HB433 Alabama 2012 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Jim Barton

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2012

Title

General fund budget, appropriations for ordinary expenses of executive, legislative, and judicial departments

Summary

HB433 is Alabama's 2012-2013 general fund budget bill that allocates ordinary expenses, debt service, and capital outlays for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013 across executive, legislative, and judicial branches and numerous state agencies.

What This Bill Does

It appropriates funds from the State General Fund and earmarked/federal sources to cover operating costs, debt service, and capital projects for FY2013. It allows interfund transfers and grants, and uses several conditional provisions (including potential transfers from tobacco settlement funds and distribution requirements for the 4% state use tax) to influence overall funding. It includes specific retirement costs, reporting requirements, and merit-pay related provisions, and sets general lapse and reappropriation rules for unspent balances and prior-year appropriations.

Who It Affects

• State agencies and employees (e.g., Unified Judicial System, Medicaid, Department of Public Health, Department of Human Resources, Department of Corrections, Mental Health, Transportation, Revenue, and other state boards and commissions) by providing their annual operating, staffing, and program funding.
• Alabama residents who rely on state programs (such as Medicaid beneficiaries, the elderly, veterans, students, and other program participants) because funding levels determine access to services, healthcare, social supports, and related programs.

Key Provisions

• Section 2A/2B/2C: Establishes FY2013 appropriations for the General Fund and earmarked funds across the legislative, judicial, and executive branches and numerous departments and programs.
• Funding sources: Allocations come from State General Fund, earmarked funds, federal/local funds, and interagency transfers; permits transfers among funds to maximize federal matching and prior year balances.
• Conditional appropriations: Certain amounts (including a portion of Unified Judicial System, Medicaid, Public Health, Human Resources, Corrections, and Mental Health) are conditioned on enacting legislation that distributes at least 25% of the 4% state use tax to the General Fund beginning Oct 1, 2012; if not enacted, these amounts may be reduced.
• Tobacco settlement funds: The bill conditionally appropriates tobacco settlement or litigation proceeds for FY2013, with distribution rules and oversight provisions.
• Retirement and health costs: Section 4 requires funding to cover approximately $174 million in employer retirement costs; SEIB rates are fixed for FY2013 but can be adjusted up to a specified maximum.
• Reporting and accountability: Agencies must report quarterly on grant distributions, interagency transfers, funding use, and program outcomes; the Governor and Finance Director have oversight of transfers and expenditures.
• Encumbrances and reappropriation: Unencumbered balances lapse or are reappropriated as provided; previous-year unexpended appropriations revert to the General Fund or earmarked funds as applicable.
• Special programs and mandates: The act funds a broad range of programs (Medicaid, mental health, public safety, transportation, economic development, historic preservation, and others) and includes targeted provisions for grant administration, program alignment, and statutory compliance.
• Effective date: The act becomes effective October 1, 2012.

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Subjects

Appropriations