SB293 Alabama 2013 Session
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
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Roger Bedford, Jr.Democrat - Session
- Regular Session 2013
- Title
- Gas and oil tax, proceeds of four cent excise tax distrib. to counties, use for vegetation management, Sec. 40-17-362 am'd.; Sec.40-17-224 repealed
- Description
Under existing law, the proceeds of the four-cent excise tax on gasoline and lubricating oil are used by the Department of Transportation for the construction and maintenance of public roads and bridges on the state highway system; by counties for the resurfacing, restoration, and rehabilitation of paved county roads and bridges or bridge replacement on the county road system; and by municipalities for the resurfacing, restoration, and rehabilitation of roads, bridges, and streets within the municipality.
This bill would allow the proceeds of the four-cent excise tax on gasoline and lubricating oil distributed to counties to be used for vegetation management on the rights-of-way of county roads.
This bill would also clarify the uses for the four-cent excise tax and repeal an obsolete section of the Code of Alabama 1975.
- Subjects
- Taxation
Bill Actions
Indefinitely Postponed
Pending third reading on day 18 Favorable from Finance and Taxation General Fund with 1 amendment
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund
Bill Text
Documents
Source: Alabama Legislature