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AL Code § 23-5-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries.|Chapter 5 - Offenses.|Section 23-5-2 - Driving Around, Destruction, etc., of Detour or Warning Sign, or Barricade or Fence.

Section 23-5-2Driving around, destruction, etc., of detour or warning sign, or barricade or fence. (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. (Acts 1969, No. 1145, p 2148.)
AL Code § 23-5-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries.|Chapter 5 - Offenses.|Section 23-5-6 - Trash, Litter, etc., Upon Public Thoroughfare - Driver Presumed Offender When Items Thrown From Vehicle.

Section 23-5-6Trash, litter, etc., upon public thoroughfare - Driver presumed offender when items thrown from vehicle. If littering is committed as set forth in Section 13A-7-29 or Section 32-5A-60 from a motor vehicle, the driver of the vehicle shall be presumed to be the offender. (Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 55, p. 1920, §2; Act 2019-530, §1.)
AL Code § 23-5-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries.|Chapter 5 - Offenses.|Section 23-5-7 - Trash, Litter, etc., Upon Public Thoroughfare - Erection of Signs.

Section 23-5-7Trash, litter, etc., upon public thoroughfare - Erection of signs. The State Department of Transportation, the county commission of each of the several counties and the governing body of each city or town shall cause signs to be erected at suitable intervals on highways and public thoroughfares in their respective areas of authority, including public parks, informing the public that it is unlawful to perform the acts prohibited by Section 13A-7-29. (Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 55, p. 1920, §3.)
AL Code § 23-5-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries.|Chapter 5 - Offenses.|Section 23-5-8 - Trash, Litter, etc., Upon Public Thoroughfare - Enforcement.

Section 23-5-8Trash, litter, etc., upon public thoroughfare - Enforcement. The Alabama Highway Patrol and the law enforcement officers of the counties, cities and towns of this state are charged with the duty of enforcing the provisions of Section 13A-7-29 and Sections 23-5-6 through 23-5-9. (Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 55, p. 1920, §4.)
AL Code § 23-5-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries.|Chapter 5 - Offenses.|Section 23-5-9 - Trash, Litter, etc., Upon Public Thoroughfare - Provisions Deemed Cumulative.

Section 23-5-9Trash, litter, etc., upon public thoroughfare - Provisions deemed cumulative. The provisions of Section 13A-7-29 and Sections 23-5-6 through 23-5-8 shall be cumulative to existing statutes relating to the throwing, placing or otherwise depositing of debris, rubbish, trash, or other items or substances of a prohibited nature upon the public highways of the state and shall in no wise repeal nor affect any of such laws. (Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 55, p. 1920, §5.)
AL Code § 23-5-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries.|Chapter 5 - Offenses.|Section 23-5-13 - Violation of State Department of Transportation Rules or Regulations.

Section 23-5-13Violation of State Department of Transportation rules or regulations. Any person, firm or corporation who violates any reasonable rule or regulation prescribed by the State Department of Transportation for the better construction, repair and maintenance, protection and preservation of the public roads, bridges, highways and rights-of-way of roads and highways of this state shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00 and, at the discretion of the judge trying the case, may also be sentenced to hard labor for the county for a term not to exceed six months, unless otherwise provided by law. (Code 1923, §4449; Acts 1927, No. 347, p. 348; Code 1940, T. 23, §127.)
AL Code § 23-5-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries.|Chapter 5 - Offenses.|Section 23-5-14 - Violation of Rules, etc., Enacted by County Commission Relative to Public Roads, etc., of County.

Section 23-5-14Violation of rules, etc., enacted by county commission relative to public roads, etc., of county. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to violate any rule, regulation or law which has heretofore been adopted or promulgated or which may hereafter be adopted or promulgated by the county commission of any county, under the authority conferred by law, relating to the use, control, care, operation or maintenance of the public roads, bridges or ferries of said county; and any person, firm or corporation violating the same shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $500.00 and may also be sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than six months. Each violation shall constitute a separate offense. (Acts 1927, No. 347, p. 348; Code 1940, T. 23, §62.)
AL Code § 23-6-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries.|Chapter 6 - Industrial Access Roads and Bridges.|Section 23-6-2 - Purposes of Public Corporation; Supervision of Construction by State Department of Transportation; Department's Power to Assign, Contract, etc., Construction Work; Construction of Chapter.

Section 23-6-2Purposes of public corporation; supervision of construction by State Department of Transportation; department's power to assign, contract, etc., construction work; construction of chapter. It is the intention of the Legislature to authorize the incorporation of a public corporation for all of the following purposes: (1) To issue bonds to assure the availability of funds for payment of the cost of constructing industrial access roads and bridges as shall from time to time be constructed. (2) To use an annual appropriation from the state Public Road and Bridge Fund to assure the availability of funds for the cost of constructing industrial access roads and bridges as shall from time to time be constructed. (3) To construct industrial access roads and bridges through a corporation to be composed of the officials whose incorporation is hereby authorized. (4) To vest in the corporation all powers, authorities, rights, privileges, and titles necessary to enable it to accomplish the purpose. (5) To appropriate and pledge funds for the use of the corporation. All construction herein referred to shall be performed by or under the direction and supervision of the State Department of Transportation. The State Department of Transportation may assign, contract, or delegate the work of construction under its general powers, subject to approval by the Governor. This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with the aforementioned purposes. (Acts 1985, No. 85-549, p. 833, §2; Acts 1996, No. 96-374, p. 458, §1.)
AL Code § 23-6-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries.|Chapter 6 - Industrial Access Roads and Bridges.|Section 23-6-3 - Authority to Incorporate.

Section 23-6-3Authority to incorporate. The Director of Transportation, the State Treasurer, and the Director of Finance may become a corporation, with the powers and authorities hereinafter provided, by proceeding according to the provisions of this chapter. (Acts 1985, No. 85-549, p. 833, §3.)
AL Code § 23-6-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries.|Chapter 6 - Industrial Access Roads and Bridges.|Section 23-6-4 - Proceeding to Incorporate.

Section 23-6-4Proceeding to incorporate. To become a corporation, the Director of Transportation, the State Treasurer, and the Director of Finance shall present to the Secretary of State of Alabama an application signed by them which shall set forth: (1) The name, official designation, and official residence of each of the applicants, together with a certified copy of the commission evidencing each applicant's right to office; (2) The date on which each applicant was inducted into office and the term of office of each of the applicants; (3) The name of the proposed corporation, which shall be Alabama Industrial Access Road and Bridge Corporation; (4) The location of the principal office of the proposed corporation, which shall be Montgomery, Alabama; and (5) Any other matter relating to the incorporation which the applicants may choose to insert and which is not inconsistent with this chapter or the laws of the State of Alabama. The application shall be subscribed and sworn to by each of the applicants before an officer authorized by the laws of the State of Alabama to take acknowledgments to deeds. The Secretary of State shall examine the application and, if he finds that it substantially complies with the requirements of this section, he shall receive and file it and record it in an appropriate book of records in his office. (Acts 1985, No. 85-549, p. 833, §4.)
AL Code § 23-6-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries.|Chapter 6 - Industrial Access Roads and Bridges.|Section 23-6-5 - Certificate of Incorporation; Recording; No Fees to Be Paid to Secretary of State on Incorporation or Dissolution.

Section 23-6-5Certificate of incorporation; recording; no fees to be paid to Secretary of State on incorporation or dissolution. When the application has been made, filed and recorded, as herein provided, the applicants shall constitute a public corporation under the name proposed in the application and the Secretary of State shall make and issue to the applicants a certificate of incorporation pursuant to this chapter, under the Great Seal of the State, and shall record the same with the application. There shall be no fees paid to the Secretary of State for any work in connection with the incorporation or dissolution of the corporation so organized (which, for convenience, is herein referred to as "the corporation"). (Acts 1985, No. 85-549, p. 833, §5.)
AL Code § 23-6-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries.|Chapter 6 - Industrial Access Roads and Bridges.|Section 23-6-6 - Members, Officers, and Directors of Corporation; Vacancies; Compensation; Record of Proceedings; Record as Evidence.

Section 23-6-6Members, officers, and directors of corporation; vacancies; compensation; record of proceedings; record as evidence. The applicants named in the application and their respective successors in office shall constitute the members of the corporation. The Director of Transportation shall be the president of the corporation, the State Treasurer shall be its vice-president, the Director of Finance shall be the secretary of the corporation, and the State Treasurer shall be the treasurer of the corporation and shall act as custodian of its funds. The members of the corporation shall constitute all the members of the board of directors of the corporation, and any two members of the said board of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Should any of said officials of the state die or should his term of office as Director of Transportation, State Treasurer, or Director of Finance, as the case may be, expire or should he resign therefrom, his successor in office shall take his place as a member, officer, and director of the corporation. No member, officer, or director of the corporation shall draw any salary, in addition to that now authorized by law, for any service he may render or any duty he may perform in connection with the corporation. All proceedings had and done by the board of directors shall be reduced to writing by the secretary of the corporation and recorded in a substantially bound book. Copies of such proceedings, when certified by the secretary of the corporation under the seal of the corporation, shall be received in all courts as prima facie evidence of the matters and things therein certified. (Acts 1985, No. 85-549, p. 833, §6.)
AL Code § 23-6-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries.|Chapter 6 - Industrial Access Roads and Bridges.|Section 23-6-7 - Corporate Powers.

Section 23-6-7Corporate powers. The corporation shall have the following powers: (1) To have succession by its corporate name without time limit; (2) To sue and be sued and to prosecute and defend, at law or in equity, in any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties; (3) To have and to use a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure; (4) To construct, reconstruct, and relocate industrial access roads and bridges within the state or to cause the same to be constructed, reconstructed, and relocated; (5) To receive, take and hold by sale, gift, lease, devise or otherwise, real and personal estate of every description, and to manage the same; (6) To acquire by purchase, gift, or the exercise of the power of eminent domain, or any other lawful means, and to transfer, convey or cause to be conveyed to the state, any real, personal or mixed property necessary or convenient in connection with the construction, reconstruction, or relocation of industrial access roads and bridges in the state; (7) To exercise the right of eminent domain as freely and completely as, and in the same manner as, the state is empowered to exercise such right; (8) To borrow money and issue its bonds in evidence thereof subject to the provisions of Section 23-6-8 of this chapter; (9) As security for payment of the principal of and the interest on its bonds, to pledge any funds or revenues from which its bonds may be made payable, including the proceeds of the appropriations and pledges herein provided for; (10) To appoint and employ such attorneys, accountants, financial advisors, underwriters, trustees, depositories, registrars and other advisors, agents and independent contractors as the business of the corporation may require; (11) To enter into contracts with counties, the State Department of Transportation or other agency performing any of the functions thereof, road district authorities, private persons, firms, or corporations, the federal emergency administrator of public works, and any other branch of the federal government, in furtherance of its public purposes and objects, either relative to work done or to be done; and (12) To turn over to the State Department of Transportation any and all funds of the corporation as from time to time may be necessary or convenient for the most economical construction of such industrial access roads and bridges or otherwise for carrying out the business of the corporation. (Acts 1985, No. 85-549, p. 833, §7.)
AL Code § 23-6-8.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries.|Chapter 6 - Industrial Access Roads and Bridges.|Section 23-6-8.1 - Annual Appropriation From Public Road and Bridge Fund.

Section 23-6-8.1Annual appropriation from Public Road and Bridge Fund. The annual appropriation from the Public Road and Bridge Fund shall remain a part of the Public Road and Bridge Fund but still be maintained in a special account within the State Treasury. Said funds shall at all times be invested in the same manner allowed for all other State Treasury investments and all investment earnings shall remain within this special account and are hereby appropriated to be allocated by the Alabama Industrial Access Road and Bridge Corporation for Alabama Industrial Access Road and Bridge Projects. (Acts 1996, No. 96-374, p. 458, §2.)
AL Code § 23-6-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries.|Chapter 6 - Industrial Access Roads and Bridges.|Section 23-6-10 - Revenues of Corporation.

Section 23-6-10Revenues of corporation. For the purpose of providing funds to enable the corporation to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on any bonds issued by it under the provisions of this chapter, and to accomplish the purposes and objects of its creation, there hereby are irrevocably pledged to such purpose and appropriated so much as may be necessary for such purpose of the following: The State Department of Transportation's portion of the four cent per gallon excise tax levied on gasoline, motor fuel, and lubricating oil under the provisions of Title 40, Chapter 17, Article 6. All moneys hereby appropriated and pledged shall constitute a sinking fund for the purpose of paying the principal of, premium, if any, and the interest on bonds of the corporation. (Acts 1985, No. 85-549, p. 833, §10.)
AL Code § 23-6-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries.|Chapter 6 - Industrial Access Roads and Bridges.|Section 23-6-11 - State Treasurer to Disburse Funds.

Section 23-6-11State Treasurer to disburse funds. Out of the revenues appropriated and pledged in Section 23-6-10, the State Treasurer is authorized and directed to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the bonds issued by the corporation under the provisions of this chapter, as such principal, premium, if any, and interest shall respectively mature, and he is further authorized and directed to set up and maintain appropriate records pertaining thereto. (Acts 1985, No. 85-549, p. 833, §11.)
AL Code § 23-6-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries.|Chapter 6 - Industrial Access Roads and Bridges.|Section 23-6-12 - Dissolution of Corporation.

Section 23-6-12Dissolution of corporation. At any time when no bonds of the corporation are outstanding the corporation may be dissolved upon the filing with the Secretary of State of an application for dissolution, which shall be subscribed by each of the members of the corporation and which shall be sworn to by each such member before an officer authorized to take acknowledgments to deeds. Upon the filing of said application for dissolution, the corporation shall cease and any property owned by it at the time of its dissolution shall pass to the State of Alabama. The Secretary of State shall file and record the application for dissolution, in an appropriate book of record in his office, and shall make and issue, under the Great Seal of the State, a certificate that the corporation is dissolved, and shall record the said certificate with the application for dissolution. (Acts 1985, No. 85-549, p. 833, §12.)
AL Code § 23-7-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries.|Chapter 7 - Alabama Transportation Infrastructure Bank Act.|Section 23-7-1 - Short Title.

Section 23-7-1Short title.  This chapter shall be cited as the Alabama Transportation Infrastructure Bank Act. (Act 2015-50, §1.)
AL Code § 23-7-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries.|Chapter 7 - Alabama Transportation Infrastructure Bank Act.|Section 23-7-3 - Creation; Purpose; Accounts.

Section 23-7-3Creation; purpose; accounts.  (a) There is created a public corporation to be known as the Alabama Transportation Infrastructure Bank. (b) The bank is governed by a board of directors as provided in this chapter. (c) The corporate purpose of the bank is to select and assist in financing major qualified projects by providing loans and other financial assistance to government units for constructing and improving highway and transportation facilities necessary for public purposes including economic development.  (d) The bank shall establish and maintain at least the following accounts:  (1) State highway account. (2) Federal highway account. (Act 2015-50, §3.)
AL Code § 23-7-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries.|Chapter 7 - Alabama Transportation Infrastructure Bank Act.|Section 23-7-4 - Board of Directors.

Section 23-7-4Board of directors.  (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. (Act 2015-50, p. 173, §4; Act 2018-290, §1.)