32-11-38. Local bridge improvement grant fund created.

There is hereby created in the state treasury the local bridge improvement grant fund. Interest earned on money in the fund shall be deposited into the fund. Any money in the fund is continuously appropriated to the Department of Transportation. Any money deposited into and distributed from the fund shall set forth in an informational budget as described in § 4-7-7.2.

The Transportation Commission may award grants from the fund to any local government entity to construct, reconstruct, and repair bridges. The Transportation Commission shall consider the need for the project and funding mechanisms available to and utilized by the applicant when making a decision to award a grant. No county may receive a grant from the fund unless such county has adopted and annually updated its county highway and bridge improvement plan pursuant to the provisions of § 1-44-7.5 and has imposed a county wheel tax pursuant to § 32-5A-1.

Source: SL 2015, ch 165, § 1, eff. Apr. 1, 2015.