(a) The transfers from the operating funds of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to the State General Fund and state agencies in the State General Fund budget acts for the fiscal years 1989-90 through 2001-2002 shall be in lieu of the distribution required by Section 28-3-74 for each of those fiscal years. Beginning with the State General Fund budget act for fiscal year 2002-03, no transfers shall be made from the operating funds of the ABC Board to the State General Fund or other state agencies.
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 28-3-75

  • 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
  • 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.
  • Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff.
  • 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
(b) In the event the Alabama ABC Board or the Governor of the State of Alabama, the state Comptroller or any other state official or officer is required to pay any judgment or attorney fees in any lawsuit challenging the funding mechanisms under this section or Section 28-3-74, or in the event the Alabama ABC Board or the Governor of the State of Alabama, the state Comptroller or any other state official or officer is required to pay any judgment or attorney fees in the lawsuit styled City of Pelham, Alabama v. Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, et al. case number CV-2000 750-PR, the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board or the Governor of the State of Alabama, the state Comptroller or any other state official or officer shall be reimbursed for such judgment and fees out of payments from Section 28-3-74(a)(3) and Section 28-3-74(a)(5) before any amount is distributed to any wet city or county.
(c) It is the intent of the Legislature that this section and Section 28-3-74 be construed as retroactive and curative. All transfers or distributions of net profits from state liquor stores to the State General Fund authorized in general appropriation acts from October 1, 1989, until September 14, 2001, shall be deemed as having been transferred or distributed under the authority of this section and Section 28-3-74.
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