SB290 Alabama 2011 Session

Updated Feb 27, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Del Marsh
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2011
Title: Senate, President Pro Tempore, unexpended funds for fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, may be spent without restrictions, has effect of amending Act 2010-553, 2010 Reg. Sess.
Summary: SB290 amends a 2010 law to let the Senate President Pro Tempore’s unspent funds for FY2011 be spent for any purposes allowed by the Examiners of Public Accounts guidelines, without restriction.
What This Bill Does
It changes how unexpended funds for the Office of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011 can be used. It allows those unspent funds to be expended for any purposes outlined under the guidelines developed by the Examiners of Public Accounts for the Office of the President Pro Tempore, with no further restrictions. It becomes effective immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor (or becoming law).

Who It Affects
Office of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate — gains authority to spend unexpended FY2011 funds for any purposes allowed by the Examiners of Public Accounts guidelines.
Examiners of Public Accounts — their guidelines for the Office of the President Pro Tempore become the controlling rule for permissible expenditures of these funds.

Key Provisions
Section 1: Notwithstanding any restrictions in Act 2010-553, any unexpended funds for the Office of the President Pro Tempore for FY2011 may be expended for any purposes outlined under the guidelines developed by the Examiners of Public Accounts for the Office of the President Pro Tempore without restriction.
Section 2: The act becomes effective immediately following its passage and approval by the Governor, or becoming law.

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Subjects: Appropriations