Alabama Code 41-15B-2.3. Appropriations or allocations to State Board of Education
Terms Used In Alabama Code 41-15B-2.3
- 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
- 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
Notwithstanding Section 41-15B-2.2, or any other provision of law, beginning with the appropriation from the Children First Trust Fund for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Legislature may, but shall not be required to, make appropriations or allocations to the State Board of Education from the Children First Trust Fund. If there is no appropriation or allocation made to the State Board of Education, any tobacco revenue in or received by the Children First Trust Fund which is allocated for the State Board of Education by Section 41-15B-2.2(b)(2), may be appropriated or allocated by the Legislature to any other entity or fund which receives appropriations or allocations pursuant to Section 41-15B-2.2.