Alabama § 29-1-19.1 - Legislature Authorized to Control Streets Adjacent to Capitol, in Cooperation with Chief of Services.

§ 29-1-19.1. Legislature Authorized to Control Streets Adjacent to Capitol, in Cooperation with Chief of Services.

(a) The Legislature of the State of Alabama may control the usage of a certain portion of those streets adjacent to the State Capitol complex in the City of Montgomery and the grounds of the State Capitol building, viz: That portion of King Street and Pelham Street, lying between Union and Ripley Streets; the parking lot located across Union Street to the rear of the Capitol building between the administrative building and highway building and bounded by Union, Ripley, and King Streets and McDowell Lee Lane owned by the Legislative Council of the State of Alabama; the parking facilities connected to and adjacent to the former Highway Department Building and now designated “the Alabama State House”; all of that lot bounded by Washington, Jackson, and Ripley Streets and McDowell Lee Lane owned by the Retirement Systems of Alabama; and the driveway and parking spaces on the grounds surrounding the Capitol itself, all the aforesaid being exclusive of any right-of-way or rights-of-way or parking facilities.

(b) The Legislature may exercise control over the usage of the areas through the joint parking committee created by Act No. 8, Organizational Session 1975, or its successor, or by subsequent legislative action; and the chief of services of the division of services shall work in cooperation with the Legislature regarding any action taken by the Legislature as hereby authorized.

(c) If any street adjoining property controlled by the Legislature as described in subsection (a) is closed by the City of Montgomery, the Legislature gains control of the entirety of the street, and the Legislature shall grant adjacent and surrounding property owners unimpeded access to their property.