(a) There is created the State-County Community Corrections Partnership Fund in the State Treasury, which shall consist of all monies paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the fund by legislative appropriation, grant, gift, or otherwise for the development, implementation, and maintenance of community-based punishment programs established or operating pursuant to Act 2003-353. All monies in the fund shall be subject to withdrawal by the Department of Corrections, utilized for the implementation and operation of the community-based punishment programs, and shall be used to award grants to establish or expand community-based punishment programs for eligible felony offenders. The funds shall not be used for the operating costs, construction, or any other costs associated with local jail confinement, or for any purpose other than the development and operation of community-based punishment programs. Revenue appropriated to the division to fund community-based punishment programs shall not revert to the General Fund at the end of the fiscal year, but shall remain in the account for expenditures in the following fiscal year. No funds shall be withdrawn or expended except as budgeted and allotted according to Sections 41-4-80 to 41-4-96, inclusive, and 41-19-1 to 41-19-12, inclusive, and only in amounts as stipulated in the general appropriations act or other appropriation acts.
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 15-18-186

  • 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.
  • following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • 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) The provisions of Act 2003-353 requiring the creation and maintenance of a Community Corrections Division within the Department of Corrections for the purpose of carrying out the responsibilities under Act 2003-353 shall be effective only in those years in which the Legislature provides an annual appropriation in the minimum amount of $5.5 million to the State-County Community Corrections Partnership Fund. In any year in which the appropriation to the fund falls below $5.5 million, the duties and responsibilities of the division or its director may be carried out by employees of the Department of Corrections as determined by the commissioner.
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