(a) Whenever the Public Service Commission deems it necessary that any railroad in this state, or any portion thereof, shall be fenced, it shall notify the person or corporation operating such railroad of their conclusion.
(b) Upon failure, after a reasonable notice, to fence such railroad or the portion thereof designated, the person or corporation operating such railroad shall be liable in damages for the value of any stock killed or injured upon the portion of the line so designated to be fenced, whether with or without negligence; but if the fence is erected in conformity to the notice, no liability shall attach for stock killed or injured upon the portion of the line so fenced, unless the killing or injury was committed willfully.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.
Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Division 3 - Regulations Affecting Public Safety.
Section 37-2-80 - Railroad Signs.
Section 37-2-81 - Duty of Locomotive Engineer to Ring Bell or Blow Horn, Etc.
Section 37-2-82 - Stopping Trains at Crossings; Right-of-Way.
Section 37-2-84 - Abandonment and Discontinuance of Grade Crossings.
Section 37-2-85 - Examination and Licensing of Railroad Employees.
Section 37-2-86 - Employment of Unlicensed Persons.
Section 37-2-86.1 - Conductor and Engineer's Qualification Permit Contents; Display.
Section 37-2-87 - Instruction of Engineers and Conductors.
Section 37-2-88 - Railroad Drawbridges.
Section 37-2-89 - Railroad Fences; Liability for Injury to Stock.