Alabama Code 41-15B-8. Transfer from State General Funds; repayment
Terms Used In Alabama Code 41-15B-8
- 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
It is the intent of the Legislature that each fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, if the beginning of the year balance in the Children First Trust Fund is not equal to or greater than one-half of the total amount of the appropriations for that fiscal year from the Children First Trust Fund, the amount necessary to bring the balance in the Children First Trust Fund to one-half of the appropriations from the Children First Trust Fund for that fiscal year shall be transferred to the Children First Trust Fund from the State General Fund, or from any other fund from which the Finance Director may determine funds are available for transfer to the Children First Trust Fund. Upon receipt by the Children First Trust Fund of that portion of tobacco revenue allocated for deposit to the Children First Trust Fund, any State General Fund monies or other funds transferred to the Children First Trust Fund pursuant to this section shall be repaid from the Children First Trust Fund to the fund from which they were transferred.