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SB146
6DF2311-1
By Senator Albritton
RFD: Finance and Taxation General Fund
First Read: 11-Feb-25
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First Read: 11-Feb-25
SYNOPSIS:
This bill makes supplemental appropriations for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025: from Alabama
State Board of Public Accountancy Fund to the Alabama
State Board of Public Accountancy in the amount of
$100,000; from Court Automation Fund to the Unified
Judicial System in the amount of $12,789,146; from
Advanced Technology and Data Exchange Fund to the
Unified Judicial System in the amount of $7,656,820;
and amends Act 2024-355, the General Fund Appropriation
Bill for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, to
increase the amount appropriated to the Alabama
Department of Transportation for paying the principal
of and interest on bonds issued for the purposes of
public highways and bridges .
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To make supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2025: from Alabama State Board of Public
Accountancy Fund to the Alabama State Board of Public
Accountancy in the amount of $100,000; from Court Automation
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Accountancy in the amount of $100,000; from Court Automation
Fund to the Unified Judicial System in the amount of
$12,789,146; from Advanced Technology and Data Exchange Fund
to the Unified Judicial System in the amount of $7,656,820;
and to amend Act 2024-355, the General Fund Appropriation Bill
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, to increase the
amount appropriated to the Alabama Department of
Transportation for paying the principal of and interest on
bonds issued for the purposes of public highways and bridges.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. In addition to all other appropriations
heretofore and hereafter made, there is hereby appropriated
$100,000 from Alabama State Board of Public Accountancy Fund
to the Alabama State Board of Public Accountancy for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2025.
Section 2. In addition to all other appropriations
heretofore and hereafter made, there is hereby appropriated
$12,789,146 from Court Automation Fund to the Unified Judicial
System for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025.
Section 3. In addition to all other appropriations
heretofore and hereafter made, there is hereby appropriated
$7,656,820 from Advanced Technology and Data Exchange Fund to
the Unified Judicial System for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2025.
Section 4. Section 3C of Act 2024-355, the General
Appropriations Act for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2025, is hereby amended as follows:
"124. Transportation Department of...
There is hereby appropriated for payment of the
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There is hereby appropriated for payment of the
principal of and the interest on all bonds heretofore or
hereafter issued for public highways and bridge purposes, or
either, by the State of Alabama, Alabama Federal Aid Highway
Finance Authority, Alabama Highway Finance Corporation, or
Alabama Industrial Access Road and Bridge Corporation, a total
of $113,253,921 $126,253,921 or so much thereof as may be
necessary for payment of said principal and interest at their
respective maturities, of the revenues pledged for such
payment. There is also hereby appropriated an amount not to
exceed $25,000,000 as an annual contribution to the Alabama
Transportation Infrastructure Bank, if needed, for payment of
debt service. The Director of Transportation, with the consent
of the Governor and the Director of Finance, shall have the
authority to transfer any appropriation or any portion thereof
between and among subdivisions (a), (b) and (c) of this
section whenever such transfer shall be necessary to assure
maximum utilization of federal matching funds which shall
become available. In the event that there shall not be
sufficient funds available for payment of all appropriations
hereinabove made, the following provisions shall be
applicable. In the event of such insufficiency in respect of
said revenues accruing to the Department of Transportation:
(1) the appropriation made for Debt Service in subdivisions
(a) and (b) hereof shall be paid in full, and (2) the
appropriations from the revenues accruing to the Department of
Transportation that are herein made for the purposes referred
to in subdivisions (a), (b) and (c) except for Debt Service,
hereof shall be allocated among the purposes referred to in
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hereof shall be allocated among the purposes referred to in
said subdivisions in such order and with such priorities as
the Director of the Department of Transportation shall from
time to time direct. The funds appropriated in subdivisions
(a) and (c) hereof, for the matching federal funds, shall not
revert at the end of the fiscal year for which such
appropriations are made but shall remain available for the
purposes for which such appropriations were made. In addition
to all appropriations hereinabove made, there is hereby
appropriated to the Department of Transportation all federal
funds accruing thereto to be expended only for the purpose for
which such Funds are made available."
Section 5. This act shall become effective immediately
upon its passage and approval by the Governor, or its
otherwise becoming law.
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