Terms Used In Alabama Code 16-31-4

  • 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
  • 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

The sum of $750.00 is hereby appropriated annually to each state institution of higher learning described in Section 16-31-1 for each scholarship awarded by any such institution as provided in this chapter, which appropriation shall be paid from the Education Trust Fund; provided, that in the fall of each school year no more than 150 such scholarships shall be provided under this section.