Alabama Code 9-13-126. Control of Forest Tree Insects and Diseases Fund
Terms Used In Alabama Code 9-13-126
- 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 created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the “Control of Forest Tree Insects and Diseases Fund.” Such fund shall consist of all moneys appropriated thereto by the Legislature; all revenues collected under the provisions of this article; and any moneys paid into the State Forestry Commission by the federal government or any agency thereof to be used for the purpose of this article. All such funds are hereby appropriated to the State Forestry Commission to be used to carry out the purposes of this article. No portion of such fund shall revert to the General Fund of the State at the end of any fiscal year, and any surplus shall be allowed to accumulate from year to year and be disbursed as exigencies of the state‘s insect infestation or disease infection programs may require.