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SB66
41WAIRR-2
By Senator Albritton
RFD: Finance and Taxation General Fund
First Read: 07-Feb-24
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First Read: 07-Feb-24
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To make supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2024: from the Youth Services
Reimbursement Fund for Diversion Programs to the Department of
Youth Services in the amount of $2,243,062; from the Veterans'
Assistance Fund to the Department of Veterans' Affairs in the
amount of $300,000; and from the State General Fund to various
executive, legislative, and judicial agencies and entities of
the state for a total amount of $215,427,369.
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 the Youth Services Reimbursement Fund for
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
$300,000 from the Veterans' Assistance Fund to the Department
of Veterans' Assistance Affairs for renovations to the Alabama
Veterans War Memorial in Montgomery for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2024.
Section 3. In addition to all other appropriations
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Section 3. In addition to all other appropriations
heretofore and hereafter made, there is hereby appropriated a
total of $215,427,369 from the State General Fund to the
following executive, legislative, and judicial agencies and
entities of the state 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, 2026, 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 Legislative Council for construction of a
parking deck related to the new State House construction,
$20,000,000.
(3) To the Supreme Court for one-time repairs and
maintenance of the Heflin-Tolbert building and IT hardware
upgrades, $716,600.
(4) To the Department of Commerce to be used for the
for pier repairs for the Port of Mobile, $5,000,000.
(5) To the Department of Corrections – Correctional
Capital Improvement Fund established in Section 14-2-21(c),
Code of Alabama 1975, for prison construction, $150,000,000.
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Code of Alabama 1975, for prison construction, $150,000,000.
(6) To the Emergency Management Agency to replace the
Mobile Command vehicle, $600,000.
(7) To the Department of Finance for the State Capitol,
$3,005,769. Of this amount, $1,511,494 shall be used for
building security upgrades, and $1,494,275 shall be used for
repairs to include recoating exterior walls and structural
floors.
(8) To the Geological Survey for the Core and Sample
Repository, $3,500,000.
(9) To the State Industrial Development Authority for
site development, $15,000,000. 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.
(10) To the State Law Enforcement Agency for in-car
cameras, body cameras, and handheld radios, or other related
expenses, $4,833,000.
(11) To the Department of Mental Health, $4,000,000. Of
this amount, $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; $1,500,000
shall be used for mental health services for the Lee County
Commission; and $1,500,000 shall be used for the East Alabama
Medical Center for psychiatric and child services.
(12) To the Department of Senior Services for the
Medicaid Waiver Program, $1,672,000.
(13) To the Tourism Department for a study on
establishing a statewide trails network as provided in Act
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establishing a statewide trails network as provided in Act
2023-378, $1,000,000.
(14) To the Department of Transportation to develop a
statewide plan for advanced air mobility contingent upon HB176
of the 2024 Regular Session of the Legislature being enacted,
$600,000.
(15) To the Department of Veterans' Affairs,
$5,000,000. Of this amount, $2,500,000 shall be used for the
construction of Dovetail Landing to help veterans transition
to civilian life; and $2,500,000 shall be used for Veterans
Recovery Resources in Mobile.
Section 4. This act shall become effective immediately.
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Section 4. This act shall become effective immediately.
Senate
Read for the first time and referred
to the Senate committee on Finance
and Taxation General Fund
................07-Feb-24
Read for the second time and placed
on the calendar:
0 amendments
................04-Apr-24
Read for the third time and passed
as amended
Yeas 34
Nays 0
Abstains 0
................11-Apr-24
Patrick Harris,
Secretary.
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