Section 23-5-13
Section 23-5-13
Violation of State Department of Transportation rules or regulations.
Any person, firm or corporation who violates any reasonable rule or regulation prescribed by the State Department of Transportation for the better construction, repair and maintenance, protection and preservation of the public roads, bridges, highways and rights-of-way of roads and highways of this state shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00 and, at the discretion of the judge trying the case, may also be sentenced to hard labor for the county for a term not to exceed six months, unless otherwise provided by law.
(Code 1923, §4449; Acts 1927, No. 347, p. 348; Code 1940, T. 23, §127.)Section 23-5-14
Section 23-5-14
Violation of rules, etc., enacted by county commission relative to public roads, etc., of county.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to violate any rule, regulation or law which has heretofore been adopted or promulgated or which may hereafter be adopted or promulgated by the county commission of any county, under the authority conferred by law, relating to the use, control, care, operation or maintenance of the public roads, bridges or ferries of said county; and any person, firm or corporation violating the same shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $500.00 and may also be sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than six months. Each violation shall constitute a separate offense.
(Acts 1927, No. 347, p. 348; Code 1940, T. 23, §62.)Section 23-5-2
Section 23-5-2
Driving around, destruction, etc., of detour or warning sign, or barricade or fence.
(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this subsection:
(1) DETOUR SIGN. Any sign placed across or on a public road of the state by the state, the county or municipal authorities, or by their contractors, indicating that such road is closed or partially closed, which sign also indicates the direction of an alternate route to be followed to give access to certain points.
(2) WARNING SIGN. A sign indicating construction work in area.
(3) BARRICADE. A barrier for obstructing the passage of motor vehicle traffic.
(4) FENCE. A barrier to prevent the intrusion of motor vehicle traffic.
(5) OFFICIALLY CLOSED. A highway or road that has been officially closed by a governmental unit, the State Department of Transportation, a city or a county.
(b) Any person who wilfully destroys, knocks down, removes, defaces or alters any letters or figures on a detour or warning sign set upon a highway or road of this state, or who wilfully knocks down, removes, rearranges, destroys, defaces or alters any letter or figures on a barricade or fence erected on any highway or road of this state, or who drives around or through any barricade or fence on any officially closed highway or road of this state or drives around such detour sign or barricade or fence or any person who wilfully ignores or disregards a warning sign before such road has been officially opened to the public traffic by the State Department of Transportation or, in appropriate cases, by the county or municipal officer responsible for constructing or maintaining such roads, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; provided, that as long as no damage is done to the new work, this section shall have no application to peace officers in the performance of their duties, nor to employees of the State Department of Transportation, nor of the contractor, nor of the federal authorities when engaged in inspection of surveys, repairs, maintenance or construction on or alongside such highways, within the right-of-way, nor individuals domiciled or making their livelihood within the affected areas, nor to any person or group of persons who shall be authorized by the Director of Transportation or any appropriate county or municipal officer.
(c) Every person convicted of a violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than $5.00 nor more than $100.00 or by imprisonment for not more than 30 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(Acts 1969, No. 1145, p 2148.)Section 23-5-6
Section 23-5-6
Trash, litter, etc., upon public thoroughfare — Driver presumed offender when items thrown from vehicle.
If a misdemeanor is committed as set forth in Section 13A-7-29 from a motor vehicle, the driver of the vehicle shall be presumed to be the offender.
(Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 55, p. 1920, §2.)Section 23-5-7
Section 23-5-7
Trash, litter, etc., upon public thoroughfare - Erection of signs.
The State Department of Transportation, the county commission of each of the several counties and the governing body of each city or town shall cause signs to be erected at suitable intervals on highways and public thoroughfares in their respective areas of authority, including public parks, informing the public that it is unlawful to perform the acts prohibited by Section 13A-7-29.
(Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 55, p. 1920, §3.)Section 23-5-8
Section 23-5-8
Trash, litter, etc., upon public thoroughfare — Enforcement.
The Alabama Highway Patrol and the law enforcement officers of the counties, cities and towns of this state are charged with the duty of enforcing the provisions of Section 13A-7-29 and Sections 23-5-6 through 23-5-9.
(Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 55, p. 1920, §4.)Section 23-5-9
Section 23-5-9
Trash, litter, etc., upon public thoroughfare — Provisions deemed cumulative.
The provisions of Section 13A-7-29 and Sections 23-5-6 through 23-5-8 shall be cumulative to existing statutes relating to the throwing, placing or otherwise depositing of debris, rubbish, trash or other items or substances of a prohibited nature upon the public highways of the state and shall in no wise repeal nor affect any of such laws.
(Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 55, p. 1920, §5.)
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