CCS HB 55: "An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses of state government and to capitalize funds; and providing for an effective date."
00CONFERENCE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 55 01 "An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses of 02 state government and to capitalize funds; and providing for an effective date." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the legislature that the various 05 departments, divisions, and agencies of state government operate strictly within the 06 appropriation levels approved and authorized by the legislature and governor in the FY94 state 07 operating budget. 08 Appropriate department, division, and agency officials are directed to make reductions 09 where necessary in personnel services, travel, contractual, commodities, equipment, and other 10 administrative support services to meet FY94 funding levels. Department officials are further 11 directed to leave intact funding for programs, grants, and services that directly impact the 12 people of Alaska. 13 It is the intent of the legislature not to fund supplemental budget requests except for 14 those circumstances where statutory formula program caseload estimates were wrong or other
01 circumstances that were well beyond the ability of the department to anticipate. It is further 02 the intent of the legislature not to fund supplemental budget requests, even though 03 unanticipated, that are small relative to the size of the appropriation. Costs associated with 04 those unanticipated circumstances should be absorbed by the budget request unit by making 05 further expense adjustments within the budget request unit. 06 It is further the intent of the legislature to take whatever steps may be necessary the 07 following session to ensure FY94 funding levels are not exceeded. Those steps may include 08 denial of personnel services funding for management employees responsible for implementing 09 budget reductions and operating within FY94 appropriation levels. 10 Departments, divisions, and agency officials should consider this letter of intent an 11 express primary goal of the Eighteenth Alaska State Legislature. 12 * Sec. 2. Included within the general fund amounts appropriated in this Act, the following 13 amounts are from the unreserved special accounts in the general fund: 14 Highway fuel tax account $21,500,000 15 Aviation fuel tax account 10,500,000 16 * Sec. 3. Federal or other program receipts as defined under AS 37.05.146 that exceed the 17 amounts appropriated in this Act are appropriated conditioned upon compliance with the 18 program review provisions of AS 37.07.080(h). 19 * Sec. 4. If federal or other program receipts as defined under AS 37.05.146 exceed the 20 estimates appropriated by this Act, the appropriation from state funds for the affected program 21 may be reduced by the amount of the excess if the reductions are consistent with applicable 22 federal statutes. 23 * Sec. 5. Except as provided in sec. 6 of this Act, if federal or other program receipts as 24 defined under AS 37.05.146 fall short of the estimates appropriated by this Act, the affected 25 appropriation is reduced by the amount of the shortfall in receipts. 26 * Sec. 6. If the federal receipts under 42 U.S.C. 1397 - 1397f (Title XX of the Social 27 Security Act) fall short of the estimate, the amount of the shortfall is appropriated from the 28 general fund. 29 * Sec. 7. (a) Amounts equivalent to the amounts to be received in settlement of insurance 30 claims for losses and the amounts to be received as recovery for losses are appropriated from 31 the general fund to the state insurance catastrophe reserve account established by
01 AS 37.05.289. 02 (b) Amounts equivalent to the amounts to be received in settlement of claims against 03 bonds guaranteeing the reclamation of state land are appropriated from the general fund to the 04 agency secured by the bond. This appropriation is made for the purpose of reclaiming state 05 land affected by a use covered by the bond. 06 (c) The appropriations made in this section are contingent upon compliance with the 07 program review provisions of AS 37.07.080(h). 08 * Sec. 8. The amount required to pay interest on revenue anticipation notes issued by the 09 commissioner of revenue under AS 43.08 is appropriated from the general fund to the 10 Department of Revenue. 11 * Sec. 9. The amount required to be paid by the state for the principal of and interest on 12 all issued and outstanding state-guaranteed bonds is appropriated from the general fund to the 13 state bond committee to make all payments by the state required under its guarantee for 14 principal and interest. 15 * Sec. 10. The sum of $7,555,288 is appropriated from the international airports revenue 16 fund (AS 37.15.430) to the state bond committee for payment of debt service and trustee fees 17 on outstanding international airports revenue bonds. 18 * Sec. 11. The amount of the rebate requirement, as defined by Resolution No. 86-5 of the 19 state bond committee, is appropriated from the international airports revenue fund 20 (AS 37.15.430) to the state bond committee for deposit in the rebate fund established by 21 Resolution No. 86-5 of the state bond committee. 22 * Sec. 12. The amount required to be paid to the redemption fund held by the trustee, as 23 defined by Resolution No. 91-6 of the state bond committee, is appropriated from the 24 international airports revenue fund (AS 37.15.430) to the state bond committee for payment 25 of debt service. 26 * Sec. 13. (a) The sum of $11,143,807 is appropriated from the general fund to the Alaska 27 debt retirement fund (AS 37.15.011). 28 (b) The sum of $11,143,807 is appropriated from the Alaska debt retirement fund 29 (AS 37.15.011) to the state bond committee for lease payments to the Alaska Housing Finance 30 Corporation, City of Seward, City of Palmer, City of Kenai, and the Department of Natural 31 Resources.
01 * Sec. 14. (a) The sum of $34,009,975 is appropriated from the general fund to the Alaska 02 debt retirement fund (AS 37.15.011). 03 (b) The sum of $34,009,975 is appropriated from the Alaska debt retirement fund 04 (AS 37.15.011) to the state bond committee for payment of debt service and trustee fees on 05 state general obligation bonds. 06 * Sec. 15. The amount authorized for transfer by the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation 07 under AS 37.13.145(b) is appropriated from the earnings reserve account (AS 37.13.145) to 08 the dividend fund (AS 43.23.045) for the payment of permanent fund dividends and 09 administrative and associated costs. 10 * Sec. 16. The amount calculated under AS 37.13.145 to offset the effect of inflation on 11 the principal of the Alaska permanent fund is appropriated to the principal of the Alaska 12 permanent fund from the earnings reserve account (AS 37.13.145) of the Alaska permanent 13 fund that remains after money is transferred to the dividend fund under sec. 15 of this Act. 14 * Sec. 17. The interest earned during fiscal year 1994 on revenue from the sources set out 15 in AS 37.13.010 while the revenue is held in trust, escrow, or otherwise before receipt of the 16 revenue by the state is appropriated to the principal of the Alaska permanent fund. 17 * Sec. 18. The amount required to be deposited under AS 37.13.010(a)(1) and (2) during 18 fiscal year 1994 is appropriated to the principal of the Alaska permanent fund in satisfaction 19 of that requirement. 20 * Sec. 19. The lapsing balance of the employment assistance and training program account 21 (sec. 3, ch. 95, SLA 1989) on June 30, 1993, is appropriated to the unemployment 22 compensation fund (AS 23.20.130) on July 1, 1993. 23 * Sec. 20. (a) Except as provided in (b) and (c) of this section, all unrestricted mortgage 24 loan interest payments and all other unrestricted receipts, including, without limitation, 25 mortgage loan commitment fees, received by or accrued to the Alaska Housing Finance 26 Corporation during the fiscal year 1994, and all income earned on assets of the corporation 27 during that period, are appropriated to the Alaska housing finance revolving fund 28 (AS 18.56.082) for the purposes described in AS 18.56. 29 (b) All unrestricted mortgage loan interest payments and all other unrestricted receipts, 30 including, without limitation, mortgage loan commitment fees, received by or accrued to the 31 housing assistance loan fund (AS 18.56.420) in the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation
01 during the fiscal year 1994, and all income earned on assets of that fund during that period, 02 are appropriated to the housing assistance loan fund in the Alaska Housing Finance 03 Corporation for the purposes of that fund. 04 (c) All unrestricted mortgage loan interest payments and all other unrestricted receipts, 05 including, without limitation, mortgage loan commitment fees, received by or accrued to the 06 senior housing revolving fund (AS 18.56.710) in the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation 07 during the fiscal year 1994, and all income earned on assets of that fund during that period, 08 are appropriated to the senior housing revolving fund in the Alaska Housing Finance 09 Corporation for the purposes of that fund. 10 * Sec. 21. The sum of $1,791,700 is appropriated from the commercial fishing revolving 11 loan fund (AS 16.10.340) to the general fund, as an additional revenue source. 12 * Sec. 22. (a) The balance of the oil and hazardous substance release mitigation account 13 (AS 46.04.010 and AS 46.08.020) on July 1, 1993, not otherwise appropriated by (b) - (d) of 14 this section, is appropriated to the oil and hazardous substance release response fund 15 (AS 46.08.010). 16 (b) The sum of $4,991,500 is appropriated from the oil and hazardous substance 17 release mitigation account (AS 46.04.010 and AS 46.08.020) on July 1, 1993, to the storage 18 tank assistance fund (AS 46.03.410) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1994. 19 (c) The sum of $100,000 is appropriated from the oil and hazardous substance release 20 mitigation account (AS 46.04.010 and AS 46.08.020) on July 1, 1993, to the Department of 21 Environmental Conservation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1994, for contaminated site 22 assessment in the Yukon-Koyukuk school district in the amounts listed: 23 (1) Kaltag School $60,000 24 (2) Koyukuk School 40,000 25 (d) The sum of $7,000,000 is appropriated from the oil and hazardous substance 26 release mitigation account (AS 46.04.010 and AS 46.08.020) on July 1, 1993, to the Alaska 27 marine highway system vessel replacement fund (AS 37.05.550) for the construction of a state 28 ferry vessel that has the capability to assist in responding to, containing, and cleaning up spills 29 of oil and hazardous substances in the marine water of the state. 30 * Sec. 23. The unexpended and unobligated balance of the oil and hazardous substance 31 release response fund (AS 46.08.010) on July 1, 1993, not otherwise appropriated by sec. 38
01 of this Act, is appropriated to the Department of Environmental Conservation for fiscal year 02 1994 for spill reserve. 03 * Sec. 24. The sum of $26,700,000 derived from surcharge collected under AS 43.55.200 04 is appropriated from the general fund to the oil and hazardous substance release response fund 05 (AS 46.08.010). 06 * Sec. 25. The sum of $10,623,400 is appropriated to the following departments, from the 07 following sources, for costs relating to legal proceedings and audit activity involving oil and 08 gas revenue due or paid to the state or state title to oil and gas land, for the fiscal year ending 09 June 30, 1994: 10 Department of Law 11 General fund $7,608,400 12 State corporation receipts 2,750,000 13 Department of Revenue 14 General fund 265,000 15 * Sec. 26. The sum of $3,599,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department 16 of Natural Resources for costs associated with fire suppression for the fiscal year ending 17 June 30, 1994. 18 * Sec. 27. The sum of $7,945,200 is appropriated to the disaster relief fund 19 (AS 26.23.300), for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1994, from the following sources: 20 Federal receipts $5,000,000 21 General fund 2,945,200 22 * Sec. 28. The sum of $22,804,600 is appropriated to the information services fund 23 (AS 44.21.045) for the Department of Administration, division of information services 24 programs from the following sources: 25 General fund $ 2,361,600 26 General fund program receipts 55,000 27 Inter-agency receipts 20,388,000 28 * Sec. 29. The sum of $28,715,800 is appropriated from the general fund to the Alaska 29 marine highway system fund (AS 19.65.060) to continue to provide stable services to the 30 public. 31 * Sec. 30. The sum of $2,068,200 is appropriated from the general fund to the fisheries
01 enhancement revolving loan fund (AS 16.10.505) for the fisheries enhancement loan programs. 02 * Sec. 31. The sum of $1,100,000 is appropriated from the mental health trust income 03 account (AS 37.14.011) to the unreserved portion of the general fund for statewide indirect 04 cost recovery related to mental health programs. 05 * Sec. 32. The fiscal year 1994 general fund receipts of the tank registration fee program 06 under AS 46.03.385 are appropriated to the storage tank assistance fund (AS 46.03.410). 07 * Sec. 33. The balance on June 30, 1993, of the Safety Advisory Council program receipts 08 account for the fiscal year 1993 is appropriated to the Safety Advisory Council for costs of 09 the 1994 annual governor's safety conference. 10 * Sec. 34. The amounts necessary to refund to local governments their share of taxes and 11 fees collected under the following programs are appropriated to the Department of Revenue 12 from the general fund for payment in fiscal year 1994: 13 (1) fisheries tax revenue for fiscal year 1993 (AS 43.75); 14 (2) amusement and gaming tax revenue for fiscal year 1994 (AS 43.35); 15 (3) aviation fuel tax revenue for fiscal year 1994 (AS 43.40.010); 16 (4) electric and telephone cooperative tax revenue for fiscal year 1994 17 (AS 10.25.570); and 18 (5) liquor license fee revenue for fiscal year 1994 (AS 04.11). 19 * Sec. 35. The amount equal to the salmon enhancement tax collected under 20 AS 43.76.010 - 43.76.030 and deposited in the general fund under AS 43.76.025(c) is 21 appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic 22 Development for payment in fiscal year 1994 to provide financing for qualified regional 23 associations operating within a region designated under AS 16.10.375. 24 * Sec. 36. If the unrestricted state revenue available for appropriation in fiscal year 1994 25 is insufficient to cover the general fund appropriations made for fiscal year 1994, the amount 26 necessary to balance revenue and general fund appropriations is appropriated to the general 27 fund from the budget reserve fund (AS 37.05.540). 28 * Sec. 37. The appropriations made by secs. 20, 22(b), 22(d), 28, 29, 30, and 32 of this 29 Act are for capitalization of funds and do not lapse under AS 37.25.010. 30 (SECTION 38 BEGINS ON PAGE 10)