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23-1-9
Section 23-1-9 Elimination of railroad grade crossings. Whenever the funds of the state
are being expended for the construction, maintenance, or repair of a public highway, the State
Department of Transportation shall have the power and authority to compel all railways operating
in this state to construct viaducts, tunnels, underpasses, or bridges to the full extent of
the width of the right-of-way and over the tracks as owned or operated by any railway when,
in the judgment of the State Department of Transportation, such viaducts, tunnels, underpasses,
or bridges are necessary for the safety of the general public and whereby a dangerous grade
crossing is eliminated. The State Department of Transportation may appropriate out of the
funds credited to the State Department of Transportation for the construction and maintenance
of highways an amount not to exceed 50 percent of the cost to construct said viaducts, tunnels,
underpasses, or bridges to the full extent of the width of the...
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23-1-40
Section 23-1-40 Duties and powers generally. (a) It shall be the duty of the Department
of Transportation to designate the roads to be constructed, repaired, and maintained and to
construct, standardize, repair, and maintain roads and bridges of this state; and it shall
have authority to make contracts or agreements to construct or pave the roadway only of the
street or streets which will serve to connect the state highway constructed or repaired by
the department within any municipality in the State of Alabama. (b) In such municipalities
in which the Department of Transportation has not designated the street or streets which are
a part of the state highways constructed or repaired by the department, it shall be the duty
of the department to designate such street or streets. The department may also cooperate or
contract with any municipality or county in the paving or improving of any street or streets,
highway or highways, or walkway or walkways upon which a state educational or...
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40-17-359
Section 40-17-359 Distribution and use of proceeds. (a) For the purpose of this section,
the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed below: (1) BASE ANNUAL COUNTY DISTRIBUTION.
Five hundred fifty thousand dollars ($550,000). (2) COST OF COLLECTION. The amounts from the
proceeds of the highway gasoline tax that may be appropriated by the Legislature to the department
for its operating expenses. (3) COUNTY. Each county in the state. (4) FISCAL YEAR. The fiscal
year of the state. (5) DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. The Department of Transportation of the
state. (6) HIGHWAY GASOLINE TAX. Both of the following: a. The excise tax levied under subdivision
(1) of subsection (a) of Section 40-17-325, with the exception of those portions of
the tax levied on aviation fuel and marine gasoline. b. The excise tax levied by Sections
40-17-140 to 40-17-155, inclusive, except that portion of the tax imposed on diesel fuel.
(7) LOCAL SUBDIVISIONS' SHARES OF THE NET TAX PROCEEDS. The 55 percent...
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23-1-50.1
Section 23-1-50.1 Road machinery and equipment management program; Equipment Management
Surplus Reserve Account. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to give the State Department
of Transportation authority to accumulate depreciation, equipment replacement allowances,
and salvage value on road machinery and equipment sufficient to upgrade, replace, or make
extraordinary repairs to the road machinery and equipment of the State Department of Transportation,
as determined by a road machinery and equipment management program to be developed by the
department. (b) Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following words and phrases
will have the following meanings: (1) STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DIVISIONS. Those
divisions of the Department of Transportation responsible for road construction and maintenance
over a specified geographic area of the state. (2) DEPRECIATION. That process of allocating
the original cost per fixed asset over the productive life of the asset...
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23-1-332
Section 23-1-332 Creation; revenue sources; allocation of revenue; use of funds; funds
to be matched; obligation limitations; role of department; unobligated funds. (a) There is
created within the state a program to be known as the Rural Access Program. (b) The following
revenues sources shall be allocated for use of the Rural Access Program. (1) Motor fuel taxes
distributed to the Department of Transportation and deposited in the Public Road and Bridge
Fund under the provisions of Sections 40-17-13 and 40-17-222, in excess of 105 percent of
the base year receipts, compounded annually. Fiscal year 1994-95 is the base year. Any motor
fuel tax receipts that exceed 105 percent of the base year receipts compounded annually shall
be allocated to the Rural Access Program for allocation to the 67 counties of the state. (2)
Other funds including, but not limited to, matching funds provided by counties. (c) Allocation
of the revenue received shall be as follows: (1) Other funds shall be...
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23-1-2
Section 23-1-2 Bid guaranty. Any other provisions of the law to the contrary notwithstanding,
bidders for contract projects which contracts are with the State of Alabama, in behalf of
the Department of Transportation, to be paid, in whole or in part, from funds allocated to
the Department of Transportation from any source whatsoever, or where contracts are with any
of the several counties of the state for a highway, road, street, or bridge project, to be
paid for, in whole or in part, from funds allocated to the county from any source whatsoever,
shall be required to file with the bid, as a bid guaranty, a certified check or bid bond payable
to the awarding authority as follows: (1) A certified check payable to the awarding authority
for an amount not less than five percent of the contractor's bid, but in no event more than
fifty thousand dollars ($50,000); or (2) A bid bond payable to the awarding authority in an
amount not less than five percent of the bid, but in no event more than...
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23-2-161
Section 23-2-161 Study of proposed projects; reimbursement of funds; indebtedness. The
department is hereby authorized, subject to the approval of the Governor, to expend funds
from any available source as may be necessary for the study of any proposed toll road, bridge,
or tunnel project authorized under this article and to use its engineering and other forces,
including consulting engineers and traffic engineers, for the purpose of effecting the study.
All expenses incurred by the department prior to the issuance of revenue bonds under the provisions
of this article shall be paid by the department and charged to the appropriate project or
projects and the department shall keep proper records and accounts showing each amount so
charged. Upon the sale of toll road, bridge, or tunnel revenue bonds for a toll road, bridge,
or tunnel project, the funds so expended by the department in connection with a project shall
be reimbursed by the authority to the department from the proceeds of...
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8-17-91
Section 8-17-91 Disposition of funds; overpayments. (a) The proceeds from the permit
fees, inspection fees, and penalties, if any, collected by the Commissioner of Agriculture
and Industries and the Revenue Commissioner pursuant to Section 8-17-87 together with
one-third of the proceeds of the six cent ($.06) additional motor fuel excise tax levied on
gasoline under subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of Section 40-17-325, shall be paid
into the State Treasury and distributed by the State Treasurer as follows: (1) An amount equal
to five percent or no less than $175,000, whichever is greater, of the combined proceeds received
each month shall accrue to the credit of, and be deposited in, the Agricultural Fund; and
(2) The balance of the proceeds shall be distributed as follows: a. 13.87 percent of the balance
of the proceeds shall be distributed equally among each of the 67 counties of the state monthly.
The county shall deposit the proceeds into the county's special RRR Fund as provided...
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45-25-130
Section 45-25-130 Qualifications; compensation; duties; employment of road supervisor.
(a) The DeKalb County Commission shall employ a county engineer, who shall be a thoroughly
qualified and competent, licensed professional civil engineer, possessing all of the qualifications
as specified for county engineers under the general laws of the State of Alabama. The engineer
shall reside within DeKalb County during his or her employment. (b) The county commission
shall fix the amount of the salary of the county engineer in an amount to be determined by
the county commission and as approved by the State Department of Transportation as appropriate
for experience, training, and education. The compensation shall be paid in equal monthly payments
from the county gasoline tax or road and highway funds as appropriate. (c) The employment
of the county engineer shall be made by contract to include all terms and requirements addressed
within this section and shall fully disclose all salaries, raises,...
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23-1-178
Section 23-1-178 Bonds - Disposition of proceeds. (a) The proceeds of all bonds, other
than refunding bonds, issued by the corporation remaining after paying the expenses of their
issuance shall be deposited in the State Treasury and credited to the Road and Bridge Fund,
and shall be subject to be drawn on by the corporation, upon the approval of the State Department
of Transportation, but solely for the purpose of constructing, reconstructing , or relocating
public roads and bridges, or work incidental or related thereto, including the acquisition
of property necessary therefor, in the State of Alabama; provided, that such funds may be
used only for payment of the state's share or the costs thereof to be paid by any county or
municipality within the state, of the cost of constructing, reconstructing, or relocating
public roads and bridges, or work incidental or related thereto, which have been or will be
constructed, reconstructed, or relocated under programs financed jointly by the...
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