SR55 Alabama 2013 Session

Summary

Session

Regular Session 2013

Title

Senate, Special Order Calendar

Summary

SR55 designates SB287, SB288, and SB143 as special order calendar items to be treated as top priority for the Senate until the 12th legislative day.

What This Bill Does

It places three Senate bills on a Special Order Calendar, giving them precedence over other business for the next 12 legislative days. The bills cover tobacco settlement funding decisions (SB287 and SB288) and general fund budgeting for ordinary expenses (SB143), along with related financial rules, deposits, audits, and reporting requirements. If enacted, these bills would influence how tobacco settlement funds are allocated and how the general fund budget is planned and monitored.

Who It Affects

• State agencies and departments that receive General Fund or program funding (including executive, legislative, judicial budgets and the Children's Affairs Department) would be affected by the budgeting rules, allocations, and conditions tied to these bills.
• Tobacco settlement funds and related programs and oversight bodies (such as the Tobacco Master Settlement, Children First Trust Fund, and the Finance Director/Legislature/Council) would face new deposit timing, allocation notifications, appropriation conditions, audits, and reporting requirements.

Key Provisions

• Specific provision 1: Establishes the special order calendar and designates SB287, SB288, and SB143 as the priority bills to be addressed before other business until the twelfth legislative day.
• Specific provision 2: Summarizes the subject matter of the included bills—SB287 and SB288 deal with tobacco settlement funds, adjustments, deposits, allocations, and related reporting/audit requirements; SB143 covers general fund budget appropriations for ordinary expenses of the executive, legislative, and judicial departments.

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Subjects

Resolutions, Legislative