Terms Used In Alabama Code 41-4-93

  • 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.
  • 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

All unencumbered balances of all appropriations shall revert to the State Treasury at the end of each fiscal year and to the credit of the General Fund or the special fund from which the appropriation or appropriations were made. Appropriations for the purchase of land or the erection of buildings or new constructions or for State Department of Transportation maintenance of roads and bridges on the state highway system shall continue in force until the attainment of the object or the completion of the work for which such appropriations are made.