n To establish the Alabama Transportation Rehabilitation and Improvement Program 2 ( ATRIP-2 ) providing a $ 1.2 billion bond issue for the rehabilitation and improvement of county and municipal roads and bridges .
n To amend the Alabama bid law to exempt the repair of brand name equipment by the factoryauthorized dealer .
Legislative Policy
In addition to its strategic goals , the Association has adopted the following legislative policy consistent with this Foundation Principle :
g Support for allowing the county commission to call a local referendum to impose a renewable temporary local gasoline and motor fuel tax to fund specified local road and bridge projects .
g Opposition to any measures , including budget appropriations , which would divert taxes currently earmarked for roads and bridges to other state functions .
g Opposition to reducing the current level of federal or state funding for county road and bridge projects .
g Opposition to weakening Alabama ’ s law related to weight or axle-spacing restrictions on state
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and county roads or to add new exemptions to such laws .
g Support for providing that fines collected from persons convicted of driving overweight vehicles on county roads and bridges be distributed to the county ’ s road and bridge fund .
g Opposition to establishing a commission to administer the Alabama Department of Transportation . Opposition to any changes to current law setting speed
limits on unposted county roads .
g Support for amending current motor fuel and gasoline tax statutes to include taxation of any alternative fuels utilized to propel any motorized vehicle .
g Support for amending Alabama ’ s severance tax law to ensure that counties receive proceeds sufficient to ensure proper maintenance and repair of roads and bridges utilized for the transportation of materials severed within the county .
g Support amending the Alabama Public Works Law to exempt the awarding of annual in-place contracts for the paving and resurfacing of county roads . g