SB2 Alabama 2010 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Steve French

Republican

Co-Sponsors

J.T. WaggonerDel Marsh

Session

Regular Session 2010

Title

Alabama Trust Fund, appropriation to Transportation Department, for highways, roads, and bridges, and other transportation purposes, to counties and municipalities for new construction and maintenance and repair, to Redstone Arsenal for road construction, to Coastal Insurance Program Fund, const. amend.

Summary

SB2 would amend the Alabama Constitution to create an eight-year road and bridge program funded from the Alabama Trust Fund, plus dedicated funding for Redstone Arsenal roads and a Coastal Insurance Program Fund.

What This Bill Does

It authorizes annual appropriations from the Alabama Trust Fund up to $125 million from FY2011 through FY2018, with a requirement that the Trust Fund balance never fall below $2 billion. Seventy-five percent of the appropriation goes to the Department of Transportation for state highways, roads, bridges, and other transportation needs, distributed equally among Senate districts. The remaining twenty-five percent goes to counties and municipalities for new construction and maintenance and repair, allocated 45% equally to counties, 55% by county population, and 10% of the county total to municipalities by municipal population. In addition, $15 million in FY2011 is set aside for roads directly accessing Redstone Arsenal, and $40 million is placed in a Coastal Insurance Program Fund to improve coastal insurance availability and affordability, to be governed by the Insurance Commissioner with rules under the Administrative Procedures Act; funds cannot be expended until those rules are adopted.

Who It Affects

• State and local governments and agencies: the Department of Transportation, counties, and municipalities would receive funds for state transportation projects and for local construction, maintenance, and repair under the new eight-year program.
• Redstone Arsenal and coastal communities/insurance participants: dedicated funding would affect road work serving Redstone Arsenal and establish a Coastal Insurance Program Fund to improve coastal insurance availability and affordability.

Key Provisions

• Establish an eight-year road and bridge construction program funded from the Alabama Trust Fund, with annual appropriations capped at $125 million and a requirement to keep the Trust Fund balance at or above $2 billion.
• Distribute 75% of Trust Fund appropriations to DOT for state transportation needs, allocated equally among Senate districts existing on the amendment's effective date.
• Distribute 25% to counties and municipalities for new construction and maintenance/repair, allocated 45% to counties (equally), 55% by county population, and 10% of county totals to municipalities by municipality population.
• Provide special appropriations in FY2011: $15 million to DOT for roads serving Redstone Arsenal and $40 million to create and fund the Coastal Insurance Program Fund in the State Treasury, to improve coastal insurance availability/affordability, subject to rules by the Insurance Commissioner and the Administrative Procedures Act, with no funds expended until rules are adopted.
• Create the Coastal Insurance Program Fund and require rules to be adopted before funds are expended.

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Subjects

Constitutional Amendments