(a) Notwithstanding any provision of law, the budget proposed each year for the Alabama Department of Environmental Management shall include as a line item in the General Fund Budget the Navigable Waters Dredging Fund for the dredging of the navigable waters of this state and for sediment reuse. The director of the department shall present the proposed budget at the appropriate budget hearing scheduled by the Alabama Legislature.
(b) There is established a Navigable Waters Dredging Fund which shall be administered by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management which funds shall be paid to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the purposes of dredging the navigable waters of this state and for sediment reuse. The principal of the fund shall consist of the following:
(1) Funds appropriated by any governmental entity.
(2) Funds received as gifts from any source.
(c) All funds collected or received by the department for the Navigable Waters Dredging Fund shall be deposited into the fund and payments from the fund made to the corps may be used only to carry out the provisions of this section.
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