§ 23-8-3 — Definitions

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.

Legislative History

(Act 2019-2, 1st Sp. Sess., §4.)