(a) There is created the Alabama Shortline Railroad Infrastructure Rehabilitation Program within the Alabama Department of Transportation. The program is established to promote and develop safe and efficient rail transportation service for the State of Alabama by providing grants and or no-cost loans to local public rail authorities on a fair and equitable basis for the rehabilitation and improvement of shortline railroads within the jurisdiction of the qualified grantees.

Terms Used In Alabama Code 37-10A-4

  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • 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
(b) There is created the Alabama Shortline Railroad Infrastructure Rehabilitation Fund for the use of the department in implementing and administering the requirements of this chapter. The fund shall receive federal and state appropriations, grants, and other public and private sources of funds made available for shortline railroad infrastructure rehabilitation and improvement projects throughout the state.