SB 60 — Ports, inland facilities; create inland port and intermodal grant fund in ADECA.

SB60 ENGROSSEDENROLLED SB60 3JKHVEV-23JKHVEV-3 By Senator Orr RFD:

06-Feb-24 Page 0 SB60 EngrossedEnrolled 2Enrolled, 4An AAct, BILL3 TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 9 Relating to inland ports;

(c) That the support of inland ports or transfer Page 1 SB60 Engrossed facilities are an added benefit to the State of Alabama.

(d) That an inland port or intermodal transfer facility would have the added benefit of reducing truck traffic along the federal and state highways of Alabama, especially through metropolitan areas, and would reduce greenhouse emissions from Page 1 SB60 Enrolled heavy freight carriers.

Page 2 SB60 Engrossed (1) INLAND PORTS.

Inland ports, including ports owned or operated by the Alabama State Port Authority, are physical sites located away from traditional land, air, and coastal borders with the vision to facilitate and process international and domestic trade through strategic investment Page 2 SB60 Enrolled in multi-modal transportation assets and by promoting value-added services as goods move through the supply chain.

Priority of funding Page 3 SB60 Engrossed shall be given to inland ports and intermodal facilities that have proven performance in reducing congestion on public highways, proven performance to increase tonnage at port facilities, and that will enhance regional competitiveness for port operators and users.

The minimum participation for local Page 3 SB60 Enrolled funds is 20 percent of the project amount.

No application shall 95 be approved or funds distributed unless the expenditure of funds are:

(1) Directly related to capital improvements, dredging for project development in the immediate vicinity of an existing inland port, economic development of an inland port 95 facility, or the rebuilding or rehabilitation of basic waterway and port infrastructure;

Additionally, the use of funding to establish or construct new inland ports, Page 4 SB60 Engrossed or to acquire land for new inland ports, shall not be eligible for funding unless a feasibility study and competitive analysis have been conducted and submitted for review to the department.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of Page 4 SB60 Enrolled law to the contrary, the Legislature shall annually appropriate two million dollars ($2,000,000) from the State General Fund to the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs to establish a grant program to facilitate and coordinate inland port and transfer facility development, improvement, maintenance, onsite storage, moorings, and construction.

Any unencumbered funds remaining pursuant to this act after three Page 5 SB60 Engrossed years shall revert to the State General Fund.

(b) This article shall not change any existing laws Page 5 SB60 Enrolled that apply to any existing port or infrastructure commission or authority, or to powers presently provided for conducting and developing the water transportation industry, and all such existing laws are hereby expressly preserved and shall not be preempted by this article.

Page 6 SB60 EngrossedEnrolled Senate________________________________________________ ReadPresident forand thePresiding firstOfficer timeof andthe referredSenate ................06-Feb-24________________________________________________ toSpeaker of the SenateHouse committeeof onRepresentatives FinanceSB60 andSenate Taxation23-Apr-24 GeneralI Fundhereby Readcertify forthat the secondwithin timeAct andoriginated placedin ................18-Apr-24and onpassed the calendar:Senate, as amended.

0 amendments Read for the third time and passed ................23-Apr-24 as amended Yeas 32 Nays 0 Abstains 0 Patrick Harris, Secretary.

PageHouse 7of Representatives Passed:

09-May-24 By:

Senator Orr Page 7