2017 Code of Alabama
Title 45 - LOCAL LAWS.
Chapter 36 - JACKSON COUNTY.
Article 18 - Highways and Bridges.
Section 45-36-180.06 - Office supplies and transportation; limitations on private property.
(a) The county commission shall furnish the county engineer office supplies and necessary transportation in connection with his or her duties under this article. The county engineer shall be the only department of public works employee authorized to drive a county vehicle to and from the job. The county engineer shall be prohibited from using a county vehicle for strictly personal reasons.
(b) When county vehicles are long distances from the central county shop, such vehicles may be left overnight in the custody of a trustworthy person until the next work day.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to use any county equipment or material on any private property and any person upon conviction therefor shall be punished as for a Class C misdemeanor as provided by state law.
(d) The department of public works is prohibited from authorizing or performing any work on private property with the exception of work performed on school, volunteer fire department, or cemetery property including roads to an active public cemetery. In cases where the department of public works does work for other county agencies or schools, it shall keep records of such and charge them as though they were of the private sector. The county commission may reimburse such agencies or schools in its discretion.
(Act 79-825, p. 1557, §7; Act 88-293, p. 451, §1.)
