(a) All county and municipal projects let to contract shall utilize contractors and material suppliers listed on the ALDOT’s list of approved contractors and suppliers. ALDOT’s list of approved contractors and material suppliers shall include the ALDOT’s Certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise List. Beginning October 1, 2020, and October 1 of every other year, each county and municipality shall provide a list of all contractors who have been awarded projects under this section to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, and the Chair of the Joint Transportation Committee. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no bidding shall be required by the county for asphalt or other road construction or repair materials if the county has an annual contract for providing such materials.
Terms Used In Alabama Code 23-8-6
Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
President pro tempore: A constitutionally recognized officer of the Senate who presides over the chamber in the absence of the Vice President. The President Pro Tempore (or, "president for a time") is elected by the Senate and is, by custom, the Senator of the majority party with the longest record of continuous service.
Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
year: means a calendar year; but, whenever the word "year" is used in reference to any appropriations for the payment of money out of the treasury, it shall mean fiscal year. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(b) For all municipal projects, the appropriate plans and bid opening date shall be published in electronic form no later than the tenth day of the monthpreceding the bid opening on a website maintained for that purpose by the Alabama League of Municipalities.(c) The bidding procedures approved by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts, as authorized in Section 40-17-371(c)(2)d., may be used for any county road and bridge project otherwise subject to Chapter 2 of Title 39.(d) Bids for county and municipal contracts awarded under this section shall only be awarded in accordance with Section 39-2-6 during a regularly-scheduled meeting of the governmental body of the county or municipality, as the case may be. Immediately after the completion of each project, the publication notifications required by subsection (f) of Section settlement; applicability” class=”unlinked-ref” datatype=”S” sessionyear=”2022″ statecd=”AL” title=”39″>39-1-1, shall be satisfied by posting on the same website utilized for the posting of specifications and notice of bid openings.
