HB231 Alabama 2014 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Steve ClouseRepresentative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2014

Title

Coalition Against Domestic Violence, appropriation, operations plan and audited financial statement required, quarterly and end-of-year reports required

Summary

HB231 would appropriate $196,978 from the General Fund to the Coalition Against Domestic Violence for FY 2014-2015, require equal distribution to member programs, and mandate planning, auditing, and quarterly/end-of-year reporting.

What This Bill Does

It appropriates $196,978 from the General Fund for the Coalition Against Domestic Violence for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015 and requires budgeting under the Budget Management Act. It requires the funds to be distributed equally to each certified full member program as of October 1, 2013. Before any funds are released for 2014-2015, the coalition must provide an operations plan for 2014-2015 and an audited financial statement for all operations during 2012-2013 to the Director of Finance. It requires quarterly reports on expenditures and accomplishments for 2014-2015 and an end-of-year performance report describing work, services, costs, and program effectiveness, with copies to the Joint Fiscal Committee; the act takes effect October 1, 2014.

Who It Affects

• Coalition Against Domestic Violence and its certified full member programs, who will receive the funds and must prepare plans, audits, and reports.
• Alabama's Director of Finance and the Joint Fiscal Committee, who will receive the required plans, audits, and quarterly/end-of-year reports and oversee compliance.

Key Provisions

• Provision 1: Appropriates $196,978 from the State General Fund for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015 and requires the amount to be budgeted and allotted under the Budget Management Act and related code sections.
• Provision 2: Requires the appropriation to be distributed equally to each of its certified full member programs as of October 1, 2013.
• Provision 3: Before releasing funds for 2014-2015, requires an operations plan for 2014-2015 and an audited financial statement for all operations during FY 2012-2013 to be provided to the Director of Finance.
• Provision 4: Requires quarterly reports for 2014-2015 on actual expenditures and accomplishments, and an end-of-year performance report detailing work, services, costs, and effectiveness measures, with the Director of Finance forwarding copies to the Joint Fiscal Committee.
• Provision 5: Effective date of October 1, 2014.

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Subjects

Appropriations