HB453 Alabama 2023 Session

Updated Feb 26, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Steve HurstRepresentative
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2023
Title: Relating to Talladega County; to amend Sections 1 and 3 of Act 91-522 of the 1991 Regular Session (Acts 1991, p. 923), as amended by Act 2018-101 of the 2018 Regular Session, to further provide for the employment and duties of the county engineer; and to repeal Section 2 of Act 91-522, providing for nominations to fill the position by the state highway director.
Summary: HB453 changes Talladega County's county engineer system to local appointment and duties, and allows a residency waiver while removing state highway director nominations.
What This Bill Does
The Talladega County Commission must employ, supervise, and direct a qualified county engineer who works full time, resides in Talladega County (unless the commission waives this by majority vote), and oversees county road maintenance and construction. The engineer's duties include supervising staff, performing engineering and surveying, maintaining maps and records, keeping cost accounting for the county highway system, and building or changing roads only with a county commission order, while treating County Roads as a single unit without district divisions. It repeals the provision that allowed nominations for the position to come from the state highway director. The act takes effect immediately after passage.

Who It Affects
Talladega County Commission and county government: gain local authority to hire, supervise, and direct the county engineer and may waive the residency requirement by a majority vote.
Talladega County residents and users of county roads: experience county-wide management and maintenance of roads and the potential for changes in road projects directed by the county engineer and commission.

Key Provisions
Section 1: The county commission shall employ, supervise, and direct a county engineer who is a thoroughly qualified civil engineer, shall devote full time to maintenance and construction of Talladega County roads, and shall reside in Talladega County unless the commission votes to waive residency by majority.
Section 3: The county engineer, with approval and direction of the county commission, shall perform duties including employing/supervising necessary assistants, conducting engineering and surveying, maintaining maps and records, keeping accounting for highway costs, constructing roads only by proper county commission order, and maintaining all county roads on a county-wide basis without regard to district lines.
Section 2: Repeals Section 2 of Act 91-522, which previously provided for nominations to fill the county engineer position by the state highway director.
Effective date: This act becomes effective immediately following passage and approval.

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Subjects: Talladega County, county engineer, employment by county commission, duties further provided.