SB180 Summary

• Creates the Alabama Transportation Safety Fund in the State Treasury to receive designated revenues for maintenance, improvement, replacement, and construction of state, county, and municipal roads and bridges.

• Distributes fund revenues with 65.9 percent to the Department of Transportation and 34.1 percent to counties and municipalities, with county allocations based on equal distribution (45.45 percent) and population-based distribution (55.55 percent), and 10 percent of county funds redirected to municipalities.

• Restricts fund use to road and bridge projects, debt payments for road or bridge projects, and matching funds for federal projects; prohibits use for employee salaries, equipment purchases, or non-road/bridge structures except those directly related to infrastructure project development and management.

• Requires the Department of Transportation to publicly announce all planned projects by October 1 annually, maintain a current project list on its website, post quarterly progress reports and bid information, and submit annual expenditure reports to the Legislature.

• Mandates counties and municipalities adopt annual Transportation Safety Fund Plans in October, post them publicly, and submit annual written reports to their respective governing bodies detailing expenditures and project status by January of each year.