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Section 45-32-150.16 - Disposition of funds.

AL Code § 45-32-150.16 (2019) (N/A)
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All fees, commissions, taxes, and other monies, including fines and forfeitures, received under this part shall be paid to the Treasurer of Greene County and deposited by the treasurer in the county treasury to the account of the Greene County Racing Commission. All such monies remaining, after payment of expenses incurred in the administration of this part, including the payment of the salaries and expenses of the members and employees of this commission, shall be distributed on a quarterly basis as follows:

(1) There shall be distributed to the Greene County Commission an amount not to exceed two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) per year:

a. To pay principal of and interest on bonds, warrants or other securities at any time thereafter issued by the Greene County Commission for the purpose of providing and equipping the existing jail facility; or constructing new jail facilities and renovating, improving, and equipping existing jail facilities.

b. To enable the county to make lease rental payments to any public corporation in an amount sufficient to retire bonds or other securities issued by such public corporation for the purpose of providing funds to pay cost of acquiring, providing, construction, and equipping a new jail facility; renovating, improving, and equipping the existing jail facility; or constructing new jail facilities and renovating existing jail facilities, or any combination thereof.

c. To pay principal of and any interest on bonds, warrants, or other securities at any time hereafter issued by the Greene County Commission for the purpose of providing funds to pay costs of acquiring, providing, constructing, and equipping a new county courthouse; renovating, improving, and equipping the existing county courthouse.

d. To enable the county to make lease rental payments to any public corporation in an amount sufficient to retire bonds or other securities issued by such public corporation for the purpose of providing funds to pay costs of acquiring, providing, construction, and equipping a new county courthouse; renovating, improving, and equipping the existing county courthouse; or acquiring, providing, constructing, and equipping a new county courthouse and renovating, improving, and equipping the existing county courthouse or any combination thereof. At such time as the principal and interest bonds, warrants, or other securities heretofore mentioned are satisfied, then the sum shall be prorated equally as provided in the following subdivisions (2), (3), (4), and (5).

The balance is to be distributed as follows:

(2) Twenty-five percent of the monies shall be appropriated to the municipalities of Greene County on a per capita basis according to the most recent population figures used by the federal government for the purpose of revenue sharing, or if these figures are not available, the most recent federal decennial census shall be used.

(3) Five percent to the Greene County Hospital Board.

(4) Thirty percent of the monies shall be appropriated to the Greene County Board of Education.

(5) Forty percent of the monies shall be appropriated to the General Fund of Greene County to be allocated and spent in the following prescribed manner:

a. Fifty-five and one-half percent of this amount shall remain unearmarked and may be spent in any manner, provided by law, for the benefit of the citizens of Greene County, by the county governing body thereof.

b. Ten percent to be used by the county governing body to upgrade law enforcement in the county.

c. Eight percent for the maintenance of a county ambulance service.

d. Two percent for the establishment and maintenance of day care centers within the county.

e. Three and one-half percent to be appropriated to the Greene County Library Association for the upgrading of the library system.

f. One percent to be appropriated to the Community Services Programs of Tuscaloosa-Bibb Counties, Incorporated, to be used for assistance to low income residents of Greene County.

g. Two percent to be appropriated to West Alabama Mental Health Center, Incorporated to be used for mental health services within Greene County.

h. One percent to be appropriated to the Greene County Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP).

i. Two and one-half percent to be appropriated to the Society of Folk Arts and Culture, Incorporated, for culture and youth development.

j. One percent to be appropriated to the Greene County Commission to be used as follows:

1. One-third of the one percent thereof to be used by the county commission in cultural and historical preservation.

2. One-third of the one percent thereof to the Greene County Historical Society for their use in restoring and preserving historic sites and buildings in the county.

3. One-third of the one percent thereof to the Alabama Civil Rights Educational Freedom Museum, Incorporated.

k. Two percent to the Greene County Health Department to be used for general health care in Greene County and to augment the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) and related health programs in Greene County.

l. Three percent to be appropriated to the Parks and Recreation Board. No more than 15 percent of the three percent thereof shall be used for maintenance and development of the Greene County Golf Course.

m. Four and one-half percent to Greene County Community Improvement Association for the construction, renovation, and operation of community centers in Tishabee, Clinton, Dollarhide, Knoxville, Mantua, and Mt. Hebron. When the foregoing facilities have been constructed and renovated in these communities, then the funds shall be designated for the general use and operations of the Greene County Community Improvement Association for the construction of additional community centers and the operation of community centers in Greene County.

n. One and three-quarters percent to be appropriated to Branch Heights.

o. Three-quarters percent to be appropriated to the county department of human resources.

p. One and one-half percent to be appropriated to the E-911 system.

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Section 45-32-150.16 - Disposition of funds.