SB180 Alabama 2016 Session

This bill would establish the Alabama Transportation Safety Fund for the receipt of designated revenues to be utilized for the maintenance, improvement, replacement, and construction of state, county, and municipal roads and bridges in the state. This bill would provide that the fund could be expended for the payment of any debt associated with a road or bridge project or as matching funds for any federally-funded road or bridge projects. Additionally, this bill would place restrictions on the use of monies in the fund. This bill would require that all new projects planned for a fiscal year be publicly announced and that reports of ongoing projects be made public on at least an annual basis.

To establish the Alabama Transportation Safety Fund for the receipt of designated revenues to be utilized for the maintenance, improvement, replacement, and construction of state, county, and municipal roads and bridges within the state; to authorize monies in the fund to be expended for the payment of a road or bridge project debt or as matching funds for any federally-funded road or bridge projects; to restrict the use of monies in the fund; and to require public announcement of new projects and periodic reporting on ongoing projects.