SB 69 — Children First Trust Fund, appropriations from for fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, use of allocation pursuant to Section 41-15B-2.2 and this act, tobacco settlement revenues deposited in fund within 30 days of receipt.

SB69 INTRODUCEDENROLLED SB69 HMDA338-1HMDA338-2 By Senator Albritton RFD:

07-Feb-24 Page 0 EBO-DHCSB69 01/05/2024Enrolled HMDA338-1Enrolled, (E)An EBO-2023-46Act, JT3 2To 4make SYNOPSIS:an appropriation of $39,531,128 from the Children First Trust Fund for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, to the entities and for the purposes designated in Section 41-15B-2.2, Code of Alabama 1975;

Under existing law, Children First Trust Fund programs are required to be funded through a separate appropriation in a separate act.

This bill would make an appropriation of $39,531,128 from the Children First Trust Fund for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, to the entities and for the purposes designated in Section 41-15B-2.2, Code of Alabama 1975.

This bill would provide for the deposit of tobacco settlement revenues into the Children First Trust Fund, would require the State Director of Finance to notify each agency in writing of the amount of each agency's anticipated allocation, would require quarterly allocation to each agency, and would condition allocations upon the receipt of tobacco funds.

This bill would provide for the transfer to the State General Fund during fiscal year 2025 that portion of Children First Trust Fund receipts currently allocated for the State Board of Education.

This bill would make an appropriation of $49,596,888 from other tobacco settlement funds for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025.

This bill would also make a conditional Page 2 SB69 INTRODUCED appropriation and allocation of any additional tobacco revenue on recommendation of the Director of Finance, the Chairman of the House Ways and Means General Fund Committee and the Chairman of the Senate Finance and Taxation-General Fund Committee, and approval of the Governor.

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To make an appropriation of $39,531,128 from the Children First Trust Fund for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, to the entities and for the purposes designated in Section 41-15B-2.2, Code of Alabama 1975;

and to make a conditional appropriation and allocation of additional tobacco revenues upon the recommendation of the Director of Finance, the Chairman of the House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Page 3 SB69 INTRODUCED and the Chairman of the Senate Finance and Taxation-General Fund Committee, and the approval of the Governor.

Page 1 SB69 Enrolled Alcoholic Beverage Control Board 426,500 Children's Trust Fund 2,415,288 Department of Forensic Sciences 494,309 Alabama Department of Human Resources 10,295,965 Juvenile Probation Services Fund 4,646,647 Alabama Medicaid Agency 1,643,289 Alabama Department of Mental Health 2,142,457 State Multiple Needs Children's Fund 4,358,550 Department of Public Health 4,754,042 Department of Rehabilitation Services 246,763 Department of Youth Services 8,107,318 (b) (1) All tobacco revenues from the tobacco settlement received by the state previously designated for the Children First Trust Fund shall be deposited to the Children First Trust Fund within 30 calendar days of receipt of those tobacco revenues.

(2) The Director of Finance shall notify each agency and the Department of Early Childhood Education in writing prior to September 1, 2024, of the dollar amount of the Page 4 SB69 INTRODUCED allocation expected to be received by the agency from the Children First Trust Fund in the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025.

In the event tobacco revenues are not available for the respective agency Page 2 SB69 Enrolled until later in the fiscal year then the respective agency 95 shall be allocated an equal quarterly allotment for the quarters that funds are available at the beginning of those quarters.

(d) At the conclusion of the fiscal year, any remaining Page 5 SB69 INTRODUCED sums in the Children First Trust Fund shall remain in the fund and shall not revert to the State General Fund or to any other fund.

Notwithstanding any provision of Division 1 of Article 17 of Chapter 10 of Title 41, Code of Alabama 1975, any provision of Chapter 15B of Title 41, Code of Alabama 1975, or any other provision of law, that portion of Children First Trust Fund receipts currently allocated for the State Board of Education shall be transferred from the Children Page 3 SB69 Enrolled First Trust Fund to the State General Fund during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025.

Department of Early Childhood Education 151,730 21st Century Debt Service 16,000,000 Senior Services Trust Fund 1,348,715 Alabama Medicaid Agency 30,103,496 95 Department of Senior Services - Medicaid Waiver 1,992,947 Section 4.

The Executive Budget Office and the Director Page 6 SB69 INTRODUCED of Finance shall allot funds appropriated from the Children First Trust Fund only following the certification by the Secretary of the Department of Early Childhood Education that a plan of investment has been approved for each agency.

The plan of investment shall include, but not be limited to, a minimum of four (4) quality assurance Page 4 SB69 Enrolled items on which a periodic report, as required by the approved plan of investment, is made and as audited by the Examiners of Public Accounts.

The Secretary of the Department of Early Childhood Education shall notify legislators representing the area where a grant from the Page 7 SB69 INTRODUCED Children First Trust Fund is designated.

It is the intent of the Page 5 SB69 Enrolled Legislature that funds appropriated from the Children First Trust Fund be directed to meet the most immediate needs of children as changing conditions may develop.

Page 86 SB69 Enrolled ________________________________________________ President and Presiding Officer of the Senate ________________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives SB69 Senate 11-Apr-24 I hereby certify that the within Act originated in and passed the Senate.

Patrick Harris, Secretary.

House of Representatives Passed:

02-May-24 By:

Senator Albritton Page 7