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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 2 - Mental Health. › Chapter 54 - Alabama Security Medical Facility. › Section 22-54-4 - Return of Patients to Sources From Which Received; Institutions, Courts, etc., Referring Patients to Facility to Retain Constructive Jurisdiction Over Patients; Discharge of Patients; Applicability of Support, Commitment and Release Statutes to Patients at Facility.

Section 22-54-4
Return of patients to sources from which received; institutions, courts, etc., referring patients to facility to retain constructive jurisdiction over patients; discharge of patients; applicability of support, commitment and release statutes to patients at facility.
(a) When a patient transferred to the facility from any other state institution or admitted by request or order of any agency, governmental body or court no longer requires special treatment in the security setting, the patient may be returned to the source from which received.
(b) The state institution, agency, governmental body or court that referred the patient for hospitalization shall retain constructive jurisdiction over the patient.
(c) Patients without legal encumbrances may be discharged directly from the facility upon concurrence of the superintendent of the facility and the head of the referring institution, agency, governmental body or court.
(d) The support, commitment and release statutes applicable to a patient at the state institution from which transferred shall remain applicable while the person is a patient at the facility.
(Acts 1975, No. 1220, p. 2545, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 2 - Mental Health. › Chapter 54 - Alabama Security Medical Facility. › Section 22-54-5 - Final Decision as to Admission or Discharge of Patients to Rest With Superintendent of Facility.

Section 22-54-5
Final decision as to admission or discharge of patients to rest with superintendent of facility.
The final decision regarding admission and discharge of patients shall rest with the superintendent of the facility.
(Acts 1975, No. 1220, p. 2545, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 2 - Mental Health. › Chapter 55 - Interstate Compact on Mental Health. › Section 22-55-2 - Designation of Compact Administrator; Powers and Duties Thereof Generally.

Section 22-55-2
Designation of compact administrator; powers and duties thereof generally.
Pursuant to said compact, the state mental health officer shall be the compact administrator and, acting jointly with like officers of other party states, shall have power to promulgate rules and regulations to carry out more effectively the terms of this compact. The compact administrator shall cooperate with all departments, agencies and officers of and in the government of this state and its subdivisions in facilitating the proper administration of the compact or of any supplementary agreement or agreements entered into by this state thereunder.
(Acts 1975, No. 1227, p. 2569, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 2 - Mental Health. › Chapter 55 - Interstate Compact on Mental Health. › Section 22-55-3 - Power of Compact Administrator to Enter Into Supplementary Agreements With Officials of Other States.

Section 22-55-3
Power of compact administrator to enter into supplementary agreements with officials of other states.
The compact administrator is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into supplementary agreements with appropriate officials of other states pursuant to Articles VII and XI of the compact. In the event that such supplementary agreements shall require or contemplate the use of any institution or facility of this state or require or contemplate the provision of any service by this state, no such agreement shall have force or effect until approved by the head of the department or agency under whose jurisdiction said institution or facility is operated or whose department or agency will be charged with the rendering of such services.
(Acts 1975, No. 1227, p. 2569, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 2 - Mental Health. › Chapter 55 - Interstate Compact on Mental Health. › Section 22-55-4 - Payment of Financial Obligations of State Under Compact or Supplementary Agreements Entered Into Thereunder.

Section 22-55-4
Payment of financial obligations of state under compact or supplementary agreements entered into thereunder.
The compact administrator, subject to the approval of the director of finance, may make or arrange for any payments necessary to discharge any financial obligations imposed upon this state by the compact or by any supplementary agreement entered into thereunder.
(Acts 1975, No. 1227, p. 2569, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 2 - Mental Health. › Chapter 56 - Mental Health Consumers' Rights Act. › Section 22-56-1 - Short Title.

Section 22-56-1
Short title.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Alabama Mental Health Consumers' Rights Act."
(Acts 1995, No. 95-744, p. 1690, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 2 - Mental Health. › Chapter 56 - Mental Health Consumers' Rights Act. › Section 22-56-2 - Definitions.

Section 22-56-2
Definitions.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) CONSUMER. A person who receives or uses mental health services.
(2) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Mental Health.
(3) FAMILY MEMBER. A person within the immediate family or a legal guardian of a mental health consumer.
(4) MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. Services designed to treat or deal with persons with mental illness.
(5) MENTAL ILLNESS. A psychiatric disorder of thought or mood, or both, which significantly impairs judgment, behavior, capacity to recognize reality, or ability to cope with the ordinary demands of life. "Mental illness" as used herein specifically excludes the primary diagnoses of epilepsy, intellectual disability, substance abuse including alcoholism, or a developmental disability, or any combination thereof.
(6) PROGRAM. A program for providing mental health services.
(7) PROVIDER. Any agency, corporation, or individual who provides inpatient, residential or outpatient mental health services to a consumer or consumers, provided that this chapter shall only apply to physicians licensed to practice medicine to the extent that medical services to individuals covered by the chapter must be provided in accordance with established standards of medical care.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-744, p. 1690, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 2 - Mental Health. › Chapter 56 - Mental Health Consumers' Rights Act. › Section 22-56-3 - Legislative Declarations.

Section 22-56-3
Legislative declarations.
The Legislature declares that mental health services shall be individualized, empowering, culturally relevant and diverse, flexible, and include natural supports. Mental health services shall also be provided in a way which is normalizing as well as respectful of the rights, responsibilities, and feelings of each consumer. Mental health services shall also focus on enabling individuals to maintain responsibility to the greatest extent possible for setting their own goals, directing their own lives, and acting responsibly as members of their community.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-744, p. 1690, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 2 - Mental Health. › Chapter 56 - Mental Health Consumers' Rights Act. › Section 22-56-5 - Department to Establish Official Standards for Certification.

Section 22-56-5
Department to establish official standards for certification.
In order to ensure that consumers of mental health services through state facilities, community mental health centers, and other providers under contract to the department receive individual treatment and that rights delineated in Section 22-56-4 and elsewhere in state and federal law are consistently observed within mental health programs operated by the providers, the department shall establish within 180 days of January 1, 1996, official standards for certification to be observed by all state facilities, community mental health centers, and other providers under contract to the department. These standards shall be developed with the active participation of mental health providers, consumers and family members of consumers. The department shall establish teams to monitor the compliance with these standards by state facilities, community mental health centers, and providers under contract to the department, and consumers and family members shall be significantly represented on the teams.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-744, p. 1690, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 2 - Mental Health. › Chapter 56 - Mental Health Consumers' Rights Act. › Section 22-56-6 - Abuse, Exploitation, Neglect - Penalties; Reporting to Agencies.

Section 22-56-6
Abuse, exploitation, neglect - Penalties; reporting to agencies.
Any provider who abuses, exploits, or neglects a consumer in his or her care shall be subject to the civil and criminal remedies and penalties prescribed in Alabama law. All instances of abuse, exploitation, or neglect, as defined by Alabama law, shall be reported to appropriate licensing or investigative agencies, in a manner consistent with Alabama law.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-744, p. 1690, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 2 - Mental Health. › Chapter 56 - Mental Health Consumers' Rights Act. › Section 22-56-7 - Abuse, Exploitation, Neglect - Providers to Implement Written Policies and Procedures.

Section 22-56-7
Abuse, exploitation, neglect - Providers to implement written policies and procedures.
All providers of mental health services in Alabama shall develop and implement written policies and procedures that prohibit abuse, exploitation, or neglect of consumers in programs operated by the providers. At a minimum, these policies and procedures shall accomplish the following:
(1) Affirm and safeguard the rights of a consumer stated pursuant to this chapter.
(2) Ensure that prompt action is taken to prevent the potential of further abuse while an investigation is in process.
(3) Provide for an immediate and thorough investigation of all allegations of abuse, exploitation, or neglect by trained, experienced personnel delegated with all necessary authority. The status of all investigations shall be reported to the administrator(s) of the program or his or her designated representative on a continuous basis.
(4) Establish reasonable and appropriate corrective action, including education, training, and punishment for any program-affiliated individual who has been found responsible for abuse, exploitation, or neglect of consumers. All criminal violations shall be reported to the Office of the Attorney General, State of Alabama, or the local district attorney for consideration of further legal action.
(5) Prohibit the employment of individuals in any job involving care or services for consumers that are known to the provider to have a conviction of child, elder, patient, or resident abuse, exploitation, or neglect in any job involving care or services for consumers. The provider shall make a good faith effort to check the background of all persons hired in these jobs.
(6) Provide training and informational materials on consumers' rights and on the prevention of abuse, exploitation, and neglect for administrators, mental health professionals, direct-care staff, and volunteers. Each new staff member shall demonstrate working knowledge of this information, and training shall be given on an ongoing basis for all the previously mentioned workers. When possible, ongoing training shall be provided by consumers and family members.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-744, p. 1690, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 2 - Mental Health. › Chapter 56 - Mental Health Consumers' Rights Act. › Section 22-56-8 - Effect of Chapter on Established Standards of Medical Care; Applicability of Written Policies and Procedures.

Section 22-56-8
Effect of chapter on established standards of medical care; applicability of written policies and procedures.
This chapter shall not be interpreted or construed to alter, expand, or diminish established standards of medical care applicable to physicians licensed to practice medicine. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, the requirement to develop and implement written policies and procedures as outlined in Section 22-56-7 shall not apply to the private offices of physicians licensed to practice medicine.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-744, p. 1690, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 2 - Mental Health. › Chapter 56 - Mental Health Consumers' Rights Act. › Section 22-56-9 - Construction With Other Law.

Section 22-56-9
Construction with other law.
This chapter shall not override any provisions of the Adult Protective Services Act, pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 38-9-1) of Title 38, or the Child Abuse Reporting Act, Chapter 14 (commencing with Section 26-14-1) of Title 26, and shall be read in para materia with those provisions.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-744, p. 1690, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 2 - Mental Health. › Chapter 56 - Mental Health Consumers' Rights Act. › Section 22-56-10 - No Reduction or Expansion of Rights Beyond Rights Guaranteed Other Persons.

Section 22-56-10
No reduction or expansion of rights beyond rights guaranteed other persons.
Provided that nothing in this chapter shall reduce or expand the rights of mental health consumers in Alabama beyond the rights guaranteed to any other person under the statutes or Constitution of the United States and Alabama statutes or Constitution of Alabama of 1901.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-744, p. 1690, §11.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 2 - Mental Health. › Chapter 57 - Autism Support Act. › Article 1 - Autism Support Act. › Section 22-57-1 - Short Title.

Section 22-57-1
Short title.
This article shall be known and may be cited as the Riley Ward Alabama Autism Support Act.
(Act 2009-295, p. 502, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 2 - Mental Health. › Chapter 57 - Autism Support Act. › Article 1 - Autism Support Act. › Section 22-57-2 - Legislative Findings.

Section 22-57-2
Legislative findings.
The Legislature finds and declares the following:
(1) The Centers for Disease Control estimates that nationally 1 in 150 children have Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
(2) Current studies indicate that ASD can often be detected by the age of three years and in some cases as early as 18 months.
(3) Early intervention can produce improved outcomes.
(4) These complex disorders are usually of lifelong duration and affect multiple aspects of development, learning, and adaptation in the community.
(5) There is an urgent and substantial need to develop and implement a statewide comprehensive, coordinated, multidisciplinary, interagency system of care for individuals with ASD and their families.
(Act 2009-295, p. 502, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 2 - Mental Health. › Chapter 57 - Autism Support Act. › Article 1 - Autism Support Act. › Section 22-57-4 - Alabama Interagency Autism Coordinating Council - Composition.

Section 22-57-4
Alabama Interagency Autism Coordinating Council - Composition.
(a) The composition of the council shall reflect the racial, gender, geographic, urban and rural, and economic diversity of the state and shall include all of the following:
(1) Three adult individuals with ASD, appointed by the Governor.
(2) Three individuals who are the parent or guardian of a child with ASD, appointed by the Governor.
(3) Five individuals who are service providers, appointed by the Governor.
(4) One member of the Senate, appointed by the President of the Senate.
(5) One member of the House of Representatives, appointed by the Speaker of the House.
(6) The chief executive officer, or his or her designee, of each of the following participating agencies:
a. The Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education.
b. The Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind.
c. The Alabama Department of Education.
d. The Alabama Department of Human Resources.
e. The Alabama Department of Insurance.
f. The Alabama Department of Mental Health.
g. The Alabama Department of Public Health.
h. The Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services.
i. The Alabama Medicaid Agency.
j. The University Center of Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, and Service.
k. The Autism Society of Alabama.
l. The Alabama Council on Developmental Disabilities.
m. The Alabama Academy of Pediatrics.
(b) The chief executive officers of state agencies serving on the council shall serve ex officio.
(c) Initial terms of appointed members of the council shall be staggered. Subsequent terms shall be for three years.
(d) The council shall meet at least quarterly and the meetings shall be open to the public.
(e) No member of the council shall cast a vote on any matter which would provide direct financial benefit to that member or otherwise give the appearance of a conflict of interest under state law.
(f) The Governor shall appoint the chair of the council from among the membership.
(g) The Governor shall designate the lead agency for the council upon recommendation of the council.
(Act 2009-295, p. 502, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 2 - Mental Health. › Chapter 57 - Autism Support Act. › Article 1 - Autism Support Act. › Section 22-57-5 - Alabama Interagency Autism Coordinating Council - Powers and Duties.

Section 22-57-5
Alabama Interagency Autism Coordinating Council - Powers and duties.
The council shall have the following duties and authority:
(1) To make recommendations to the Governor regarding the designation of the lead agency.
(2) To define the roles and responsibilities of all participating agencies.
(3) To adopt rules for the internal operation of the council.
(4) To recommend to the Governor the appointment of additional members to serve on the council as deemed necessary and appropriate.
(5) To develop a long-term plan, reviewed annually, for a comprehensive statewide system of care, which, to the extent practical, is derived from scientific based research and nationally recognized best practices. The council shall provide a copy of the plan and a detailed summary of any progress toward implementation of the plan to the Governor and the Legislature on or before the 10th legislative day of each regular session. The plan should include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
a. The identification of barriers such as duplicative or fragmented policies which may require modification.
b. The development of a coordinated program of services.
c. A comprehensive fiscal review, analysis, and recommendations for state spending on programs and services for ASD.
d. The identification of annual action steps toward implementation.
(6) To ensure interagency collaboration, public participation, and mutual sharing of information to facilitate policy decisions and the implementation of a plan for a comprehensive statewide system of care to individuals with ASD.
(Act 2009-295, p. 502, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 2 - Mental Health. › Chapter 57 - Autism Support Act. › Article 1 - Autism Support Act. › Section 22-57-6 - Monitoring of Council Activities.

Section 22-57-6
Monitoring of council activities.
The lead agency shall be responsible for the general administration, supervision, and monitoring of all council activities.
(Act 2009-295, p. 502, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 2 - Mental Health. › Chapter 57 - Autism Support Act. › Article 1 - Autism Support Act. › Section 22-57-7 - Implementation of Article.

Section 22-57-7
Implementation of article.
The implementation of this article shall be subject to the availability of appropriations to expand, intensify, and coordinate the activities of the council and members of the council.
(Act 2009-295, p. 502, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 2 - Mental Health. › Chapter 57 - Autism Support Act. › Article 1 - Autism Support Act. › Section 22-57-8 - Construction of Article.

Section 22-57-8
Construction of article.
Nothing in this article shall be construed as authorizing or allowing the establishment of any medical rule, regulation, policy, protocol, regimen, practice, or medical standard of care.
(Act 2009-295, p. 502, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 23-1-1 - Contracts and Regulations Relative to Federal Assistance.

Section 23-1-1
Contracts and regulations relative to federal assistance.
The State Department of Transportation, by and through the director, is hereby authorized to enter into all necessary contracts and agreements with the United States government or any agency or officer thereof in accordance with any act of Congress relating to the construction, maintenance, and beautification of highways, bridges, tunnels or ferries, or other matters relating thereto, to establish, promulgate, and enforce all reasonable rules and regulations which may be necessary for the effective implementation and cooperation with the provisions of such acts and to do all other things necessary to secure to the state and its counties and municipalities the full benefits provided by such acts.
(Acts 1977, No. 20, p. 28.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 23-1-2 - Bid Guaranty.

Section 23-1-2
Bid guaranty.
Any other provisions of the law to the contrary notwithstanding, bidders for contract projects which contracts are with the State of Alabama, in behalf of the Department of Transportation, to be paid, in whole or in part, from funds allocated to the Department of Transportation from any source whatsoever, or where contracts are with any of the several counties of the state for a highway, road, street, or bridge project, to be paid for, in whole or in part, from funds allocated to the county from any source whatsoever, shall be required to file with the bid, as a bid guaranty, a certified check or bid bond payable to the awarding authority as follows:
(1) A certified check payable to the awarding authority for an amount not less than five percent of the contractor's bid, but in no event more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000); or
(2) A bid bond payable to the awarding authority in an amount not less than five percent of the bid, but in no event more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).
(Acts 1967, No. 306, p. 849; Act 2016-260, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 23-1-3 - Closing of Public Roads to Traffic; Acquisition of Materials.

Section 23-1-3
Closing of public roads to traffic; acquisition of materials.
The state, acting through the State Department of Transportation and its duly authorized employees, and the various counties of the state, acting through the county commissions and their duly authorized employees, in the doing of public roads work shall have and exercise the right, power, and authority, when deemed necessary or advisable to do so, to close public roads to traffic and, when possible so to do, to make detour roads and to contract for such land as may be necessary for such detour roads; also to acquire, by purchase, or by condemnation, land necessary for drainage ditches and borrow pits, lime and stone quarries, clay and clay pits, sand and sand pits and gravel and gravel pits, together with any and all other material of every character that may be necessary or essential or desired in the construction and maintenance of highways and bridges, and to tap and draw materials from the same to such extent as may be desired, and the State Department of Transportation shall also have the right to acquire by purchase or condemnation rights-of-way necessary for ingress and egress to such material pits as above named.
(Code 1923, §1332; Acts 1927, No. 347, p. 348; Code 1940, T. 23, §26.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 23-1-4 - Permit Required to Dig Up, etc., Roads for Utilities, Railroads, etc.; Restoration of Road Required Upon Completion of Work; Bond, etc., to Guarantee Restoration.

Section 23-1-4
Permit required to dig up, etc., roads for utilities, railroads, etc.; restoration of road required upon completion of work; bond, etc., to guarantee restoration.
No state-controlled road shall be dug up or used for laying pipelines, pole lines, sewers, railways, or for other similar purposes without the written permit of the State Department of Transportation, and such work shall be done only in accordance with the regulations prescribed by the department, and the cost of replacing the road in as good condition as it was before such work was done shall be paid by the person, firm, or corporation to whom or in whose behalf such permit was given. Such person, firm, or corporation so desiring such work shall furnish the state with a cash deposit or certified check upon a solvent bank or surety bond in guaranty company qualified to do business in Alabama, in the amount required by the State Department of Transportation, conditioned that the sum is to be forfeited to the state in the event that said road is not placed in as good condition as it was prior to said work being done, within 15 days from the time said work is completed.
(Code 1923, §1334; Acts 1927, No. 347, p. 348; Code 1940, T. 23, §28.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 23-1-6 - Signs, Markers, and Advertising - on Rights-of-Way.

Section 23-1-6
Signs, markers, and advertising - On rights-of-way.
Signs, markers, and advertising on the rights-of-way of state controlled highways are prohibited except those official signs or markers placed thereon by the State Department of Transportation or under its authority.
(Code 1923, §1344; Acts 1927, No. 347, p. 348; Code 1940, T. 23, §36.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 23-1-7 - Signs, Markers, and Advertising - Tourist Attractions.

Section 23-1-7
Signs, markers, and advertising - Tourist attractions.
(a) Upon the request of the Director of the Bureau of Tourism and Travel, the Director of the State Department of Transportation may cause to be constructed and erected along state highways appropriate directional markers designating major tourist attractions of Alabama.
(b) The Director of the Bureau of Tourism and Travel shall determine the attractions to be so designated and shall upon the recommendation of the Director of the State Department of Transportation determine the number of markers needed and the location of such markers.
(c) Expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this section shall be paid from that portion of the proceeds of the privilege license tax levied on lodgings by Chapter 26 of Title 40, earmarked for state travel advertising and travel promotion by the Bureau of Tourism and Travel for tourist advertising and shall be paid upon warrants drawn by the state Comptroller, upon the approval of the Director of the Bureau of Tourism and Travel, not to exceed $10,000.00 per fiscal biennium.
(d) This section shall not be construed as repealing the provisions of Chapter 7 of Title 41 which prohibit the purchase of advertising in newspapers, magazines, programs, or other periodicals published in the state with funds appropriated for tourist advertising.
(Acts 1967, No. 217, p. 583.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 23-1-8 - Numbers and Names of Highways.

Section 23-1-8
Numbers and names of highways.
All highways built or maintained by and through federal or state aid shall be designated by numbers and by names, where such highways are known by names, on the directional signs erected along said highways and upon the maps authorized and published by the state. Memorial or other distinctive highways built or maintained by federal or state aid, such as the Bankhead Highway, Craft Highway, Bee Line Highway, Spanish Trail Highway, Brandon Highway, Jefferson Davis Highway, Dixie Highway, Jackson Highway, Lee Highway and such other memorial roads as may hereafter be designated, shall be designated on such markers, signs, and maps by names as well as by numbers.
(Acts 1931, No. 702, p. 827; Code 1940, T. 23, §39.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 23-1-8.1 - Expenditure of State Funds for Erection and Maintenance of Signs Designating Roads, Bridges, etc., in Honor or Memory of Individuals.

Section 23-1-8.1
Expenditure of state funds for erection and maintenance of signs designating roads, bridges, etc., in honor or memory of individuals.
After September 1, 1979, no state funds shall be expended in this state for purposes of erecting and maintaining signs designating roads, bridges, or buildings in honor or in memory of any individual; provided, however, that the State Department of Transportation may continue to prepare and erect such signs so long as the actual cost of such preparation and maintenance is paid for by private funds or city or county government funds.
(Acts 1979, No. 79-707, p. 1259.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 23-1-9 - Elimination of Railroad Grade Crossings.

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 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.
(Code 1923, §1343; Acts 1927, No. 347, p. 348; Code 1940, T. 23, §35; Acts 1959, No. 653, p. 1578, §2; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 213, p. 2208.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 23-1-10 - "Blue Reflective Markers" and "Fire/water Hydrant" Defined; Purpose and Installation of Blue Reflective Markers.

Section 23-1-10
"Blue reflective markers" and "fire/water hydrant" defined; purpose and installation of blue reflective markers.
(a) For purposes of this section, the following words and phrases shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them, except where the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) BLUE REFLECTIVE MARKERS. Nonlighted, but reflective devices which are blue in color of the reflected light and conform to the most recent edition of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways and/or other standards issued or endorsed by the Director of Transportation and the federal highway administrator.
(2) FIRE/WATER HYDRANT. All standpipe hydrants installed on public and private water delivery systems which are installed along public roads within the state, and which are of a size and style to allow adequate water supply to fill fire suppression vehicles of municipal and/or certified volunteer fire departments or furnish a supply of water to trucks at a fire scene.
(b) Blue reflective markers shall be used exclusively for the purpose of indicating the location of fire/water hydrants which are located on public roadways within the state, or on private property with the owner's permission. Markers which are installed so as to be adhered to paved road surfaces or which are placed anywhere within the highway right-of-way shall be placed in conformance with the most recent edition of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways and/or other standards issued or endorsed by the Director of Transportation and the federal highway administrator.
(c) Blue reflective markers may be installed by any municipality, county, fire district, fire or water authority, or any certified volunteer fire department within their primary coverage areas and shall be recognized by all fire departments and firefighters for the purpose stated.
(Acts 1983, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 83-806, p. 19.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 2 - Department of Transportation. › Section 23-1-20 - Creation.

Section 23-1-20
Creation.
There shall be a State Department of Transportation. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever any act, section of the Code of Alabama 1975, or any other provision of law refers to the State Highway Department, it shall be deemed a reference to the State Department of Transportation.
(Acts 1939, No. 13, p. 9; Code 1940, T. 23, §1; Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-843, p. 54, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 2 - Department of Transportation. › Section 23-1-21 - Director of Transportation.

Section 23-1-21
Director of Transportation.
The chief executive officer of the State Department of Transportation shall be known as the Director of Transportation, who shall be appointed by the Governor and shall hold office at the pleasure of the Governor. All the powers, authority, and duties vested in the State Department of Transportation shall be exercised by the Director of Transportation.
Before entering upon the duties of office, the Director of Transportation shall execute to the State of Alabama a bond, to be approved by the Governor, in an amount to be fixed by the Governor, for the faithful performance of his or her duties.
(Code 1923, §1302; Acts 1927, No. 347, p. 348; Acts 1931, No. 10, p. 7; Acts 1939, No. 13, p. 9; Code 1940, T. 23, §2; Acts 1943, No. 122, p. 123; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 208, p. 2190; Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-843, p. 54, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 2 - Department of Transportation. › Section 23-1-21.1 - Definitions.

Section 23-1-21.1
Definitions.
The following terms, whenever used or referred to in this section and Sections 23-1-21.2 and 23-1-21.3, shall have the following meanings, except in those instances where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
(1) DIRECTOR. The Director of the State of Alabama State Department of Transportation.
(2) PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. Transportation which is appropriate to transport people by bus, rail, or other conveyance, serving the general public. The terms "mass transportation," "mass transit," "public transit," "ridesharing," "carpooling," "vanpooling," and "buspooling" are included within this definition and shall be considered synonymous with "public transportation."
(3) MUNICIPALITY. Any city, town, or like governing body.
(4) COUNTY. Any county in the State of Alabama.
(5) TRANSIT AUTHORITY. Any transit authority organized within the state or authority organized to serve a metropolitan or urbanized area which borders on the state boundary.
(6) LOCAL ENTITIES. Municipalities, cities, towns, counties, business and nonprofit corporations, transit authorities, planning bodies, or similar organizations or consolidations thereof, including those bordering on the state boundary.
(7) PLANNING BODY. Any planning organization duly constituted under state law, whether a city, county, or regional planning commission, or a metropolitan planning organization.
(8) COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PROCESS. A continuing planning process carried on cooperatively between the state and local entities for the purpose of transportation planning.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-456, p. 709, §1; Acts 1985, No. 85-753, p. 1252, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 2 - Department of Transportation. › Section 23-1-21.2 - Authority of Director With Regard to Public Transportation.

Section 23-1-21.2
Authority of director with regard to public transportation.
The director, acting alone or through, and in cooperation with local entities, is hereby delegated the authority to:
(1) Enter into agreements with local entities to provide public transportation and to administer any program or programs, whether rural or urban, relative to public transportation resulting from federal transportation legislation. This shall include, but not be limited to, applying for, accepting, and expending federal public transportation funds in accordance with applicable federal laws and regulations.
(2) Enter into agreements with the United States for federal assistance for public transportation.
(3) Enter into agreements with local entities to perform and/or cooperate in the performance of transportation planning for public transportation improvements. However, the director shall not perform such planning until such time as the local entities affected enter into agreement with the director to carry out a planning process.
(4) Provide any available technical assistance to local entities for formulating a program of public transportation projects to assure that said projects are in accordance with the comprehensive transportation planning process where such process is established and is a prerequisite for federal assistance.
(5) Administer any state funds authorized from time to time by the Legislature for the purpose of public transportation.
(6) Develop and promulgate such rules and regulations as are determined necessary to insure compliance with federal laws and regulations.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-456, p. 709, §2; Acts 1985, No. 85-753, p. 1252, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 2 - Department of Transportation. › Section 23-1-21.3 - Cooperation With Federal, State and Local Entities in Administration of Public Transportation Programs.

Section 23-1-21.3
Cooperation with federal, state and local entities in administration of public transportation programs.
The director is authorized to administer any public transportation program with such flexibility as to permit full cooperation between federal, state, and local entities, so as to result in effective and economical programs which are responsive to needs and found to be in the public interest.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-456, p. 709, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 2 - Department of Transportation. › Section 23-1-21.4 - Deputy Directors.

Section 23-1-21.4
Deputy directors.
(a) The Director of Transportation may appoint up to three deputy directors of transportation with the approval of the Governor. The Director of Transportation may assign duties and responsibilities to a deputy director as may be necessary for the proper administration and execution of the work of the Department of Transportation. A deputy director shall be paid from funds of the department in the same manner as salaries and expenses of other department employees are paid. A deputy director shall give bond for the faithful performance of his or her duties in an amount approved by the director.
(b)(1) A deputy director appointed pursuant to this section prior to May 13, 2016, shall serve at the pleasure of the Director of Transportation and shall not be subject to the state Merit System law, but shall otherwise be considered a state employee for all other purposes.
(2) After May 13, 2016, a deputy director appointed pursuant to this section shall be in the unclassified service under the state Merit System law.
(Act 2012-392, p. 1051, §1; Act 2016-413, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 2 - Department of Transportation. › Section 23-1-22 - Chief Engineer - Office Created; Appointment, Salary, Expenses, and Bond; Applicability of Merit System.

Section 23-1-22
Chief engineer - Office created; appointment, salary, expenses, and bond; applicability of Merit System.
(a) There is hereby created within the State Department of Transportation the position of chief engineer, which shall be filled by appointment by the Director of Transportation, with the approval of the Governor. The chief engineer 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 from funds of the State Department of Transportation as salaries and expenses of other State Department of Transportation employees are paid. The chief engineer shall give bond for the faithful performance of his or her duties in an amount to be approved by the Governor.
(b)(1) The chief engineer appointed prior to May 13, 2016, shall serve at the pleasure of and under the direction of the Director of Transportation and shall be an exempt employee under the state Merit System regulations.
(2) After May 13, 2016, the chief engineer shall be appointed in the unclassified service under the state Merit System law.
(Acts 1959, No. 497, p. 1231, §1; Acts 1969, No. 506, p. 963; Act 2012-396, p. 1076, §1; Act 2016-413, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 2 - Department of Transportation. › Section 23-1-23 - Chief Engineer - Qualifications.

Section 23-1-23
Chief engineer - Qualifications.
The chief engineer shall be a licensed professional engineer in the State of Alabama with a minimum of 15 years' progressive professional engineering experience pertaining to the planning, development, construction, maintenance, and repair of highways and bridges. The chief engineer shall either hold a degree in civil engineering from an accredited school of engineering or shall have served at least 10 years as a Division Engineer or Bureau Chief with the Department of Transportation and shall possess a detailed knowledge of engineering principles and their application to highways and bridges. The chief engineer shall be a citizen of this state and shall continuously be a licensed professional engineer in this state while employed.
(Acts 1959, No. 497, p. 1231, §2; Acts 1969, No. 506, p. 963; Act 2012-369, p. 1076, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 2 - Department of Transportation. › Section 23-1-24 - Chief Engineer - Duties.

Section 23-1-24
Chief engineer - Duties.
The chief engineer of the State Department of Transportation shall coordinate the general mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences as applied to the planning, design, construction, maintenance, or repair of highways and bridges in this state. The Director of Transportation may assign general engineering, administrative, and operational activities to other qualified employees of the department. The chief engineer shall sign the title sheets of all plans let to contract by the department. The duties of the chief engineer shall be subject to and under the direction, control, and supervision of the Director of Transportation.
(Acts 1959, No. 497, p. 1231, §3; Acts 1969, No. 506, p. 963; Act 2012-396, p. 1076, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 2 - Department of Transportation. › Section 23-1-25 - Legal Division - Creation; Appointment of Chief Counsel.

Section 23-1-25
Legal division - Creation; appointment of chief counsel.
There is hereby established and created in the State Department of Transportation a legal division, which shall be headed by and be under the direction, supervision and control of an officer who shall be designated as chief counsel for the State Department of Transportation, to be appointed by the Director of Transportation with the approval of the Attorney General, subject to provisions of the state Merit System laws.
(Acts 1963, No. 581, p. 1267, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 2 - Department of Transportation. › Section 23-1-26 - Legal Division - Appointment of Assistant Counsel; Chief and Assistant Counsel to Be Commissioned and Take Oath as Assistant Attorneys General.

Section 23-1-26
Legal division - Appointment of assistant counsel; chief and assistant counsel to be commissioned and take oath as assistant attorneys general.
The Director of Transportation, with the approval of the Attorney General and subject to the state Merit System law, may appoint assistant counsel as may be necessary to transact the legal business of the Department of Transportation. The chief counsel and the assistant counsel shall each be commissioned as assistant attorneys general. The chief counsel and the assistant counsel and their stenographic and clerical assistants shall constitute the legal division of the Department of Transportation. The director shall consider the racial, gender, geographic, urban/rural, and economic diversity of the state when appointing assistant counsel.
(Acts 1963, No. 581, p. 1267, §2; Act 2015-437, §1.)