Section 41-15B-1 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the meanings respectively ascribed to them: (1) AT-RISK CHILDREN. Children who because of social, health, or educational factors are experiencing difficulty with learning, school achievement, or preparation for employment as evidenced by excessive absence from school without acceptable excuse, by virtue of being […]
Section 41-15B-2 Children First Trust Fund. (a) There is established a special fund in the State Treasury to be known as the Children First Trust Fund. (b) The existence of the fund is contingent upon the receipt by the state of tobacco revenues. (c) The fund shall consist of tobacco revenues and any appropriations or […]
Section 41-15B-2.1 Transfer and use of funds. It is the intent of the Legislature that in each of the following fiscal years the following amounts from tobacco revenues shall be transferred to the Children First Trust Fund: Amount Fiscal Year up to $60,000,000 2000 up to $65,000,000 2001 up to $70,000,000 2002 and each fiscal […]
Section 41-15B-2.2 Allocation of trust fund revenues. (a) For each fiscal year, beginning October 1, 1999, contingent upon the Children First Trust Fund receiving tobacco revenues and upon appropriation by the Legislature, an amount of up to and including two hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($225,000), or equivalent percentage of the total fund, shall be designated […]
Section 41-15B-2.3 Appropriations or allocations to State Board of Education. 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 […]
Section 41-15B-3 Eligibility to receive allocations. The following criteria shall be met in order for any state agency or local entity to be eligible to receive allocations from the Children First Trust Fund: (1) After the first year, these state agencies shall annually conduct a needs assessment of the children of Alabama and shall develop […]
Section 41-15B-4 Permanent joint interim legislative oversight committee. (a) There is created the Permanent Joint Interim Legislative Oversight Committee of the Children First Trust Fund. The committee shall be composed of three members of each house, to be appointed by the presiding officer of each house. The chair and vice chair of the oversight committee […]
Section 41-15B-5 Budget request information. The Alabama Children’s Policy Council, on the date and in the form and content prescribed by the Department of Finance, shall prepare and forward to the Governor’s Commissioner of Children’s Affairs, the budget request information required in subdivisions (1) to (6), inclusive, of subsection (a) of Section 41-19-6. (Act 99-390, […]
Section 41-15B-6 Funding of programs. Beginning with the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and each fiscal year thereafter, these programs shall be funded through a separate appropriation in a separate act from tobacco settlement or litigation revenues received by the State of Alabama. (Act 99-390, p. 628, §5.)
Section 41-15B-7 Disposition of funds. (a) All tobacco revenues from the tobacco settlement received by the state previously designated for the Children First Trust Fund shall be deposited to the Children First Trust Fund within 30 calendar days of receipt of those tobacco revenues. (b) Allocations from the Children First Trust Fund are conditioned upon […]
Section 41-15B-8 Transfer from State General Funds; repayment. 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 […]
