HB70 Alabama 2010 Session
Bill Summary
This bill establishes the Alabama Transportation Commission and provides for the members, the manner of selection of members, terms, qualifications, duties, responsibilities, compensation, and expenses of the commission. This bill would further provide for: the salary, appointment, qualifications, and authority of the Director of the Department of Transportation; the approval of the director's appointment of a chief engineer; the department's legal division functions and duties; the records maintained by the department; the seals and the power to administer oaths; roads located on state institutions; the procurement of equipment; the director's authority to execute contracts and supplemental contracts for road and bridge construction, maintenance, and repair; and a requirement that the newly created Alabama Transportation Commission approve the letting of contracts for the construction, repair, or renewals of highways, bridges, or culverts in the state. The bill would also prohibit members of the Alabama Transportation Commission from having an interest in any contract for the construction, repair, or maintenance of any road or bridge in this state and would further provide for the promulgation of department rules and the receipt and disbursal of department funds. This bill would amend Section 23-1-249, Code of Alabama 1975, to delete the authority of the director regarding the promulgation of rules and regulations for junkyard control and Section 23-1-286, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide that the authority currently exercised by the director regarding the promulgation of outdoor advertising rules would be exercised by the commission. This bill would also repeal Section 23-1-41, Code of Alabama 1975, regarding self-insurance for department employees, and Section 23-1-63, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the limitation of obligations on the inauguration date of the incoming Governor
To establish the Alabama Transportation Commission and provide for the members, the manner of selection of members, terms, qualifications, duties, responsibilities, compensation, and expenses of the commission; to amend Sections 23-1-21 and 23-1-21.2, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the salary, appointment, qualifications, and authority of the Director of the Department of Transportation; Section 23-1-22, Code of Alabama 1975, regarding the approval of the director's appointment of a chief engineer; Section 23-1-30, Code of Alabama 1975, regarding the department's legal division functions and duties; Section 23-1-34, Code of Alabama 1975, regarding the records maintained by the department; Section 23-1-39, Code of Alabama 1975, regarding seals and the power to administer oaths; Section 23-1-42, Code of Alabama 1975, regarding roads located on state institutions; Section 23-1-50, Code of Alabama 1975, regarding procurement of equipment; Sections 23-1-54 and 23-1-60, Code of Alabama 1975, regarding the director's authority to execute contracts and supplemental contracts for the road and bridge construction, maintenance, and repair; Section 23-1-55, Code of Alabama 1975, requiring that the newly created Alabama Transportation Commission approve the letting of contracts for the construction, repair, or renewals of highways, bridges, or culverts in the state; Section 23-1-58, Code of Alabama 1975, to prohibit members of the Alabama Transportation Commission from having an interest in any contract for the construction, repair, or maintenance of any road or bridge in this state; Section 23-1-59, Code of Alabama 1975, regarding the promulgation of department rules; Section 23-1-61, Code of Alabama 1975, regarding the receipt and disbursal of department funds; Section 23-1-249, Code of Alabama 1975, to delete the authority of the director regarding the promulgation of junkyard control rules and regulations; and Section 23-1-286, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide that the authority to promulgate outdoor advertising rules would be granted to the commission; to repeal Section 23-1-41, Code of Alabama 1975, regarding self-insurance for department employees, and Section 23-1-63, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the limitation of obligations on the inauguration date of the incoming Governor.
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| February 2, 2010 | Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Commerce, Transportation, and Utilities | |
| January 19, 2010 | Engrossed | |
| January 19, 2010 | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 38 | |
| January 19, 2010 | England intended to vote Yea | |
| January 19, 2010 | Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 37 | |
| January 19, 2010 | Rogers 2nd Amendment Offered | |
| January 19, 2010 | Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call | |
| January 19, 2010 | Ward motion to Table adopted Roll Call 36 | |
| January 19, 2010 | Rogers 1st Amendment Offered | |
| January 19, 2010 | Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 35 | |
| January 19, 2010 | Government Operations first Substitute Offered | |
| January 19, 2010 | Third Reading Passed | |
| January 14, 2010 | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and | |
| January 12, 2010 | Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Government Operations |
Bill Text
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Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
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| Bill Text | HB70 Alabama 2010 Session - Engrossed |
| Bill Text | HB70 Alabama 2010 Session - Introduced |