Section 41-15A-6

Definitions; duties of board.

(a) As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings, respectively:

(1) BOARD. The Board of Control of the Penny Trust Fund, which shall consist of the following officials or their designees:

a. The Governor.

b. The State Treasurer.

c. The State Health Officer.

d. The State Superintendent of Education.

e. The State Auditor.

(2) SCHOOL SYSTEM. Any county or city public school system; the Alabama School for Deaf and Blind; the Alabama School of Fine Arts; and the Alabama School of Mathematics and Science.

(b) The duties of the board shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, the following:

(1) Elect a chairperson and a secretary of the board from among its membership. Service as the chairperson and secretary shall be for the term of service to which the individual was elected.

(2) Accept applications from any school system choosing to apply for grants from the Penny Trust Fund for use in disease prevention programs in the public schools.

(3) Award grants to school systems which, in the exclusive judgment of the board, best utilize the funds to prevent diseases in the children of the school system making the grant application.

(4) Decline grant applications from school systems which, in the exclusive judgment of the board, do not sufficiently advance disease prevention programs in the children of the school system making the grant application.

(5) Award no grant applications if, in the exclusive judgment of the board, no grant applications are worthy of being awarded.

(6) Inform the State Superintendent of Education which school systems are to receive funds and in those amounts determined by the board.

(7) Review the proposals by the governing authority of the Department of Public Health for the expenditure of its portion of proceeds from the Penny Trust Fund and, if desirable, offer comments and suggestions on the expenditure of the funds.

(Act 99-592, p. 1352, §§ 1, 2.)