(a) Any domestic violence center within the state that desires to become certified by the director may request certification. Upon approval and certification by the Director of the Department of Economic and Community Affairs, a domestic violence center may receive funding appropriated by the Legislature specifically to the Department of Economic and Community Affairs.

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Terms Used In Alabama Code 30-7-4

  • 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
(b)

(1) The department may pay the administrative costs necessary to fulfill the requirements of this chapter from the Domestic Violence Trust Fund; provided, however, the department may not expend on an annual basis more than eight percent of the total available funds from the Domestic Violence Trust Fund, or the actual cost of administration, whichever is less.
(2) State funds received by the Alabama Coalition Against Domestic Violence from appropriations by the Legislature may be used for administrative expenses. Administrative expenses paid from state funds shall not exceed eight percent or twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), whichever is less, of the total appropriation received on an annual basis.