Title 23

The Director of Transportation is hereby authorized to adopt such rules and regulations as are necessary and appropriate to carry out the provisions of this division. (Acts 1971, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 276, p. 4544, §16.)

All fees collected for the issuance of permits provided for under this division shall be paid into the State Treasury to be credited to the Public Road and Bridge Fund. (Acts 1971, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 276, p. 4544, §20.)

Whoever erects or maintains a sign in violation of the provisions of this division or in violation of rules and regulations promulgated by the director under the provisions of this division shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor and shall upon conviction be punished as provided…

This article shall be known as “Alabama the Beautiful Act.” (Act 2000-589, p. 1076, §1.)

The Legislature finds that certain portions of the state highway system provide access to state locales that are notable for their scenic, natural, historic, recreational, cultural, and archaeological value and are therefore worthy of designations as scenic byways in order to pro…

The Alabama Scenic Byways program is hereby established through a two-tiered system consisting of a Designating Committee and an Advisory Council. Appointments to the committee and the council shall be made within 30 days and 45 days, respectively, of August 1, 2000. Organization…

(a) The Designating Committee shall consist of a state legislator to be appointed by the Governor, a state Senator appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, a member of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House, and the heads, or their officia…

(a) The Advisory Council shall consist of a member of the Alabama House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House, a member of the Alabama Senate appointed by the Lieutenant Governor, one member appointed by each member of the Designating Committee, three persons a…

The Advisory Council shall evaluate initial applications. Local governments in conjunction with the Advisory Council shall perform a field survey of the byway and score its qualities, with special attention paid to the scenic quality of the roadway. The following criteria and pro…

(a) 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 Governor of Alabama for the purposes of establishing the program…

When used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following respective meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) AUTHORITY. The Alabama Federal Aid Highway Finance Authority, a public corporation and instrumentality of the state authoriz…

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 arti…

(a) 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) T…

(a) When the application has been made, filed and recorded as provided in Section 23-1-303, 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 pu…

(a) The members of the corporation shall be the Governor, the Director of Finance, the Director of Transportation, the Attorney General, and the State Treasurer and their respective successors in office. (b) The Governor shall be the president of the corporation, the Director of …

The corporation shall have the following powers: (1) To have perpetual succession by its corporate name unless sooner dissolved pursuant to Section 23-1-318. (2) To commence actions and have actions commenced against it, provided, however, that the corporation shall be considered…

The authority shall have the power and is hereby authorized and empowered to sell and issue its bonds in order to provide as soon as practicable the federal share of the cost of constructing federal aid projects in anticipation of the receipt by the state of such federal portions…

Any obligations authorized by this article shall be in such forms and denominations and of such tenor and maturities, shall bear such rate or rates of interest payable and evidenced in such manner and may contain other provisions not inconsistent with this article as may be provi…

The obligations authorized by this article shall be signed by the president or vice-president of the authority, as the board of directors shall designate, and attested by its secretary or an assistant secretary, as the board of directors shall designate; provided, that a facsimil…

Obligations of the authority may be sold at either public or private sale in such manner and at such price or prices and at such time or times as may be determined by the board of directors to be most advantageous; provided, that none of the obligations may be sold for a price le…

(a) The obligations authorized by this article shall not be general obligations of the authority, but shall be payable solely out of the funds appropriated and pledged in or permitted to be pledged pursuant to Sections 23-1-314 and 23-1-315. (b) As security for the payment of the…

(a) Any obligations authorized by this article and the income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation in the state. (b) Any of the obligations authorized by this article may be used by the holder thereof as security for the deposit of any funds belonging to the state or to an…

The authority shall pay out of the proceeds from the sale of the obligations authorized by this article all expenses that the board of directors may deem necessary and advantageous in connection with the sale and issuance thereof. The proceeds from the issue of any obligations au…

(a) For the purpose of providing funds to enable the authority to pay at their respective maturities and due dates the principal of and interest on the obligations that may be issued by it under this article at any time after March 1, 2014, there hereby is irrevocably pledged and…

Any funds held as the proceeds of obligations issued by the authority under this article and any funds held by the State Treasurer in the sinking fund provided for the payment of such obligations shall be invested in obligations of the United States of America or in certificates …

Out of the revenues appropriated and pledged and the sinking fund provided pursuant to Sections 23-1-314 and 23-1-315, the State Treasurer is authorized and directed to pay the principal of and interest on the obligations issued by the authority under this article at the respecti…

(a) If such action shall be necessary in order to comply with any federal legislation relating to federal aid in construction of roads and highways, the authority may authorize the State Department of Transportation to expend directly any portion of proceeds from obligations issu…

At any time when no securities of any kind of the authority, whether issued under this article or under authorization contained in any other act, are outstanding, the authority may be dissolved upon the filing with the Secretary of State of an application for dissolution, which s…

This article shall be known as the Rural Access Program Act (RAP). (Acts 1995, No. 95-396, p. 807, §1.)

Where used in this article, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) BRIDGE REPLACEMENT. Bridge replacement includes the replacement of existing bridge structures and, if necessary, the realignment of the adjacent approaches. If the route is to be four-laned, it…

(a) There is created within the state a program to be known as the Rural Access Program. (b) The following revenues sources shall be allocated for use of the Rural Access Program. (1) Motor fuel taxes distributed to the Department of Transportation and deposited in the Public Roa…

Any county road constructed with Rural Access Program funds under this article shall be maintained by the county in which the road is located. At the time that an application for Rural Access Program funds in the construction of any county road or county roads is approved, the co…

It is the purpose of this article to facilitate the development of aeronautics, promote safety in aeronautics, and provide a uniform mechanism for overseeing and regulating aeronautics within the state by repealing existing statutes establishing the Alabama Department of Aeronaut…

All matters of any nature whatsoever which have heretofore come under the authority, jurisdiction, or purview of, or have been administered, overseen, or executed by the Alabama Department of Aeronautics or the Alabama Aeronautics Commission, as well as all physical properties an…

For the purpose of the laws of this state relating to aeronautics, the following words, terms, and phrases shall have the meanings herein given, unless otherwise specifically defined, or unless another intention clearly appears or the context requires otherwise: (1) AERONAUTICS o…

The current Director of the Alabama Department of Aeronautics shall be transferred to the Alabama State Department of Transportation into a Merit System position classified as Aeronautics Administrator, which position shall be assigned an appropriate pay range by the State Person…

The Alabama Aeronautics Commission, previously created pursuant to Section 4-2-30, shall serve in an advisory capacity to the Director of the Alabama State Department of Transportation. The commission shall consist of the Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, the…

The commission shall serve in an advisory capacity to the Director of the Alabama State Department of Transportation and shall have the responsibility to advise the director in all phases of aeronautics and other matters that seriously affect aeronautical interests within the sta…

(a) The commission shall hold a regular annual meeting on the second Tuesday in June at a time and place designated by the director. Additional meetings of the commission may be held as the needs of aeronautics may require at a time and place specified by the director. The direct…

(a) The department shall have general supervision over all phases of aeronautics within the state pertaining to the planning and development of the state airport system plan and the inspection, acquisition, establishment, construction, expansion, improvement, maintenance, managem…

In addition to all other responsibilities prescribed for the department by this article, the director shall have the following powers and duties with respect to aeronautics activities within this state: (1) Cooperate with the United States government and any agency or department …

(a) The department may adopt all reasonable and necessary rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this article. (b) The rules and regulations previously promulgated by the Alabama Department of Aeronautics and the Alabama Aeronautics Commission pursuant to authority …

The department pursuant to appropriations made for aeronautics and aeronautical activities, may render financial assistance, and, insofar as is reasonably possible, may offer engineering or other technical services of the department to any municipality or airport authority in con…

(a) The department may accept, receive, and receipt for federal and other monies, for and on behalf of the state, any municipality, county, or airport authority thereof, for the acquisition, construction, expansion, improvement, maintenance, or operation of airports and other air…

The department may audit the financial records of any municipality, county, and airport authority which receives any of the funds appropriated or allocated by the state insofar as may be necessary to determine that the funds are used solely and exclusively for the purpose of impr…

The department may receive grants, donations, gifts, and loans of funds, monies, equipment, materials, and services from any state, county, or municipal governments or any agencies thereof, or from any other person, and the department shall keep a record of all grants and donatio…