(a) To provide the employer’s costs to implement the uniform pay plan adopted by this chapter, there is appropriated to the Unified Judicial System from the State General Fund the following amounts: For fiscal year 2000-2001, nine million five hundred thousand dollars ($9,500,000); for fiscal year 2001-2002, twelve million five hundred thousand dollars ($12,500,000); for fiscal year 2002-2003 and each subsequent fiscal year thereafter, fourteen million one hundred thousand dollars ($14,100,000).

Terms Used In Alabama Code 12-10A-4

  • 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.
  • following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • 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
(b) There is appropriated from the State Treasury to the Supreme Court of Alabama the amount of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and each fiscal year thereafter, to be used for the furtherance of attorney professionalism and the statewide coordination of pro bono services in civil cases.