FISCAL NOTE

Senate Bill 6 as passed the Senate will not directly affect state or local funding, but requires all federal funds made available to the state through the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA) of 2006 to be expended only within the coastal political subdivisions of the State (Mobile and Baldwin Counties). In Fiscal Year 2021, approximately $35 million in GOMESA funds were disbursed to Alabama and were allocated as follows:

State of Alabama: $28.04 million

Baldwin County: $3.2 million

Mobile County: $3.8 million