SB516 Alabama 2012 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Shadrack McGill

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2012

Title

Forever Wild Trust Fund, if electorate fails to reauthorize, funds for trust shall be reappropriated to high schools for vocational training and to Alabama Department of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention, const. amend

Summary

SB516 would amend Alabama's constitution to redirect Forever Wild Land Trust funds to child abuse prevention and vocational-education programs if the trust isn't reauthorized or is reauthorized with too few votes.

What This Bill Does

If the electorate does not ratify Act 2011-315 to reauthorize the Forever Wild Land Trust, or if it is reauthorized with fewer yes votes than this amendment, then the money that would have funded the Forever Wild Land Trust would be redirected: 40% to the Alabama Department of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention and 60% to the Education Trust Fund to fund vocational education in high schools. If the Forever Wild Land Trust is ratified with more votes than this amendment, then funds would go to the Forever Wild Land Trust as provided by Act 2011-315.

Who It Affects

• Voters in Alabama (electorate) — their vote determines whether the Forever Wild Land Trust is reauthorized and how the funds are allocated.
• Alabama Department of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention and the Education Trust Fund (and high schools) — would receive funds for their designated uses if reauthorization fails or is approved with fewer votes.

Key Provisions

• If the electorate fails to ratify Act 2011-315 reauthorizing the Forever Wild Land Trust, or reauthorizes it with fewer yes votes than this amendment, then all monies that would have funded the Trust shall be paid 40 percent to the Alabama Department of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention and 60 percent to the Education Trust Fund to fund vocational education in high schools.
• If the Forever Wild Land Trust is ratified with more votes than this proposed amendment, then all monies shall be paid to the Forever Wild Land Trust in accordance with Act 2011-315 of the 2011 Legislature.
• An election on the proposed amendment is to be held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012.

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Subjects

Constitutional Amendments