Alabama lawmakers approve the state’s largest General Fund budget, a plan that supports a pay raise for state employees, pays off debt, and increases funding for mental health and the paroles bureau. alpolitics
Updated: Mar. 31, 2022, 4:03 p.m. |Alabama lawmakers today approved the state’s largest ever General Fund budget, a plan that supports a pay raise for state employees, pays off debt, and increases funding for mental health and the paroles bureau.
Growth in tax revenues that support the General Fund, including sales taxes on online purchases, made the record budget possible. Billions in federal money that has flowed to Alabama households, businesses, and government because of COVID-19 relief bills passed by Congress has helped stimulate the state economy and boosted the revenues that support the budget.
The budget allocates money to a budget reserve fund created in 2020, filling it to the maximum $100 million.earlier in this legislative session with some differences. The plan that won final approval today was produced by a conference committee.The Department of Mental Health receives $193 million, a 16% increase over this year. The increase includes $36 million forThe Department of Corrections receives $595 million, a 3.4% increase over this year.
Clouse, who has chaired the budget committee since 2013, said this year’s spending plan is a sign of progress.
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