FISCAL NOTE

House Bill 138 as passed the House of Representatives appropriates $1,283,283,616 from the Education Trust Fund (ETF) for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, as follows:

* $177,373,600 to the State Treasurer’s Office for the PACT Program;

* $58,400,000 to the Teachers’ Retirement System for a one-time bonus for retirees of the Teachers’ Retirement System;

* $652,128,556 to the ETF Advancement and Technology Fund;

* $1,250,000 to Department of Commerce to be used for ALEX: The Alabama Experience at the World Games and to support workforce efforts throughout the state;

* $5,250,000 to the Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium of which: (1) $4 million is for renovations of student dormitories; (2) $500,000 is for HVAC, food storage systems, and cafeteria serving line modernizations; and (3) $750,000 is for replacement of a graduate student office/K12 computer laboratory building;

* $7,000,000 to the Geological Survey to construct a new Core and Sample Repository Building;

* $1,000,000 to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for renovation of the Alabama Veteran’s Museum in Athens;

* $1,500,000 to the Alabama Fire Fighters Personnel Standards and Education Commission/Alabama Fire College for a new building for tractor-drawn training props;

* $200,000,000 to the ETF Debt Service Sinking Fund to be used for existing debt service;

* $45,000,000 to the Alabama Innovation Fund of which: (1) $15 million is for Hudson Alpha Institute for Biotechnology; and (2) $30 million is for Southern Research Institute;

* $111,181,460 to the ETF Budget Stabilization Fund;

* $6,980,000 to the Alabama Community College System of which: (1) $3.75 million is for Southern Union Community College Aviation project; (2) $3 million is for the Wallace State Community College-Oneonta Blount County multi-purpose complex; and (3) $230,000 is for Wallace State Community College-Hanceville Winston County Learning Center project;

* $3,000,000 to the University of South Alabama for the engineering building;

* $2,000,000 to Tuskegee University for capital projects;

* $1,000,000 to Alabama State University for improvements to the music and fine arts facilities;

* $3,000,000 to the University of Alabama in Huntsville for the engineering building;

* $2,000,000 to the University of Montevallo for electric repairs;

* $3,000,000 to the Alabama Space Science Exhibit Commission for the Shuttle Pathfinder restoration;

* $500,000 to the Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind;

* $700,000 to the Department of Public Health for a new mobile facility for hearing screening for the Lions Club;

* $270,000 to the Alabama Commission on Higher Education for the Best and Brightest STEM Pilot Program;

* $600,000 to the Department of Education of which: (1) $500,000 is for Ed Farm; and (2) $100,000 is for Kindervision;

* $100,000 to the Alabama Music Hall of Fame; and

* $50,000 to the State Commission on Physical Fitness for the Alabama Sports Council.

This bill further provides that all funds appropriated by this bill that are not expended in fiscal year 2022, shall not revert and shall be carried forward for the purposes appropriated.