ALABAMA STATE FUNDS

• In 1996, Senate Bill 45 was passed in the legislature providing for a state low-income weatherization program to supplement federal funds by including a voluntary tax check-off option for state income-tax filers. Taxpayers may designate an amount of their refund as a voluntary contribution to the "Neighbors Helping Neighbors Fund"  The Department of Economic and Community Affairs will administer the monies, which will help provide weatherization assistance to eligible recipients. Funding has been accumulating for 2-3 years and totals about $72,000 as of October 2002. .

LEGISLATIVE CODE

Neighbors Helping Neighbors Fund, Acts 1996, Section 41-23-100 & 102