SB260 Alabama 2019 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Steve LivingstonSenator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2019

Title

Jackson Co., gasoline and motor fuel tax, distrib. for roads and bridges, Act 88-291, 1988 Reg. Sess., am'd; Sec. 45-36-243.12 am'd.

Summary

SB 260 changes how Jackson County uses the gasoline and motor fuel tax proceeds by restricting the county's special fund to road materials and setting minimum and maximum allocations for gravel road resurfacing and road maintenance equipment.

What This Bill Does

It amends the law to require expenditures from the county's special fund be made exclusively for road materials. It also sets that at least 5% of the proceeds may be used to resurface gravel roads and that up to 20% may be used to purchase road equipment, materials, and equipment for the repair, maintenance, and construction of public roads and bridges.

Who It Affects

• Jackson County government officials and road departments who manage and allocate the special fund, as they must follow the new spending rules.
• Jackson County residents and road users, who may experience better-maintained roads and gravel road resurfacing due to the mandated use of proceeds.

Key Provisions

• Expenditures from the special fund provided for in Section 45-36-243.11 shall be made exclusively for road materials.
• At least five percent of the proceeds may be used to resurface gravel roads.
• Up to twenty percent of the proceeds may be used to purchase road equipment, materials, and equipment used for the repair, maintenance, and construction of public roads and bridges.
• The act becomes effective immediately following its passage and approval by the Governor.

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Subjects

Jackson County