Mainly formal. The Legislature's permanent, 14-member Joint Transportation Committee, among other statutory duties, reviews and concurs in a long-range highway plan that is updated annually; annually reviews the budget for highway construction, maintenance and operation as well as ALDOT administration; issues annual reports about ALDOT performance; and makes recommendations (Ala. Code §29-2-4). ALDOT must recommend to the governor and Legislature such legislation as it deems advisable and to furnish any other information concerning road and bridge improvements as may be deemed expedient by the governor and the Legislature (Ala. Code §23-1-35). ALDOT has no dedicated legislative liaison or governmental affairs office.