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Committee adopts amendment, raises inland port grant funding to $5 million and caps admin costs at 10%
Summary
Lawmakers amended and approved HB 1-35 to expand an ADECA-administered inland port grant program to include municipal ports such as Bayou La Batre, increase funding from $3 million to $5 million, require a 20% local match, limit state grants to 50% of project costs and cap administrative costs at 10%.
The Ways and Means General Fund committee amended and approved House Bill 1-35 to expand and increase funding for Alabama’s inland port infrastructure grant program administered by the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA).
Representative Brown, the bill’s presenter, said HB 1-35 recognizes municipally owned facilities — including Bayou La Batre — as inland ports eligible for the program and would raise the fund from $3,000,000 to…
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