County Commission | The Magazine August 2018 | Page 13
FROM THE COVER
2003
Madam President: Members elected
ACCA’s first female president,
Jefferson County Commissioner
Mary Buckelew.
2012
Gov. Robert Bentley began the Alabama Transportation
Rehabilitation and Improvement Program (ATRIP), designed to
invest $1,000,000,000 in local roads and bridges.
2015
Remote sellers: Alabama earned national notice after
legislators enact the Simplified Sellers Use Tax remittance
program, an ACCA-initiated method to entice online retailers
to collect and remit a simplified version of the use tax.
2009
County leadership
tapped Sonny Brasfield
to be the Association’s
executive director.
2012
“67 Counties, One Voice” was
adopted as the official motto, boiling
down everything the Association is
and does to just four words.
2016
The Liability Self-Insurance Fund Inc. entered a
new era with the addition of property coverage.
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