1 HB309
2 214019-2
3 By Representative Clouse
4 RFD: Ways and Means General Fund
5 First Read: 03-FEB-21
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2 ENROLLED, An Act,
3 To make appropriations for the ordinary expenses of
4 the executive, legislative, and judicial agencies of the
5 State, for other functions of government, for debt service,
6 and for capital outlay for the fiscal year ending September
7 30, 2022.
8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
9 Section 1. The monies in Section 2 are appropriated
10 from the named funds for the 2022 fiscal year to the state
11 agencies indicated, as the amounts to be used to pay the
12 expenditures of the named agencies, and are in lieu of all
13 monies appropriated for these purposes in other sections of
14 the Alabama Statutes.
15 For the purpose of this act, the amounts herein for
16 expenditures are listed by programmatic area and the totals
17 for all programs are shown by the source of funds. It is
18 intended that only the herein named funds be appropriated in
19 the amounts specified to the named agencies and that the
20 following definitions shall be applicable.
21 "Appropriation Total" shall mean the aggregate total
22 of all funding sources.
23 "Program" shall mean specific governmental services
24 required to achieve a specific objective. A program shall be
25 directed to meeting the need of an identified clientele, or
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1 group of recipients or beneficiaries, and shall be expended
2 only for such purposes.
3 "Capital Outlay" shall mean expenditures which
4 result in the acquisition and/or addition to items, such as
5 land or buildings, which have an appreciable and calculable
6 period of usefulness in excess of one year, and shall be
7 expended only for such purposes.
8 "Debt Service" shall mean an expenditure for the
9 payment of interest and principal on bonded debt obligations
10 of the State, and shall be expended only for such purposes.
11 "Federal and Local Funds" shall mean all gifts,
12 grants, contributions, or entitlements, including grants by
13 the Congress of the United States, municipalities or counties.
14 Section 2. There is hereby appropriated
15 the amounts set forth herein for the ordinary expenses of the
16 executive, legislative, and judicial agencies of the State,
17 for other functions of government, for debt service, and for
18 capital outlay for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022,
19 to be paid out of any monies hereinafter specified, from such
20 other funds and accounts as may be designated, or so much
21 thereof as may be necessary, and the total amount to be ex-
22 pended for the items for which the appropriation is herein
23 made shall not exceed the amount provided therefor, except as
24 provided in the Budget Management Act of 1976, Sections
25 41-19-1 through 41-19-12, Code of Alabama 1975. Provided, how-
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1 ever, that regardless of the ending date of any pay period
2 which has been or may be established by the Legislature for
3 the payment of salaries of state employees, the entire payment
4 due shall be made from the fiscal year's appropriation in
5 which the pay date falls.
6 General Fund Earmarked Funds Appropriation To-
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7 2A. Legislative Branch:
8 1. Examiner of Public Accounts:
9 (a) Audit Services Program ... 9,562,465 1,114,183 10,676,648
10 SOURCE OF FUNDS:
11 (1) State General Fund ....... 9,562,465
12 (2) Federal and Local Funds .. 1,114,183
13 Total Examiner of Public Ac-
14 counts........................ 9,562,465 1,114,183 10,676,648
15 Transfers from audited agen-
16 cies to the Examiners of Pub-
17 lic Accounts are hereby autho-
18 rized and shall be appropri-
19 ated and expended through the
20 fund established by Section
21 41-5A-24, Code of Alabama
22 1975. The above appropriation
23 includes funds to complete the
24 annual audit of the Alabama
25 Trust Fund.
26 2. Legislative Council:
27 (a) Legislative Operations and
28 Support Program............. 1,850,000 1,850,000
29 SOURCE OF FUNDS:
30 (1) State General Fund ....... 1,850,000
31 Total Legislative Council .... 1,850,000 1,850,000
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2 3. Legislative Services Agency:
3 (a) Legislative Operations and
4 Support Program............. 3,891,007 260,000 4,151,007
5
6 SOURCE OF FUNDS:
7 (1) State General Fund ....... 3,891,007
8 (2) Alabama Administrative
9 Code Fund, Estimated ....... 200,000
10 (3) Alabama Law Institute
11 Fund, Estimated............. 60,000
12 Total Legislative Services
13 Agency........................ 3,891,007 260,000 4,151,007
14
15 4. Legislature:
16 (a) Legislative Operations and
17 Support Program ............ 24,886,729 24,886,729
18 Of the above appropriation,
19 $75,000 shall be expended for
20 the Permanent Joint Transpor-
21 tation Committee. The Joint
22 Transportation Committee shall
23 file a quarterly report with
24 the Chair of the House Ways
25 and Means-General Fund Commit-
26 tee and the Chair of the Sen-
27 ate Finance and Taxa-
28 tion-General Fund Committee
29 regarding the expenditure of
30 these funds.
31 SOURCE OF FUNDS:
32 (1) State General Fund ....... 24,886,729
33 Total Legislature............. 24,886,729 24,886,729
34 The appropriation to the Leg-
35 islature shall be expended
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1 under the provisions set forth
2 in Section 29-1-22, Code of
3 Alabama 1975.
4 5. Office of the Speaker of the
5 House of Representatives:
6 (a) Office of the Speaker of
7 the House Program .......... 1,358,782 1,358,782
8 In accordance with Section
9 29-4-60, Code of Alabama 1975.
10 Of the above appropriation,
11 $100,000 shall be expended for
12 software, systems, support and
13 public hearings addressing the
14 2020 Reapportionment process.
15 SOURCE OF FUNDS:
16 (1) State General Fund ....... 1,358,782
17
18 Total Office of the Speaker of
19 the House of Representatives . 1,358,782 1,358,782
20
21 6. Office of the President Pro
22 Tempore of the Senate:
23 (a) Legislative Operations and
24 Support Program............. 1,611,485 1,611,485
25 Of the above appropriation,
26 $400,000 shall be expended for
27 software, systems, support and
28 public hearings addressing the
29 2020 Reapportionment process.
30 SOURCE OF FUNDS:
31 (1) State General Fund ....... 1,611,485
32
33 Total Office of the President
34 Pro Tempore of the Senate .... 1,611,485 1,611,485
35 2B. Judicial Branch:
36 1. Court of Civil Appeals:
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1 (a) Court Operations Program . 4,572,239 4,572,239
2 SOURCE OF FUNDS:
3 (1) State General Fund ....... 4,572,239
4 Total Court of Civil Appeals . 4,572,239 4,572,239
5 2. Court of Criminal Appeals:
6 (a) Court Operations Program . 4,567,087 4,567,087
7 SOURCE OF FUNDS:
8 (1) State General Fund ....... 4,567,087
9 Total Court of Criminal Ap-
10 peals......................... 4,567,087 4,567,087
11 3. Judicial Inquiry Commission:
12 (a) Administrative Services
13 Program..................... 882,890 882,890
14 SOURCE OF FUNDS:
15 (1) State General Fund ....... 882,890
16 Total Judicial Inquiry Commis-
17 sion.......................... 882,890 882,890
18 4. Judicial Retirement Fund:
19 (a) Fringe Benefits Program .. 2,589,882 2,589,882
20 SOURCE OF FUNDS:
21 (1) State General Fund, Esti-
22 mated....................... 2,589,882
23 Total Judicial Retirement Fund
24 .............................. 2,589,882 2,589,882
25
26 5. Supreme Court:
27 (a) Court Operations Program . 13,319,953 13,319,953
28 SOURCE OF FUNDS:
29 (1) State General Fund ....... 13,319,953
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1 Total Supreme Court .......... 13,319,953 13,319,953
2 The above appropriation to the
3 Supreme Court from the State
4 General Fund includes $125,697
5 for the statewide coordination
6 of pro bono services in civil
7 cases as required by Section
8 12-10A-4(b), Code of Alabama
9 1975. The Supreme Court shall
10 report quarterly to the Chair
11 of the House Ways and
12 Means-General Fund Committee
13 and the Chair of the Senate
14 Finance and Taxation-General
15 Fund Committee, Director of
16 Finance, and the Director of
17 the Legislative Services
18 Agency on the status of the
19 updates to the case management
20 and e-filing systems.
21 6. Supreme Court Library:
22 (a) Court Operations Program . 1,035,252 1,035,252
23 SOURCE OF FUNDS:
24 (1) State General Fund ....... 1,035,252
25 Total Supreme Court Library .. 1,035,252 1,035,252
26 7. Unified Judicial System:
27 (a) Court Operations Program . 135,854,045 42,362,871 178,216,916
28 Of the above appropriation, up
29 to $3,900,000 shall be ex-
30 pended to provide a minimum of
31 a ten percent increase in the
32 pay scale for all classifica-
33 tions of court specialists. Of
34 the above appropriation,
35 $94,317 shall be expended for
36 the Access to Justice Project
37 and $100,000 shall be expended
38 to establish a pilot program
39 in the 23rd Circuit to monitor
40 mental health defendants. The
41 above entities shall each file
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1 a report with the Chairs of
2 the House Ways and
3 Means-General Fund Committee
4 and the Senate Finance and
5 Taxation-General Fund Commit-
6 tee and the Deputy Director of
7 the Legislative Services
8 Agency-Fiscal Division prior
9 to the first day of the 2022
10 Regular Session regarding the
11 proposed expenditure and usage
12 of the funds appropriated in
13 fiscal year 2022, as provided
14 in Section 20.
15 (b) Administrative Services
16 Program..................... 3,398,168 3,398,168
17 (c) Drug Court Program ....... 2,050,593 2,050,593
18 (d) Juvenile Probation Officer
19 Services Program............ 12,073,370 12,073,370
20 (e) Alabama Sentencing Commis-
21 sion........................ 450,000 450,000
22 The Unified Judicial System
23 shall file a report with the
24 Chairs of the House Ways and
25 Means-General Fund Committee
26 and the Senate Finance and
27 Taxation-General Fund Commit-
28 tee prior to October 1, 2021
29 regarding the number of court
30 referral officers in each dis-
31 trict.
32 SOURCE OF FUNDS:
33 (1) State General Fund ....... 153,826,176
34 (2) Advanced Technology and
35 Data Exchange Fund ......... 2,656,820
36 (3) Court Automation Fund .... 3,789,146
37 In accordance with Section
38 12-19-180, Code of Alabama
39 1975.
40 (4) Court Referral Officer
41 Fund........................ 5,594,289
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1 In accordance with Sections
2 12-23-1 through 12-23-19, Code
3 of Alabama 1975.
4 (5) Federal and Local Funds .. 18,027,252
5 (6) Judicial Administration
6 Fund........................ 12,295,364
7 In accordance with Sections
8 12-19-310 through 12-19-315,
9 Code of Alabama 1975.
10 Total Unified Judicial System . 153,826,176 42,362,871 196,189,047
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12 2C. Executive Branch:
13 1. Accountancy, Alabama State
14 Board of Public:
15 (a) Professional and Occupa-
16 tional Licensing and Regula-
17 tion Program................ 1,790,600 1,790,600
18 SOURCE OF FUNDS:
19 (1) Alabama State Board of
20 Public Accountancy Fund .... 1,790,600
21 As provided in Section
22 34-1-22, Code of Alabama 1975.
23 In addition to the amount ap-
24 propriated hereinabove to the
25 State Board of Public Accoun-
26 tancy, there is hereby appro-
27 priated such an amount as may
28 be necessary to pay the refund
29 of any application for li-
30 censes which may have been
31 rejected by the Board or with-
32 drawn at the request of the
33 applicant.
34 Total Accountancy, Alabama
35 State Board of Public ........ 1,790,600 1,790,600
36 2. Adjustment, Board of:
37 (a) Special Services Program . 516,500 516,500
38 SOURCE OF FUNDS:
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1 (1) State General Fund - Ad-
2 ministrative Costs ......... 16,500
3 As provided by Sections
4 41-9-61 and 41-9-67, Code of
5 Alabama 1975.
6 (2) State General Fund, Esti-
7 mated....................... 500,000
8 For expenditures as provided
9 in Sections 31-3-2, 36-30-2,
10 and 41-9-73, Code of Alabama
11 1975.
12 Total Adjustment, Board of ... 516,500 516,500
13 3. Agricultural and Conserva-
14 tion Development Commission:
15 (a) Water Resource Development
16 Program..................... 680,598 680,598
17 SOURCE OF FUNDS:
18 (1) State General Fund -
19 T