On or before the first day of the third month next preceding each regular business session of the Legislature, each department, board, bureau, commission, agency, office and institution of the state shall transmit to the Department of Finance, on blanks to be furnished it, estimates of their expenditure requirements for each budget year, classified so as to distinguish between expenditures estimated for salaries, travel and per diem expenses, administration, operation and maintenance and the cost of each project involving the purchase of land or the making of a public improvement or a capital outlay of a permanent character, together with such supporting data and explanations as may be called for by the Department of Finance. In case of the failure of any department, board, bureau, commission, agency, office or institution of the state to submit such estimate within the time above specified, the Governor shall cause to be prepared such estimates for such department, board, bureau, commission, agency, officer or institution of the state as in his opinion are reasonable and proper.
Structure Code of Alabama
Chapter 4 - Department of Finance.
Article 4 - Division of the Budget.
Section 41-4-80 - Established; Functions and Duties.
Section 41-4-81 - Budget Officer.
Section 41-4-82 - Transmission of Budget to Legislature.
Section 41-4-83 - Form and Contents of Budget.
Section 41-4-84 - Estimates of Appropriations to Be Submitted to Department of Finance.
Section 41-4-85 - Estimates of Income to Be Prepared by Department of Finance.
Section 41-4-86 - Tentative Budget - Preparation.
Section 41-4-87 - Tentative Budget - Hearings.
Section 41-4-88 - Formulation of Final Budget.
Section 41-4-89 - Supplemental Estimates for Additional Appropriations.
Section 41-4-90 - Availability and Effect of Appropriations; Restriction of Allotments by Governor.
Section 41-4-91 - Requisition, Duration, Approval and Modification of Allotments of Appropriations.
Section 41-4-92 - Disposition of Departmental and Institutional Fees, Receipts, Etc.
Section 41-4-93 - Lapsing of Appropriations.
Section 41-4-94 - Emergency Appropriations.
Section 41-4-95 - Appropriations Wrongfully Expended.
Section 41-4-96 - Penalties for Violations of Article.
Section 41-4-97 - Annual Report by Certain State Agencies Regarding Receipt of Federal Funds.