County Commission | The Magazine March 2019 | Page 33

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cost of a construction project amount
that requires the county to employ the
services of a licensed general contractor
or 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 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
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divert taxes currently earmarked
for roads and bridges to other state
functions.
Opposition to reducing the current
level of federal or state funding for
county road and bridge projects.
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.
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.
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.
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 current motor
fuel and gasoline tax statutes to include
taxation of any alternative fuels utilized
to propel any motorized vehicle.
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 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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