00 CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 100(FIN) 01 "An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses of 02 state government, for certain programs, and to capitalize funds; making 03 appropriations under art. IX, sec. 17(c), Constitution of the State of Alaska, from 04 the constitutional budget reserve fund; and providing for an effective date." 05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 06 * Section 1. Included within the general fund amounts appropriated in this Act, the 07 following amounts are from the unreserved special accounts in the general fund: 08 Highway fuel tax account (AS 43.40.010(g)) $25,500,000 09 Aviation fuel tax account (AS 43.40.010(e)) 7,000,000 10 * Sec. 2. Federal or other program receipts as defined under AS 37.05.146 that exceed the 11 amounts appropriated in this Act are appropriated conditioned upon compliance with the 12 program review provisions of AS 37.07.080(h). 13 * Sec. 3. If federal or other program receipts as defined under AS 37.05.146 exceed the 14 estimates appropriated by this Act, the appropriation from state funds for the affected program 01 may be reduced by the amount of the excess if the reductions are consistent with applicable 02 federal statutes. 03 * Sec. 4. Except as provided in sec. 5 of this Act, if federal or other program receipts as 04 defined under AS 37.05.146 fall short of the estimates appropriated by this Act, the affected 05 appropriation is reduced by the amount of the shortfall in receipts. 06 * Sec. 5. If the federal receipts under 42 U.S.C. 1397 - 1397f (Title XX of the Social 07 Security Act) fall short of the estimate, the amount of the shortfall, not to exceed $6,310,800, 08 is appropriated from the general fund. 09 * Sec. 6. (a) Amounts necessary to fund the uses of the state insurance catastrophe reserve 10 account described in AS 37.05.289(a) are appropriated from that account to the Department 11 of Administration. 12 (b) Amounts equivalent to the amounts to be received in settlement of insurance 13 claims for losses and the amounts to be received as recovery for losses are appropriated from 14 the general fund to the state insurance catastrophe reserve account established by 15 AS 37.05.289. 16 (c) Amounts equivalent to the amounts to be received in settlement of claims against 17 bonds guaranteeing the reclamation of state land are appropriated from the general fund to the 18 agency secured by the bond. This appropriation is made for the purpose of reclaiming state 19 land affected by a use covered by the bond. 20 (d) The appropriations made in (b) and (c) of this section are contingent upon 21 compliance with the program review provisions of AS 37.07.080(h). 22 * Sec. 7. The amount required to pay interest on revenue anticipation notes issued by the 23 commissioner of revenue under AS 43.08 is appropriated from the general fund to the 24 Department of Revenue for payment of interest on revenue anticipation notes issued by the 25 commissioner of revenue under AS 43.08. 26 * Sec. 8. The amount required to be paid by the state for the principal of and interest on 27 all issued and outstanding state-guaranteed bonds is appropriated from the general fund to the 28 state bond committee to make all payments by the state required under its guarantee for 29 principal and interest. 30 * Sec. 9. The sum of $5,793,767 is appropriated from the international airports revenue 31 fund (AS 37.15.430) to the state bond committee for payment of debt service and trustee fees 01 on outstanding international airports revenue bonds. 02 * Sec. 10. (a) The sum of $9,628,221 is appropriated from the general fund to the Alaska 03 debt retirement fund (AS 37.15.011). 04 (b) The sum of $9,628,221 is appropriated from the Alaska debt retirement fund 05 (AS 37.15.011) to the state bond committee for lease payments to the Alaska Housing Finance 06 Corporation, City of Seward, City of Kenai, the Department of Natural Resources, and the 07 Alaska court system. 08 * Sec. 11. (a) The sum of $19,451,996 is appropriated from the general fund to the Alaska 09 debt retirement fund (AS 37.15.011). 10 (b) The sum of $19,451,996 is appropriated from the Alaska debt retirement fund 11 (AS 37.15.011) to the state bond committee for payment of debt service and trustee fees on 12 state general obligation bonds. 13 (c) The sum of $1,885,287 is appropriated from the Alaska debt retirement fund 14 (AS 37.15.011) to the state bond committee for payment of debt service and trustee fees on 15 state general obligation bonds. 16 * Sec. 12. The amount authorized for transfer by the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation 17 under AS 37.13.145(b) is appropriated from the earnings reserve account (AS 37.13.145) to 18 the dividend fund (AS 43.23.045(a)) for the payment of permanent fund dividends and 19 administrative and associated costs. 20 * Sec. 13. The amount calculated under AS 37.13.145 to offset the effect of inflation on 21 the principal of the Alaska permanent fund is appropriated to the principal of the Alaska 22 permanent fund from the balance in the earnings reserve account (AS 37.13.145) of the Alaska 23 permanent fund that remains after money is transferred to the dividend fund under sec. 12 of 24 this Act. 25 * Sec. 14. The interest earned during fiscal year 1996 on revenue from the sources set out 26 in AS 37.13.010 while the revenue is held in trust, escrow, or otherwise before receipt of the 27 revenue by the state is appropriated to the principal of the Alaska permanent fund. 28 * Sec. 15. The amount required to be deposited under AS 37.13.010(a)(1) and (2) during 29 fiscal year 1996 is appropriated to the principal of the Alaska permanent fund in satisfaction 30 of that requirement. 31 * Sec. 16. The lapsing balance of the employment assistance and training program fund 01 (sec. 3, ch. 95, SLA 1989, as amended by sec. 33, ch. 2, FSSSLA 1992) on June 30, 1995, 02 is appropriated to the unemployment compensation fund (AS 23.20.130) on July 1, 1995. 03 * Sec. 17. (a) Except as provided in (b) and (c) of this section, all unrestricted mortgage 04 loan interest payments and all other unrestricted receipts, including, without limitation, 05 mortgage loan commitment fees, received by or accrued to the Alaska Housing Finance 06 Corporation during the fiscal year 1996, and all income earned on assets of the corporation 07 during that period, are appropriated to the Alaska housing finance revolving fund 08 (AS 18.56.082) for the purposes described in AS 18.56. 09 (b) All unrestricted mortgage loan interest payments and all other unrestricted receipts, 10 including, without limitation, mortgage loan commitment fees, received by or accrued to the 11 housing assistance loan fund (AS 18.56.420) in the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation 12 during the fiscal year 1996, and all income earned on assets of that fund during that period, 13 are appropriated to the housing assistance loan fund in the Alaska Housing Finance 14 Corporation for the purposes of that fund. 15 (c) All unrestricted mortgage loan interest payments and all other unrestricted receipts, 16 including, without limitation, mortgage loan commitment fees, received by or accrued to the 17 senior housing revolving fund (AS 18.56.710) in the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation 18 during the fiscal year 1996, and all income earned on assets of that fund during that period, 19 are appropriated to the senior housing revolving fund in the Alaska Housing Finance 20 Corporation for the purposes of that fund. 21 (d) The sum of $70,000,000 from the available unrestricted cash in the general 22 account of the revolving fund, Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, is anticipated to be 23 transferred by the direction of the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation board to the general 24 fund. The funds shall be deposited to the general fund when received during fiscal year 1996. 25 (e) The appropriations made by (a) - (c) of this section are contingent upon 26 compliance with the program review provisions of AS 37.07.080(h). 27 * Sec. 18. The sum of $10,350,000 is appropriated to the disaster relief fund 28 (AS 26.23.300) from the following sources: 29 Federal receipts $9,000,000 30 General fund 1,350,000 31 * Sec. 19. The fiscal year 1996 general fund receipts of the tank registration fee program 01 under AS 46.03.385 are appropriated to the storage tank assistance fund (AS 46.03.410). 02 * Sec. 20. (a) The balance of the oil and hazardous substance release prevention mitigation 03 account (AS 46.08.020(b)) in the general fund on July 1, 1995, not otherwise appropriated by 04 (b) and (c) of this section, is appropriated to the oil and hazardous substance release 05 prevention account (AS 46.08.010(a)(1)) in the oil and hazardous substance release prevention 06 and response fund (AS 46.08.010). 07 (b) The sum of $2,591,300 is appropriated from the oil and hazardous substance 08 release prevention mitigation account (AS 46.08.020(b)) on July 1, 1995, to the storage tank 09 assistance fund (AS 46.03.410) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1996. 10 (c) The sum of $1,000,000 is appropriated from the oil and hazardous substance 11 release prevention mitigation account (AS 46.08.020(b)) to the general fund. 12 * Sec. 21. The balance in the oil and hazardous substance release response mitigation 13 account (AS 46.08.025(b)) in the general fund on July 1, 1995, is appropriated to the oil and 14 hazardous substance release response account (AS 46.08.010(a)(2)) in the oil and hazardous 15 substance release prevention and response fund (AS 46.08.010). 16 * Sec. 22. (a) The sum of $4,015,100, derived from the surcharge collected under 17 AS 43.55.201 during fiscal year 1995, is appropriated from the general fund to the oil and 18 hazardous substance release response account (AS 46.08.010(a)(2)) in the oil and hazardous 19 substance release prevention and response fund (AS 46.08.010). 20 (b) The appropriation made by (a) of this section is based on revenue estimates. If 21 the amount in the general fund that is derived from the surcharge collected under 22 AS 43.55.201 during fiscal year 1995 is greater than the appropriation made by (a) of this 23 section, that appropriation is increased to that greater amount. 24 * Sec. 23. (a) The sum of $9,875,700, derived from the surcharge collected under 25 AS 43.55.300 during fiscal year 1995, is appropriated from the general fund to the oil and 26 hazardous substance release prevention account (AS 46.08.010(a)(1)) in the oil and hazardous 27 substance release prevention and response fund (AS 46.08.010). 28 (b) The appropriation made by (a) of this section is based on revenue estimates. If 29 the amount in the general fund that is derived from the surcharge collected under 30 AS 43.55.300 during fiscal year 1995 is greater than the appropriation made by (a) of this 31 section, that appropriation is increased to that greater amount. 01 * Sec. 24. The sum of $21,586,500 is appropriated to the information services fund 02 (AS 44.21.045) for the Department of Administration, division of information services 03 programs from the following sources: 04 General fund program receipts $ 55,000 05 Inter-agency receipts 21,451,500 06 Inter-agency receipts/oil and hazardous 07 substance release prevention and response fund 80,000 08 * Sec. 25. (a) The sum of $24,000,000 is appropriated to the Department of Law from the 09 following sources, for costs relating to legal proceedings and audit activity involving oil and 10 gas revenue due or paid to the state or state title to oil and gas land, for the fiscal year ending 11 June 30, 1996: 12 State corporation receipts $ 6,000,000 13 Budget reserve fund (art. IX, sec. 17, 14 Constitution of the State of Alaska) 18,000,000 15 (b) The appropriation made by (a) of this section from the budget reserve fund 16 (art. IX, sec. 17, Constitution of the State of Alaska) is made under art. IX, sec. 17(c), 17 Constitution of the State of Alaska. 18 * Sec. 26. (a) The sum of $80,322,400 is appropriated from the general fund to the 19 Alaska debt retirement fund (AS 37.15.011). 20 (b) The sum of $80,322,400 is appropriated from the Alaska debt retirement fund 21 (AS 37.15.011) to the Department of Education for state aid for costs of school construction 22 under AS 14.11.100. 23 * Sec. 27. An amount equal to the amount appropriated for the costs of the 1995 annual 24 governor's safety conference (sec. 28, ch. 3, FSSLA 1994), plus the fiscal year 1995 program 25 receipts of the Safety Advisory Council (AS 18.60.830), less the amount expended or 26 obligated for expenditure for the costs of the 1995 annual governor's safety conference, is 27 appropriated from the general fund to the Safety Advisory Council for costs of the 1996 28 annual governor's safety conference. 29 * Sec. 28. The amount required to pay claims awarded under AS 08.88.470 is appropriated 30 from the real estate surety fund (AS 08.88.450) to the Department of Commerce and 31 Economic Development, division of occupational licensing, to pay claims awarded under 01 AS 08.88.470. 02 * Sec. 29. The balance on June 30, 1995, of the Alaska Public Utilities Commission 03 program receipts account for regulatory cost charges under AS 42.05.253 and AS 42.06.285 04 for fiscal year 1995 is appropriated to the Alaska Public Utilities Commission for fiscal year 05 1996 expenditures. 06 * Sec. 30. An amount equal to the fiscal year 1995 general fund receipts from the salmon 07 marketing tax under AS 43.76.110 and from the seafood marketing assessment under 08 AS 16.51.120, less the amount of those receipts that was expended or obligated for 09 expenditure during fiscal year 1995, is appropriated from the general fund to the Alaska 10 Seafood Marketing Institute for marketing Alaska seafood products during fiscal year 1996. 11 * Sec. 31. The sum of $28,263,200 is appropriated from the general fund to the Alaska 12 marine highway system fund (AS 19.65.060) to continue to provide stable services to the 13 public. 14 * Sec. 32. The amount available in the four dam pool transfer fund (AS 42.45.050) during 15 fiscal year 1996 is appropriated to the following funds in the following percentages for the 16 purposes set out in AS 42.45.050: 17 Power cost equalization and rural electric 18 capitalization fund (AS 42.45.100) 40 percent 19 Southeast energy fund (AS 42.45.040) 40 percent 20 Power project fund (AS 42.45.010) 20 percent 21 * Sec. 33. The sum of $9,097,800 is appropriated from the general fund to the Alaska 22 clean water fund (AS 46.03.032) for the Alaska clean water loan program from the following 23 sources: 24 General fund $1,516,300 25 Federal receipts 7,581,500 26 * Sec. 34. The amounts necessary to refund to local governments their share of taxes and 27 fees collected under the following programs are appropriated to the Department of Revenue 28 from the general fund for payment in fiscal year 1996: 29 (1) fisheries tax revenue for fiscal year 1995 (AS 43.75); 30 (2) fishery resource landing tax revenue for fiscal year 1995 (AS 43.77); 31 (3) amusement and gaming tax revenue for fiscal year 1996 (AS 43.35); 01 (4) aviation fuel tax revenue for fiscal year 1996 (AS 43.40.010); 02 (5) electric and telephone cooperative tax revenue for fiscal year 1996 03 (AS 10.25.570); and 04 (6) liquor license fee revenue for fiscal year 1996 (AS 04.11). 05 * Sec. 35. The amount equal to the salmon enhancement tax collected under AS 43.76.010 06 - 43.76.030 in calendar year 1994 and deposited in the general fund under AS 43.76.025(c) 07 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic 08 Development for payment in fiscal year 1996 to provide financing for qualified regional 09 associations operating within a region designated under AS 16.10.375. 10 * Sec. 36. The sum of $50,000 is appropriated from the agricultural revolving loan fund 11 (AS 03.10.040) to the general fund. 12 * Sec. 37. The sum of $250,000 is appropriated to the Department of Administration for 13 payment to the Public Safety Employees Association health trust to satisfy the monetary terms 14 of the collective bargaining agreement between the state and the Public Safety Employees 15 Association for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1996, from the following sources: 16 General fund $203,600 17 International airports revenue fund 46,400 18 * Sec. 38. (a) Failure of the legislature to adopt a separate appropriation item to fund the 19 monetary terms of the collective bargaining agreement covering supervisory unit employees 20 negotiated between the state and the Alaska Public Employees' Association constitutes 21 rejection of the monetary terms of that agreement in accordance with AS 23.40.215. Money 22 appropriated for personal services in this Act may not be used to implement the negotiated 23 monetary terms of that agreement. 24 (b) Failure of the legislature to adopt a separate appropriation item to fund the 25 monetary terms of the collective bargaining agreement covering unlicensed employees of the 26 Alaska marine highway system negotiated between the state and the Inlandboatmen's Union 27 constitutes rejection of the monetary terms of that agreement in accordance with 28 AS 23.40.215. Money appropriated for personal services in this Act may not be used to 29 implement the negotiated monetary terms of that agreement. 30 (c) Failure of the legislature to adopt a separate appropriation item to fund the 31 monetary terms of the collective bargaining agreement covering labor trades and crafts unit 01 employees negotiated between the state and Public Employees' Local 71 (AFL-CIO) 02 constitutes rejection of the monetary terms of that agreement in accordance with 03 AS 23.40.215. Money appropriated for personal services in this Act may not be used to 04 implement the negotiated monetary terms of that agreement. 05 * Sec. 39. Amounts equal to the amounts deposited in the budget reserve fund (art. IX, 06 sec. 17, Constitution of the State of Alaska) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1995, by 07 operation of art. IX, sec. 17(d) to repay appropriations made from the budget reserve fund are 08 appropriated from the budget reserve fund to the funds and accounts from which they were 09 transferred. The appropriations made by this section are made under art. IX, sec. 17(c), 10 Constitution of the State of Alaska. 11 * Sec. 40. If the unrestricted state revenue available for appropriation in the fiscal year that 12 ends June 30, 1996, is insufficient to cover the general fund appropriations made for that fiscal 13 year, the amount necessary to balance revenue and general fund appropriations is appropriated 14 to the general fund from the budget reserve fund (AS 37.05.540). 15 * Sec. 41. In its review of agency operations plans prepared under AS 37.07.080, it is the 16 intent of the legislature that the office of management and budget control state expenditures 17 in order to prevent any cash or budget shortfalls over fiscal year 1996. These controls are 18 intended to limit the use of the budget reserve fund (art. IX, sec. 17, Constitution of the State 19 of Alaska) to the greatest extent possible, and to reduce supplemental budget requests in the 20 Second Session of the Nineteenth Alaska State Legislature. 21 * Sec. 42. The appropriations made by secs. 17 - 24, 31, 32, and 33 of this Act are for 22 capitalization of funds and do not lapse under AS 37.25.010. 23 (SECTION 43 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON PAGE 12)