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AL HB335
Bill
Status
4/18/2023
Primary Sponsor
Chip Brown
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AI Summary
HB335 Summary
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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.
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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.
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Establishes a monthly timeline (January through December) for road petition processing, including submission deadlines, county engineer review, commission designation, and final road acceptance.
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Requires petitioners to fund and coordinate utility relocations, fence relocations, and driveway culvert pipe purchases (subject to county engineer approval) before road acceptance.
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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