Terms Used In Alabama Code 22-50-14

  • 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

Every budget period the department shall present to the Governor a request for funds based on projected needs for mental health and intellectual disability services in the state, together with a budget showing the expenditure of such requested funds; and the Governor shall include in his appropriation bill a request for funds to meet the financial needs of the department.