Terms Used In Alabama Code 33-8-4

  • 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

This chapter shall become effective immediately upon its passage and approval by the Governor, and when the State of Mississippi makes an appropriation of at least an equal amount to carry out the purposes of this compact.