale of property in interstate commerce contrary to federal law not authorized. Nothing contained in this division shall be construed to authorize the sale and conveyance of property employed in the business of commerce among or between the states and territories of the United States or District of Columbia contrary to the laws of the United States. (Acts 1915, No. 205, p. 268; Code 1923, §9829; Code 1940, T. 48, §341.)
AL Code § 37-4-45 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 4 - Public Utilities Other Than Transportation Companies or Motor Vehicle Carriers.|Article 2 - Property and Franchises.|Division 1 - Sale of Lease in General|Section 37-4-45 - Conveyance of Water Distribution Facilities to Public Authority or Corporation by Not-for-Profit Entity Without Necessity of Commission Approval.

Section 37-4-45Conveyance of water distribution facilities to public authority or corporation by not-for-profit entity without necessity of commission approval. Any provision of this division to the contrary notwithstanding, any not-for-profit corporation or other not-for-profit entity owning, operating, leasing or controlling any plant, property or facility for the supply, storage, distribution or furnishing to or for the public of water for manufacturing, municipal, domestic or other uses, may sell, convey, lease or otherwise dispose of any or all of such plant, property, or facility, and its other properties, including without limitation any franchises, rights, contracts, business, good will and all other assets, to any public authority or corporation that is organized under the laws of Alabama and that is empowered to own, operate, lease or control such plant, property or facility, all without the necessity of any approval or consent of the Public Service Commission. (Acts 1981, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 81-1197, p. 530.)
AL Code § 37-4-60 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 4 - Public Utilities Other Than Transportation Companies or Motor Vehicle Carriers.|Article 2 - Property and Franchises.|Division 2 - Purchase by Municipality or Governmental Agency.|Section 37-4-60 - Notice of Intention to Engage in Business.

Section 37-4-60Notice of intention to engage in business. Whenever any municipal corporation, county improvement authority, power district, federal or other governmental agency, sometimes called "agency" in this division, proposes to engage in the business of operating an electric light plant or distribution system, or of furnishing electric service for industrial, domestic or other consumption and at the time such agency proposes to engage in such business there is then in existence within the territory in which it is proposed to furnish such electric service a plant or distribution system, either or both, or any part or parts thereof, furnishing the service so proposed to be furnished by such agency, then such agency, as a condition precedent to the exercise of such authority, shall notify the owner of such plant or system by registered or certified mail of its intention to engage in such business and of its willingness to acquire on such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon so much of such plant and system as shall be located in the territory in which the agency proposes to furnish such service and as shall be necessary and convenient therefor. (Acts 1939, No. 244, p. 405; Code 1940, T. 48, §342.)
AL Code § 37-4-61 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 4 - Public Utilities Other Than Transportation Companies or Motor Vehicle Carriers.|Article 2 - Property and Franchises.|Division 2 - Purchase by Municipality or Governmental Agency.|Section 37-4-61 - Voluntary Sales.

Section 37-4-61Voluntary sales. If within 30 days after receipt of such notice the owner shall propose voluntarily to sell and transfer such property to the agency upon terms and conditions to be mutually agreed upon between the owner and the agency and approved by the Alabama Public Service Commission, and serve a copy of such proposal upon the agency and upon the commission, the commission shall fix a time and place to hear and consider such proposal and notify all parties interested therein. If the terms and conditions of purchase and sale shall be agreed upon by and between the owner and the agency and approved by the commission, the commission shall announce its approval thereof by appropriate order, and the agency shall by resolution or ordinance, as the case may be, authorize and direct the execution on the part of the agency of such contract in writing and other instrument and take any and every other action with reference thereto necessary or appropriate to consummate such purchase and sale and the transfer to the agency of possession of such acquired property and payment therefor in accordance with the terms of such agreement. If the owner fails or refuses to advise such agency within 30 days after receipt of such notice of its purpose to sell such property, then the agency may proceed as provided by law to construct, condemn or otherwise acquire a plant or system within the designated territory; and the advice to be given by the owner to such agency shall be sufficient if it advises that the owner is willing to sell the property provided the valuation as finally determined by the commission or court is satisfactory to the owner. Upon the owner advising of its willingness to sell such property, acquisition of the property sought to be acquired shall proceed with the rights and privileges to the respective parties as set forth in this division. (Acts 1939, No. 244, p. 405; Acts 1939, No. 414, p. 554; Code 1940, T. 48, §343.)
AL Code § 37-4-62 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 4 - Public Utilities Other Than Transportation Companies or Motor Vehicle Carriers.|Article 2 - Property and Franchises.|Division 2 - Purchase by Municipality or Governmental Agency.|Section 37-4-62 - Forced Sales - Application to Commission; Notice and Hearing; Order.

Section 37-4-62Forced sales - Application to commission; notice and hearing; order. If acquisition of the property sought to be acquired by the agency is not consummated under the provisions of Sections 37-4-60 and 37-4-61, the agency, before proceeding to engage in the proposed business, shall take such steps as may be provided in this division. If the agency and the owner fail within 60 days after written notice to the owner of the utility as provided in this division to consummate the proposed acquisition, either the agency or the owner may apply to the commission within 15 days after the expiration of such 60 days for a determination as to what property ought in the public interest to be included in the purchase and what price ought to be paid, having in view the cost of the property less a reasonable allowance for depreciation and obsolescence, and any other element which may enter into a determination of the fair value of the property to be purchased; but such price shall be determined without enhancement on account of future earning capacity or good will, or of exclusive privileges derived from rights in the public streets or roads. Thereupon, the commission, after notice to all interested parties, shall hold a hearing thereon and make the determination aforesaid. Such purchase shall include such portion of the property of the owner within the limits of the agency as is suitable for, and used in connection with, the generation or distribution of electricity within the agency or within the territory which the agency proposes to serve. The price shall include damages, if any, which the commission finds would be caused by the severance of the property proposed to be included in the purchase from other property of the owner. Such severance damages shall be separately found by the commission, and shall not exceed 15 percent of the amount, exclusive of such damages, fixed by the commission to be paid to the owner. If any such property is subject to any mortgages, liens or other encumbrances, the commission in making its determination shall provide for the deduction or withholding from the purchase price, pending discharge, of such sum or sums as it deems proper. The determination provided in this division shall be made by order, and such order shall be deemed a final order of the commission. The commission may impose in its order reasonable conditions relating to the terms and conditions of the proposed acquisition and shall state in its order the findings of fact and conclusions of law upon which its determination and the conditions attached thereto are based. (Acts 1939, No. 244, p. 405; Code 1940, T. 48, §344.)
AL Code § 37-4-63 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 4 - Public Utilities Other Than Transportation Companies or Motor Vehicle Carriers.|Article 2 - Property and Franchises.|Division 2 - Purchase by Municipality or Governmental Agency.|Section 37-4-63 - Forced Sales - Appeals to Circuit Court.

Section 37-4-63Forced sales - Appeals to circuit court. Any party shall have the right to appeal from the order of the commission, such appeal to be governed by existing provisions of law relating to appeals from final orders of the commission; except, that such appeal shall be taken to the circuit court of the judicial circuit containing the greater portion, by value, of the property to be acquired, and such appeal shall be taken within 10 days from the filing of the order of the commission. The order of the commission shall specify the judicial circuit in which the greater portion of the property, by value, is located, and such specification shall be conclusive for fixing the venue of an appeal. On any such appeal, if the court shall determine that any condition imposed by the order of the commission is unreasonable or that the commission has erred in determining the just compensation to be paid, the court shall proceed to enter the judgment the commission should have entered. Any action brought under the provisions of this division shall have a preferred status before the commission and in the courts as to trial and disposition thereof. (Acts 1939, No. 244, p. 405; Code 1940, T. 48, §345.)
AL Code § 37-4-64 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 4 - Public Utilities Other Than Transportation Companies or Motor Vehicle Carriers.|Article 2 - Property and Franchises.|Division 2 - Purchase by Municipality or Governmental Agency.|Section 37-4-64 - Forced Sales - Time for Complying With Order; Tender of Deed; Acceptance or Rejection.

Section 37-4-64Forced sales - Time for complying with order; tender of deed; acceptance or rejection. The owner shall have 30 days after a final determination by the commission or the courts to notify the agency of its acceptance of such determination and shall have a further period of 30 days to tender a good and sufficient deed of conveyance to the agency of the property required by the order of the commission or the court to be purchased by placing such deed in escrow with the commission or the court, as the case may be, and to comply with all other terms and conditions of the order or judgment. The agency shall have 60 days from the date of the deposit of the deed in escrow to accept or reject such deed, and if it accepts, the agency shall have a further period of 60 days to pay to the owner the price determined as provided in this division and to comply with all other terms and conditions of the order or judgment. For good cause shown the commission or the court may extend any period of time fixed in this section, such extension or extensions not to exceed a total of 60 days. If the owner fails to notify the agency of his acceptance and make tender of a deed as provided in this division within the time so fixed or extended, or to comply with all other terms and conditions of the order or judgment, the agency may proceed as provided by law to construct or otherwise acquire a plant or system within the territory where the property of such owner or any part thereof is located. If the agency shall reject the tender provided in this division for or shall fail to pay the purchase price of the property determined as provided in this division or to comply with all other terms and conditions of the order or judgment, the agency shall not engage in the business of operating an electric public utility in the territory where the property involved is located until it shall again be authorized, as provided by this division and the general law relating thereto, to engage in such business, and such agency shall not again institute proceedings under this division sooner than two years from the date of such rejection or the expiration of the time for the payment of such purchase price, as the case may be. (Acts 1939, No. 244, p. 405; Code 1940, T. 48, §346.)
AL Code § 37-4-65 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 4 - Public Utilities Other Than Transportation Companies or Motor Vehicle Carriers.|Article 2 - Property and Franchises.|Division 2 - Purchase by Municipality or Governmental Agency.|Section 37-4-65 - Certain Systems or Projects Exempted.

Section 37-4-65Certain systems or projects exempted. Nothing in this division shall be deemed to require the purchase of or payment of compensation for any existing plant or distribution system within the corporate limits of any agency in which the construction of any electric distribution system has been already authorized by an election held prior to September 12, 1939, nor shall this division apply with respect to any project for which loans or grants have been made or were under contract to be made by the United States through the Federal Emergency Administrator of Public Works, the Federal Works Administrator, the Commissioner of Public Works, the Federal Works Agency, or the Public Works Administration, prior to September 12, 1939, nor shall this division apply to rural electric membership corporation distribution systems. (Acts 1939, No. 244, p. 405; Acts 1939, No. 414, p. 554; Code 1940, T. 48, §347.)
AL Code § 37-8-91 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 8 - Penal Provisions.|Article 5 - Offenses Involving Common Carriers Generally.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 37-8-91 - Jumping on or Off Trains.

Section 37-8-91Jumping on or off trains. Any person not a passenger or intended passenger, employee or agent of a railroad, or an officer of any city or town, or sheriff or his deputy, or such persons as may go upon the train to act as escort to assist some person who has taken passage, who jumps on or off any train while in motion, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall be punished by fine and imprisonment, either or both, at the discretion of the court, not to exceed $25.00 fine and 30 days in the county jail. (Code 1907, §7679; Code 1923, §5360; Code 1940, T. 48, §459.)
AL Code § 37-8-94 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 8 - Penal Provisions.|Article 5 - Offenses Involving Common Carriers Generally.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 37-8-94 - Venue for Violations Committed on Trains or Buses.

Section 37-8-94Venue for violations committed on trains or buses. Any person charged with a violation of the provisions of this article committed on a train or bus may be tried in any county in which such violation may have occurred or may be discovered; or in any county in which said person may ride on said train or bus, or part thereof, during or after the commission of said offense. (Code 1907, §7683; Code 1923, §5364; Code 1940, T. 48, §463.)
AL Code § 37-8-110 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 8 - Penal Provisions.|Article 5 - Offenses Involving Common Carriers Generally.|Division 2 - Violations by Railroad or Its Employees.|Section 37-8-110 - Noncompliance With Commission Order to Erect Depot or to Provide Conveniences for Travelers - Generally.

Section 37-8-110Noncompliance with commission order to erect depot or to provide conveniences for travelers - Generally. Any person or corporation operating a railroad which fails for more than 90 days after its receipt, and for such further time, if any, as may be allowed by the Public Service Commission, to comply with a legal order of the public service commission, regarding the erection of a depot, or providing other conveniences for travelers at stations, must, on conviction, be fined not less than $250.00 nor more than $5,000.00. To any indictment under this section, it is good defense that such order was, in view of all the circumstances, unreasonable or unjust. (Code 1886, §4102; Code 1896, §5364; Code 1907, §7656; Code 1923, §5324; Code 1940, T. 48, §428.)
AL Code § 37-8-111 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 8 - Penal Provisions.|Article 5 - Offenses Involving Common Carriers Generally.|Division 2 - Violations by Railroad or Its Employees.|Section 37-8-111 - Noncompliance With Commission Order to Erect Depot or to Provide Conveniences for Travelers - Failure of Commission to Notify District Attorney or Attorney General.

Section 37-8-111Noncompliance with commission order to erect depot or to provide conveniences for travelers - Failure of commission to notify district attorney or Attorney General. For failure to notify the proper district attorney and Attorney General, or either, of the failure of any railroad company or person operating the railroad to comply with any order of the Public Service Commission regarding the erection of a depot or providing other convenience for travelers at stations, within 60 days after the period within which such conveniences were required by such order to be erected, each member of the Public Service Commission must, on conviction, be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $200.00. (Code 1896, §5365; Code 1907, §7657; Code 1923, §5325; Code 1940, T. 48, §429.)
AL Code § 37-8-112 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 8 - Penal Provisions.|Article 5 - Offenses Involving Common Carriers Generally.|Division 2 - Violations by Railroad or Its Employees.|Section 37-8-112 - Failure to Ring Bell or Blow Horn or Whistle on Trains.

Section 37-8-112Failure to ring bell or blow horn or whistle on trains. Any engineer or other person having the control of the running of a locomotive on any railroad who shall fail to perform any of the duties required of him by Section 37-2-81 must, on conviction, be fined not less than $50.00 nor more than $1,000.00, and imprisoned in the county jail for not more than 12 months, one or both at the discretion of the jury. (Code 1867, §1400; Code 1876, §4256; Code 1886, §4106; Code 1896, §5369; Code 1907, §7662; Code 1923, §5330; Code 1940, T. 48, §434.)
AL Code § 37-8-113 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 8 - Penal Provisions.|Article 5 - Offenses Involving Common Carriers Generally.|Division 2 - Violations by Railroad or Its Employees.|Section 37-8-113 - Failure of Railroad Superintendent to Instruct Engineers and Conductors Regarding Blowing Horn, Whistle, Etc.

Section 37-8-113Failure of railroad superintendent to instruct engineers and conductors regarding blowing horn, whistle, etc. Any superintendent of a railroad who fails to instruct the engineers and conductors thereof as to the provisions of this title in regard to blowing the horn or whistle, ringing the bell and stopping and handling the train, and order them to comply therewith, must, on conviction, be fined not less than $1,000.00, and may be imprisoned in the county jail, or sentenced to hard labor for the county, for not more than 12 months, at the discretion of the jury. (Code 1867, §1405; Code 1876, §1703; Code 1886, §4104; Code 1896, §5367; Code 1907, §5327; Code 1923, §5327; Code 1940, T. 48, §431.)
AL Code § 37-8-114 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 8 - Penal Provisions.|Article 5 - Offenses Involving Common Carriers Generally.|Division 2 - Violations by Railroad or Its Employees.|Section 37-8-114 - Failure to Use Proper Precautions to Prevent Accidents.

Section 37-8-114Failure to use proper precautions to prevent accidents. Any engineer, conductor or other person who, having the control or management of any engine or electric motor running on any railroad in this state, fails to use proper precautions to prevent accidents by ringing the bell, blowing the horn or whistle or checking the speed of his engine, on approaching any curve in the road, or any depot, station or crossing of any public road, or on leaving any depot or station, must, on conviction, be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $1,000.00, and may also be imprisoned in the county jail or sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than six months. (Code 1852, §135; Code 1867, §3677; Code 1876, §4234; Code 1886, §4109; Code 1896, §5372; Code 1907, §7665; Code 1923, §5333; Code 1940, T. 48, §437.)