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AL HB609
Bill
Status
4/10/2012
Primary Sponsor
Jim Barton
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AI Summary
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Appropriates $8,000,000 from the BP Oil Spill Fund (Fund No. 1417) within the Department of Finance for tourism and seafood promotion and marketing over four fiscal years (September 30, 2012 through September 30, 2015).
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Allocates $1,000,000 to the Alabama Tourism Department as a one-time appropriation for fiscal year ending September 30, 2013.
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Distributes $8,000,000 annually among five entities: Eastern Shore Chamber of Commerce ($125,000), Alabama Gulf Coast Convention and Visitors Bureau ($750,000), Mobile Bay Convention and Visitors Bureau ($125,000), South Mobile County Tourism Authority ($662,500), and Dauphin Island Sea Lab ($87,500).
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Designates Dauphin Island Sea Lab funds specifically for continuing assessment of fisheries stock in the northern Gulf of Mexico.
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Becomes effective immediately upon passage and gubernatorial approval or upon becoming law.
Legislative Description
BP Oil Spill Fund in Finance Department, approp. for fiscal years ending September 30, 2012 to 2015, to Eastern Shore Chamber of Commerce, Gulf Coast Convention and Visitors Bureau, Mobile Bay Convention and Visitors Bureau, and South Mobile County Tourism Authority, and Dauphin Island Sea Lab
Appropriations
Last Action
Engrossed
4/10/2012