SB9 Alabama 2016 1st Special Session Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Paul Sanford

Republican

Session

First Special Session 2016

Title

Juvenile court, jurisdiction, provision requiring 16 year olds charged with certain felonies charged as adults repealed, Sec.12-15-204 am'd.

Summary

SB9 creates a separate Alabama Shared Revenue Fund to funnel shared revenues to the Education Trust Fund and the State General Fund with a fixed monthly split and safeguards to maintain prior-year revenue levels.

What This Bill Does

It establishes the Alabama Shared Revenue Fund in the State Treasury and initially deposits shared revenues dedicated to the Education Trust Fund and the State General Fund into this fund. Each month, 78% of the fund’s balance would go to the Education Trust Fund and 22% to the State General Fund. The Department of Revenue must certify that ETF’s monthly distribution is at least what it would have received from prior income tax receipts, and the Executive Budget Office must certify that total distributions meet constitutionally earmarked revenue levels. The act does not alter direct distributions to state agencies or earmarked funds, and it becomes effective October 1, 2016.

Who It Affects

• Education Trust Fund recipients: receive 78% of monthly shared revenues and have a safeguard to ensure minimum funding equivalent to prior income tax receipts that would have gone to ETF.
• State General Fund recipients: receive 22% of monthly shared revenues as part of the new distribution, with overall distributions intended to match prior revenue levels.
• Department of Revenue: responsible for certifying monthly ETF distributions meet the minimum required based on prior tax receipts.
• Executive Budget Office: responsible for certifying that total monthly distributions meet constitutional earmarked revenue requirements.
• State agencies and earmarked funds: not directly affected by distributions from the Shared Revenue Fund to ETF/SGF.

Key Provisions

• Establishes the Alabama Shared Revenue Fund as a separate fund in the State Treasury to hold revenues intended for the Education Trust Fund and the State General Fund.
• Defines monthly distribution percentages: 78% to the Education Trust Fund and 22% to the State General Fund from the Shared Revenue Fund.
• Requires the Department of Revenue to certify that ETF monthly distributions are at least equal to the amount of income tax receipts that would have been deposited into the ETF prior to enactment.
• Requires the Executive Budget Office to certify that total monthly distributions to the ETF and SGF are at least equal to the constitutionally earmarked revenues that would have been deposited prior to enactment.
• States that the act does not affect direct distributions to state agencies or earmarked funds, and that distributions are separate from those direct allocations.
• Notes that the act is effective October 1, 2016.

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Subjects

Criminal Law and Procedure