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SB66
5IPC3M3-1
By Senator Albritton
RFD: Finance and Taxation General Fund
First Read: 07-Feb-24
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First Read: 07-Feb-24
SYNOPSIS:
This bill makes supplemental appropriations for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024: from Youth
Services Reimbursement Fund for Diversion Programs to
the Department of Youth Services in the amount of
$2,243,062, and from the State General Fund to various
agencies and entities for a total amount of
$189,733,137.
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To make supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2024: from Youth Services Reimbursement
Fund for Diversion Programs to the Department of Youth
Services in the amount of $2,243,062, and from the State
General Fund to various agencies and entities for a total
amount of $189,733,137.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. In addition to all other appropriations
heretofore and hereafter made, there is hereby appropriated
$2,243,062 from Youth Services Reimbursement Fund for
Diversion Programs to the Department of Youth Services for the
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Diversion Programs to the Department of Youth Services for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2024.
Section 2. In addition to all other appropriations
heretofore and hereafter made, there is hereby appropriated a
total of $189,733,137 from the State General Fund to the
following agencies and entities for the purposes specified
below for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024:
(1) To the Legislative Services Agency, $500,000. This
appropriation shall be used to contract with an outside entity
to conduct a comprehensive review of Alabama’s current
policies and procedures governing state employment to identify
recommendations that may be taken to incorporate a modernized
approach to recruiting, retaining, compensating, and
supervising qualified candidates for state employment. The
agency shall file a report by January 1, 2025, with the
Governor and the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Finance and
Taxation – General Fund and the House Ways and Means – General
Fund Committee with the results and recommendations of the
study.
(2) To the Supreme Court for one-time repairs and
maintenance of the Heflin-Tolbert building and IT hardware
upgrades, $716,600.
(3) To the Legislature for construction of a parking
deck related to the new State House construction, $20,000,000.
(4) To the Department of Corrections – Correctional
Capital Improvement Fund established in Section 14-2-21(c),
Code of Alabama 1975 for prison construction, $100,000,000.
(5) To the Department of Economic and Community Affairs
for the Ardmore Welcome Center for the repair/replacement of
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for the Ardmore Welcome Center for the repair/replacement of
the rocket based on an approved plan of expenditure,
$5,000,000.
(6) To the Emergency Management Agency to replace the
Mobile Command vehicle, $600,000.
(7) To the Department of Finance for the State Capitol,
$6,011,537. Of this amount, $3,022,988 shall be used for
building security upgrades, and $2,988,549 shall be used for
repairs to include recoating exterior walls and structural
floors.
(8) To the Alabama Forestry Commission for the
replacement of obsolete equipment, $500,000.
(9) To the Geological Survey for the Core and Sample
Repository, $3,500,000.
(10) To the State Industrial Development Authority for
site development, $25,000,000. The Fund shall be managed and
controlled by the State Industrial Development Authority and
expended to provide grants for the assessment of and
subsequent development of sites.
(11) To the State Law Enforcement Agency for in-car
cameras, body cameras and handheld radios, or other related
expenses, $9,833,000.
(12) To the Department of Mental Health, $9,400,000.
Of this amount, $8,400,000 shall be used to increase staffing
levels at Taylor Hardin Secure Medical Facility, and
$1,000,000 shall be used to keep the psychiatric beds
operational at Bullock County Hospital while the hospital
converts to the CMS Rural Emergency Hospital model.
(13) To the Military Department for Armory maintenance
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(13) To the Military Department for Armory maintenance
and revitalization, $2,000,000.
(14) To the Department of Senior Services for the
Medicaid Waiver Program, $1,672,000.
(15) To the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for the
construction of Dovetail Landing to help veterans transition
to civilian life, $5,000,000.
Section 3. This act shall become effective immediately
upon its passage and approval by the Governor, or its
otherwise becoming law.
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