Terms Used In Alabama Code 2-7-23

  • 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

The board is authorized to expend such amounts from the appropriation by the Legislature as it may approve and determine to be necessary for expenses of the administration of this article, which amount shall not exceed 12 percent of the amount appropriated by the Legislature for state aid to fair associations.