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AL HB335

Bill

Status

Introduced

4/18/2023

Primary Sponsor

Chip Brown

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Origin

House of Representatives

Regular Session 2023

AI Summary

HB335 Summary

  • Amends Mobile County road acceptance procedures to limit the county to accepting only unimproved roads equal to the number of miles of county-maintained dirt roads improved annually under a pay-as-you-go program.

  • Requires petitioners to provide a minimum 60-foot right-of-way width at no cost to the county, along with drainage easements and a 5-year indemnity period for roadway defects.

  • Establishes a monthly timeline (January through December) for road petition processing, including submission deadlines, county engineer review, commission designation, and final road acceptance.

  • Requires petitioners to fund and coordinate utility relocations, fence relocations, and driveway culvert pipe purchases (subject to county engineer approval) before road acceptance.

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

Legislative Description

Relating to Mobile County; to amend Sections 45-49-181, 45-49-181.02, 45-49-181.03, 45-49-181.04, and 45-49-181.08, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for acceptance by the county of certain unimproved roads from private landowners; and to regulate the construction of certain other unimproved roads.

Mobile County; unimproved roads, acceptance by the county further provided.

Last Action

Carry Over by House Mobile County Legislation

5/17/2023

Committee Referrals

Mobile County Legislation4/18/2023

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