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SB231 Alabama 2018 Session

Updated Apr 26, 2021
SB231 Alabama 2018 Session
Senate Bill
Enacted
Current Status
Regular Session 2018
Session
1
Sponsor

Summary

Session
Regular Session 2018
Title
Forests, appropriation to the Emergency Forest Fire, Insect and Disease Fund from state General Fund and max amount of accumulation, increased, Sec. 9-3-10.1 am'd.
Description

Under existing law, $180,000 is appropriated automatically from the state General Fund to the Emergency Forest Fire, Insect and Disease Fund at the beginning of each fiscal year. Also under existing law, this emergency fund can not exceed a total accumulated amount of $1,000,000.

This bill would increase the automatic appropriated amount from the General Fund provided to the Emergency Forest Fire, Insect and Disease Fund at the beginning of each fiscal year to $250,000 annually and would also increase the maximum accumulated amount in the fund to $2,000,000.

Subjects
Appropriations

Bill Actions

S

Assigned Act No. 2018-266.

H

Signature Requested

S

Enrolled

S

Passed Second House

H

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 727

H

Third Reading Passed

H

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar

H

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means General Fund

S

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 610

S

Third Reading Passed

S

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar

S

Re-referred to Committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund

S

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry

Bill Text

Votes

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass

March 12, 2018 House Passed
Yes 96
No 2
Abstained 1
Absent 3

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature