Amend the bill, as and if amended, by adding an appropriately numbered section to read:
/ SECTION __. A. Chapter 27, Title 6 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
Section 6-27-10. This chapter may be cited as the 'State Aid to Subdivisions Act'.
Section 6-27-20. There
is created the Local Government Revenue Sharing Fund
administered by the State Treasurer. This fund is part of the
general fund of the State. It is the intent of the
General Assembly that this fund not be subject to mid-year cuts.
However, if mid-year cuts are mandated by the State Budget and
Control Board to avoid a year-end deficit, this fund is not
subject to such cuts, except by a majority vote of the entire
State Budget and Control Board which is separate and apart from
any other reduction. These cuts are permitted only to the
extent that counties and municipalities do not receive less
funding than received in the immediate preceding fiscal
year. The Local Government Revenue Sharing Fund
must be financed as provided in this chapter.
Section 6-27-30.
(A) In the annual general
appropriations act, an amount equal to not less than
four and one-half percent of general fund revenues of the latest
completed fiscal year must be appropriated the
General Assembly must appropriate funds to the Local
Government Revenue Sharing Fund.
(B)(1) In
any fiscal year in which general fund revenues are projected to
increase, the appropriation to the Local Government Revenue
Sharing Fund for the upcoming fiscal year must be increased by
the same projected percentage increase, but not to exceed five
percent, when compared to the appropriation in the current
fiscal year. For purposes of this subsection, beginning with
the initial forecast required pursuant to Section 11-9-880, the
percentage increase in general fund revenues must be determined
by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office by comparing the
current fiscal year's recurring general fund expenditure base
with the Board of Economic Advisors' most recent projection of
recurring general fund revenue for the upcoming fiscal year.
Upon the issuance of the initial forecast, the Executive
Director of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office, or his
designee, shall notify the Chairman of the Senate Finance
Committee, the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee,
and the Governor of the projected percentage increase. The
executive director, or his designee, shall provide similar
notice if subsequent modifications to the forecast change the
projected percentage increase. However, the forecast in effect
on May thirty-first of the current fiscal year is the final
forecast for which the percentage increase is determined, and no
subsequent forecast modifications shall have any effect on that
determination.
(2)
The Governor shall include the appropriation
increase to the Local Government Revenue Sharing Fund in the
Executive Budget.
(3)
The Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office shall
determine the current fiscal year's recurring general fund
expenditure base, and determine any projected increase in
general fund revenues. If an increase is projected, the
appropriation for the upcoming fiscal year must be adjusted
accordingly.
(C) For
purposes of this section:
(1)
'Recurring general fund revenue' means the
forecast of recurring general fund revenues pursuant to Section
11-9-880 after the amount apportioned to the Trust Fund for Tax
Relief, as required in Section 11-11-150, is deducted.
(2)
'Recurring general fund expenditure base' means
the total recurring general fund appropriations authorized in
the current general appropriations act less any reduced
appropriations mandated by the General Assembly or the Executive
Budget Office pursuant to Section 11-9-890B.
Section 6-27-40.
(A) Not later than thirty days after
the end of the calendar quarter, the State Treasurer shall
distribute the monies appropriated to the Local Government
Revenue Sharing Fund as follows:
(1)
Eighty-three and two hundred seventy-eight
thousandths percent must be distributed to counties.
Of the total distributed to counties, each county must receive
an amount based on the ratio that the county's population is of
the whole population of this State according to the most recent
United States Census.
(2)
Sixteen and seven hundred twenty-two
thousandths Seventeen percent must be
distributed to municipalities. Of the total distributed to
municipalities, each municipality must receive an amount based
on the ratio that the municipality's population is of the
population of all municipalities in this State according to the
most recent United States Census.
(B) In making the
quarterly distribution to counties, the State Treasurer must
notify each county of the amount that must be used for
educational purposes relating to the use of alcoholic liquors
and for the rehabilitation of alcoholics and drug addicts.
Counties may pool these funds with other counties and may
combine these funds with other funds for the same purposes. The
amount that must be used as provided in this subsection is equal
to twenty-five percent of the revenue derived pursuant to
Section 12-33-245 allocated on a per capita basis according to
the most recent United States Census.
Section 6-27-50.
No section of this chapter may be amended
or repealed except in separate legislation solely for that
purpose.
Section 6-27-55. From funds distributed to the county pursuant to Section 6-27-40, a county council shall provide a reasonable amount of funds for all county offices of state agencies for which the council is required to provide funding by state law."
B. This act takes effect on July 1, 2016,
and first applies for the annual general appropriations bill
process for Fiscal Year 2017-2018. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.