§ 14-1-14 — Corrections Revolving Fund

Alabama § 14-1-14

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 14: Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities
• Ch. 1: Board and Department of Corrections

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There is hereby created from the board’s general operating funds, for the use and benefit of the board, a fund in the amount of $40,000.00 to be known as the Corrections Revolving Fund. The purpose of said fund shall be to pay certain expenses at the general office of the board and at the prisons and institutions under its supervision and control. The Commissioner of Corrections or the chief accountant of the board, upon authorization by the board, shall be the custodian of said fund and shall authorize, approve or certify all withdrawals and expenditures from said fund. Reimbursement to this fund shall be made by voucher by the commissioner or chief accountant, upon which the comptroller shall issue his warrant. The commissioner shall be authorized to make such expense advances from said fund to transfer agents and other employees as he deems proper. He shall be authorized to set aside such amounts as he deems necessary to the various prisons and institutions under his supervision for allowances to prisoners and for general administrative uses in such institutions. Expenditures from said fund shall be budgeted and allotted pursuant to Article 4 of Chapter 4 of Title 41. All refunds to the Corrections Revolving Fund, as established by this section, shall be made from the board’s general operating fund.

Legislative History

(Acts 1973, No. 1086, p. 1851; Acts 1988, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 88-879, p. 424, §1.)