(a) For the purpose of providing funds to enable the authority to pay at their respective maturities and due dates the principal of and interest on the obligations that may be issued by it under this article at any time after March 1, 2014, there hereby is irrevocably pledged and appropriated so much as shall be necessary for the purpose of the state‘s share of net gasoline tax proceeds.
Terms Used In Alabama Code 23-1-314
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
Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
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
United States: includes the territories thereof and the District of Columbia. 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
(b) In addition, for the purpose of providing funds to enable the authority to pay at their respective maturities and due dates the principal of and interest on the obligations that may be issued by it under this article, there hereby is irrevocably pledged and appropriated each year all federal aid funds for federal aid projects to be received by the State Department of Transportation from the United States government to the extent that such funds may be required to pay the principal of and interest on such obligations. All federal aid funds for federal aid projects received by the State Department of Transportation from the United States government during each such federal fiscal year shall be held in trust by the state and applied to the extent required to the payment of the principal of and interest on the obligations authorized to be issued under this article.(c) No later than the date for payment of the principal of and interest on the obligations issued by the authority during each fiscal year, all monies hereby appropriated and pledged shall be paid into the State Treasury and shall constitute a sinking fund which shall be held in trust to be used to pay the principal of and interest on the obligations; provided, however, that the pledge of the state’s share of net gasoline tax proceeds shall be on parity with the pledge contained in Section 23-1-181 to secure obligations issued by the Alabama Highway Finance Corporation. As security for the payment of the principal of and interest on the obligations issued under this article, the authority is authorized to pledge the proceeds of the appropriation and pledge provided for in this section. All pledges made by the authority shall take precedence among themselves in the order of the adoption of the resolutions making such pledges, except as may be otherwise provided in such resolutions.
