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AL HB291

Bill

Status

Introduced

4/11/2023

Primary Sponsor

Donna Givens

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Origin

House of Representatives

Regular Session 2023

AI Summary

  • Amends Section 23-6-9 of the Alabama Code to clarify that industrial access roads constructed by public corporations and used for secured entry to industrial facilities shall not constitute a taking of public property.

  • Permits private facilities to establish reasonable security controls on constructed access roadways in cooperation with local law enforcement, including access gates, turn-around lanes, or enclosed structures, without constituting privatization of the public roadway.

  • Specifies that bond proceeds shall be deposited in a special industrial access road and bridge construction account and used solely for constructing, reconstructing, and relocating industrial access roads and bridges with State Department of Transportation and Governor approval.

  • Makes nonsubstantive technical revisions to update code language to current style, including formatting and clarifying existing statutory language.

  • Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor.

Legislative Description

Relating to use of industrial access roads and bridges; to amend Section 23-6-9, Code of Alabama 1975, to exclude certain industrial access roads constructed by certain public corporations from the public highway and street system of the state; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.

Last Action

Indefinitely Postpone

5/31/2023

Committee Referrals

Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure4/11/2023

Full Bill Text

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