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SCS CSHB 370(FIN) AM S: "An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses of state government and to capitalize funds; making appropriations under art. IX, sec. 17(c), Constitution of the State of Alaska, from the constitutional budget reserve fund; and providing for an effective date."

00SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 370(FIN) am S 01 "An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses of 02 state government and to capitalize funds; making appropriations under art. IX, 03 sec. 17(c), Constitution of the State of Alaska, from the constitutional budget 04 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)) 6,000,000 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 is appropriated from the 08 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 $5,779,764 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 $11,243,993 is appropriated from the general fund to the Alaska 03 debt retirement fund (AS 37.15.011). 04 (b) The sum of $11,243,993 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 $18,477,625 is appropriated from the general fund to the Alaska 09 debt retirement fund (AS 37.15.011). 10 (b) The sum of $23,177,625 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 * Sec. 12. The amount authorized for transfer by the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation 14 under AS 37.13.145(b) is appropriated from the earnings reserve account (AS 37.13.145) to 15 the dividend fund (AS 43.23.045(a)) for the payment of permanent fund dividends and 16 administrative and associated costs. 17 * Sec. 13. The amount calculated under AS 37.13.145 to offset the effect of inflation on 18 the principal of the Alaska permanent fund is appropriated to the principal of the Alaska 19 permanent fund from the earnings reserve account (AS 37.13.145) of the Alaska permanent 20 fund that remains after money is transferred to the dividend fund under sec. 12 of this Act. 21 * Sec. 14. The interest earned during fiscal year 1995 on revenue from the sources set out 22 in AS 37.13.010 while the revenue is held in trust, escrow, or otherwise before receipt of the 23 revenue by the state is appropriated to the principal of the Alaska permanent fund. 24 * Sec. 15. The amount required to be deposited under AS 37.13.010(a)(1) and (2) during 25 fiscal year 1995 is appropriated to the principal of the Alaska permanent fund in satisfaction 26 of that requirement. 27 * Sec. 16. The lapsing balance of the employment assistance and training program fund 28 (sec. 3, ch. 95, SLA 1989, as amended by sec. 33, ch. 2, FSSSLA 1992) on June 30, 1994, 29 is appropriated to the unemployment compensation fund (AS 23.20.130) on July 1, 1994. 30 * Sec. 17. (a) Except as provided in (b) and (c) of this section, all unrestricted mortgage 31 loan interest payments and all other unrestricted receipts, including, without limitation,

01 mortgage loan commitment fees, received by or accrued to the Alaska Housing Finance 02 Corporation during the fiscal year 1995, and all income earned on assets of the corporation 03 during that period, are appropriated to the Alaska housing finance revolving fund 04 (AS 18.56.082) for the purposes described in AS 18.56. 05 (b) All unrestricted mortgage loan interest payments and all other unrestricted receipts, 06 including, without limitation, mortgage loan commitment fees, received by or accrued to the 07 housing assistance loan fund (AS 18.56.420) in the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation 08 during the fiscal year 1995, and all income earned on assets of that fund during that period, 09 are appropriated to the housing assistance loan fund in the Alaska Housing Finance 10 Corporation for the purposes of that fund. 11 (c) All unrestricted mortgage loan interest payments and all other unrestricted receipts, 12 including, without limitation, mortgage loan commitment fees, received by or accrued to the 13 senior housing revolving fund (AS 18.56.710) in the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation 14 during the fiscal year 1995, and all income earned on assets of that fund during that period, 15 are appropriated to the senior housing revolving fund in the Alaska Housing Finance 16 Corporation for the purposes of that fund. 17 (d) The sum of $200,000,000 from the available unrestricted cash in the general 18 account of the revolving fund, Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, is anticipated to be 19 transferred by the direction of the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation board to the general 20 fund. The funds will be deposited to the general fund when received during fiscal year 1995. 21 * Sec. 18. The sum of $9,934,900 is appropriated from the commercial fishing revolving 22 loan fund (AS 16.10.340) to the fisheries enhancement revolving loan fund (AS 16.10.505) 23 for the fisheries enhancement loan programs. 24 * Sec. 19. (a) The balance of the oil and hazardous substance release mitigation account 25 (AS 46.04.010 and AS 46.08.020) on July 1, 1994, not otherwise appropriated by (b) of this 26 section, is appropriated to the oil and hazardous substance release response fund 27 (AS 46.08.010). 28 (b) The sum of $4,432,200 is appropriated from the oil and hazardous substance 29 release mitigation account (AS 46.04.010 and AS 46.08.020) on July 1, 1994, to the storage 30 tank assistance fund (AS 46.03.410) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1995. 31 * Sec. 20. (a) The sum of $25,900,000 derived from the surcharge collected under

01 AS 43.55.200 during fiscal year 1994 is appropriated from the general fund to the oil and 02 hazardous substance release response fund (AS 46.08.010). 03 (b) Contingent upon the passage by the Eighteenth Alaska State Legislature and the 04 enactment into law of a bill establishing the oil and hazardous substance release prevention 05 account and the oil and hazardous substance release response account (or substantially similar 06 accounts) in the oil and hazardous substance release prevention and response fund (or a 07 substantially similar successor to the oil and hazardous substance release response fund 08 (AS 46.08.010)), the amount of $25,900,000 that was appropriated under (a) of this section 09 is transferred from the oil and hazardous substance release response fund (AS 46.08.010) to 10 the oil and hazardous substance release prevention and response fund (or a substantially 11 similar successor to the oil and hazardous substance release response fund (AS 46.08.010)) 12 and is appropriated into the following accounts (or substantially similar accounts) in the 13 amounts listed 14 ACCOUNT APPROPRIATION 15 Oil and hazardous substance release 16 prevention account $15,540,000 17 Oil and hazardous substance release 18 response account 10,360,000 19 * Sec. 21. (a) The unexpended and unobligated balance of the oil and hazardous substance 20 release response fund (AS 46.08.010) on June 30, 1994, not otherwise appropriated, is 21 appropriated to the Department of Environmental Conservation for spill reserve for fiscal year 22 1995, unless a bill establishing the oil and hazardous substance release prevention account and 23 the oil and hazardous substance release response account (or substantially similar accounts) 24 in the oil and hazardous substance release prevention and response fund (or a substantially 25 similar successor to the oil and hazardous substance release response fund (AS 46.08.010)) 26 is passed by the Eighteenth Alaska State Legislature, is enacted into law, and takes effect on 27 or before July 1, 1994. 28 (b) Contingent upon the passage by the Eighteenth Alaska State Legislature and the 29 enactment into law of a bill that (1) establishes the oil and hazardous substance release 30 prevention account and the oil and hazardous substance release response account (or 31 substantially similar accounts) in the oil and hazardous substance release prevention and

01 response fund (or a substantially similar successor to the oil and hazardous substance release 02 response fund (AS 46.08.010)), and (2) takes effect on or before July 1, 1994, the unexpended 03 and unobligated balance of the oil and hazardous substance release response fund 04 (AS 46.08.010) on June 30, 1994, not otherwise appropriated, is appropriated to the oil and 05 hazardous substance release response account (or substantially similar account) in the oil and 06 hazardous substance release prevention and response fund (or a substantially similar successor 07 to the oil and hazardous substance release response fund (AS 46.08.010)). 08 (c) Contingent upon the passage by the Eighteenth Alaska State Legislature and the 09 enactment into law of a bill that (1) establishes the oil and hazardous substance release 10 prevention account and the oil and hazardous substance release response account (or 11 substantially similar accounts) in the oil and hazardous substance release prevention and 12 response fund (or a substantially similar successor to the oil and hazardous substance release 13 response fund (AS 46.08.010)), and (2) takes effect after July 1, 1994, the unexpended and 14 unobligated balance of the amount appropriated by (a) of this section is appropriated to the 15 oil and hazardous substance release response account (or substantially similar account) in the 16 oil and hazardous substance release prevention and response fund (or a substantially similar 17 successor to the oil and hazardous substance release response fund (AS 46.08.010)). 18 * Sec. 22. (a) The sum of $15,265,000 is appropriated to the following departments, from 19 the following sources, for costs relating to legal proceedings and audit activity involving oil 20 and gas revenue due or paid to the state or state title to oil and gas land, for the fiscal year 21 ending June 30, 1995: 22 Department of Law 23 State corporation receipts $3,750,000 24 Budget reserve fund (art. IX, 25 sec. 17, Constitution of the 26 State of Alaska) 11,250,000 27 Department of Revenue 28 General fund 265,000 29 (b) The appropriation made by (a) of this section from the budget reserve fund (art. 30 IX, sec. 17, Constitution of the State of Alaska) is made under art. IX, sec. 17(c), Constitution 31 of the State of Alaska.

01 * Sec. 23. The sum of $3,599,600 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department 02 of Natural Resources for costs associated with fire suppression for the fiscal year ending 03 June 30, 1995. 04 * Sec. 24. The sum of $21,148,600 is appropriated to the information services fund 05 (AS 44.21.045) for the Department of Administration, division of information services 06 programs from the following sources: 07 General fund $ 2,097,600 08 General fund program receipts 55,000 09 Inter-agency receipts 18,936,000 10 Inter-agency receipts/oil and hazardous 11 substance release response fund 60,000 12 * Sec. 25. The sum of $28,397,200 is appropriated from the general fund to the Alaska 13 marine highway system fund (AS 19.65.060) to continue to provide stable services to the 14 public. 15 * Sec. 26. The sum of $1,100,000 is appropriated from the mental health trust income 16 account (AS 37.14.011) to the unreserved portion of the general fund for statewide indirect 17 cost recovery related to mental health programs. 18 * Sec. 27. The fiscal year 1995 general fund receipts of the tank registration fee program 19 under AS 46.03.385 are appropriated to the storage tank assistance fund (AS 46.03.410). 20 * Sec. 28. An amount equal to the amount appropriated for the costs of the 1994 annual 21 governor's safety conference (sec. 33, ch. 65, SLA 1993) plus the fiscal year 1994 program 22 receipts of the Safety Advisory Council, less the amount expended or obligated for expenditure 23 for the costs of the 1994 annual governor's safety conference, is appropriated from the general 24 fund to the Safety Advisory Council for costs of the 1995 annual governor's safety conference. 25 * Sec. 29. (a) The sum of $8,000,000 is appropriated from the group health and life 26 benefits fund (AS 39.30.095) to the office of management and budget to lower health 27 insurance premiums paid by state agencies. 28 (b) That portion of each general fund appropriation made to a state agency that 29 contains funds for health insurance premiums for fiscal year 1995 is reduced by the amount 30 that the agency's health insurance premiums are reduced as the consequence of the 31 appropriation made by (a) of this section.

01 * Sec. 30. The unexpended and unobligated balance of the disaster relief fund 02 (AS 26.23.300) on June 30, 1994, lapses June 30, 1995 into the funds from which it was 03 appropriated. 04 * Sec. 31. The balance on June 30, 1994, of the Alaska Public Utilities Commission 05 program receipts account for regulatory cost charges under AS 42.05.253 for fiscal year 1994 06 is appropriated to the Alaska Public Utilities Commission for fiscal year 1995 expenditures. 07 * Sec. 32. The sum of $65,000 is appropriated from the rural electrification revolving loan 08 fund (AS 42.45.020) to the general fund as an additional revenue source. 09 * Sec. 33. The amount available in the four dam pool transfer fund (AS 42.45.050) during 10 fiscal year 1995 is appropriated to the following funds in the following percentages for the 11 purposes set out in AS 42.45.050: 12 Power cost equalization and rural 13 electric capitalization fund (AS 42.45.100) 40 percent 14 Southeast energy fund (AS 42.45.040) 40 percent 15 Power project fund (AS 42.45.010) 20 percent 16 * Sec. 34. (a) An amount equal to 25 percent of the money collected, and deposited into 17 the general fund, from day fines imposed under AS 12.55, not to exceed $100,000, is 18 appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Public Safety, Violent Crimes 19 Compensation Board, for grants and payment of claims. 20 (b) An amount equal to 25 percent of the money collected, and deposited into the 21 general fund, from day fines imposed under AS 12.55, not to exceed $100,000, is appropriated 22 from the general fund to the Department of Public Safety, Council on Domestic Violence and 23 Sexual Assault, for grants and payment of claims. 24 (c) The appropriations made by this section are contingent upon the passage by the 25 Eighteenth Alaska State Legislature, and the enactment into law, of legislation authorizing a 26 court to impose day fines on persons convicted of an offense. 27 * Sec. 35. The amounts necessary to refund to local governments their share of taxes and 28 fees collected under the following programs are appropriated to the Department of Revenue 29 from the general fund for payment in fiscal year 1995: 30 (1) Fisheries tax revenue for fiscal year 1994 (AS 43.75); 31 (2) Amusement and gaming tax revenue for fiscal year 1995 (AS 43.35);

01 (3) Aviation fuel tax revenue for fiscal year 1995 (AS 43.40.010); 02 (4) Electric and telephone cooperative tax revenue for fiscal year 1995 03 (AS 10.25.570); and 04 (5) Liquor license fee revenue for fiscal year 1995 (AS 04.11). 05 * Sec. 36. The amount equal to the salmon enhancement tax collected under AS 43.76 and 06 deposited in the general fund under AS 43.76.025(c) is appropriated from the general fund to 07 the Department of Commerce and Economic Development for payment in fiscal year 1995 to 08 provide financing for qualified regional associations operating within a region designated 09 under AS 16.10.375. 10 * Sec. 37. An amount equal to the fiscal year 1994 general fund receipts from the salmon 11 marketing tax under AS 43.76.110 and from the seafood marketing assessment under 12 AS 16.51.120, less the amount of those receipts that were expended or obligated for 13 expenditure during fiscal year 1994, is appropriated from the general fund to the Alaska 14 Seafood Marketing Institute for marketing Alaska seafood products during fiscal year 1995. 15 * Sec. 38. The amount required to pay claims awarded under AS 08.88.470 is appropriated 16 from the real estate surety fund (AS 08.88.450) to the Department of Commerce and 17 Economic Development, division of occupational licensing, to pay claims awarded under 18 AS 08.88.470. 19 * Sec. 39. (a) Subject to (e) of this section, the following amounts are appropriated from 20 the dividend fund (AS 43.23.045) to the Department of Corrections for fiscal year 1995 for 21 the purposes specified: 22 PURPOSE APPROPRIATION 23 Misdemeanant services $1,817,500 24 Community residential center substance 25 abuse counseling/services 175,200 26 (b) Subject to (e) of this section, if the amount in the dividend fund (AS 43.23.045) 27 that would have been paid to individuals who are ineligible to receive dividends under 28 AS 43.23.005(d) if they had been eligible exceeds the amount appropriated from the dividend 29 fund under (a) of this section, the difference between those two amounts is appropriated to the 30 Department of Corrections for statewide operations for fiscal year 1995. 31 (c) Subject to (e) of this section, if the amount in the dividend fund (AS 43.23.045)

01 that would have been paid to individuals who are ineligible to receive dividends under 02 AS 43.23.005(d) if they had been eligible is less than the total amount appropriated from the 03 dividend fund under (a) of this section, then the amount appropriated for each of the purposes 04 specified under (a) of this section, shall be reduced in the proportion that the difference bears 05 to the total amount appropriated under that subsection. 06 (d) Subject to (e) of this section, the general fund appropriation to the Department of 07 Corrections for statewide operations for fiscal year 1995 is reduced by an amount equal to that 08 appropriated under (b) of this section. 09 (e) This section is contingent upon the passage in 1994 by the Eighteenth Alaska State 10 Legislature and enactment into law of a bill amending AS 43.23.028(b) to provide that 11 disclosure of certain appropriations from the dividend fund is not required if the amount 12 appropriated for those appropriations during a fiscal year does not exceed the amount that 13 would have been paid in that same fiscal year to persons who are ineligible to receive 14 dividends under AS 43.23.005(d) if they had been eligible. 15 * Sec. 40. (a) The sum of $37,600,000 is appropriated from the investment loss trust fund 16 (AS 37.14.300) to the general fund as a funding source. 17 (b) The sum of $60,000,000 from the available unrestricted cash in the Alaska 18 Industrial Development and Export Authority revolving fund (AS 44.88.060) is anticipated to 19 be transferred by the direction of the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority 20 board to the general fund. The funds will be deposited to the general fund when received 21 during fiscal year 1995. 22 (c) If the unrestricted state revenue available for appropriation in fiscal year 1995 is 23 insufficient to cover the general fund appropriations made for fiscal year 1995, the amount 24 necessary to balance revenue and general fund appropriations is appropriated to the general 25 fund from the budget reserve fund (art. IX, sec. 17, Constitution of the State of Alaska). The 26 appropriation made by this subsection is made under art. IX, sec. 17(c), Constitution of the 27 State of Alaska. 28 (d) All residual right, title, and interest in the loan and note portfolio appropriated to 29 the economic development fund of the former Alaska Industrial Development Authority under 30 sec. 1, ch. 67, SLA 1985, that would lapse into the general fund upon release of any pledge 31 or interest arising in connection with the financing or development of the DeLong Mountain

01 Transportation Project are transferred from the general fund to the Alaska Industrial 02 Development and Export Authority revolving fund (AS 44.88.060) for the purposes described 03 in AS 44.88. 04 (e) Any interest in money generated by the DeLong Mountain Transportation Project 05 required to be transferred to the Department of Revenue under sec. 3, ch. 68, SLA 1985, is 06 transferred to the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority revolving fund 07 (AS 44.88.060) for the purposes described in AS 44.88. 08 * Sec. 41. The sum of $68,738,958 is appropriated from the budget reserve fund (art. IX, 09 sec. 17, Constitution of the State of Alaska) to the general fund to cover the share of the 10 state's actual expenditures for oil and gas litigation from July 1, 1990, through February 15, 11 1994, that is attributable to the constitutional budget reserve fund. This appropriation is made 12 under art. IX, sec. 17(c), Constitution of the State of Alaska. 13 * Sec. 42. The appropriations made by secs. 17 - 21, 24, 25, 27, and 33 of this Act are for 14 capitalization of funds and do not lapse under AS 37.25.010. 15 (SECTION 43 BEGINS ON PAGE 14)