SB161 Alabama 2020 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Greg AlbrittonSenator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2020

Title

Supplemental appropriations, Home Builders Property Acquisition Fund to Home Builders Licensure Board; Alabama State Board of Midwifery Fund to the Alabama State Board of Midwifery; and Alabama Behavior Analyst Licensing Board Fund to the Alabama Behavior Analyst Licensing Board, supp. approp. for fiscal year 2019

Summary

SB 161 adds supplemental General Fund money for 2020, redirects funds to the District Attorneys and Legislature, and updates how federal CARES Act grants and other gifts are spent in Alabama.

What This Bill Does

It appropriates $5,000,000 from the State General Fund to the District Attorneys for the District Attorneys Administrative Fund, distributed to circuits by a formula. It provides an additional $400,000 from the General Fund to the Legislature’s House and $400,000 to the Senate (through amendments to existing acts). It also revises how gifts, grants, and CARES Act funds can be used, creating specific categories and rules for using those funds and requiring certain oversight and procedures for reallocating them. The act also allows a temporary loan to the Education Trust Fund or the State General Fund if needed due to delayed tax receipts, and sets notice and approval requirements for large or reallocations of funds.

Who It Affects

• District Attorneys and their administrative operations, because they receive a new $5,000,000 fund allocated to the District Attorneys Administrative Fund and distributed among circuits.
• The Legislature and related state entities (House and Senate), as well as agencies and local governments that may benefit from CARES Act funds and related federal grants, due to new appropriations for the Legislature and the expansive rules governing federal grant usage and allocations.

Key Provisions

• $5,000,000 appropriation from the State General Fund to the District Attorneys for the District Attorneys Administrative Fund, distributed to circuits based on a formula.
• Section 2: $400,000 from the State General Fund to the Legislature for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020 to be used for the House; Section 4: $400,000 to the Senate for the same period.
• Section 3: Amendment to Section 9 of Act 2019-394 to authorize and reappropriate gifts, grants, insurance proceeds, contributions, or entitlements (including CARES Act funds) for specified purposes; creates detailed CARES Fund allocations (state agencies, local governments, healthcare, remote work/instruction, courts, corrections, etc.).
• New rules for CARES/related funds: (a) up to specified amounts for each category, (b) allows temporary loans to the Education Trust Fund or State General Fund, (c) requires 14-day notice before expenditures over $2,500, (d) requires unanimous approval to reallocate funds within categories, and (e) restricts further funds if federal funds offset state revenues until a jointly agreed allocation plan is in place.

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Subjects

Appropriations