County Commission | The Magazine January 2020 | Page 29

FROM THE COVER
6 Opposition to any statutory or
administrative increase in fees charged by
a state agency if such increases will be
paid by county government or county-
established agencies.
4 Support for sufficient funding and
administrative expertise for flood plain
management and geospatial services at
the state level to ensure more effective
implementation by all counties.
6 Opposition to municipalities using
unconventional annexation procedures to
avoid the legal responsibility to maintain
public roads included in newly-annexed
areas.
4 Support for increasing the minimum
cost of a construction project amount
that requires the county to employ the
services of a licensed general contractor
of architect.
6 Opposition to allowing a project
manager to approve construction
contract changes without approval of
the governing body and/or compliance
with the Public Works Law.
4 Support for requiring the Forever Wild
Board to make annual payments from
its Stewardship Account in an amount
equal to the ad valorem taxes lost by the
purchase of lands previously held by
private ownership.
Rural Transportation
4 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.
6 Opposition to any measures, including
budget appropriations, that would divert
taxes currently earmarked for roads and
bridges to other state functions.
6 Opposition to altering the allocation
formula for any gasoline and diesel
fuel tax levy proceeds, if such changes
would disproportionately benefit funding
for municipal projects at the expense of
funding for county roads and bridges.
6 Opposition to weakening Alabama’s
law related to weight or axle-spacing
restrictions on state and county roads or
to add new exemptions to such laws.
4 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.
6 Opposition to establishing a commission
to administer the Alabama Department of
Transportation.
6 Opposition to any changes to current law
setting speed limits on unposted county
roads.
4 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.
4 Support for amending the Alabama Public
Works Law to exempt the awarding of
annual in-place contracts for the paving
and resurfacing of county roads.
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