HB 5 - Transfers $400 Million in COVID-19 Aid from the American Rescue Plan to Correctional Facilities - Alabama Key Vote
Timeline
- Executive Signed
- Oct. 1, 2021
- Senate Bill Passed
- Oct. 1, 2021
- House Bill Passed
- Sept. 29, 2021
- Introduced
- Sept. 27, 2021
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Title: Transfers $400 Million in COVID-19 Aid from the American Rescue Plan to Correctional Facilities
Signed by Governor Kay Ivey
Title: Transfers $400 Million in COVID-19 Aid from the American Rescue Plan to Correctional Facilities
Title: Transfers $400 Million in COVID-19 Aid from the American Rescue Plan to Correctional Facilities
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that transfers $400 million in federal COVID aid from the American Rescue Plan towards correctional facilities.
Highlights:
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Authorizes the supplemental appropriation of $400 million in federal funds from the American Rescue Plan Act – Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Revenue Replacement Fund to the Department of Corrections - Correctional Capital Improvement for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022 (Sec. 1).
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Requires the $400 million appropriation be used for the construction of a specialized men’s prison facility and an Escambia men’s prison facility (Sec. 1).
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Requires any amount of the $400 million appropriation remaining unexpended on September 30, 2022, shall be reappropriated to the entity for the same purpose for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2022 (Sec. 1).
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Established that this act shall become effective immediately upon its passage and approval by the Governor, or upon its otherwise becoming law (Sec. 2).
Title: Transfers $400 Million in COVID-19 Aid from the American Rescue Plan to Correctional Facilities