The tax herein levied shall be collected and administered in accordance with the procedure set forth in Section 40-21-85, and for those purposes the provisions of Section 40-21-85 are hereby incorporated into this section by reference. All tax revenue and other funds received or collected under subsection (a) of Section 40-21-121 shall be deposited into the State Treasury and used for the following purposes:

(1) So much thereof as necessary is hereby appropriated to be used by the State Treasurer to pay at their respective maturities the principal and interest due in the fiscal year on the outstanding bonds issued by the Alabama Revolving Loan Fund Authority.

Terms Used In Alabama Code 40-21-123

  • 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.
  • following: means next after. 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
  • 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
(2) Beginning in March of 2002, one-third of the remaining proceeds, plus $1 million in the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and $1.5 million each fiscal year thereafter, shall be credited to the Education Trust Fund.
(3) The residual balance thereof remaining shall be credited to the State General Fund.