HB21 Alabama 2013 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Jay Love

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2013

Title

Garrett Coliseum, appropriation to Agricultural Center Board for renovation, beginning fiscal year 2013, changed to year 2015. Sec. 2-6-12, am'd.

Summary

HB21 delays the start of a yearly $800,000 state grant to the Agricultural Center Board for Garrett Coliseum renovations and keeps funding contingent on a $30 million renovation agreement with a public entity.

What This Bill Does

Delays the annual $800,000 appropriation from the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013 to the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015. Keeps the $800,000 annual grant in place in subsequent years as long as a restoration/renovation/improvement agreement of at least $30,000,000 remains between the Agricultural Center Board and a public institution or corporation for Garrett Coliseum and the Alabama Agricultural Center. If that renovation agreement ends or expires, the continuing appropriation stops in the following fiscal year, with the overall program ending no later than fiscal year 2044; the appropriation authority becomes null and void if no agreement is in place by September 30, 2017.

Who It Affects

• The Alabama Agriculture Agricultural Center Board would receive $800,000 annually from the State General Fund starting in 2015 if the renovation agreement is in place.
• Public institutions or other entities in Alabama that would enter into a $30 million renovation agreement with the Board, enabling ongoing funding for Garrett Coliseum and the Alabama Agricultural Center.

Key Provisions

• Section 2-6-12 is amended to start the annual appropriation in the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015.
• An annual $800,000 appropriation is provided from the State General Fund to the Alabama Agriculture Agricultural Center Board, in addition to other appropriations, as long as a $30,000,000 renovation/restoration agreement remains with a public institution or corporation.
• The appropriation terminates in the fiscal year after the renovation agreement expires or terminates; no later than fiscal year 2044.
• The appropriation authority becomes null and void after September 30, 2017 if no such renovation agreement is in place by then.
• The act takes effect immediately upon passage and governor's approval.

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Subjects

Appropriations