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AL Code § 23-8-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries.|Chapter 8 - Rebuild Alabama Act|Section 23-8-2 - Legislative Findings.

Section 23-8-2Legislative findings. The Legislature finds all of the following: (a) That consistent with the constitutional mandate that navigable waterways are public highways, the Legislature hereby finds as a fact that a portion of the gasoline and diesel fuel sold in this state is used for marine purposes to propel vessels on coastal and inland waterways of this state. (b) That it is the policy of this state to use a portion of the funds derived from the additional excise tax levied by the Rebuild Alabama Act on each net gallon of gasoline and diesel fuel for the programs and activities of the Alabama State Port Authority. (c) That the development and growth of electric vehicle transportation infrastructure are considerations in the construction, reconstruction, maintenance, and repair of a modern-day public road, highway, and bridge system in this state. (d) That the State Department of Transportation is the appropriate agency to initiate the comprehensive planning and administrative duties associated with the development of electric vehicle transportation infrastructure as a part of its regular duties. (e) That the development of electric vehicle transportation infrastructure is a cost of construction, reconstruction, maintenance, and repair of public roads, highways, and bridges in this state and that the moneys of the Rebuild Alabama Fund may be lawfully used for such purpose. (f) It is the intention of the Legislature to authorize the creation of, and to hereby create, the Electric Transportation Infrastructure Grant Program as a program of the State Department of Transportation for the purpose of providing grants, funds, and support for the construction, reconstruction, maintenance, and repair of the public roads, highways, and bridges in this state through the procurement, installation, and implementation of electric vehicle transportation infrastructure. (Act 2019-2, 1st Sp. Sess., §2.)
AL Code § 23-8-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries.|Chapter 8 - Rebuild Alabama Act|Section 23-8-3 - Definitions.

Section 23-8-3Definitions. Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the following respective meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) ALDOT. The Alabama State Department of Transportation provided for in Section 23-1-20. (2) ATRIP-II COMMITTEE. The Alabama Transportation Rehabilitation and Improvement Program Committee-II established pursuant to this chapter. (3) ATRIP-II PROJECTS. Those road and bridge rehabilitation and improvement projects submitted to and received by the ATRIP-II Committee for funding in accordance with this chapter. (4) COSTS. As applied to any road and bridge project, all costs of construction or acquisition of any part thereof, including, but without limitation to, the costs of supervising, inspecting, and constructing any such project and all costs and expenses incidental thereto, the costs of locating, surveying and mapping, development of engineering plans and specifications, resurfacing, restoration and rehabilitation, acquisition of rights-of-way, utility relocation, and improvements which directly facilitate and control traffic flow, including grade separation of intersections, widening of lanes, channelization of traffic, and traffic-control systems. (5) LEGISLATURE. The Legislature of Alabama. (6) SPECIAL TAXES. a. The excise taxes levied under subdivisions (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (a) of Section 40-17-325, with the exception of those portions of those taxes levied on aviation fuel and marine gasoline; and b. The additional annual registration fees imposed pursuant to Section 40-12-274. (7) STATE. The State of Alabama.  (Act 2019-2, 1st Sp. Sess., §4.)
AL Code § 23-8-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries.|Chapter 8 - Rebuild Alabama Act|Section 23-8-4 - Rebuild Alabama Fund.

Section 23-8-4Rebuild Alabama Fund. There is hereby created the Rebuild Alabama Fund in the State Treasury. All proceeds from the revenues designated to the fund pursuant to the Rebuild Alabama Act less the cost of collection authorized by law shall be deposited into the fund to be expended only as provided in the Rebuild Alabama Act. (Act 2019-2, 1st Sp. Sess., §5.)
AL Code § 23-8-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries.|Chapter 8 - Rebuild Alabama Act|Section 23-8-6 - Approved Contractors and Suppliers; Bidding.

Section 23-8-6Approved contractors and suppliers; bidding. (a) All county and municipal projects let to contract shall utilize contractors and material suppliers listed on the ALDOT's list of approved contractors and suppliers. ALDOT's list of approved contractors and material suppliers shall include the ALDOT's Certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise List. Beginning October 1, 2020, and October 1 of every other year, each county and municipality shall provide a list of all contractors who have been awarded projects under this section to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, and the Chair of the Joint Transportation Committee. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no bidding shall be required by the county for asphalt or other road construction or repair materials if the county has an annual contract for providing such materials. (b) For all municipal projects, the appropriate plans and bid opening date shall be published in electronic form no later than the tenth day of the month preceding the bid opening on a website maintained for that purpose by the Alabama League of Municipalities. (c) The bidding procedures approved by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts, as authorized in Section 40-17-371(c)(2)d., may be used for any county road and bridge project otherwise subject to Chapter 2 of Title 39. (d) Bids for county and municipal contracts awarded under this section shall only be awarded in accordance with Section 39-2-6 during a regularly-scheduled meeting of the governmental body of the county or municipality, as the case may be. Immediately after the completion of each project, the publication notifications required by subsection (f) of Section 39-1-1, shall be satisfied by posting on the same website utilized for the posting of specifications and notice of bid openings. (Act 2019-2, 1st Sp. Sess., §9; Act 2021-146, §2.)
AL Code § 24-2-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 2 - Redevelopment Projects.|Section 24-2-1 - Legislative Findings and Declaration of Necessity.

Section 24-2-1Legislative findings and declaration of necessity. (a) It is hereby found and declared: (1) That there exist in many communities within this state blighted areas, as defined herein, or areas in the process of becoming blighted; (2) That such areas impair economic values and tax revenues, cause an increase in and spread of disease and crime and constitute a menace to the health, safety, morals, and welfare of the residents of the state, and that these conditions necessitate excessive and disproportionate expenditures of public funds for crime prevention and punishment, public health and safety, fire and accident protection, and other public services and facilities; (3) That the clearance, replanning, and preparation for rebuilding of these areas and the prevention or the reduction of blight and its causes are public uses and purposes for which public money may be spent and private property acquired and are governmental functions of state concern; (4) That redevelopment activities will stimulate residential construction which is closely correlated with general economic activity and that the undertakings authorized by this chapter will aid the production of better housing and more desirable neighborhood and community development at lower costs and will make possible a more stable and larger volume of residential construction, which will assist materially in achieving and maintaining full employment; and (5) That it is in the public interest that advance preparation for such projects and activities be made now. (b) The necessity in the public interest for this chapter is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination. (Acts 1949, No. 491, p. 713, §1.)
AL Code § 24-2-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 2 - Redevelopment Projects.|Section 24-2-3 - Powers of Housing Authorities or Municipalities - Powers Under Other Housing Laws; Contracts; Issuance of Bonds and Other Obligations; Eminent Domain.

Section 24-2-3Powers of housing authorities or municipalities - Powers under other housing laws; contracts; issuance of bonds and other obligations; eminent domain. In undertaking such redevelopment projects a housing authority, or the governing body of any incorporated city or town, shall have all the rights, powers, privileges, and immunities that such authority has under Chapter 1 of this title, and any other provision of law relating to slum clearance and housing projects for persons of low income, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power to make and execute contracts, to issue bonds and other obligations and give security therefor, to acquire real property by eminent domain or purchase, and to do any and all things necessary to carry out projects in the same manner as though all the provisions of law applicable to slum clearance and housing projects were applicable to redevelopment projects undertaken under this chapter; provided, that nothing contained in Section 24-1-6 shall be construed as limiting the power of an authority or the governing body of any incorporated city or town, in the event of a default by a purchaser or lessee of land in a redevelopment plan, to acquire property and operate it free from the restrictions contained in said section. (Acts 1949, No. 491, p. 713, §3; Acts 1967, No. 416, p. 1070, §3.)
AL Code § 24-2-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 2 - Redevelopment Projects.|Section 24-2-4 - Approval of Redevelopment Plan by Governing Bodies of Cities, Counties, etc., in Which Project Situated; Assistance of Redevelopment Projects by Cities, Counties, Etc.

Section 24-2-4Approval of redevelopment plan by governing bodies of cities, counties, etc., in which project situated; assistance of redevelopment projects by cities, counties, etc. An authority or the governing body of any city or town shall not initiate any redevelopment project under this chapter until the governing body, or agency designated by it or empowered by law to so act of each city, town, or village, hereinafter called "municipalities," in which any of the area to be covered by said project is situated has approved a plan, herein called the "redevelopment plan," which provides an outline for the development or redevelopment of said area and is sufficiently complete: (1) To indicate its relationship to definite local objectives as to appropriate land uses and improved traffic, public transportation, public utilities, recreational and community facilities, and other public improvements; (2) To indicate proposed land uses and building requirements in the area; and (3) To indicate the method for the temporary relocation of persons living in such areas and also the method for providing, unless already available, decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings substantially equal in number to the number of substandard dwellings to be cleared from said area, at rents within the financial reach of the income groups displaced from such substandard dwellings. Such municipalities are hereby authorized to approve redevelopment plans through their governing body or agency designated by it for that purpose. Any city, municipality, county, or other public body shall have the same rights and powers to cooperate with and assist housing authorities with respect to redevelopment projects that such public bodies have pursuant to Article 2 of Chapter 1 of this title, or any other provision of law for the purpose of assisting the development or administration of slum clearance and housing projects in the same manner as though the provisions of such laws were applicable to redevelopment projects undertaken under this chapter. (Acts 1949, No. 491, p. 713, §4; Acts 1967, No. 416, p. 1070, §4.)
AL Code § 24-2-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 2 - Redevelopment Projects.|Section 24-2-5 - Advisory Board.

Section 24-2-5Advisory board. For the purpose of coordinating its activities and undertakings under this chapter with the needs and undertakings of other local organizations and groups, a housing authority or the governing body of any incorporated city or town may establish an advisory board consisting of the chairman of the authority, who shall be chairman of the advisory board, and of sufficient members to represent so far as practicable: The general public and consumers of housing; general business interests; real estate, building and home financing interests; labor; any official planning body in the locality; and church and welfare groups. The members of the advisory board shall be appointed by the chairman of the authority or, if the board is established by the governing body of any incorporated city or town, then the members of the advisory board shall be appointed by the mayor of such city or town, and, in such event, the mayor shall be the chairman of the advisory board. (Acts 1949, No. 491, p. 713, §9; Acts 1967, No. 416, p. 1070, §9.)
AL Code § 24-2-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 2 - Redevelopment Projects.|Section 24-2-6 - Land in Project May Be Made Available for Use by Private Enterprise or Public Agencies in Accordance With Redevelopment Plan.

Section 24-2-6Land in project may be made available for use by private enterprise or public agencies in accordance with redevelopment plan. (a) The authority or the governing body of any city or town may make land in a redevelopment project available for use by private enterprise or public agencies in accordance with the redevelopment plan. Such land may be made available at its use value, which represents the value, whether expressed in terms of rental or capital price, at which the authority or the governing body of any incorporated city or town determines such land should be made available in order that it may be developed or redeveloped for the purposes specified in such plan. (b) To assure that land acquired in a redevelopment project is used in accordance with the redevelopment plan, an authority or the governing body of any incorporated city or town, upon the sale or lease of such land, shall obligate purchasers or lessees: (1) To use the land for the purpose designated in the redevelopment plan; (2) To begin the building of their improvements within a period of time which the authority fixes as reasonable; and (3) To comply with such other conditions as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. Any such obligations by the purchaser shall be covenants and conditions running with the land where the authority so stipulates. (Acts 1949, No. 491, p. 713, §5; Acts 1967, No. 416, p. 1070, §5.)
AL Code § 24-2-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 2 - Redevelopment Projects.|Section 24-2-7 - Tax Status of Land Sold or Leased to Private Individuals or Corporations for Redevelopment.

Section 24-2-7Tax status of land sold or leased to private individuals or corporations for redevelopment. Any property which the authority or the governing body of any incorporated city or town leases to private individuals or corporations for development under a redevelopment plan shall have the same tax status as if such leased property were owned by such private individuals or corporations. (Acts 1949, No. 491, p. 713, §6; Acts 1967, No. 416, p. 1070, §6.)
AL Code § 24-2-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 2 - Redevelopment Projects.|Section 24-2-8 - Federal Financial Aid.

Section 24-2-8Federal financial aid. An authority or the governing body of any incorporated city or town may borrow money or accept contributions from the federal government to assist in its undertaking redevelopment projects. An authority or the governing body of any incorporated city or town may do any and all things necessary or desirable to secure such financial aid, including obligating itself in any contract with the federal government for annual contributions to convey to the federal government the project to which said contract relates, upon the occurrence of a substantial default thereunder, in the same manner as they may do to secure such aid in connection with slum clearance and housing projects under the provisions of this title. (Acts 1949, No. 491, p. 713, §7; Acts 1967, No. 416, p. 1070, §7.)
AL Code § 24-2-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 2 - Redevelopment Projects.|Section 24-2-9 - Investment by Public Bodies, etc., in Bonds, etc., Issued by Housing Authorities, Etc.

Section 24-2-9Investment by public bodies, etc., in bonds, etc., issued by housing authorities, etc. Bonds or other obligations issued by a housing authority or the governing body of any incorporated city or town, in connection with a redevelopment project pursuant to this chapter, shall be security for public deposits and legal investments to the same extent and for the same persons, institutions, associations, corporations, and other bodies and officers as bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this title in connection with the development of slum clearance and housing projects. (Acts 1949, No. 491, p. 713, §8; Acts 1967, No. 416, p. 1070, §8.)
AL Code § 24-2-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 2 - Redevelopment Projects.|Section 24-2-10 - Provisions of Chapter Cumulative; Conflicting Laws.

Section 24-2-10Provisions of chapter cumulative; conflicting laws. The provisions of this chapter shall be cumulative and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law and shall be construed in pari materia with other laws relative to redevelopment plans and redevelopment projects. No laws shall be deemed repealed by this chapter unless in specific conflict herewith. (Acts 1949, No. 491, p. 713, §10; Acts 1967, No. 416, p. 1070, §10.)
AL Code § 24-3-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 3 - Urban Renewal Projects.|Section 24-3-1 - Legislative Findings and Declaration of Necessity; Municipalities to Afford Opportunities for Redevelopment, etc., by Private Enterprise.

Section 24-3-1Legislative findings and declaration of necessity; municipalities to afford opportunities for redevelopment, etc., by private enterprise. (a) It is hereby found and declared: (1) That there exist in communities of the state slum, blighted, and deteriorated areas which constitute a serious and growing menace, injurious to the public health, safety, morals, and welfare of the residents of the state, and the findings and declarations heretofore made in Section 24-2-1 with respect to blighted areas are hereby affirmed and restated; (2) That certain slum, blighted, or deteriorated areas, or portions thereof, may require acquisition and clearance, since the prevailing condition of decay may make impracticable the reclamation of the area by conservation or rehabilitation, but other areas, or portions thereof, may, through the means provided in this chapter, be susceptible of conservation or rehabilitation in such a manner that the conditions and evils hereinbefore enumerated may be eliminated, remedied, or prevented, and, to the extent feasible, salvable slum and blighted areas should be conserved and rehabilitated through voluntary action and the regulatory process; and (3) That all powers conferred by this chapter are for public uses and purposes for which public money may be expended and such other powers exercised, and the necessity in the public interest for the provisions of this chapter is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination. (b) A city or town, hereinafter called "municipality," to the greatest extent it determines to be feasible in carrying out the provisions of this chapter, shall afford maximum opportunity, consistent with the sound needs of the municipality as a whole, to the rehabilitation or redevelopment of areas by private enterprise. (Acts 1955, No. 553, p. 1210, §1.)
AL Code § 24-3-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 3 - Urban Renewal Projects.|Section 24-3-2 - Authority to Plan and Undertake Urban Renewal Projects; Limitations on Eminent Domain.

Section 24-3-2Authority to plan and undertake urban renewal projects; limitations on eminent domain. (a) In addition to its authority under this title, any housing authority created under this title is hereby authorized to plan and undertake urban renewal projects. (b) The governing body of any incorporated city or town is likewise hereby authorized to plan and undertake urban renewal projects and shall have and possess the same powers and authority granted to or conferred on any housing authority. (c) As used in this chapter, an urban renewal project may include undertakings and activities for the elimination and for the prevention of the spread of blighted property as defined in subsection (c) of Section 24-2-2 and may involve any work or undertaking for such purpose constituting a redevelopment project authorized by Chapter 2 of this title, or any rehabilitation or conservation work or any combination of such undertaking or work. For this purpose, "rehabilitation or conservation work" may include: (1) Carrying out plans for a program of voluntary or compulsory repair and rehabilitation of buildings or other improvements; (2) Acquisition of real property and demolition, removal or rehabilitation of buildings and improvements thereon, where necessary to eliminate unhealthful, unsanitary, or unsafe conditions, lessen density, reduce traffic hazards, eliminate obsolete or other uses detrimental to the public welfare, or to otherwise remove or prevent the spread of blight or deterioration, or to provide land for needed public facilities; (3) Installation, construction, or reconstruction of streets, utilities, parks, playgrounds, and other improvements necessary for carrying out the objectives of the urban renewal project; and (4) The disposition, for uses in accordance with the objectives of the urban renewal project, of any property or part thereof acquired in the area of such projects; provided that such disposition shall be in the manner prescribed in Chapter 2 of this title for the disposition of property in a redevelopment project area. (d) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, an urban renewal project may include property that is not blighted, but the power of eminent domain may not be exercised to acquire property that is not blighted without the consent of the owner. (Acts 1955, No. 553, p. 1210, §2; Acts 1967, No. 417, p. 1075, §2; Act 2006-584, p. 1544, §1.)
AL Code § 24-3-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 3 - Urban Renewal Projects.|Section 24-3-3 - Urban Renewal Plans.

Section 24-3-3Urban renewal plans. Any urban renewal project undertaken pursuant to Section 24-3-2 shall be undertaken in accordance with an urban renewal plan for the area of the project. As used in this chapter, an "urban renewal plan" means a plan, as it exists from time to time, for an urban renewal project, which plan shall conform to the general plan for the municipality as a whole and shall be sufficiently complete to indicate such land acquisition, demolition and removal of structures, redevelopment, improvements, and rehabilitation as may be proposed to be carried out in the area of the urban renewal project, zoning and planning changes, if any, land uses, maximum densities, building requirements, and the plan's relationship to definite local objectives respecting appropriate land uses, improved traffic, public transportation, public utilities, recreational and community facilities, and other public improvements. An urban renewal plan shall be prepared and approved pursuant to the same procedure as provided in Chapter 2 of this title, with respect to a redevelopment plan. (Acts 1955, No. 553, p. 1210, §3.)