SR61 Alabama 2020 Session

Summary

Session

Regular Session 2020

Title

Senate, Special Order Calendar

Summary

A Senate resolution designates several bills as the Special Order Calendar for the sixteenth legislative day, giving them priority over all other business.

What This Bill Does

It sets SB161, SB158, SB160, SB157, and SB129 as the special, paramount, and continuing order of business for the sixteenth legislative day, taking precedence until they are disposed of. The bills cover supplemental appropriations and fund allocations (SB161), Children First Trust Fund and tobacco settlement funding with reporting and auditing requirements (SB158), funding for the Coalition Against Domestic Violence with an operations plan and reports (SB160), General Fund budget provisions (SB157), and transfers/uses of the General Fund Budget Reserve Fund (SB129). These actions would affect funding levels, reporting requirements, and oversight for the involved agencies and funds all within the sixteenth day window.

Who It Affects

• State agencies, boards, and funds named in the bills (e.g., agencies and funds receiving allocations under SB161, SB158, SB160, SB157, and SB129) that would be funded or governed by these measures and subject to reporting or audit requirements.
• The Legislature and state budget oversight entities (including the Finance Director and policy bodies) responsible for allocating, notifying about, auditing, and reporting on these appropriations and budgetary actions.

Key Provisions

• Designates SB161 and related supplemental appropriations to multiple funds and departments as the special order of business for the sixteenth day, taking precedence over other matters until disposition.
• Designates SB158 for Children First Trust Fund appropriations with allocations from tobacco settlement revenues, requires the Finance Director to notify agencies of allocations, and includes audits and reporting requirements.
• Designates SB160 for a Coalition Against Domestic Violence appropriation, requiring an operations plan, audited financial statements, and quarterly and end-of-year reports.
• Designates SB157 for General Fund budget appropriations covering other functions of government, debt service, and capital outlay for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021.
• Designates SB129 for General Fund Budget Reserve Fund transfers and specifies the withdrawal and use of amounts deposited into the fund.

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