HB156 Alabama 2017 Session

Updated Feb 24, 2026

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Elaine Beech
Democrat
Session: Regular Session 2017
Title: Coalition Against Domestic Violence, appropriation, operations plan and audited financial statement required, quarterly and end-of-year reports required
Summary: This bill would provide a specific state-funded grant of $169,633 to the Coalition Against Domestic Violence for FY 2018 and require plans, audits, and regular performance reports before and after the money is released.
What This Bill Does
It appropriates $169,633 from the State General Fund to the Coalition Against Domestic Violence for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018. It requires an operations plan for FY2018 and an audited financial statement for FY2016 before any funds can be released. It also requires quarterly expenditure and accomplishment reports and an end-of-year performance report for FY2018, with costs and measures of program effectiveness, and the Director of Finance must forward these reports to the Legislative Council.

Who It Affects
Coalition Against Domestic Violence – would receive $169,633 for FY2018 but only after submitting the required operations plan and audited financial statement, and would must file quarterly and end-of-year reports.
Director of Finance – would receive the required plans and reports and would forward the end-of-year report and related materials to the Legislative Council.
Legislative Council – would receive copies of the quarterly and end-of-year reports.

Key Provisions
Section 1: Appropriation of $169,633 to the Coalition Against Domestic Violence for FY 2018, to be budgeted and allotted under the Budget Management Act and specified Code sections (41-4-93, 41-4-95, 41-4-96).
Section 2: Before releasing any funds, the Coalition must forward an FY2018 operations plan and an audited FY2016 financial statement to the Director of Finance.
Section 3: Requires quarterly reports for FY2018 on actual expenditures and accomplishments, and an end-of-year performance report detailing work, services, costs, and measures of program effectiveness; the Director of Finance must forward copies to the Legislative Council.
Section 4: The act becomes effective October 1, 2017.

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Subjects: Appropriations