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Terms Used In Alabama Code 41-19A-5

  • 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
  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.

The director, assistant director, executive assistant, or any similar direct subordinate of any agency shall have an affirmative duty to report to his or her superior, or in the case of an agency director, the Governor of Alabama and the Alabama Ethics Commission, any explicit directives regarding a pass-through appropriation and the agency director shall submit a copy of the report to the legislator involved and the presiding officer of each house.