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.
Source: Alabama Legislature