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Section 26-16-30

Creation of fund; purpose; investment; disposition.

(a) The Children's Trust Fund is created as a separate fund in the state treasury. The function of the Children's Trust Fund shall be to serve as a permanent trust pursuant to Section 26-16-8, and as an investment account for the earnings and funds received by the Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board pursuant to Sections 26-16-8, 26-16-31, and 26-16-30(e).

(b) The State Treasurer shall credit to the trust fund all amounts appropriated for this purpose under this article and any amounts received under Section 26-16-8.

(c) The State Treasurer shall invest trust fund money in the same manner as funds are invested pursuant to Section 16-33C-6. Earnings shall be credited to the trust fund.

(d) A separate revenue trust account in the State Treasury is created to be known as the Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board Operations Fund which shall serve as the administrative fund for the Children's Trust Fund and the Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board. All State General Fund or Education Trust Fund appropriations designated for the trust fund or board shall be deposited directly into this fund. The fund shall be disbursed only by warrant of the state Comptroller, upon itemized vouchers, approved by the executive director or the chairman of the board. No funds shall be withdrawn or expended except as budgeted and allotted according to Sections 41-4-80 to 41-4-96, inclusive, and only in the amounts as appropriated by the Legislature.

(e) One half of the funds received each year through the income tax refund designation program established in Section 26-16-31, and other amounts specified by motions passed by the board, are not available for transfer into the operations fund and shall become a permanent part of the trust fund. All other funds received by the trust fund after September 30, 1988, including earnings credited after September 30, 1987, and one half of the funds received each year through the income tax refund designation program shall be transferred to the operations fund. The executive director or chairman of the board is authorized to transfer all eligible funds from the trust fund into the operations fund for the purpose of disbursing the funds in accordance with this chapter.

(f) The primary purpose of the trust fund and the operations fund is to encourage professional persons and groups to recognize and deal with problems of child abuse and neglect; to make information about the problems of child abuse and neglect available to the public and organizations and agencies which deal with problems of child abuse and neglect; and to encourage the development of community prevention programs. To these ends the fund shall be expended only as provided in this chapter, Sections 26-16-1 to 26-16-13, inclusive, or other laws specifically regulating those expenditures.

(Acts 1983, No. 83-735, p. 1195, §1; Acts 1985, No. 85-698, p. 1138; Acts 1989, No. 89-656, p. 1300, §1; Acts 1992, No. 92-606, p. 1253, §1.)

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Statutes > Alabama > Title26 > Chapter16 > 26-16-30

Section 26-16-30

Creation of fund; purpose; investment; disposition.

(a) The Children's Trust Fund is created as a separate fund in the state treasury. The function of the Children's Trust Fund shall be to serve as a permanent trust pursuant to Section 26-16-8, and as an investment account for the earnings and funds received by the Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board pursuant to Sections 26-16-8, 26-16-31, and 26-16-30(e).

(b) The State Treasurer shall credit to the trust fund all amounts appropriated for this purpose under this article and any amounts received under Section 26-16-8.

(c) The State Treasurer shall invest trust fund money in the same manner as funds are invested pursuant to Section 16-33C-6. Earnings shall be credited to the trust fund.

(d) A separate revenue trust account in the State Treasury is created to be known as the Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board Operations Fund which shall serve as the administrative fund for the Children's Trust Fund and the Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board. All State General Fund or Education Trust Fund appropriations designated for the trust fund or board shall be deposited directly into this fund. The fund shall be disbursed only by warrant of the state Comptroller, upon itemized vouchers, approved by the executive director or the chairman of the board. No funds shall be withdrawn or expended except as budgeted and allotted according to Sections 41-4-80 to 41-4-96, inclusive, and only in the amounts as appropriated by the Legislature.

(e) One half of the funds received each year through the income tax refund designation program established in Section 26-16-31, and other amounts specified by motions passed by the board, are not available for transfer into the operations fund and shall become a permanent part of the trust fund. All other funds received by the trust fund after September 30, 1988, including earnings credited after September 30, 1987, and one half of the funds received each year through the income tax refund designation program shall be transferred to the operations fund. The executive director or chairman of the board is authorized to transfer all eligible funds from the trust fund into the operations fund for the purpose of disbursing the funds in accordance with this chapter.

(f) The primary purpose of the trust fund and the operations fund is to encourage professional persons and groups to recognize and deal with problems of child abuse and neglect; to make information about the problems of child abuse and neglect available to the public and organizations and agencies which deal with problems of child abuse and neglect; and to encourage the development of community prevention programs. To these ends the fund shall be expended only as provided in this chapter, Sections 26-16-1 to 26-16-13, inclusive, or other laws specifically regulating those expenditures.

(Acts 1983, No. 83-735, p. 1195, §1; Acts 1985, No. 85-698, p. 1138; Acts 1989, No. 89-656, p. 1300, §1; Acts 1992, No. 92-606, p. 1253, §1.)

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Statutes > Alabama > Title26 > Chapter16 > 26-16-30

Section 26-16-30

Creation of fund; purpose; investment; disposition.

(a) The Children's Trust Fund is created as a separate fund in the state treasury. The function of the Children's Trust Fund shall be to serve as a permanent trust pursuant to Section 26-16-8, and as an investment account for the earnings and funds received by the Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board pursuant to Sections 26-16-8, 26-16-31, and 26-16-30(e).

(b) The State Treasurer shall credit to the trust fund all amounts appropriated for this purpose under this article and any amounts received under Section 26-16-8.

(c) The State Treasurer shall invest trust fund money in the same manner as funds are invested pursuant to Section 16-33C-6. Earnings shall be credited to the trust fund.

(d) A separate revenue trust account in the State Treasury is created to be known as the Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board Operations Fund which shall serve as the administrative fund for the Children's Trust Fund and the Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board. All State General Fund or Education Trust Fund appropriations designated for the trust fund or board shall be deposited directly into this fund. The fund shall be disbursed only by warrant of the state Comptroller, upon itemized vouchers, approved by the executive director or the chairman of the board. No funds shall be withdrawn or expended except as budgeted and allotted according to Sections 41-4-80 to 41-4-96, inclusive, and only in the amounts as appropriated by the Legislature.

(e) One half of the funds received each year through the income tax refund designation program established in Section 26-16-31, and other amounts specified by motions passed by the board, are not available for transfer into the operations fund and shall become a permanent part of the trust fund. All other funds received by the trust fund after September 30, 1988, including earnings credited after September 30, 1987, and one half of the funds received each year through the income tax refund designation program shall be transferred to the operations fund. The executive director or chairman of the board is authorized to transfer all eligible funds from the trust fund into the operations fund for the purpose of disbursing the funds in accordance with this chapter.

(f) The primary purpose of the trust fund and the operations fund is to encourage professional persons and groups to recognize and deal with problems of child abuse and neglect; to make information about the problems of child abuse and neglect available to the public and organizations and agencies which deal with problems of child abuse and neglect; and to encourage the development of community prevention programs. To these ends the fund shall be expended only as provided in this chapter, Sections 26-16-1 to 26-16-13, inclusive, or other laws specifically regulating those expenditures.

(Acts 1983, No. 83-735, p. 1195, §1; Acts 1985, No. 85-698, p. 1138; Acts 1989, No. 89-656, p. 1300, §1; Acts 1992, No. 92-606, p. 1253, §1.)