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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 3 - Public Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Section 23-1-85 - Construction of Electric Transmission, Telegraph, or Telephone Lines in Right-of-Way of County Highways.

Section 23-1-85
Construction of electric transmission, telegraph, or telephone lines in right-of-way of county highways.
The right-of-way is granted to any person or corporation having the right to construct electric transmission, telegraph, or telephone lines within this state to construct them along the margin of the right-of-way of public highways, subject to the removal or change by the county commission of the county, except in cases where the State Department of Transportation has jurisdiction over such highway.
(Code 1907, §5817; Code 1923, §1357; Acts 1927, No. 347, p. 348; Code 1940, T. 23, §48.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 3 - Public Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Section 23-1-86 - Establishment, etc., Within Municipalities.

Section 23-1-86
Establishment, etc., within municipalities.
The county commission of any county, with the consent or permission of the city council or governing body of any municipality, may establish, construct, and maintain any road, street, or bridge within the corporate limits of such municipality except in cases where the State Department of Transportation has jurisdiction over such road, street, or bridge.
(Code 1923, §1367; Acts 1927, No. 347, p. 348; Code 1940, T. 23, §49.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 3 - Public Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Section 23-1-87 - Expense of Building County Line Bridges, Ferries, or Causeways.

Section 23-1-87
Expense of building county line bridges, ferries, or causeways.
Whenever a bridge, ferry, or causeway is necessary on the line between two counties, the same must be built at the joint expense of such counties, in proportion to the amount of taxable property in each. When the cost of building any county line bridges is so great that it cannot be paid by the counties which such stream divides, which fact may be determined by the county commission of either county, such counties, or either of them, may make such contracts and incur such debt as may be necessary, within constitutional limits, to procure for the use of such counties, or either of them, or the inhabitants thereof, the free use of a thoroughfare for vehicles and foot passengers over or across any bridge that may be built by any person, firm, or corporation over any stream forming the dividing line between such counties; and to pay any debt that may be thereby incurred, any county may issue its bonds when such issue is authorized by vote as required by law. A county line bridge or ferry, in the meaning of this section, shall be construed to be a bridge or ferry across a stream or slough between two counties whether the actual dividing line between said counties runs on either bank or in the center of said stream or slough. If a toll bridge, ferry, or causeway is in operation on any such line, the same may be purchased by either county alone or at the joint expense of the counties connected thereby, in proportion to the taxable property in each.
(Code 1852, §1190; Code 1867, §1382; Code 1876, §1679; Code 1886, §1443; Code 1896, §2499; Code 1907, §3025; Acts 1915, No. 677, p. 736; Code 1923, §6444; Code 1940, T. 23, §50.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 3 - Public Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Section 23-1-88 - Facilities Between Adjoining Counties - Authority of Counties to Build, Establish, Etc.

Section 23-1-88
Facilities between adjoining counties - Authority of counties to build, establish, etc.
Adjoining counties may purchase, establish, build, maintain, and operate bridges and ferries or public highways across streams, swamps, waters, or marshes which form the boundary between two counties upon such terms as may be agreed upon by the county commissions of the adjoining counties.
(Acts 1920, No. 98, p. 146; Code 1923, §6461; Code 1940, T. 23, §51.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 3 - Public Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Section 23-1-89 - Facilities Between Adjoining Counties - Extension of Aid by Other Counties.

Section 23-1-89
Facilities between adjoining counties - Extension of aid by other counties.
The county commission of any county in the state that will be benefited by the establishment of such means of communication as are set forth in Section 23-1-88 may also extend aid in the purchase, establishment, construction, and maintenance of such means of communication, although no part of such bridges, highways, or ferries may be located in such county. The county commission of any county is made the sole judge as to whether the county would be benefited by the bridge, ferry, or other improvement as is provided for in this article.
(Acts 1920, No. 98, p. 146; Code 1923, §6462; Code 1940, T. 23, §52.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 3 - Public Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Section 23-1-90 - Extension of Aid by Municipalities.

Section 23-1-90
Extension of aid by municipalities.
The governing authority of any municipality that would be benefited by the purchase, establishment, construction, or maintenance of the bridges, causeways, highways, or ferries, or combination of same, mentioned in this article may extend aid to the establishment, construction, or maintenance of the same.
(Acts 1920, No. 98, p. 146; Code 1923, §6463; Code 1940, T. 23, §53.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 3 - Public Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Section 23-1-91 - Aid for Development of Access Roads or Bridges to Certain Facilities by Contiguous Counties or Municipalities.

Section 23-1-91
Aid for development of access roads or bridges to certain facilities by contiguous counties or municipalities.
The county commission of any county or governing body of any municipality in this state is hereby authorized, upon the adoption by a majority vote of a resolution duly recorded in its minutes, to aid and participate in the development of any access roads or bridges to any project undertaken by any public athletic or recreational board for the promotion of athletics, recreation, race tracks, and related facilities in any other contiguous county or in aid of the development in any other contiguous county or any industrial site or access roads and bridges of any project undertaken pursuant to the provisions of Sections 11-54-80 through 11-54-101 or pursuant to Sections 11-54-20 through 11-54-32. In any county, including the county in which said project is located, the county commission may appropriate county funds or authorize the use of equipment and employees of the county to aid in the promotion of any project which comes within the purview of this section, and any municipal governing body may likewise appropriate municipal funds or authorize the use of equipment and employees of the municipality to aid in the promotion of any such project.
(Acts 1967, Ex. Sess., No. 120, p. 173.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 3 - Public Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Section 23-1-92 - Advertisement for Contract Bids - Requirement.

Section 23-1-92
Advertisement for contract bids - Requirement.
No contract where the estimated cost of the work will exceed $250.00 shall be made except after advertisement for 30 days in some newspaper published in the county, describing the character of the work to be done and the time and place of letting, and then only to the lowest reasonable and responsible bidder for such work, who shall enter into bond in double the amount of such bid, conditioned for the proper performance of such contract according to the plans and specifications and within the time prescribed by the order of the county commission of such work, which bond shall be approved by the judge of probate of said county. Where the estimated cost of the work exceeds $2,500.00, advertisement as above must also be made in a daily paper published in this state of at least 5,000 daily circulation once a week for 30 days. The county commission shall have the right to reject any or all bids.
(Code 1923, §1361; Acts 1927, No. 347, p. 348; Code 1940, T. 23, §54.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 3 - Public Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Section 23-1-93 - Advertisement for Contract Bids - Exceptions.

Section 23-1-93
Advertisement for contract bids - Exceptions.
In the event of the destruction of a bridge, or damage thereto, rendering the same impassable, or in any other emergency, the county commission may contract for the repair or rebuilding of such bridge without advertisement if the public good requires it, except in cases where the State Department of Transportation has jurisdiction over such bridges.
(Code 1923, §1362; Acts 1927, No. 347, p. 348; Code 1940, T. 23, §55.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 3 - Public Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Section 23-1-94 - Construction of Article Not to Conflict With Local or Special Laws.

Section 23-1-94
Construction of article not to conflict with local or special laws.
Nothing in this article shall be construed to authorize the county commissions of the several counties to establish, promulgate, or enforce any rules, regulations, or laws which may be in conflict with a local or special law providing for the working, maintenance, change, discontinuance, or improvement of the public roads, bridges, or ferries of such county now in force or which may hereafter be enacted, except in cases where the State Department of Transportation has jurisdiction over such highways.
(Code 1923, §1348; Acts 1927, No. 347, p. 348; Code 1940, T. 23, §64.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 3 - Public Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Section 23-1-95 - Violation of Rules, etc., Enacted by County Commissions.

Section 23-1-95
Violation of rules, etc., enacted by county commissions.
No person shall violate any rule, regulation, or law which may be adopted or promulgated by the county commission of any county under the authority conferred by this article relating to the use, control, care, operation, or maintenance of any such public road, bridge, or ferry, except in cases where the State Department of Transportation has jurisdiction over such highways.
(Code 1923, §1349; Acts 1927, No. 347, p. 348; Code 1940, T. 23, §61.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 3A - Roads and Bridges in Captive Counties. › Section 23-1-100 - "Captive County" Defined.

Section 23-1-100
"Captive county" defined.
Unless different meanings are expressly specified in subsequent provisions of this article the term "captive county" means a county where the State Department of Transportation by local law or general law with local application is responsible for the construction, repair, and maintenance of the roads and bridges of the respective county.
(Acts 1979, No. 79-688, p. 1217, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 3A - Roads and Bridges in Captive Counties. › Section 23-1-101 - Powers and Duties of County Commissions of Captive Counties as to Construction, Repair, and Maintenance of County Roads and Bridges Generally.

Section 23-1-101
Powers and duties of county commissions of captive counties as to construction, repair, and maintenance of county roads and bridges generally.
The county commission of each of the captive counties shall be solely responsible for the construction, repair, and maintenance of the county roads and bridges in its respective county in accordance with the laws of the State of Alabama. Each county governing body shall have all the powers and jurisdiction with respect to county roads and bridges which are or which hereafter may be vested in or required of county governing bodies by the general laws of this state, or vested in or required of the governing body of each of the captive counties by local law and, except as may be otherwise provided herein, members of the county governing bodies of the captive counties shall perform all the duties and services and shall exercise all the powers and authority with respect to construction, repair, or maintenance of county roads and bridges which are or hereafter may be provided by law for members of county governing bodies.
(Acts 1979, No. 79-688, p. 1217, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 3A - Roads and Bridges in Captive Counties. › Section 23-1-102 - Transfer to Counties of Unexpended Funds Maintained by State Department of Transportation; Payment to Counties of Tax Proceeds, Federal Aid Accruals, Etc.

Section 23-1-102
Transfer to counties of unexpended funds maintained by State Department of Transportation; payment to counties of tax proceeds, federal aid accruals, etc.
Any unexpended moneys remaining in the fund required by law to be maintained by the State Department of Transportation for use in the construction, repair, and maintenance of county roads and bridges in each of the captive counties shall be paid over to the respective governing body of each of the captive counties except as otherwise provided by this article. Thereafter, all funds and moneys designated by law for use in the construction, repair, and maintenance of county roads and bridges in each of the captive counties and to which each of said counties may be entitled, whether from the proceeds of the state gasoline tax, the motor vehicle tax, or other state tax, federal aid accruals, or from any other source whatsoever shall be paid to the county governing body of the respective captive county by the appropriate county or state official.
(Acts 1979, No. 79-688, p. 1217, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 3A - Roads and Bridges in Captive Counties. › Section 23-1-103 - Transfer to Counties by State Department of Transportation of Facilities and Properties for Construction, Repair, and Maintenance of Roads; Resolution of Disputes as to Transfers.

Section 23-1-103
Transfer to counties by State Department of Transportation of facilities and properties for construction, repair, and maintenance of roads; resolution of disputes as to transfers.
The State Department of Transportation shall transfer and turn over to the governing body of each of the captive counties adequate facilities and properties to build, maintain, and repair roads in said county from equipment presently being used by the State Department of Transportation in carrying out the functions and duties in relation to roads and bridges in each of said captive counties respective and/or from surplus equipment returned to the state from other counties also, but not limited to road equipment, machinery, and supplies of like kind, amount, nature, and present value as of 1979 to the respective road equipment, machinery, and supplies which each of the captive counties was required to transfer and turn over to the State Department of Transportation in accordance with the legislation enacted prior to the adoption of this article, which legislation required the State Department of Transportation to construct, repair, and maintain roads and bridges in each of the captive counties.
Any dispute which may arise as a result of this section shall be resolved by the majority of the members of a committee consisting of the Director of Transportation or his agent, the chairman of the county governing body of the respective county or his agent, and one member from the legislative delegation of the respective county to be selected by the legislative delegation.
(Acts 1979, No. 79-688, p. 1217, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 3A - Roads and Bridges in Captive Counties. › Section 23-1-105 - Effect of Article Upon Contracts for Construction, Repair and Maintenance of County Roads and Bridges Entered Into by State Department of Transportation.

Section 23-1-105
Effect of article upon contracts for construction, repair and maintenance of county roads and bridges entered into by State Department of Transportation.
Any contract for the construction, repair, and maintenance of county roads and bridges in each of the captive counties entered into by the State Department of Transportation prior to the adoption of this article shall remain in full force and effect until the terms thereof shall have been complied with.
(Acts 1979, No. 79-688, p. 1217, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 3A - Roads and Bridges in Captive Counties. › Section 23-1-106 - Effect of Article Upon Outstanding Financial Obligations Incurred by Counties; Disposition of Funds Received by State From Counties for Road and Bridge Work Therein.

Section 23-1-106
Effect of article upon outstanding financial obligations incurred by counties; disposition of funds received by state from counties for road and bridge work therein.
All outstanding financial obligations which were incurred prior to the adoption of this article for the construction, repair, or maintenance of county roads and bridges in each of the captive counties shall, upon adoption of this article, become outstanding financial obligations of the respective captive county and shall be retired or paid in accordance with the terms under which such indebtedness was incurred.
All funds, including escrow funds, received by the state from the respective captive counties to be used for road and bridge work in the respective counties, after payment of current obligations of said counties, respectively, shall be returned to each of said counties, respectively.
(Acts 1979, No. 79-688, p. 1217, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 3A - Roads and Bridges in Captive Counties. › Section 23-1-107 - Effective Date.

Section 23-1-107
Effective date.
This article after its passage and approval by the Governor, or upon its otherwise becoming state law shall become effective October 1, 1979, or October 1, 1980, at the discretion of the individual county commissions.
(Acts 1979, No. 79-688, p. 1217, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 4 - Municipal Connecting Link Roads. › Section 23-1-110 - Purpose of Article.

Section 23-1-110
Purpose of article.
It is hereby declared by the Legislature of Alabama that city and town streets and roads or portions thereof, including viaducts and bridges, which constitute the route of connection between or extension of state roads in the Alabama state highway system, hereby designated as municipal connecting link roads, have in the past, do now, and will in the future serve a state purpose and are for the general benefit of the state; and that it is a proper and legitimate function of the state to designate such municipal connecting link roads and to provide for the cost and manner and extent of maintenance, repair, construction, and reconstruction of the same by the state independently or in cooperation with the city or town involved.
(Acts 1949, No. 284, p. 408, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 4 - Municipal Connecting Link Roads. › Section 23-1-111 - Designation.

Section 23-1-111
Designation.
The State Department of Transportation, hereinafter referred to as the department, shall, as early as practicable after July 26, 1949, designate such streets or roads, including viaducts and bridges, as are municipal connecting link roads in each city or town of this state under the then existing state highway system and, thereafter, shall designate such municipal connecting link roads for additional state roads in the state highway system at the time such roads are opened for travel. Such designation shall also be made promptly of any street or road in any city or town not constituting a part or portion of the state highway system wherever necessary to care for arterial or main highway traffic, and the provisions of this article shall apply to such streets or roads so designated. The department shall keep a record of such municipal connecting link roads so designated and shall promptly, after designation in each case, furnish to the city or town involved a statement of the municipal connecting link roads so designated therein.
(Acts 1949, No. 284, p. 408, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 4 - Municipal Connecting Link Roads. › Section 23-1-112 - Maintenance and Repair - Responsibility.

Section 23-1-112
Maintenance and repair - Responsibility.
The department is hereby authorized, empowered, directed, and required to maintain and repair, under its control and supervision, such designated municipal connecting link roads, to make appropriations and expenditures out of its funds for such program and is authorized to enter into any and all contracts, inclusive of agreements with cities and towns, and with any federal agency of the United States of America authorized to do so, for such purpose; provided, that nothing contained in this section shall require the department to sweep, sprinkle, or light said municipal link roads.
(Acts 1949, No. 284, p. 408, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 5 - Private Roads. › Section 23-1-130 - Establishment.

Section 23-1-130
Establishment.
Private roads may be established by the county commission on the application of any person, such roads not to exceed 15 feet in width and to be opened and kept in repair by the person on whose application they are established without exemption on public roads.
(Code 1907, §5841; Code 1923, §1370; Acts 1927, No. 347, p. 348; Code 1940, T. 23, §65.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 5 - Private Roads. › Section 23-1-131 - Proceedings; Limitations as to Location; Damages.

Section 23-1-131
Proceedings; limitations as to location; damages.
In establishing a private road, the same rules must be observed and the same proceedings had as in the case of public roads; but no road must be opened through any person's yard, garden, orchard, garage, stable, lot, ginhouse, or curtilage without his consent, and the applicant must pay the owner of the land over which such road passes all damages resulting thereto from the establishment of such road, to be assessed as in case of public roads.
(Code 1907, §§5842, 5843; Code 1923, §1371; Acts 1927, No. 347, p. 348; Code 1940, T. 23, §66.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 6 - Alabama Highway Authority. › Section 23-1-150 - Purpose and Construction of Article.

Section 23-1-150
Purpose and construction of article.
It is the intention of the Legislature by the passage of this article to authorize the incorporation of the Director of Finance, the Director of Transportation, the Attorney General, the State Treasurer and the Executive Secretary to the Governor of Alabama for the purpose of constructing public roads and bridges, together with work incidental and related thereto, through a corporation to be composed of said officials whose incorporation is hereby authorized, to vest such corporation with all powers, authorities, rights, privileges and titles that may be necessary to enable it to accomplish such purpose and to appropriate and pledge funds for the use of such corporation. This article shall be liberally construed in conformity with the said purpose.
(Acts 1955, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 43, p. 66, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 6 - Alabama Highway Authority. › Section 23-1-151 - Incorporation - Authorization.

Section 23-1-151
Incorporation - Authorization.
The Director of Finance, the Director of Transportation, the Attorney General, the State Treasurer and the Executive Secretary to the Governor may become a corporation, with the powers and authorities provided in this article, by proceeding according to the provisions of this article.
(Acts 1955, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 43, p. 66, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 6 - Alabama Highway Authority. › Section 23-1-152 - Incorporation - Application.

Section 23-1-152
Incorporation - Application.
To become a corporation, the Director of Finance, the Director of Transportation, the Attorney General, the State Treasurer and the Executive Secretary to the Governor shall present to the Secretary of State of Alabama an application signed by them which will 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 Highway Authority;
(4) The location of the principal office of the proposed corporation; and
(5) Any other matter relating to the incorporation which the applicants may choose to insert and which is not inconsistent with this article 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 1955, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 43, p. 66, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 6 - Alabama Highway Authority. › Section 23-1-153 - Incorporation - Certificate.

Section 23-1-153
Incorporation - Certificate.
When the application has been made, filed and recorded as provided in Section 23-1-152, the applicants shall constitute a 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 article, 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 referred to in this article as "the corporation."
(Acts 1955, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 43, p. 66, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 6 - Alabama Highway Authority. › Section 23-1-154 - Members, Officers and Directors; Quorum; Vacancies; Compensation; Record of Proceedings.

Section 23-1-154
Members, officers and directors; quorum; vacancies; compensation; record of proceedings.
The Governor shall be the president of the corporation, the Director of Finance shall be the vice-president of the corporation, the Director of Transportation 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 Governor, the Director of Transportation, the Director of Finance, the State Treasurer, and the Attorney General shall constitute all the members of the board of directors of the corporation, and any three members of the board of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Should any of the officials of the state die or should his or her term of office as Governor, Director of Finance, Director of Transportation, Attorney General, or State Treasurer, as the case may be, expire, or should he or she resign therefrom, his or her successor in office shall take his or her 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 or she may render or any duty he or she 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. 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 1955, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 43, p. 66, §5; Act 2015-212, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 6 - Alabama Highway Authority. › Section 23-1-156 - Contracts; Conveyance of Property to State.

Section 23-1-156
Contracts; conveyance of property to state.
All contracts of the corporation for the construction, reconstruction and relocation of public roads, bridges and approaches thereto, tunnels, other public roadway improvements, and work incidental or related thereto and the acquisition of property necessary therefor, shall be in writing, shall be subject to the rules and regulations and shall be let under the supervision of the Department of Transportation and shall be subject to approval by the Governor and by the State Department of Transportation. All work provided for in any contract shall be supervised by the Department of Transportation or as otherwise provided through agreement with the Department of Transportation. All persons engaged in the supervision or performance of any such work of construction, reconstruction, or relocation that may be done by the corporation without the award of a contract therefor shall be employees of the Department of Transportation or as otherwise provided through agreement with the Department of Transportation. The corporation shall make and enforce all reasonable rules and regulations not inconsistent with the terms of this article or the laws of the State of Alabama as may in its opinion be proper and suitable for the protection of roads, bridges and approaches thereto, tunnels, and other public roadway improvements and appurtenances and for the safety of the traveling public. Any property acquired by the corporation by purchase, condemnation or otherwise shall be forthwith conveyed to the State of Alabama or as otherwise provided through agreement with the department.
(Acts 1955, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 43, p. 66, §8; Acts 2015-212, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 6 - Alabama Highway Authority. › Section 23-1-159 - Bonds - Payments by State Treasurer.

Section 23-1-159
Bonds - Payments by State Treasurer.
Out of the revenues appropriated and pledged for such purpose, the State Treasurer is authorized and directed to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds issued by the corporation under the provisions of this article, as such principal and interest shall respectively mature, and he is further authorized and directed to set up and maintain appropriate records pertaining thereto.
(Acts 1955, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 43, p. 66, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 6 - Alabama Highway Authority. › Section 23-1-160 - Dissolution.

Section 23-1-160
Dissolution.
At any time when no securities of any kind of the corporation, whether issued under this article or under authorization contained in any other statutes, 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 1955, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 43, p. 66, §11; Acts 1969, No. 785, p. 1414, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 7 - Alabama Highway Finance Corporation. › Section 23-1-170 - Purpose and Construction of Article.

Section 23-1-170
Purpose and construction of article.
It is the intention of the Legislature by the passage of this article to authorize the incorporation of a public corporation for the following purposes:
(1) To issue bonds to assure the availability of funds for payment of the state's share of the cost of constructing roads and bridges as shall from time to time be constructed with funds supplied jointly by the state and federal government; and
(2) To construct and maintain, or participate in the construction and maintenance, or lend its aid in construction and maintenance or contract for construction and maintenance of roads and bridges in the State of Alabama, as well as the approaches thereto, including the reconstruction and relocating of approaches, causeways and like or other highway facilities which may, from time to time, be constructed and maintained with funds to be supplied jointly by the state and federal government, together with work incidental and related thereto, through a corporation to be composed of said officials whose incorporation is hereby authorized to vest such corporation with all powers, authorities, rights, privileges and titles that may be necessary to enable it to accomplish such purpose, and to appropriate and pledge funds for the use of such corporation.
All construction and maintenance referred to in this section shall be done 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 and maintenance under its general powers, subject to approval by the Governor. This article shall be liberally construed in conformity with the said purposes.
(Acts 1965, No. 228, p. 327, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 7 - Alabama Highway Finance Corporation. › Section 23-1-171 - Incorporation - Authorization.

Section 23-1-171
Incorporation - Authorization.
The Director of Transportation, the Attorney General and the Director of Finance may become a corporation, with the powers and authorities provided in this article, by proceeding according to the provisions of this article.
(Acts 1965, No. 228, p. 327, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 7 - Alabama Highway Finance Corporation. › Section 23-1-172 - Incorporation - Application.

Section 23-1-172
Incorporation - Application.
To become a corporation, the Director of Transportation, the Attorney General 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 Highway Finance 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 article 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 1965, No. 228, p. 327, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 7 - Alabama Highway Finance Corporation. › Section 23-1-173 - Incorporation - Certificate.

Section 23-1-173
Incorporation - Certificate.
When the application has been made, filed and recorded, as provided in Section 23-1-172, 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 article, 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 referred to in this article as "the corporation."
(Acts 1965, No. 228, p. 327, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 7 - Alabama Highway Finance Corporation. › Section 23-1-174 - Composition; Vacancies; Compensation; Records.

Section 23-1-174
Composition; vacancies; compensation; records.
The members of the corporation shall consist of the Governor, the Director of Transportation, the Attorney General, and the Director of Finance and their respective successors in office. The Governor shall be the president of the corporation, the Director of Finance shall be its vice-president, the Director of Transportation 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 three members of the board of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Should any of the officials of the state die or should his or her term of office as Governor, Director of Transportation, Attorney General, or Director of Finance, as the case may be, expire or should he or she resign therefrom, the successor in office shall take the 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 or she may render or any duty he or she 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 1965, No. 228, p. 327, §5; Act 2013-80, p. 172, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 7 - Alabama Highway Finance Corporation. › Section 23-1-176 - Contracts; Conveyance of Property to State.

Section 23-1-176
Contracts; conveyance of property to state.
All contracts of the corporation for the construction, reconstruction and relocation of roads and bridges, and work incidental or related thereto and the acquisition of property necessary therefor, shall be in writing, shall be subject to the rules and regulations and shall be let under the supervision of the State Department of Transportation and shall be subject to approval by the Governor and by the State Department of Transportation. All work provided for in any such contract shall be supervised by the State Department of Transportation. All persons engaged in the supervision or performance of any such work of construction, reconstruction or relocation that may be done by the corporation without the award of a contract therefor shall be employees of the State Department of Transportation. Any property acquired by the corporation by purchase, condemnation or otherwise shall be forthwith conveyed to the State of Alabama. All roads and bridges constructed by the corporation shall constitute part of the public highway system in the state.
(Acts 1965, No. 228, p. 327, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 7 - Alabama Highway Finance Corporation. › Section 23-1-179 - Bonds - Payments by State Treasurer.

Section 23-1-179
Bonds - Payments by State Treasurer.
Out of the revenues appropriated and pledged for such purpose, the State Treasurer is authorized and directed to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds issued by the corporation under the provisions of this article, as such principal and interest shall respectively mature, and he is further authorized and directed to set up and maintain appropriate records pertaining thereto.
(Acts 1965, No. 228, p. 327, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 7 - Alabama Highway Finance Corporation. › Section 23-1-180 - Dissolution.

Section 23-1-180
Dissolution.
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 1965, No. 228, p. 327, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 7 - Alabama Highway Finance Corporation. › Section 23-1-182 - Diversity Requirement.

Section 23-1-182
Diversity requirement.
All persons and entities awarded a contract or employed pursuant to Sections 23-1-174, 23-1-177, 23-1-178, and 23-1-181 shall be inclusive and reflect the geographic, gender, racial, and ethnic diversity of the state.
(Act 2013-80, p. 172, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 8A - Relocation Assistance. › Section 23-1-210 - Authorization to Provide Relocation Assistance.

Section 23-1-210
Authorization to provide relocation assistance.
When any department, agency, or instrumentality of the state, or any county, municipality, or other political subdivision, or any other public or private entity subject to the provisions of the federal Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, as amended, Public Law 91-646 and 100-17, hereinafter referred to as the federal Uniform Relocation Act, undertakes any project which results in the acquisition of real property or in any person or persons being displaced from their homes, businesses, or farms such state department, agency or instrumentality, county, municipality or other political subdivision, or other public or private entity is hereby authorized to provide relocation assistance, and to make relocation payments to such displaced person and to do such other acts and follow such procedures and practices as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the federal Uniform Relocation Act.
(Acts 1989, No. 89-522, p. 1070, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 8A - Relocation Assistance. › Section 23-1-211 - Payments.

Section 23-1-211
Payments.
Any payment made or to be made under the authority granted by this article shall be for compensating or reimbursing the displaced person or owner of real property in accordance with the requirements of the federal Uniform Relocation Act and such payments shall not for any purpose be deemed or considered compensation for real property acquired or compensation for damages to remaining property.
(Acts 1989, No. 89-522, p. 1070, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 8A - Relocation Assistance. › Section 23-1-212 - Authority of Director of Transportation.

Section 23-1-212
Authority of Director of Transportation.
The Director of the State Department of Transportation is hereby authorized to issue such regulations and procedures determined to be necessary or appropriate to carry out this article and the federal Uniform Relocation Act being subject to change at any time, such regulations and procedures will not be subject to the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act.
(Acts 1989, No. 89-522, p. 1070, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 9 - Highway Beautification. › Division 1 - Scenic Enhancement. › Section 23-1-220 - Short Title.

Section 23-1-220
Short title.
This division may be cited as the "Highway Beautification Act - Scenic Enhancement."
(Acts 1967, No. 432, p. 1101, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 9 - Highway Beautification. › Division 1 - Scenic Enhancement. › Section 23-1-221 - Purpose of Division.

Section 23-1-221
Purpose of division.
The purpose of this division is to promote the safety, convenience, and enjoyment of travel on, and protection of, the public investment in highways of this state and for the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty within and adjacent to the state and federal-aid highways.
(Acts 1967, No. 432, p. 1101, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries. › Chapter 1 - Alabama Highways. › Article 9 - Highway Beautification. › Division 1 - Scenic Enhancement. › Section 23-1-222 - Authority of Director of Transportation to Acquire Land.

Section 23-1-222
Authority of Director of Transportation to acquire land.
The Director of Transportation is hereby authorized to acquire land necessary for the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty and the establishment of rest areas within, and adjacent to, state and federal-aid highways of this state, including acquisition of publicly owned and controlled rest and recreation areas and sanitary and other facilities within, or adjacent to, the highway right-of-way necessary to accommodate the traveling public.
(Acts 1967, No. 432, p. 1101, §3.)