SB233 Alabama 2023 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Clyde Chambliss Senator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2023

Title

Relating to the Joint Transportation Committee; to amend Sections 29-2-3 and 29-2-4, Code of Alabama 1975, to revise the process for electing the chair and vice-chair and provide further for the duties of the committee.

Description

The Joint Transportation Committee was created to review and consider long-term strategic planning of highway construction and highway development in the state. Under existing law, the members who serve as chair and vice-chair of the committee, which rotate between House and Senate committee members, change every year. This bill would provide that members who serve as chair and vice-chair would serve two years.

This bill would also eliminate the duty of the committee to submit a report relating to the performance of the Department of Transportation.

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Subjects

Joint Transportation Committee, term of chair and vice-chair revised, duties revised