Section 23-1-80 County commissions – Powers and duties generally. The county commissions of the several counties of this state have general superintendence of the public roads, bridges, and ferries within their respective counties so as to render travel over the same as safe and convenient as practicable. To this end, they have legislative and executive […]
Section 23-1-80.1 County commissions – Use of county roads in conducting timber operations. (a) A county commission, by ordinance or resolution, may require all persons or firms that own timber in any unincorporated area of the county which plan to utilize county roads for delivery of pulpwood, logs, poles, posts, or wood chips to any […]
Section 23-1-81 County commissions – Authority to establish, operate, etc., bridges, ferries, causeways, etc.; licensing. (a) The county commission of each county is invested with authority to purchase or establish toll bridges, free bridges, causeways, and ferries or free ferries within their respective jurisdictions as provided in this article and may levy a special tax […]
Section 23-1-82 County commissions – Eminent domain. The county commissions of the several counties of the state are given the right of eminent domain for the purpose of establishing and changing public roads, bridges, and ferries in their respective counties, except in cases where the State Department of Transportation has jurisdiction over such highways. When […]
Section 23-1-83 Transfer of general fund surplus to road fund by county. The county commission of any county in this state may transfer to the road fund of the county any surplus of the general funds of the county in the county treasury or any part of such surplus whenever, in the judgment of such […]
Section 23-1-84 Authority of county to expend funds derived from fees, etc., levied on vehicles and fuels. (a) The several counties of the state are hereby authorized to expend the funds derived from fees, excises, or license taxes levied by the state relating to the registration, operation, or use of motor vehicles upon the public […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
