HB457 Alabama 2024 Session

Updated Feb 23, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Randall Shedd
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2024
Title: Cullman County Legislative Delegation Fund; expenditures of fund to be based on proportion of population each member represent in county
Summary: The bill creates and funds the Cullman County Legislative Delegation Fund and ties its spending to how many people each delegation member represents.
What This Bill Does
It requires the Cullman County Commission to establish the Cullman County Legislative Delegation Fund and specifies its funding sources. The fund will receive a 3% share of TVA in-lieu-of-taxes payments, proceeds from a specified state code section, and other monies provided by law. The Cullman County Legislative Delegation may request funds, and expenditures must be for allowable public purposes and allocated based on each member's population share, with all decisions made by resolutions of the delegation and annual audits of the fund and office.

Who It Affects
Cullman County Commission: must create the fund, manage its funding sources, and make payments to the delegation as requested.
Cullman County Legislative Delegation members: can request and decide how to spend the funds, with allocations based on the population share they represent and using resolutions.

Key Provisions
Creates the Cullman County Legislative Delegation Fund to be managed by the Cullman County Commission.
Fund sources include: (a) the additional 3% TVA in-lieu-of-taxes payments under Section 40-28-2; (b) proceeds under Section 35-8B-5; (c) other monies provided by law.
Funds are to be paid immediately from the fund as requested by the Cullman County Legislative Delegation.
Expenditures must be for allowable public purposes and allocated based on the population proportion represented by each delegation member.
All fund decisions are made by resolutions of the Cullman County Legislative Delegation; unspent funds carry forward from year to year.
Annual audit of the delegation's revenue and expenditures is required.
Effective date: June 1, 2024.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 22, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.
Subjects: Cullman County