§41-10-731. Disposition of funds.

(a) Any fees required by this division shall be remitted to the department and, after the cost appropriation in subsection (c), shall be deposited to the credit of the Recruitment and Training Promotion Fund in the State Treasury which is hereby created for the purpose of funding a recruitment and training promotion program to be administered by the Alabama Construction Recruitment Institute.

(b) The proceeds from fees collected and deposited into the Recruitment and Training Promotion Fund are appropriated to the Alabama Construction Recruitment Institute for the purposes of this article. Such funds shall be appropriated, budgeted, and allotted in accordance with Sections 41-4-80 to 41-4-96, inclusive, and 41-19-1 to 41-19-12, inclusive, and only in amounts stipulated in general appropriations bills and other appropriations bills to be expended, in whole or in part, by vote of the Board of Directors of the institute.

(c) In addition to all other appropriations heretofore or hereinafter made, there is hereby appropriated to the department for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, such amount as is reasonably required to offset its administrative and collection costs as a first charge against the revenues from the fee levied by this division. For all subsequent fiscal years, there shall be appropriated to the department as a first charge against the revenues from the fee levied by this division an amount that will offset its actual costs in the administration and regulation of this fee.

(Act 2009-561, p. 1629, §5; §41-10-704 amended and renumbered by Act 2010-220, p. 365, §4.)