HB210 By Representatives Hanes, Whorton, Sorrell, Mooney and Carns RFD Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure Rd 1 11-FEB-20

SYNOPSIS: This bill would propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to prohibit any toll from being fixed, charged, or collected for the construction, renovation, or use of a public road, bridge, tunnel, or interstate highway, or a section of a public road, bridge, tunnel, or interstate highway, unless approved by a vote of the qualified electors in the county or counties where the tolled project will be constructed, renovated, or used.

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT

Relating to toll roads, bridges, and tunnels; to propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to prohibit any toll from being fixed, charged, or collected for the construction, renovation, or use of a public road, bridge, tunnel, or interstate highway, or a section of a public road, bridge, tunnel, or interstate highway, unless approved by a vote of the qualified electors in the county or counties where the tolled project will be constructed, renovated, or used.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, is proposed and shall become valid as a part thereof when approved by a majority of the qualified electors voting thereon and in accordance with Sections 284, 285, and 287 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended:

PROPOSED AMENDMENT

Effective upon the ratification of this amendment, and in addition to any other requirements under general law, no toll may be fixed, charged, or collected for the construction, renovation, or use of a public road, bridge, tunnel, or interstate highway, or a section of a public road, bridge, tunnel, or interstate highway, unless the question of whether to fix, charge, and collect the toll is submitted to and approved by the qualified electors in the county or counties where the tolled project will be constructed, renovated, or used.

Section 2. An election upon the proposed amendment shall be held in accordance with Sections 284 and 285 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Sections 284 and 285 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, and the election laws of this state.

Section 3. The appropriate election official shall assign a ballot number for the proposed constitutional amendment on the election ballot and shall set forth the following description of the substance or subject matter of the proposed constitutional amendment:

"Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to prohibit any toll from being fixed, charged, or collected for the construction, renovation, or use of a public road, bridge, tunnel, or interstate highway, or a section of a public road, bridge, tunnel, or interstate highway, unless approved by a vote of the qualified electors in the county or counties where the tolled project will be constructed, renovated, or used.

"Proposed by Act ________."

This description shall be followed by the following language:

"Yes ( ) No ( )."

Constitutional Amendments

Highways, Roads, and Bridges

Toll Roads and Bridges