SB 192 removes the required minimum funding (1% of available funds) for each soil and water conservation district and directs funds to be used for cost-share conservation practices chosen by district supervisors, with oversight and allocation by the Agricultural and Conservation Development Commission.
- Eliminates the minimum 1% base allocation for each district. - Requires funds allocated to districts to be used to pay costs of installing approved soil and water conservation practices. - Allows district supervisors to designate which practices are eligible for cost-share, subject to commission approval. - Maintains an allocation framework (original allocation, reversion, reallocation) for distributing funds and establishes a reserve fund for contingencies.
Assigned Act No. 2018-250.
Signature Requested
Enrolled
Passed Second House
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 615
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Agriculture and Forestry
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 199
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry
Source: Alabama Legislature