SB20 Alabama 2015 Session

Updated Feb 27, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Cam Ward
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2015
Title: Transportation Department Fleet Management Program, vehicles purchased with state funds required to be purchased from dealerships located in state, Sec. 23-1-50.1 am'd.
Summary: SB20 requires state vehicles bought for the DOT fleet management program to be purchased or leased from Alabama dealerships.
What This Bill Does
It amends Section 23-1-50.1 to require that vehicles acquired with state funds for the DOT fleet management program come from in-state dealerships. It allows DOT to run a statewide fleet management program similar to its Equipment Management Program and outlines how depreciation, replacement allowances, and salvage values are used to upgrade or repair equipment. It also transfers the operation of the state's transportation pool and vehicle maintenance from the Department of Finance to the Alabama Department of Transportation (effective Oct 1, 2014). The law takes effect on the first day of the third month after passage (August 2015).

Who It Affects
State agencies, officers, and employees who use state vehicles: must buy vehicles purchased with state funds through the DOT fleet management program from Alabama dealerships.
Alabama automobile dealerships located in-state: gain a requirement that state vehicle purchases be made from Alabama dealers.

Key Provisions
Any motor vehicle purchased wholly or partly with state funds under the fleet management program must be purchased from dealerships in Alabama.
The DOT may develop a statewide fleet management program to manage state vehicles, operating similarly to the existing Equipment Management Program, including rules for depreciation and replacement to fund upgrades and repairs.
An Equipment Management Surplus Reserve Account is established with subaccounts for the general office and each DOT division to fund upgrading, replacing, or extraordinary repairs to road machinery and equipment; funds carry over from year to year.
Funds from the surplus reserve should not be used to increase the number of equipment units; aircraft and certain vehicles transferred from the Department of Finance are included in the program.
The act becomes law on the first day of the third month after passage (August 2015).

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Subjects: Transportation Department