(a) The Child Labor Administrative Trust Fund is established in the State Treasury into which shall be deposited certain assessments under this chapter collected by the department. The fund shall constitute a separate fund to be disbursed by the state Comptroller on order of the secretary. For two years following May 19, 2009, the child labor division of the department shall be funded from the State General Fund after which expenses incurred by the child labor division of the department under the child labor law, including the salaries of all employees, travel cost, and costs of administration and enforcement as may become necessary, either within or without the state, shall be paid from the trust fund in the State Treasury upon warrants of the state Comptroller drawn upon the State Treasury from time to time when vouchers therefor are approved by the secretary. For the two years referred to in the previous sentence, the amount contributed from the State General Fund in each of those years for expenses incurred by the child labor division shall not exceed the fiscal year 2009 amount of General Fund money funding this division. The State Treasurer shall pay moneys from the separate fund upon the order of the secretary. The total expense for every purpose incurred shall not exceed the total assessment collected and paid into the fund. No funds shall be withdrawn or expended except those budgeted and allocated in accordance with Article 4, commencing with Section 41-4-80, of Chapter 4 of Title 41. All moneys remaining unexpended in the separate fund at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in the State Treasury to be expended as herein provided.
Attorney's Note
Under the Alabama Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 25-8-32.2
Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
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.
person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
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
Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
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 State Treasurer shall determine if the money in the trust fund shall be kept in cash or invested. The moneys in the fund may be invested by the State Treasurer and all moneys and interest remaining unexpended in the separate fund provided at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in the State Treasury to be expended as herein provided.(c) The secretary is designated as trustee of the fund and the State Treasurer is designated as custodian of the fund, and both shall furnish bonds in amounts deemed appropriate. The cost of bonds for the trustee, custodian, and other employees or officials required to post bond in connection with the program shall be paid out of the fund.(d) The department shall provide by rule for the collection of the amounts assessed against each person, entity, franchise, corporation, or division of a corporation. The amounts shall be paid at the time of application for the Class I and Class II Child Labor Certificates.(e) All money collected pursuant to this section, with the exception of civil penalties, shall be deposited in the Child Labor Administrative Trust Fund. Civil penalties collected pursuant to Section 25-8-59 shall be distributed as provided in Section 25-8-59.
