SB161 Summary

• Appropriates $5,000,000 from the State General Fund to District Attorneys for fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, distributed through the District Attorneys Administrative Fund based on a formula established by the Alabama District Attorneys Association.

• Amends Act 2020-36 to repurpose a $400,000 supplemental appropriation from the State General Fund to the Legislature for the House.

• Appropriates an additional $400,000 from the State General Fund to the Legislature for the Senate for fiscal year ending September 30, 2020.

• Amends Section 9 of Act 2019-394 to allow appropriation of federal grants and contributions exceeding amounts authorized in the original act, with an exception limiting Coronavirus Relief Fund (CARES Act) expenditures to $200,000,000 for pandemic-related purposes, requiring monthly public reporting of all expenditures.

• Becomes effective immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor.