SB336 Summary

• Amends Act 56 of 1953 regarding sales and use tax collection in Tuscaloosa County to clarify the Tuscaloosa County Road Improvement Commission's duties and operations.

• Establishes the commission as a governmental body with authority to oversee prioritization and financing of public road and bridge construction and maintenance projects funded by tax proceeds allocated to the commission.

• Designates commission membership consisting of the mayors of Tuscaloosa and Northport, Tuscaloosa County Commission chair, West Alabama Chamber of Commerce appointee, Tuscaloosa County Industrial Development Authority executive director, two county legislative delegation members, and the Alabama Department of Transportation director in an advisory capacity.

• Specifies prioritized road projects for funding including reimbursement of City of Northport warrants for Mitt Lary Road ($16,520,000), improvements to SR69 South and North, Martin Luther King Boulevard/Jack Warner Parkway, McFarland Boulevard/U.S. 82, McWright's Ferry Road, and Bear Creek Cutoff Road.

• Authorizes the commission to appropriate tax proceeds directly to governmental entities, pledge future revenues through long-term agreements, issue bonds, and allocate remaining proceeds with 75 percent for significant infrastructure projects and 25 percent to county and municipalities based on population.