CCS HB 412(BRF FLD H/S)(EFD FLD S): "An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses of state government, for certain programs, and to capitalize funds."
00CONFERENCE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 412(brf fld H/S)(efd fld S) 01 "An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses 02 of state government, for certain programs, and to capitalize funds." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. ALASKA CLEAN AIR PROTECTION FUND. Upon the effective date of 05 the clean air protection fund established in AS 46.14.260, an amount equal to the fiscal year 06 1997 receipts from air permit fees collected under AS 46.14.240 - 46.14.250, less the amount 07 of those receipts that have been expended or obligated for expenditure, is appropriated to the 08 clean air protection fund. 09 * Sec. 2. ALASKA CLEAN WATER FUND. The sum of $8,815,400 is appropriated to 10 the Alaska clean water fund (AS 46.03.032) for the Alaska clean water loan program from the 11 following sources: 12 General fund $1,469,200 13 Federal receipts 7,346,200 14 * Sec. 3. ALASKA HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION. (a) The sum of $50,000,000
01 from the available unrestricted cash in the general account of the Alaska housing finance 02 revolving fund (AS 18.56.082) is anticipated to be transferred to the general fund during fiscal 03 year 1997 by the direction of the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation board. 04 (b) All unrestricted mortgage loan interest payments, mortgage loan commitment fees, 05 and all other unrestricted receipts, received by or accrued to the Alaska Housing Finance 06 Corporation during fiscal year 1997, and all income earned on assets of the corporation during 07 that period, are appropriated to the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation to hold as corporate 08 receipts for the purposes described in AS 18.56. The corporation shall allocate its corporate 09 receipts among the Alaska housing finance revolving fund (AS 18.56.082), housing assistance 10 loan fund (AS 18.56.420), and senior housing revolving fund (AS 18.56.710) in accordance 11 with procedures adopted by the board of directors. 12 (c) The following amounts are appropriated to the Alaska Housing Finance 13 Corporation from the sources indicated and for the following purposes: 14 PURPOSE AMOUNT SOURCE 15 Housing loan programs $350,000,000 Corporate receipts 16 that are not subsidized 17 by Alaska Housing 18 Finance Corporation 19 Housing loan programs 50,000,000 Corporate receipts derived 20 and projects that are from arbitrage earnings 21 subsidized by Alaska 22 Housing Finance 23 Corporation 24 * Sec. 4. ALASKA INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND EXPORT AUTHORITY. The 25 sum of $16,700,000 from the available unrestricted cash in the Alaska Industrial Development 26 and Export Authority revolving fund (AS 44.88.060) is anticipated to be transferred by the 27 direction of the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority Board to the general 28 fund. The funds shall be deposited to the general fund when received during fiscal year 1997. 29 * Sec. 5. ALASKA PERMANENT FUND CORPORATION. (a) The amount authorized 30 for transfer by the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation under AS 37.13.145(b) is appropriated 31 from the earnings reserve account (AS 37.13.145) to the dividend fund (AS 43.23.045(a)) for
01 the payment of permanent fund dividends and administrative and associated costs. 02 (b) After money is transferred to the dividend fund under (a) of this section, the 03 amount calculated under AS 37.13.145 to offset the effect of inflation on the principal of the 04 Alaska permanent fund is appropriated from the earnings reserve account (AS 37.13.145) to 05 the principal of the Alaska permanent fund. 06 (c) The amount required to be deposited under AS 37.13.010(a)(1) and (2) during 07 fiscal year 1997 is appropriated to the principal of the Alaska permanent fund in satisfaction 08 of that requirement. 09 (d) The interest earned during fiscal year 1997 on revenue from the sources set out 10 in AS 37.13.010 while the revenue is held in trust, escrow, or otherwise before receipt by the 11 state is appropriated to the principal of the Alaska permanent fund. 12 * Sec. 6. ALASKA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. The balance on June 30, 1996, 13 of the Alaska Public Utilities Commission program receipts account for regulatory cost 14 charges under AS 42.05.254 and AS 42.06.286 for fiscal year 1996 is appropriated to the 15 Alaska Public Utilities Commission for fiscal year 1997 expenditures. 16 * Sec. 7. ALASKA SEAFOOD MARKETING INSTITUTE. An amount equal to the fiscal 17 year 1996 general fund receipts from the salmon marketing tax (AS 43.76.110), from the 18 seafood marketing assessment (AS 16.51.120), and from the fisheries resource landing tax 19 (AS 43.77.050), less the amount of those receipts expended or obligated during fiscal year 20 1996, is appropriated from the general fund to the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute for 21 marketing Alaska seafood products during fiscal year 1997. 22 * Sec. 8. STATUTORY BUDGET RESERVE FUND. If the unrestricted state revenue 23 available for appropriation in fiscal year 1997 is insufficient to cover the general fund 24 appropriations made for that fiscal year 1997, the amount necessary to balance revenue and 25 general fund appropriations is appropriated to the general fund from the budget reserve fund 26 (AS 37.05.540). 27 * Sec. 9. MONETARY TERMS OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS. (a) 28 The monetary terms of each of the collective bargaining agreements listed in (b) of this 29 section are rejected under AS 23.40.215 unless separate legislation is enacted which contains 30 explicit language approving the monetary terms of that agreement. Money appropriated in this 31 Act may not be used to implement the monetary terms of any of the collective bargaining
01 agreements listed in (b) of this section unless separate legislation is enacted which contains 02 explicit language approving the monetary terms of the collective bargaining agreement. 03 (b) This section applies to the collective bargaining agreements negotiated between 04 the state and the following bargaining organizations: 05 (1) Alaska State Employees Association, for the General Government Unit; 06 (2) Alaska Public Employees Association, for the Supervisory Unit; 07 (3) Public Employees Local 71, for the Labor, Trades and Crafts Unit; 08 (4) Inland Boatmen's Union of the Pacific, representing the unlicensed marine 09 unit for a contract for the period October 10, 1994, through May 31, 1996; 10 (5) Inland Boatmen's Union of the Pacific, representing the unlicensed marine 11 unit for a contract for the period June 1, 1996, through May 31, 1999; 12 (6) International Organization of Masters, Mates, and Pilots, Pacific Maritime 13 Region, for the Masters, Mates, and Pilots Unit; 14 (7) Public Safety Employees Association, representing state troopers and other 15 commissioned law enforcement personnel; 16 (8) Alyeska Centralized School Employees Association, representing teachers 17 at the Alyeska Correspondence School; 18 (9) International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers representing nonjudicial, 19 nonsupervisory, classified employees of the Alaska Court System; 20 (10) the Classified Employees Association, representing University of Alaska 21 employees; and 22 (11) the Alaska Community Colleges' Federation of Teachers, representing 23 faculty members of the University of Alaska. 24 * Sec. 10. DISASTER RELIEF FUND. (a) The sum of $9,000,000 is appropriated from 25 federal receipts to the disaster relief fund (AS 26.23.300). 26 (b) It is the intent of the legislature that funding necessary to meet the disaster relief 27 responsibilities of the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs will continue to be made 28 available through the disaster declaration process. During the 1997 legislative session, the 29 department shall submit a supplemental appropriation request for fiscal year 1997 disaster 30 relief costs. 31 * Sec. 11. FEDERAL AND OTHER PROGRAM RECEIPTS. (a) Except for receipts of
01 the fish and game fund (AS 16.05.100), federal or other program receipts as defined in 02 AS 37.05.146 that exceed the amounts appropriated by this Act are appropriated conditioned 03 upon compliance with the program review provisions of AS 37.07.080(h). The amounts 04 appropriated from the fish and game fund in this Act are limited to the amounts stated in this 05 Act. 06 (b) If federal or other program receipts as defined in AS 37.05.146 exceed the 07 estimates appropriated by this Act, the appropriations from state funds for the affected 08 program may be reduced by the excess if the reductions are consistent with applicable federal 09 statutes. 10 (c) Except as provided in (d) of this section, if federal or other program receipts as 11 defined in AS 37.05.146 fall short of the estimates appropriated by this Act, the affected 12 appropriation is reduced by the shortfall in receipts. 13 (d) If the federal receipts under 42 U.S.C. 1397 - 1397f (Title XX of the Social 14 Security Act) fall short of the estimate, the amount of the shortfall, not to exceed $6,310,800, 15 is appropriated from the general fund. 16 * Sec. 12. FOUR DAM POOL TRANSFER FUND. The amount available in the four dam 17 pool transfer fund (AS 42.45.050) during fiscal year 1997 is appropriated to the following 18 funds in the following percentages for the purposes set out in AS 42.45.050: 19 Power cost equalization and rural electric 40 percent 20 capitalization fund (AS 42.45.100) 21 Southeast energy fund (AS 42.45.040) 40 percent 22 Power project fund (AS 42.45.010) 20 percent 23 * Sec. 13. INFORMATION SERVICES FUND. The sum of $21,661,500 is appropriated 24 to the information services fund (AS 44.21.045) for the Department of Administration, 25 division of information services programs, from the following sources: 26 General fund program receipts $ 55,000 27 Inter-agency receipts 21,456,000 28 Inter-agency receipts/oil and hazardous 150,500 29 substance release prevention and response fund 30 * Sec. 14. INSURANCE AND BOND CLAIMS. (a) Amounts necessary to fund the uses 31 of the state insurance catastrophe reserve account described in AS 37.05.289(a) are
01 appropriated from that account to the Department of Administration. 02 (b) Amounts equivalent to the amounts to be received in settlement of insurance 03 claims for losses and the amounts to be received as recovery for losses are appropriated from 04 the general fund to the state insurance catastrophe reserve account established by 05 AS 37.05.289. 06 (c) Amounts equivalent to the amounts to be received in settlement of claims against 07 bonds guaranteeing the reclamation of state land are appropriated from the general fund to the 08 agency secured by the bond. This appropriation is made for the purpose of reclaiming state 09 land affected by a use covered by the bond. 10 (d) The appropriations made by (b) and (c) of this section are contingent upon 11 compliance with the program review provisions of AS 37.07.080(h). 12 * Sec. 15. MARINE HIGHWAY SYSTEM FUND. The sum of $28,284,000 is 13 appropriated from the general fund to the Alaska marine highway system fund (AS 19.65.060). 14 * Sec. 16. MOTOR FUEL TAX. The following amounts from the unreserved special 15 accounts in the general fund are included within the general fund amounts appropriated by this 16 Act: 17 Highway fuel tax account (AS 43.40.010(g)) $22,500,000 18 Aviation fuel tax account (AS 43.40.010(e))7,500,000 19 * Sec. 17. OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING. The unexpended and unobligated balance on 20 June 30, 1996, of the Department of Commerce and Economic Development, division of 21 occupational licensing, general fund program receipts from occupational licensing fees under 22 AS 08.01.065 is appropriated to the division of occupational licensing for operating costs for 23 the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997. 24 * Sec. 18. OIL AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE RELEASE PREVENTION 25 ACCOUNT. (a) The following amounts are appropriated to the oil and hazardous substance 26 release prevention account (AS 46.08.010(a)(1)) in the oil and hazardous substance release 27 prevention and response fund (AS 46.08.010) from the sources indicated: 28 (1) the balance of the oil and hazardous substance release prevention mitigation 29 account (AS 46.08.020(b)) in the general fund on July 1, 1996, not otherwise appropriated by 30 this Act; 31 (2) the amount of $13,600,000, derived from the surcharge collected under
01 AS 43.55.300 during fiscal year 1996. 02 (b) The appropriation made by (a)(2) of this section is based on revenue estimates. 03 If the amount in the general fund that is derived from the surcharge collected under 04 AS 43.55.300 during fiscal year 1996 is greater than the appropriation made by (a)(2) of this 05 section, that appropriation is increased to that greater amount. 06 * Sec. 19. OIL AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE RELEASE RESPONSE ACCOUNT. 07 The following amounts are appropriated to the oil and hazardous substance release response 08 account (AS 46.08.010(a)(2)) in the oil and hazardous substance release prevention and 09 response fund (AS 46.08.010) from the following sources: 10 (1) the balance of the oil and hazardous substance release response mitigation 11 account (AS 46.08.025(b)) in the general fund on July 1, 1996, not otherwise appropriated by 12 this Act; 13 (2) the amount derived from the surcharge collected under AS 43.55.201 14 during fiscal year 1996. 15 * Sec. 20. RETAINED FEES. An amount not to exceed the amount retained as fees by 16 a collector of fees, licenses, taxes, or other money belonging to the state is appropriated from 17 the fees, licenses, taxes, or other money belonging to the state that are collected during fiscal 18 year 1997 to the agency authorized by law to generate the revenue for the purpose of 19 compensating the collector for services rendered for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997. 20 * Sec. 21. SAFETY ADVISORY COUNCIL. The amount appropriated for the 1996 21 annual governor's safety conference (sec. 28, ch. 94, SLA 1995), plus the fiscal year 1996 22 program receipts of the Safety Advisory Council (AS 18.60.830), less the amount expended 23 or obligated for the 1996 annual governor's safety conference, is appropriated from the general 24 fund to the Safety Advisory Council for costs of the 1997 annual governor's safety conference. 25 * Sec. 22. SALMON ENHANCEMENT TAX. The salmon enhancement tax collected 26 under AS 43.76.010 - 43.76.030 in calendar year 1995 and deposited in the general fund under 27 AS 43.76.025(c) is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Commerce and 28 Economic Development for payment in fiscal year 1997 to qualified regional associations 29 operating within a region designated under AS 16.10.375. 30 * Sec. 23. SHARED TAXES AND FEES. The amounts necessary to refund to local 31 governments their share of taxes and fees collected in the listed fiscal years under the
01 following programs are appropriated to the Department of Revenue from the general fund for 02 payment in fiscal year 1997: 03 REVENUE SOURCE FISCAL YEAR COLLECTED 04 fisheries tax (AS 43.75) 1996 05 fishery resource landing tax (AS 43.77) 1996 06 amusement and gaming tax (AS 43.35) 1997 07 aviation fuel tax (AS 43.40.010) 1997 08 electric and telephone 09 cooperative tax (AS 10.25.570) 1997 10 liquor license fee (AS 04.11) 1997 11 * Sec. 24. STATE OBLIGATIONS. (a) The amount required to pay interest on revenue 12 anticipation notes issued by the commissioner of revenue under AS 43.08 is appropriated from 13 the general fund to the Department of Revenue for payment of the interest on those notes. 14 (b) The amount required to be paid by the state for principal and interest on all issued 15 and outstanding state-guaranteed bonds is appropriated from the general fund to the state bond 16 committee for payment of principal and interest on those bonds. 17 (c) The sum of $94,741,184 is appropriated from the general fund to the Alaska debt 18 retirement fund (AS 37.15.011). 19 (d) The sum of $9,595,925 is appropriated from the Alaska debt retirement fund 20 (AS 37.15.011) to the state bond committee for lease payments to the City of Seward, City 21 of Kenai, Department of Natural Resources, and the Alaska Court System. 22 (e) The sum of $16,528,682 is appropriated from the Alaska debt retirement fund 23 (AS 37.15.011) to the state bond committee for payment of debt service and trustee fees on 24 state general obligation bonds. 25 (f) The sum of $5,805,963 is appropriated from the international airports revenue fund 26 (AS 37.15.430) to the state bond committee for payment of debt service and trustee fees on 27 outstanding international airports revenue bonds. 28 (g) The sum of $68,616,577 is appropriated from the Alaska debt retirement fund 29 (AS 37.15.011) to the Department of Education for state aid for costs of school construction 30 under AS 14.11.100. 31 * Sec. 25. STATE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM. The lapsing balance
01 of the employment assistance and training program fund (sec. 3, ch. 95, SLA 1989, as 02 amended by sec. 33, ch. 2, FSSLA 1992) on June 30, 1996, is appropriated to the 03 unemployment compensation fund (AS 23.20.130). 04 * Sec. 26. STORAGE TANK REGISTRATION FEES. (a) The fiscal year 1997 general 05 fund receipts of the tank registration fee program under AS 46.03.385 are appropriated to the 06 storage tank assistance fund (AS 46.03.410). 07 (b) The sum of $2,853,800 is appropriated from the oil and hazardous substance 08 release prevention account (AS 46.08.010(a)(1)) to the storage tank assistance fund 09 (AS 46.03.410) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997. 10 * Sec. 27. STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM. The amount assessed for loan guarantee fees 11 during prior fiscal years and the amount assessed for loan origination fees from student loan 12 borrowers of the Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education is appropriated to the 13 origination fee account (AS 14.43.120(u)) within the student loan fund of the Alaska Student 14 Loan Corporation for the purposes specified in AS 14.43.120(u). 15 * Sec. 28. UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA. The proceeds from the sale of special request 16 university plates under AS 28.10.421 are appropriated from the general fund to the University 17 of Alaska for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997, for support of the alumni associations at 18 the campuses listed and in the amounts set out: 19 CAMPUS APPROPRIATION AMOUNT 20 University of Alaska, Fairbanks $ 18,109.09 21 University of Alaska, Anchorage 2,359.09 22 Prince William Sound Community College 245.46 23 * Sec. 29. NONLAPSE OF APPROPRIATIONS. The appropriations made by secs. 1, 2, 24 3, 10, 12, 13, 14(b), 15, 18, 19, 25, 26(a), and 27 of this Act are for the capitalization of funds 25 and do not lapse under AS 37.25.010. 26 (SECTION 30 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON PAGE 12)