HB158 Alabama 2013 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Steve ClouseRepresentative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2013

Title

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

Summary

HB158 is Alabama's 2014 General Fund budget bill that allocates ordinary expenses, debt service, and capital outlay for the executive, legislative, and judicial branches and other state functions.

What This Bill Does

It provides funding from the State General Fund and earmarked funds to a wide range of state agencies and programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, covering operating costs, debt service, and capital outlay. It includes program-by-program allocations for major departments (such as Corrections, Health, Mental Health, Transportation, Revenue) and earmarked grants to boards, commissions, and other entities. It also includes mechanisms for reappropriating unspent FY2013 funds to FY2014, conditional appropriations from tobacco settlement funds, interagency transfer authority, and reporting requirements on grants and expenditures.

Who It Affects

• State agencies and state employees, who receive funding to operate and for salaries during FY2014, with allocations broken down by department and program.
• Local governments, boards, commissions, and nonprofit entities that receive earmarked funds or grants through the act, as well as recipients of program-specific funding and transfers.

Key Provisions

• Provision 1: Section 2 states that the act appropriates General Fund and earmarked funds to the executive, legislative, and judicial branches and to other functions of government, including debt service and capital outlay, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, with program-specific allocations.
• Provision 2: Section 3 reappropriates unexpended FY2013 appropriations to FY2014; Sections 4-5 include conditional appropriations (e.g., tobacco settlement funds) and allow interagency transfers and grants, with reporting requirements to Legislature; Section 7 provides Governor authority to transfer surplus within the General Fund to cover salaries if needed.

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Subjects

Appropriations