(a) All proceeds arising from the sale of state highway bonds and the revenue appropriated to the State Department of Transportation, when received by the State Treasurer, shall be set aside in a special fund known as the State Highway Fund and be used for no other purpose than in the carrying out of the provisions of this chapter. The revenue derived by the state from the sale of motor vehicle, trailer, and tractor licenses and all other appropriations shall be used for the following purposes:
(1) To provide a sinking fund sufficient for the retirement of the said road bonds as they shall mature;
(2) For the expense of the State Department of Transportation and for the maintenance of roads and bridges constructed under the provisions of this chapter; and
(3) For the purchase of supplies and material, livestock, and machinery, and any balance for the construction of roads and bridges.
(b) Annually, at such times as it may deem most convenient or suitable, the State Department of Transportation shall, out of said revenues, set apart a sum sufficient for the providing of said sinking fund and for the further expenses of the State Department of Transportation and the maintenance of roads and bridges, and the sum so set apart shall be used for no other purposes whatever. The proceeds of the sale of state road bonds and the moneys appropriated by Congress under the act known as the federal aid law shall be used exclusively for the purpose of constructing highways and bridges and the acquisition of bridges and of material.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 23 - Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries.
Article 2 - Department of Transportation.
Section 23-1-21 - Director of Transportation.
Section 23-1-21.1 - Definitions.
Section 23-1-21.2 - Authority of Director With Regard to Public Transportation.
Section 23-1-21.4 - Deputy Directors.
Section 23-1-23 - Chief Engineer - Qualifications.
Section 23-1-24 - Chief Engineer - Duties.
Section 23-1-25 - Legal Division - Creation; Appointment of Chief Counsel.
Section 23-1-27 - Legal Division - Salaries.
Section 23-1-28 - Legal Division - Offices, etc.; Expenses.
Section 23-1-29 - Legal Division - Charging of Salaries and Expenses.
Section 23-1-30 - Legal Division - Functions and Duties.
Section 23-1-31 - Legal Division - Private Practice Prohibited.
Section 23-1-32 - Offices; Director Full-Time Position.
Section 23-1-33 - Official Records of Department; Appointment of Assistants and Personnel.
Section 23-1-35 - Annual Report to Governor.
Section 23-1-36 - Employees Used on Transferred County Roads and Bridges.
Section 23-1-37 - Use of Convict Labor.
Section 23-1-38 - Paying Expenses of Nonemployees Prohibited.
Section 23-1-39 - Seal; Power to Administer Oaths, Etc.
Section 23-1-40 - Duties and Powers Generally.
Section 23-1-41 - Self-Insurance Program for Department Employees.
Section 23-1-42 - Roads, etc., Located on State Institutions.
Section 23-1-43 - State Agricultural Experiment Station Roads.
Section 23-1-44 - Right of Entry for Purpose of Making Surveys and Taking Soil Samples.
Section 23-1-45 - Acquisition of Rights-of-Way.
Section 23-1-46 - Changes or Additions to State Road System.
Section 23-1-47 - Authority to Maintain, etc., City and Town Streets and Roads.
Section 23-1-48 - Application by Counties for Construction or Maintenance of State Road or Bridge.
Section 23-1-49 - Furnishing of Competent Engineers.
Section 23-1-50 - Authority to Procure Equipment; Payment of Expenses.
Section 23-1-51 - Purchase of Motor Fuels, Oils, Greases, and Lubricants.
Section 23-1-52 - License Exemption for Vehicles of Department.
Section 23-1-53 - Contracts to Do Work - Authority.
Section 23-1-54 - Contracts to Do Work - How Drawn and Approved.
Section 23-1-55 - Contracts to Do Work - Preconditions.
Section 23-1-56 - Contracts to Do Work - Qualification of Bidders.
Section 23-1-59 - Rules and Regulations of Department.
Section 23-1-62 - State Highway Fund - Purposes for Which Used.
Section 23-1-65 - Disposal of Surplus Personal Property - Availability; List of Surplus Property.
Section 23-1-66 - Disposal of Surplus Personal Property - Sale Procedures.