§41-9-142. Commission user fees to be deposited into revenue fund; permissible disbursements; limitations on uses; when commisssion may begin to charge.

(a) All user fees collected by the commission under Section 41-9-141 shall be deposited into the existing special revenue fund in the State Treasury designated as the Building Commission Operating Fund. The Director of the Technical Staff of the Building Commission may make deposits to the fund and expenditures from the fund to carry out the functions of the commission. The receipts shall be disbursed only by warrant of the State Comptroller upon itemized vouchers initiated by the Director of the Technical Staff of the state Building Commission and approved by the Secretary of the state Building Commission. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no funds shall be withdrawn or expended for any purpose whatsoever unless the funds have been budgeted and allotted in accordance with Sections 41-4-80 to 41-4-96, inclusive, and 41-19-1 to 41-19-12, inclusive. The balance remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall carry over into the next fiscal year and shall not revert to the State General Fund or any other fund.

(b) The state Building Commission may start charging fees for services as authorized by Section 41-9-141 no sooner than the first day of the first month which follows the adoption date of a fee schedule promulgated under the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act.

(Acts 1993, No. 93-344, p. 533, §§2, 3.)