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Alabama Senate Bill SB147

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55 By Senator Albritton
66 RFD: Finance and Taxation General Fund
77 First Read: 11-Feb-25
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1515 SYNOPSIS:
1616 This bill makes an appropriation of $36,616,436
1717 from the Children First Trust Fund for the fiscal year
1818 ending September 30, 2026, to the entities and for the
1919 purposes designated in Section 41-15B-2.2, Code of
2020 Alabama 1975; to provide for the deposit of tobacco
2121 settlement revenues into the Children First Trust Fund;
2222 to require written notification of anticipated agency
2323 allocations by the State Director of Finance; to
2424 require quarterly allocations; to condition allocations
2525 on receipt of tobacco revenues; to provide for the
2626 transfer to the State General Fund during fiscal year
2727 2026 that portion of Children First Trust Fund receipts
2828 currently allocated for the State Board of Education;
2929 to make an appropriation of $44,177,773 from other
3030 tobacco settlement funds for the fiscal year ending
3131 September 30, 2026; and to make a conditional
3232 appropriation and allocation of additional tobacco
3333 revenues upon the recommendation of the Director of
3434 Finance, the Chairman of the House Ways and Means
3535 General Fund Committee and the Chairman of the Senate
3636 Finance and Taxation-General Fund Committee, and the
3737 approval of the Governor .
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6363 A BILL
6464 TO BE ENTITLED
6565 AN ACT
6666 To make an appropriation of $36,616,436 from the Children
6767 First Trust Fund for the fiscal year ending September 30,
6868 2026, to the entities and for the purposes designated in
6969 Section 41-15B-2.2, Code of Alabama 1975; to provide for the
7070 deposit of tobacco settlement revenues into the Children First
7171 Trust Fund; to require written notification of anticipated
7272 agency allocations by the State Director of Finance; to
7373 require quarterly allocations; to condition allocations on
7474 receipt of tobacco revenues; to provide for the transfer to
7575 the State General Fund during fiscal year 2026 that portion of
7676 Children First Trust Fund receipts currently allocated for the
7777 State Board of Education; to make an appropriation of
7878 $44,177,773 from other tobacco settlement funds for the fiscal
7979 year ending September 30, 2026; and to make a conditional
8080 appropriation and allocation of additional tobacco revenues
8181 upon the recommendation of the Director of Finance, the
8282 Chairman of the House Ways and Means General Fund Committee
8383 and the Chairman of the Senate Finance and Taxation-General
8484 Fund Committee, and the approval of the Governor.
8585 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
8686 Section 1. (a) There is hereby appropriated from the
8787 Children First Trust Fund the sum of $36,616,436 for the
8888 fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, to the entities and for
8989 the purposes designated in Section 41-15B-2.2, Code of Alabama
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119119 the purposes designated in Section 41-15B-2.2, Code of Alabama
120120 1975 as follows, per the approved plan of investment for each
121121 agency:
122122 Alcoholic Beverage Control Board 426,500
123123 Children's Trust Fund 2,190,445
124124 Department of Forensic Sciences 418,413
125125 Alabama Department of Human Resources 7,958,464
126126 Juvenile Probation Services Fund 4,482,854
127127 Alabama Medicaid Agency 1,551,236
128128 Alabama Department of Mental Health 2,142,457
129129 State Multiple Needs Children's Fund 4,358,550
130130 Department of Public Health 4,766,197
131131 Department of Rehabilitation Services 214,002
132132 Department of Youth Services 8,107,318
133133 (b) (1) All tobacco revenues from the tobacco
134134 settlement received by the state previously designated for the
135135 Children First Trust Fund shall be deposited to the Children
136136 First Trust Fund within 30 calendar days of receipt of those
137137 tobacco revenues.
138138 (2) The Director of Finance shall notify each agency
139139 and the Department of Early Childhood Education in writing
140140 prior to September 1, 2025, of the dollar amount of the
141141 allocation expected to be received by the agency from the
142142 Children First Trust Fund in the fiscal year ending September
143143 30, 2026.
144144 (3) At the beginning of each quarter of the fiscal year
145145 ending September 30, 2026, the respective agency shall be
146146 allocated at least one-fourth of the total amount appropriated
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177177 and allocated to the agency for that fiscal year when tobacco
178178 revenues are available for the respective agency. In the event
179179 tobacco revenues are not available for the respective agency
180180 until later in the fiscal year then the respective agency
181181 shall be allocated an equal quarterly allotment for the
182182 quarters that funds are available at the beginning of those
183183 quarters. Such allocation shall be made and be available for
184184 expenditure by the agency within five working days of the
185185 commencement of the quarter. If additional sums are
186186 appropriated or allocated, or both, during the fiscal year,
187187 these sums shall be equally allocated to the respective agency
188188 among the remaining quarters of the fiscal year or may be
189189 allocated to the respective agency in one sum if revenues are
190190 available. The Department of Early Childhood Education shall
191191 be notified in writing of all appropriations and allocations
192192 from the Children First Trust Fund by the Director of Finance.
193193 (4) Allocations from the Children First Trust Fund are
194194 conditioned upon the receipt of tobacco revenues.
195195 (c) Allocations received pursuant to Section 1 shall be
196196 expended in accordance with Section 41-15B-2.2, Code of
197197 Alabama 1975.
198198 (d) At the conclusion of the fiscal year, any remaining
199199 sums in the Children First Trust Fund shall remain in the fund
200200 and shall not revert to the State General Fund or to any other
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202202 Section 2. Notwithstanding any provision of Division 1
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204204 any provision of Chapter 15B of Title 41, Code of Alabama
205205 1975, or any other provision of law, that portion of Children
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235235 1975, or any other provision of law, that portion of Children
236236 First Trust Fund receipts currently allocated for the State
237237 Board of Education shall be transferred from the Children
238238 First Trust Fund to the State General Fund during the fiscal
239239 year ending September 30, 2026.
240240 Section 3.In addition to the appropriation herein
241241 above made, there is hereby appropriated from additional
242242 tobacco settlement funds the sum of $44,177,773 for the fiscal
243243 year ending September 30, 2026 to the following entities:
244244 Department of Early Childhood Education 142,590
245245 21st Century Debt Service 16,000,000
246246 Senior Services Trust Fund 1,267,470
247247 Alabama Medicaid Agency 24,836,383
248248 Department of Senior Services - Medicaid Waiver 1,931,330
249249 Section 4. Any additional tobacco revenues available for
250250 the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, shall be
251251 conditionally appropriated, conditioned upon the
252252 recommendation of the Director of Finance, the Chairman of the
253253 House Ways and Means General Fund Committee and the Chairman
254254 of the Senate Finance and Taxation-General Fund Committee, and
255255 approval of the Governor.
256256 Section 5. The Executive Budget Office and the Director
257257 of Finance shall allot funds appropriated from the Children
258258 First Trust Fund only following the certification by the
259259 Secretary of the Department of Early Childhood Education that
260260 a plan of investment has been approved for each agency. The
261261 Secretary of the Department of Early Childhood Education shall
262262 prescribe the form and format on which each agency receiving
263263 appropriated funds herein shall submit a plan of investment of
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293293 appropriated funds herein shall submit a plan of investment of
294294 said appropriated funds. The plan of investment shall include,
295295 but not be limited to, a minimum of four (4) quality assurance
296296 items on which a periodic report, as required by the approved
297297 plan of investment, is made and as audited by the Examiners of
298298 Public Accounts. Quality assurance items shall include the
299299 number of children receiving service, an identifiable measure
300300 of success of services provided and a prioritized standard of
301301 successful measures for future plans of investment. It is the
302302 intent of the Legislature that the Secretary of the Department
303303 of Early Childhood Education shall be responsible for
304304 providing a standard of measurement by which a clear
305305 determination can be made through operational reporting and
306306 audit reporting of a measurable success of funds appropriated
307307 and invested from the Children First Trust Fund; insure funds
308308 appropriated herein are invested in viable programs; insure
309309 and promote the leverage of appropriated funds herein in every
310310 possible manner and coordinated in all possible ways the
311311 investment of funds by each service provider to insure that no
312312 unproductive expenditures or duplication occurs. The Secretary
313313 of the Department of Early Childhood Education shall notify
314314 legislators representing the area where a grant from the
315315 Children First Trust Fund is designated. The notification
316316 shall occur ten days before the funds reach the recipient
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318318 Section 6. The Secretary of the Department of Early
319319 Childhood Education shall report each approved plan of
320320 investment to the Joint Interim Legislative Oversight
321321 Committee and the Alabama Children's Policy Council. The
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351351 Committee and the Alabama Children's Policy Council. The
352352 Secretary, upon the request of the service agency, may approve
353353 an adjusted plan of investment. It is the intent of the
354354 Legislature that funds appropriated from the Children First
355355 Trust Fund be directed to meet the most immediate needs of
356356 children as changing conditions may develop.
357357 Section 7. Should any provision of this act be held
358358 invalid, the invalidity thereof shall not affect the remaining
359359 provisions of the act.
360360 Section 8.This act shall become effective
361361 immediately upon its passage and approval by the Governor, or
362362 its otherwise becoming law.
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