Alabama Code 14-6-51. Emergency Prisoner Feeding Fund
Terms Used In Alabama Code 14-6-51
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- year: means a calendar year; but, whenever the word "year" is used in reference to any appropriations for the payment of money out of the treasury, it shall mean fiscal year. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
There is hereby established the Emergency Prisoner Feeding Fund into which there is automatically appropriated five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) each state fiscal year beginning with the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019. The state Comptroller shall transfer moneys from the General Fund to the emergency fund at the beginning of each state fiscal year or as soon as possible thereafter. The emergency fund shall not exceed a total accumulated amount of one million dollars ($1,000,000). The funds may be expended from time to time upon joint application by a county commission and the sheriff of a county in case of an unforeseeable emergency cost overrun that fully depletes the Prisoner Feeding Fund in the county treasury. This application shall be supported by the sworn statements by the chair of the county commission and the sheriff stating the reason for the need for emergency funding and the reason for the unforeseeable cost overrun. The Department of Finance may demand any pertinent financial records prior to disbursing any emergency funding. The department shall determine when a cost overrun qualifies for disbursement of funds. A county commission may not receive from this emergency fund per year more than 80 percent of the actual cost overrun as substantiated by financial records up to a maximum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) per year.