There is hereby created the Alabama Transportation Safety Fund in the State Treasury. All proceeds from the revenues designated to the fund less the cost of collection authorized by law shall be deposited into the fund to be expended only as provided in this article. The provisions of this article shall not be superseded, amended, altered, violated, or overridden by any provision of the state General Fund appropriation act or any other annual or supplemental appropriation act, administrative rule, inter-agency transfer, or executive order or directive. The monies allocated to counties and municipalities from the fund shall be in addition to and shall not diminish any other revenues allocated or distributed from other sources. Proceeds deposited into the fund shall be distributed as follows:
(1) The first thirty-two million dollars ($32,000,000) of the proceeds paid into the fund annually that is derived from an excise tax levied on diesel fuel and designated as a revenue source for the fund shall be set aside and allocated no later than the end of the first quarter in each fiscal year for use on county infrastructure projects. If the excise tax levied on diesel fuel and designated as a revenue source for the fund is not sufficient to produce thirty-two million dollars ($32,000,000) of proceeds, other proceeds paid into the fund shall be allocated to ensure a total of thirty-two million ($32,000,000) of proceeds is set aside and allocated annually for use on county infrastructure projects. In the event the provisions for the revenue sources designated to the fund include factors for growth in the rate of tax levied and the implementation of these factors for growth results in an increase of at least one cent per gallon of both an excise tax levied on gasoline and an excise tax levied on diesel fuel that are designated as revenue sources to the fund or additional revenue is designated to the fund by the enactment of further legislation after January 1, 2016, an additional thirty-two million dollars ($32,000,000) of proceeds paid into the fund each year shall be set aside and allocated for use on county infrastructure projects. The funds allocated in this subdivision shall be expended only for projects authorized pursuant to procedures developed and adopted by the Alabama Transportation Rehabilitation and Improvement Program (ATRIP) Advisory Committee as established in Section 23-1-435. Following the repayment of loan or debt commitments related to any tax exempt debt issued in accordance with Section 23-1-435, the thirty-two million dollars ($32,000,000) of the proceeds to be paid pursuant to this subdivision shall either be used for an additional issue of tax exempt debt or split between the counties equally. All county infrastructure projects authorized pursuant to this subdivision shall be let to contract rather than be performed by county forces and shall be subject to the reporting requirements in Section 23-1-433.
Terms Used In Alabama Code 23-1-431
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- month: means a calendar month. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- preceding: means next before. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- 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.
- Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- Supplemental appropriation: Budget authority provided in an appropriations act in addition to regular or continuing appropriations already provided. Supplemental appropriations generally are made to cover emergencies, such as disaster relief, or other needs deemed too urgent to be postponed until the enactment of next year's regular appropriations act.
- 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
