Alabama § 11-32-17 Use of Public Roads

Alabama Statutes

§ 11-32-17 — Use of Public Roads

Alabama § 11-32-17

Title 11Counties and Municipal Corporations

Ch. 32Public Transportation in Counties Having Population of 600,000 or More

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Ala. Code § 11-32-17 (2026).

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Any authority may use the rights-of-way of all public roads in the authorizing county without securing the prior approval of the state or of its agencies or departments or the governing body of a county and subject only to the necessity of obtaining the municipal consent required by Section 220 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, except that nothing herein shall be construed to exempt any authority from the requirements of Section 23-1-4. The authority shall have the duty to restore at its expense all roads, highways, and public rights-of-way in which it may have made excavations or done other work in constructing a transit system or performing any of its other corporate functions.

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Any authority may use the rights-of-way of all public roads in the authorizing county without securing the prior approval of the state or of its agencies or departments or the governing body of a county and subject only to the necessity of obtaining the municipal consent required by Section 220 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, except that nothing herein shall be construed to exempt any authority from the requirements of Section 23-1-4. The authority shall have the duty to restore at its expense all roads, highways, and public rights-of-way in which it may have made excavations or done other work in constructing a transit system or performing any of its other corporate functions.