Terms Used In Alabama Code 12-22-201

  • 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
  • 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

There is hereby appropriated annually out of the General Fund of the State Treasury the sum of $15,000.00, not to be exceeded in any one fiscal year, to pay said court reporters and clerks and to carry out the provisions of this division. Expenditures from said appropriation are subject, before disbursement, to the approval of the Governor and contingent upon the opinion of the Governor of the condition of the State Treasury.