SB308 Alabama 2025 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Randy PriceSenator

Republican

Session

2025 Regular Session

Title

Lee County; county engineer, functions, duties, and responsibilities, further provided

Summary

SB308 formalizes and expands the Lee County Engineer’s role to manage and maintain county roads, bridges, ferries, and related infrastructure, with budgeting, bidding, and purchasing authority.

What This Bill Does

The bill requires the Lee County Commission to hire a qualified civil engineer who resides in Lee County and gives that engineer broad authority to run the county highway department and maintain roads, bridges, and ferries. The engineer must bond before taking duties and report to the county commission. All construction, maintenance, and repair work for county roads and ferries is vested in the engineer, with commissioners allowed to inspect roads and report conditions. The engineer can hire staff, prepare budgets (due by Sept 15 each year), manage bids, adopt rules for road projects, and purchase materials and equipment following county and state purchasing laws; the act takes effect immediately.

Who It Affects

• Lee County residents, who may see centralized management of road maintenance and planning under the county engineer and a formal budgeting and maintenance framework.
• Lee County government and contractors, including the County Commission, county highway staff, bidders, and suppliers, who will operate under clarified hiring, budgeting, bidding, procurement, and rulemaking authorities.

Key Provisions

• The County Commission shall employ a qualified civil engineer who resides in Lee County and shall delegate authority to the engineer to manage the county highway department and maintain roads, highways, bridges, and ferries.
• All functions, duties, and responsibilities for construction, maintenance, and repair of county roads, bridges, and ferries are vested in the county engineer; commissioners may inspect roads and report conditions.
• The county engineer must bond before beginning duties and must report to the county commission; duties include staff management, budgeting, bid evaluation, rulemaking for road projects, and purchasing authority under county/state laws.
• The engineer is authorized to prepare budgets (due by September 15 each year), solicit and evaluate bids, adopt design and construction rules for road acceptance, and expend budgeted funds for materials, machinery, and supplies necessary for road work.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 22, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.

Subjects

Lee County