HB682 Alabama 2013 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Joe Hubbard

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2013

Title

Alabama Trust Fund, transfer of amount from pursuant to const. amend., repayment of transfer, increased tax on cigarettes, proceeds used to repayment and for other specified purposes relating to Medicaid, Medicaid Trust Fund created, const. amend.

Description

Under Amendment 856 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, funds will be transferred from the Alabama Trust Fund to the State General Fund each year over three fiscal years beginning with the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and concluding with the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015. The amendment does not require the transferred funds to be repaid. Although Act 2013-6, 2013 Regular Session, generally provides for the repayment of the transferred funds, the act does not provide revenue-generating mechanisms to facilitate the repayment.

This bill would propose a constitutional amendment to require the repayment of the funds transferred from the Alabama Trust Fund pursuant to Amendment 856 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, within five years following the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015; to provide the procedure for the repayment of the funds transferred from the Alabama Trust Fund pursuant to Amendment 856 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901; to increase the tax on cigarettes by an additional five cents on each cigarette; to provide that the proceeds from the tax levied by the state on cigarettes and other appropriations from the Alabama Legislature shall be used to repay the funds transferred from the Alabama Trust Fund pursuant to Amendment 856 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901; and to create a Medicaid Trust Fund for the deposit of a portion of the proceeds from the tax levied by the state on cigarettes to be used for specified purposes relating to Medicaid.

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