Section 41-19A-1 – Short Title.

Section 41-19A-1 Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Budget Accountability Act. (Act 2010-759, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 7, §1.)

Section 41-19A-2 – Legislative Findings.

Section 41-19A-2 Legislative findings. The Legislature recognizes that Alabama citizens demand and deserve accountability for the expenditure of taxpayer funds. The Legislature further recognizes that any member of the Alabama Legislature, as well as any other citizen, can lobby for or offer support for a program administered by an entity that receives public funds. The […]

Section 41-19A-3 – Definitions.

Section 41-19A-3 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) AGENCY. Any recipient of state funds. (2) DIRECTED, DIRECTIVE, or DIRECTION. As used in this chapter refers to the exercise of control over the selection of projects or grants for which the expenditure of funds are made. […]

Section 41-19A-4 – Violations.

Section 41-19A-4 Violations. (a) Pass-through appropriations are prohibited. An agency director, assistant director, executive assistant, or any similar direct subordinate directing or permitting a pass-through appropriation shall be subject to disciplinary action or dismissal, or both, by the appropriate appointing authority. (b) An agency director, assistant director, executive assistant, or any similar direct subordinate who […]

Section 41-19A-5 – Duty to Report.

Section 41-19A-5 Duty to report. 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 […]

Section 41-19A-6 – Lobbying.

Section 41-19A-6 Lobbying. Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to prohibit or discourage a member of the Legislature from performing his or her duties. Those duties include the right to protect and promote activities and projects with agency personnel that constitute legal and valid functions of the agency or department. Therefore, any member of […]