Alabama Code 2-6-54. Lease authorized – Lease not to constitute debt of state; payment of rentals
Terms Used In Alabama Code 2-6-54
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. Source: FDIC
- 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
The lease agreement shall never in any event constitute or give rise to an indebtedness of the State of Alabama and no recourse shall ever be had against the general credit of the state or against its general funds for payment of said rentals. The rentals provided for in the lease agreement shall be payable solely out of the moneys in the Agricultural Center Fund derived from the operation of the properties covered by the lease agreement and, to the extent such moneys are not sufficient to pay said rentals and to pay the said operating and administrative expenses, out of the moneys in the Agricultural Fund appropriated for said purposes in this article. No moneys at any time in the General Fund of the state shall ever be used for payment of said rentals.