HB164 Alabama 2021 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Steve ClouseRepresentative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2021

Title

Supplemental appropriations, Alabama State Board of Midwifery Fund to the Alabama State Board of Midwifery; Genetic Counseling Fund to the Alabama Board of Genetic Counseling; Alabama Bail Bond Board Fund to the Alabama Professional Bail Bonding Board; Forever Wild Land Trust Fund to the Board of Forever Wild Land Trust; General Fund to Dept. of Finance, Conservation and Natural Resources Dept., Legislature, Alabama Forestry, Dept. of Mental Health, Dept. of Human Resources and General Fund Budget Reserve Fund, supp. approp. for fiscal year 2020.

Summary

HB164 would provide a large federal grant to Alabama's Department of Finance to support the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, with funds to be passed to the Alabama Housing Finance Authority and carried into the next year if not all spent, effective immediately.

What This Bill Does

It appropriates $256,764,162 in federal funds from the Alabama Emergency Rental Assistance Fund to the Department of Finance for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021. The funds will be transferred by memorandum of agreement to the Alabama Housing Finance Authority to administer the Emergency Rental Assistance Program established by federal law. Any unexpended funds remaining on September 30, 2021 shall be reappropriated to the Department for the same purpose for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2021. The act becomes effective immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor, or otherwise becoming law.

Who It Affects

• Department of Finance — receives the federal ERAP funds and oversees their transfer to the Alabama Housing Finance Authority for program administration.
• Alabama Housing Finance Authority — administers the Emergency Rental Assistance Program using the appropriated funds.

Key Provisions

• Section 1: appropriates $256,764,162 in federal funds from the Alabama Emergency Rental Assistance Fund to the Department of Finance for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, to be transferred by memorandum of agreement to the Alabama Housing Finance Authority to administer the ERAP.
• Any unexpended funds remaining on September 30, 2021 shall be reappropriated to the Department for the same purpose for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2021.
• Section 2: the act becomes effective immediately upon its passage and approval by the Governor, or upon otherwise becoming law.

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Subjects

Appropriations