FN-TBUYI59-1 Page 1 FISCAL NOTE House Bill 526 Committee: Ways and Means General FundSponsor: Representative Chip Brown Analyst: Jennifer Farish Date: 04/09/2025 House Bill 526 as introduced would allow funds in the Alabama 21st Century Fund not needed to pay obligations of the Alabama 21st Century Authority to be used to pay: (1) project and project costs, (2) debt service on bonds issued by the Alabama Incentives Financing Authority, and (3) a one-time transfer of $5 million from the Alabama 21st Century Fund to the Department of Commerce for the establishment of international offices and to increase rural development strategy. As of March 2025, the Alabama 21st Century Fund had a balance of $74 million.