(a) There is hereby established a special fund in the State Treasury, to be known as the Alabama Chemical Testing Training and Equipment Trust Fund.

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Terms Used In Alabama Code 36-18-51

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • 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
(b) The State Treasurer shall invest money in the fund as is provided by law but all earnings from the fund shall be credited to the fund. Money in the fund at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund, and shall not revert to the General Fund. However, no funds shall be withdrawn or expended except as budgeted and allotted according to law and only in the amounts authorized by the Legislature in the general appropriation bill or other appropriation bills.