There is hereby created a fund known as the Alabama Department of Environmental Management Fund. This fund shall consist of: (1) all appropriations; (2) all grants, gifts, bequests or donations; (3) all money derived through any source of federal aid; (4) all fees; (5) all moneys from any program whose functions were transferred to the department by this chapter; and (6) all moneys from any other source whatsoever. However, the department may not solicit or accept any gift or donation from any person that has any official request or action pending before the Alabama Department of Environmental Management. All moneys deposited in said fund are hereby appropriated to the use of the department in addition to any other appropriations heretofore or hereafter made. The fund shall be used and expended by the department in accordance with the terms of the appropriations, gift, bequest, grant, donation or transfer from which said moneys are derived and in the absence of any such terms or stipulations, shall be expended by the department in furtherance of any of the provisions of this chapter. All necessary expenses of the department shall likewise be paid out of the fund on the requisition of the director as may be deemed advisable.
Last modified: May 3, 2021