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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Section 23-1-27 Legal division – Salaries. The salaries of the chief counsel and assistant counsel shall be fixed in accordance with the Merit System pay plan for assistant attorneys general and shall be paid as the salaries of other state officials and employees are paid from funds appropriated or otherwise available to the State Department […]
Section 23-1-28 Legal division – Offices, etc.; expenses. The chief counsel and the assistant counsel shall be furnished with offices, necessary stenographic and clerical help, subject to the provisions of the state Merit System law, and office equipment, stationery, and postage and shall be allowed traveling expenses when traveling on business of the state pursuant […]
Section 23-1-29 Legal division – Charging of salaries and expenses. The salaries of the chief counsel, assistant counsel, stenographic and clerical help, and other expenses of the legal division shall be charged, so far as practicable, to the division or function of the State Department of Transportation for which the expense was incurred. (Acts 1963, […]
Section 23-1-30 Legal division – Functions and duties. The functions and duties of the legal division of the State Department of Transportation shall, as all other assistant attorneys general, include the following: (1) To advise the Director of Transportation and other personnel of the State Department of Transportation on the legal aspects of all State […]
Section 23-1-31 Legal division – Private practice prohibited. The chief counsel and assistant counsel shall devote their full time to the State Department of Transportation and shall not, during their incumbency in office, engage in the private practice of law. (Acts 1963, No. 581, p. 1267, §7.)
Section 23-1-32 Offices; director full-time position. The State Department of Transportation shall be provided with suitable offices at the State Capitol or such other places as the needs of the department may require, but no office in any other place than the Capitol shall be established as an office of said department without the consent […]
Section 23-1-33 Official records of department; appointment of assistants and personnel. The State Department of Transportation shall keep an official record of all its acts and doings. The Director of Transportation shall, under provisions of the Merit System, appoint such assistants and personnel as may be necessary for the proper carrying on of the work […]
Section 23-1-34 Copies of plans and specifications to be kept; files and records open to public inspection; records as evidence. The State Department of Transportation shall keep on file in its office copies of all plans and specifications prepared by the State Department of Transportation, and the files and records of such department shall, under […]
Section 23-1-35 Annual report to Governor. On or before April 1 in each year, the State Department of Transportation shall submit a printed report to the Governor, stating as nearly as possible the number of miles of road built or improved and also the culverts and bridges constructed during the preceding fiscal year, showing the […]
