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FISCAL NOTE
House Bill 101
Committee: Finance and Taxation General FundSponsor: Representative Adline Clarke
Analyst: Hunter Lapp Date: 03/19/2024
House Bill 101 as passed the House of Representatives would, beginning in fiscal year 2025,
expand the list of additional items that constitute election expenses that would be reimbursable
to counties which would increase the obligations of the State General Fund by an estimated total
of $2,265,594 per election cycle, or half this amount if the election includes both state and
county offices, based on the cost of the following election expenses incurred by counties, as
provided by the Association of County Commissions of Alabama: (1) $1,175,020 for the
maintenance and software updates of electronic poll books; (2) $650,000 for the maintenance
and software updates of electronic voting machines; (3) $396,000 for the renting of facilities
used as polling places; (4) $32,849 for the training of election officials; and (5) an undetermined
amount dependent on the travel expenses incurred by appointed absentee election managers.