Section 23-1-23
Chief engineer - Qualifications.
The chief engineer shall be a licensed professional engineer in the State of Alabama with a minimum of 15 years' progressive professional engineering experience pertaining to the planning, development, construction, maintenance, and repair of highways and bridges. The chief engineer shall either hold a degree in civil engineering from an accredited school of engineering or shall have served at least 10 years as a Division Engineer or Bureau Chief with the Department of Transportation and shall possess a detailed knowledge of engineering principles and their application to highways and bridges. The chief engineer shall be a citizen of this state and shall continuously be a licensed professional engineer in this state while employed.
(Acts 1959, No. 497, p. 1231, §2; Acts 1969, No. 506, p. 963; Act 2012-369, p. 1076, §1.)