Alabama HB542: Highways; Department of Transportation required to reimburse certain utilities for required facility relocation, subject to conditions

What the bill says

A bill 25 TO BE ENTITLED 26 AN ACT 27 28 Relating to public highways; to amend Section 23-1-5, Page HB542 INTRODUCED 29 Code of Alabama 1975, to add conditions to the state payment 30 of utility facility relocations by certain utilities; to 31 require the Director of Transportation to reimburse utilities 32 with a gross income over two hundred fifty million dollars for 33 costs incurred in relocating utility facilities required for 34 highway construction pursuant to an order of the director; and 35 to require the director to submit an annual report to the 36 Legislature. 37.

From the introduced text:

A BILL 25 TO BE ENTITLED 26 AN ACT 27 28 Relating to public highways; to amend Section 23-1-5, Page HB542 INTRODUCED 29 Code of Alabama 1975, to add conditions to the state payment 30 of utility facility relocations by certain utilities; to 31 require the Director of Transportation to reimburse utilities 32 with a gross income over two hundred fifty million dollars for 33 costs incurred in relocating utility facilities required for 34 highway construction pursuant to an order of the director; and 35 to require the director to submit an annual report to the 36 Legislature. 37 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: 38 Section 1. Section 23-1-5, Code of Alabama 1975, is 39 amended to read as follows: 40 "§23-1-5 41 (a) For the purposes of this section, the following 42 terms have the following meanings: 43 (1) COST OF RELOCATION. Includes the entire amount paid 44 by a utility properly attributable to the relocation after 45 deducting therefrom any increase in the value of the new 46 facility and any salvage value derived from the old facility. 47 (2) DISTRIBUTION LINE. Any utility facility that 48 distributes or transmits electricity at a voltage less than 49 40,000 volts. 50 (3) NATIONAL SYSTEM OF INTERSTATE AND DEFENSE HIGHWAYS. 51 The national system of interstate and …

Sponsors

• Blackshear, Chris (R, HD-080) · primary sponsor

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