Code of Alabama - Title 23: Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries - Chapter 2 - Toll Roads, Bridges and Ferries

• Article 1 Alabama Turnpike Authority.
• Article 2 State Toll Bridge Authority.
• Article 3 Dauphin Island Bridge Authority.
• Article 4 Toll Tunnels and Bridges Designated as Parts of Interstate Highway System.
• Section 23-2-120 Maintenance of tolls; prohibition against further bonded indebtedness
  Repealed by Act 2009-769, §1, effective May 22, 2009.
• Section 23-2-121 When newly constructed tunnel or bridge deemed part of existing facility
  Repealed by Act 2009-769, p. 2364, §1, effective May 22, 2009.
• Section 23-2-122 Toll facilities to be operated as free facilities after payment of outstanding indebtedness
  Repealed by Act 2009-769, p. 2364, §1, effective May 22, 2009.
• Article 5 Alabama Toll Road, Bridge and Tunnel Authority.
• Section 23-2-140 Short title
  This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Toll Road, Bridge and Tunnel Authority Act.
• Section 23-2-141 Intent and purpose of article
  The purpose of this article is to facilitate vehicular traffic and safety in the state by providing for the construction of modern toll roads, bridges...
• Section 23-2-142 Definitions
  As used in this article, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) AUTHORITY. The...
• Section 23-2-143 Authority established; composition; meetings; fidelity bonds; compensation
  (a) There is hereby established a body corporate and politic with corporate succession, to be known as the "Alabama Toll Road, Bridge and Tunnel Authority."...
• Section 23-2-144 Powers of the authority
  (a) The authority shall have the following powers: (1) To adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business. (2)...
• Section 23-2-145 Advertisement for construction bids; award of contract; work done by force account; further considerations by the authority
  (a) Before construction is started on any project, the authority shall advertise for sealed bids once each week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper...
• Section 23-2-146 Grade separations at intersections; relocation of public highways; authority to enter private lands to drill, survey, etc.; relocation, etc., of public utility facilities; procedures; costs
  (a) The authority shall have power to construct grade separations at intersections of any toll road, bridge or tunnel project with public highways and to...
• Section 23-2-147 Bonds; issuance; forms; procedures, etc
  (a) The authority is hereby authorized to provide by resolution for the issuance of bonds of the authority for any of its corporate purposes, including...
• Section 23-2-148 Refunding bonds; purposes
  The authority may provide by resolution for the issuance of refunding bonds for the purpose of refunding any bonds then outstanding which shall have been...
• Section 23-2-149 Trust agreements securing bond issues; authorized provisions protecting holders; pledge of revenues
  In the discretion of the authority, any bonds issued under the provisions of this article may be secured by a trust agreement by and between...
• Section 23-2-150 Authority to collect tolls, revenues, etc.; to lease to utilities; toll rates adjusted to conform to trust agreement
  The authority is hereby authorized to fix, revise, charge, and collect tolls for the use of each toll road, bridge or tunnel project and the...
• Section 23-2-151 Revenues deemed trust funds; depository deemed trustee
  All moneys received pursuant to the authority of this article, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds or as revenues, shall be deemed to...
• Section 23-2-152 Bondholder's and trustee's rights of enforcement; scope of rights
  Any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of this article, or of any of the coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee under any trust...
• Section 23-2-153 Exemptions from levy, charge, assessment, collection, etc., of certain taxes; certificate of exemption
  (a) The exercise of the powers granted by this article shall be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state, for...
• Section 23-2-154 Bonds legal investments for all purposes; entitled to be deposited with state officers or agencies
  Bonds issued by the authority under the provisions of this article are hereby made securities in which the state and all political subdivisions of this...
• Section 23-2-155 Authority to maintain own toll roads, bridges, and tunnels
  Each toll road, bridge and tunnel project when constructed and opened to traffic shall be maintained and kept in good condition and repair by the
• Section 23-2-156 Rules and regulations governing use of toll roads, etc.; violations; penalties; law enforcement
  (a) The authority is hereby authorized to promulgate reasonable rules and regulations with respect to the use of any toll road, bridge, or tunnel project....
• Section 23-2-157 Lease, grant, etc., of county, city, etc., property to authority
  All counties, cities, towns, and other political subdivisions and all public departments, agencies, and commissions of the State of Alabama, notwithstanding any contrary provision of...
• Section 23-2-158 Annual report to Legislature; contents; annual audit; expense
  On or before the tenth legislative day of each regular session of the Legislature, the authority shall make a report of its activities for the...
• Section 23-2-159 Conflict of interest; penalty
  Any member, agent or employee of the authority who is interested, gainfully or pecuniarily, either directly or indirectly, in any contract of the authority, or...
• Section 23-2-160 Transfer of projects to state highway system
  When (1) all bonds issued under the provisions of this article and all other debt made or issued to finance any project or projects and...
• Section 23-2-161 Study of proposed projects; reimbursement of funds; indebtedness
  The department is hereby authorized, subject to the approval of the Governor, to expend funds from any available source as may be necessary for the...
• Section 23-2-162 Advertisement of plans; public hearing
  Prior to building a new toll road or expanding capacity on any existing public road for tolling purposes, the Department of Transportation shall advertise for...
• Section 23-2-163 Applicability to existing roadway capacity
  Repealed by Act 2017-375, § 2, effective May 24, 2017.
• Article 6 Electronic Toll Collection Act.
• Section 23-2-165 Short title
  This article shall be known as the Electronic Toll Collection Act.
• Section 23-2-166 Intent and purpose of Article
  The purpose of this article is to facilitate vehicular traffic and safety in the state by providing for the electronic collection of tolls.
• Section 23-2-167 Definitions
  THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2019-501 IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2024. TO SEE THE AMENDED VERSION, SEE THE VERSION LABELED...
• Section 23-2-168 Electronic toll collection
  THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2019-501 IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2024. TO SEE THE AMENDED VERSION, SEE THE VERSION LABELED...
• Section 23-2-169 Use of toll collection facility without payment; collection
  THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2019-501 IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2024. TO SEE THE AMENDED VERSION, SEE THE VERSION LABELED...
• Section 23-2-170 Civil liability for toll violations
  (a) The authority, department, private toll entity, or an agent or representative thereof may file a civil suit in the municipal court of the city...
• Section 23-2-171 Defense against liability
  The owner of the motor vehicle involved in the violation is responsible and liable for payment of a citation issued for failure to pay a...
• Section 23-2-172 Registration renewal hold; enforcement of judgements
  THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2019-501 IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2024. TO SEE THE AMENDED VERSION, SEE THE VERSION LABELED...
• Section 23-2-173 Reciprocal agreements - Other states or jurisdictions
  THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2019-501 IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2024. TO SEE THE AMENDED VERSION, SEE THE VERSION LABELED...
• Section 23-2-174 Privacy
  (a) The authority, department, private toll entity, or an agent or representative thereof shall not sell, distribute, or make available the names and addresses of...
• Section 23-2-175 Exemptions
  THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2019-501 IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2024. TO SEE THE AMENDED VERSION, SEE THE VERSION LABELED...

Last modified: May 3, 2021