HB 325: "An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses of state government, for certain programs, 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."
00HOUSE BILL NO. 325 01 "An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses 02 of state government, for certain programs, and to capitalize funds; making 03 appropriations under art. IX, sec. 17(c), Constitution of the State of Alaska, 04 from the constitutional budget reserve fund; and providing for an effective 05 date." 06 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 07 * Section 1. ALASKA HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION. (a) The sum of 08 $50,000,000 from the available unrestricted cash in the general account of the Alaska housing 09 finance revolving fund (AS 18.56.082) is anticipated to be transferred to the general fund 10 during fiscal year 1999 by the direction of the board of directors of the Alaska Housing 11 Finance Corporation. 12 (b) All unrestricted mortgage loan interest payments, mortgage loan commitment fees, 13 and all other unrestricted receipts received by or accrued to the Alaska Housing Finance 14 Corporation during fiscal year 1999 and all income earned on assets of the corporation during
01 that period are appropriated to the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation to hold as corporate 02 receipts for the purposes described in AS 18.56. The corporation shall allocate its corporate 03 receipts among the Alaska housing finance revolving fund (AS 18.56.082), housing assistance 04 loan fund (AS 18.56.420), and senior housing revolving fund (AS 18.56.710) in accordance 05 with procedures adopted by the board of directors. 06 (c) The following amounts are appropriated to the Alaska Housing Finance 07 Corporation (AHFC) from the sources indicated and for the following purposes: 08 PURPOSE AMOUNT SOURCE 09 Housing loan programs $350,000,000 AHFC corporate receipts 10 not subsidized by the Alaska 11 Housing Finance Corporation 12 Housing loan programs 50,000,000 AHFC corporate receipts 13 and projects subsidized derived from arbitrage 14 by the Alaska Housing earnings 15 Finance Corporation 16 * Sec. 2. ALASKA PERMANENT FUND CORPORATION. (a) The amount authorized 17 for transfer by the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation under AS 37.13.145(b) is appropriated 18 from the earnings reserve account (AS 37.13.145) to the dividend fund (AS 43.23.045(a)) for 19 the payment of permanent fund dividends and administrative and associated costs. 20 (b) After money is transferred to the dividend fund under (a) of this section, the 21 amount calculated under AS 37.13.145 to offset the effect of inflation on the principal of the 22 Alaska permanent fund is appropriated from the earnings reserve account (AS 37.13.145) to 23 the principal of the Alaska permanent fund. 24 (c) The amount required to be deposited under AS 37.13.010(a)(1) and (2) during 25 fiscal year 1999 is appropriated to the principal of the Alaska permanent fund in satisfaction 26 of that requirement. 27 (d) The interest earned during fiscal year 1999 on revenue from the sources set out 28 in AS 37.13.010 while the revenue is held in trust, escrow, or otherwise before receipt by the 29 state is appropriated to the principal of the Alaska permanent fund. 30 * Sec. 3. ALASKA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. The unexpended and 31 unobligated balance on June 30, 1998, of the Alaska Public Utilities Commission receipts
01 account for regulatory cost charges under AS 42.05.254 and AS 42.06.286 for fiscal year 1998 02 is appropriated to the Alaska Public Utilities Commission for fiscal year 1999 expenditures. 03 * Sec. 4. ALASKA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION. The unexpended 04 and unobligated balance in the Alaska science and technology endowment earnings reserve 05 on June 30, 1998, is appropriated to the Alaska Science and Technology Foundation to award 06 as grants under AS 37.17.030(d) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999. 07 * Sec. 5. ALASKA SEAFOOD MARKETING INSTITUTE. An amount equal to the 08 unexpended and unobligated balance on June 30, 1998, of the fiscal year 1998 general fund 09 receipts from the salmon marketing tax (AS 43.76.110) and from the seafood marketing 10 assessment (AS 16.51.120) is appropriated from the general fund to the Alaska Seafood 11 Marketing Institute for marketing Alaska seafood products during fiscal year 1999. 12 * Sec. 6. BUDGET PROPOSALS REQUIRING LEGISLATION. If a bill to implement 13 income limits for longevity bonus eligibility is passed by the Second Regular Session of the 14 Twentieth Alaska State Legislature and is enacted into law, the corresponding operating budget 15 appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999, in other sections of this Act are 16 reduced by the amounts listed below. 17 APPROPRIATION GENERAL 18 ITEMS FUND 19 Longevity Bonus Grants ($6,000,000) ($6,000,000) 20 Old Age Assistance - ALB 21 hold harmless (2,000,000) (2,000,000) 22 * Sec. 7. CONSTITUTIONAL BUDGET RESERVE FUND. (a) Amounts equal to the 23 deposits in the budget reserve fund (art. IX, sec. 17, Constitution of the State of Alaska) for 24 fiscal year 1998 that were made from subfunds and accounts other than the operating general 25 fund (state accounting system fund number 11100) by operation of art. IX, sec. 17(d) to repay 26 appropriations from the budget reserve fund are appropriated from the budget reserve fund to 27 the funds and accounts from which they were transferred. 28 (b) If the unrestricted state revenue available for appropriation in fiscal year 1999 is 29 insufficient to cover the general fund appropriations made for fiscal year 1999, the amount 30 necessary to balance revenue and general fund appropriations is appropriated to the general 31 fund from the budget reserve fund (art. IX, sec. 17, Constitution of the State of Alaska).
01 (c) The appropriations in (a) and (b) of this section are made under art. IX, sec. 17(c), 02 Constitution of the State of Alaska. 03 * Sec. 8. DISASTER RELIEF AND FIRE SUPPRESSION. (a) Federal receipts received 04 for disaster relief are appropriated to the disaster relief fund (AS 26.23.300). 05 (b) It is the intent of the legislature that funding necessary to meet the disaster relief 06 responsibilities of the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs and the fire suppression 07 responsibilities of the Department of Natural Resources will continue to be made available 08 through the disaster declaration process. If fiscal year 1999 disaster relief and fire suppression 09 costs are not adequately funded by this Act, the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs 10 or the Department of Natural Resources, respectively, shall submit a supplemental 11 appropriation request during the 1999 legislative session. 12 * Sec. 9. FEDERAL AND OTHER PROGRAM RECEIPTS. (a) Federal and other 13 program receipts that exceed the amounts appropriated by this Act are appropriated 14 conditioned on compliance with the program review provisions of AS 37.07.080(h). 15 (b) If federal or other program receipts as defined in AS 37.05.146 exceed the 16 estimates appropriated by this Act, the appropriations from state funds for the affected 17 program may be reduced by the excess if the reductions are consistent with applicable federal 18 statutes. 19 (c) If federal or other program receipts as defined in AS 37.05.146 fall short of the 20 estimates appropriated by this Act, the affected appropriation is reduced by the amount of the 21 shortfall in receipts. 22 * Sec. 10. FISH AND GAME ENFORCEMENT. (a) To increase enforcement of the fish 23 and game laws of the state, the amount deposited in the general fund during the fiscal year 24 ending June 30, 1998, from criminal fines, penalties, and forfeitures imposed for violation of 25 AS 16 and its implementing regulations and from the sale of forfeited property or alternative 26 damages collected under AS 16.05.195 is appropriated to the fish and game fund 27 (AS 16.05.100). 28 (b) Appropriations totaling the estimated amount of the deposits described in (a) of 29 this section are made in sec. 32 of this Act to the Departments of Public Safety and Law for 30 increased enforcement, investigation, and prosecution of state fish and game laws. If the 31 receipts appropriated to the fish and game fund (AS 16.05.100) from the sources described in
01 (a) of this section during fiscal year 1999 fall short of the estimates appropriated by this Act, 02 each department's appropriation set out in sec. 32 of this Act is reduced proportionately. 03 * Sec. 11. FOUR DAM POOL TRANSFER FUND. The amount available in the four dam 04 pool transfer fund (AS 42.45.050) during fiscal year 1999 is appropriated to the following 05 funds in the following percentages for the purposes set out in AS 42.45.050: 06 Power cost equalization and rural electric 40 percent 07 capitalization fund (AS 42.45.100) 08 Southeast energy fund (AS 42.45.040) 40 percent 09 Power project fund (AS 42.45.010) 20 percent 10 * Sec. 12. INFORMATION SERVICES FUND. The sum of $55,000 is appropriated to 11 the information services fund (AS 44.21.045) for the Department of Administration, division 12 of information services programs, from designated program receipts. 13 * Sec. 13. INSURANCE AND BOND CLAIMS. The amount necessary to fund the uses 14 of the state insurance catastrophe reserve account described in AS 37.05.289(a) is appropriated 15 from that account to the Department of Administration for those uses. 16 * Sec. 14. INSURANCE FEES. The unexpended and unobligated balance on June 30, 17 1998, of the Department of Commerce and Economic Development, division of insurance, 18 general fund program receipts from insurance fees under AS 21.06.250 is appropriated to the 19 Department of Commerce and Economic Development, division of insurance, for operating 20 costs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999. 21 * Sec. 15. MARINE HIGHWAY SYSTEM FUND. The sum of $28,158,100 is 22 appropriated from the general fund to the Alaska marine highway system fund (AS 19.65.060). 23 * Sec. 16. MOTOR FUEL TAX. The following estimated amounts from the unreserved 24 special accounts in the general fund are included within the general fund amounts appropriated 25 by this Act: 26 Highway fuel tax account (AS 43.40.010(g)) $25,100,000 27 Aviation fuel tax account (AS 43.40.010(e)) 5,400,000 28 * Sec. 17. OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING. The unexpended and unobligated balance on 29 June 30, 1998, of the Department of Commerce and Economic Development, division of 30 occupational licensing, general fund program receipts from occupational licensing fees under 31 AS 08.01.065 is appropriated to the division of occupational licensing for operating costs for
01 the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999. 02 * Sec. 18. OIL AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE RELEASE PREVENTION 03 ACCOUNT. The following amounts are appropriated to the oil and hazardous substance 04 release prevention account (AS 46.08.010(a)(1)) in the oil and hazardous substance release 05 prevention and response fund (AS 46.08.010) from the sources indicated: 06 (1) the balance of the oil and hazardous substance release prevention mitigation 07 account (AS 46.08.020(b)) in the general fund on July 1, 1998, not otherwise appropriated by 08 this Act; 09 (2) the amount collected for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998, estimated 10 to be $12,300,000, from the surcharge levied under AS 43.55.300. 11 * Sec. 19. OIL AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE RELEASE RESPONSE ACCOUNT. 12 The following amounts are appropriated to the oil and hazardous substance release response 13 account (AS 46.08.010(a)(2)) in the oil and hazardous substance release prevention and 14 response fund (AS 46.08.010) from the following sources: 15 (1) the balance of the oil and hazardous substance release response mitigation 16 account (AS 46.08.025(b)) in the general fund on July 1, 1998, not otherwise appropriated by 17 this Act; 18 (2) the amount collected for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998, from the 19 surcharge levied under AS 43.55.201. 20 * Sec. 20. RETAINED FEES. The amount retained to compensate the collector or trustee 21 of fees, licenses, taxes, or other money belonging to the state during the fiscal year ending 22 June 30, 1999, is appropriated for that purpose to the agency authorized by law to generate 23 the revenue. 24 * Sec. 21. SAFETY ADVISORY COUNCIL. The amount appropriated for the 1998 25 annual governor's safety conference (sec. 19, ch. 98, SLA 1997), plus the fiscal year 1998 26 program receipts of the Alaska Safety Advisory Council (AS 18.60.830), less the amount 27 expended or obligated for the 1998 annual governor's safety conference, is appropriated from 28 general fund program receipts to the Alaska Safety Advisory Council for costs of the 1999 29 annual governor's safety conference. 30 * Sec. 22. SALARY AND BENEFIT ADJUSTMENTS. (a) The sum of $9,208,250 is 31 appropriated to the Office of the Governor, office of management and budget, for the fiscal
01 year ending June 30, 1999, from the funding sources listed in (e) of this section, to implement 02 the monetary terms of the collective bargaining agreements listed in (b) of this section and for 03 salary and benefit adjustments for executive branch, Alaska Court System, legislative branch, 04 and University of Alaska employees who are not members of a collective bargaining unit. 05 (b) Funding for the following collective bargaining agreements is included in the 06 appropriation made in (a) of this section: 07 Alaska Classified Employees Association, representing certain employees of the 08 University of Alaska; 09 Alaska Community College Federation of Teachers, representing certain employees of 10 the University of Alaska; 11 Alaska Public Employees Association for the Supervisory Unit; 12 Alaska State Employees Association for the General Government Unit; 13 Alyeska Correspondence School Education Association, representing teachers at the Alyeska Central School; 14 Alaska Vocational Technical Center Teachers Association, representing teachers at the Alaska Vocational Technical 15 Center; 16 Inland Boatmen's Union of the Pacific representing the unlicensed marine unit; 17 International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, representing non-judicial, nonsupervisory, classified employees 18 of the Alaska Court System; 19 International Organization of Masters, Mates, and Pilots, Pacific Maritime Region for 20 the Masters, Mates, and Pilots Unit; 21 Marine Engineers Beneficial Association, representing licensed engineers employed by 22 the Alaska Marine Highway System; 23 Public Employees Local 71 for the Labor, Trades, and Crafts Unit; 24 Public Safety Employees Association, representing state troopers and other 25 commissioned law enforcement personnel; 26 Teachers' Education Association of Mt. Edgecumbe, representing teachers of the 27 Mt. Edgecumbe High School. 28 (c) Except as described in (d) of this section, the appropriation made in (a) of this 29 section is the net funding increase for salary and benefit adjustments after deducting cost 30 savings resulting from decreases in employer contributions to the Public Employees 31 Retirement System (PERS). For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999, the PERS contribution
01 rate declines 1.57 percent for police and fire employees and .81 percent for all other executive 02 branch employees except University of Alaska employees. 03 (d) The amount of operating budget appropriations made in sec. 32 of this Act to the 04 University of Alaska, the Alaska Court System, and the legislature includes any increase or 05 decrease caused by changes to the PERS contribution rate. 06 (e) The appropriation made in (a) of this section is allocated to the following agencies 07 from the following funding sources in the amounts listed: 08 AGENCY ALLOCATION 09 Administration $673,000 10 Commerce and Economic Development 170,600 11 Community and Regional Affairs 84,400 12 Corrections 702,500 13 Education 242,600 14 Environmental Conservation 240,800 15 Fish and Game 594,200 16 Office of the Governor 92,400 17 Health and Social Services 1,005,900 18 Labor 316,200 19 Law 228,500 20 Military and Veterans' Affairs 86,000 21 Natural Resources 331,900 22 Public Safety 254,900 23 Revenue 492,600 24 Transportation and Public Facilities 1,857,530 25 Transportation and Public Facilities/ 26 Alaska marine highway system fund 273,800 27 University of Alaska 684,500 28 Alaska Court System 515,120 29 Legislature 360,800 30 FUNDING SOURCE AMOUNT 31 Federal receipts $1,102,890
01 General fund match 233,200 02 General fund receipts 4,848,920 03 General fund program receipts 312,070 04 Inter-agency receipts 455,110 05 Alaska advance college tuition payment fund 100 06 Donated commodity handling fee account 1,100 07 University dormitory/food/auxiliary service 1,000 08 Federal incentive payments 18,700 09 Benefit system receipts 11,800 10 Exxon Valdez oil spill settlement 37,400 11 Agricultural loan fund 8,500 12 FICA administration fund account 500 13 Fish and game fund 86,000 14 Science and technology endowment 7,100 15 Highway working capital fund 123,700 16 International airports revenue fund 254,800 17 Public employees retirement fund 16,700 18 Second injury fund reserve account 1,300 19 Disabled fisherman's reserve account 1,100 20 Surplus property revolving fund 2,800 21 Teachers' retirement system fund 14,100 22 Veterans' revolving loan fund 1,400 23 Commercial fishing loan fund 13,300 24 General fund/mental health 56,500 25 University student tuition/fees/services 42,500 26 Real estate surety fund 600 27 Judicial retirement system 100 28 Public Law 81-874 600 29 National guard retirement system 100 30 Student revolving loan fund 100 31 University restricted receipts 7,500
01 Training and building fund 4,800 02 Permanent fund dividend fund 27,900 03 Rural development initiative fund 600 04 Oil/hazardous prevention/response 57,500 05 Interagency receipts/oil and hazardous waste 7,600 06 Capital improvement project receipts 600,700 07 Power project loan fund 4,300 08 Public school fund 200 09 Child care revolving loan fund 100 10 Fisheries enhancement revolving loan fund 1,100 11 Alternative energy revolving loan fund 900 12 Bulk fuel revolving loan fund 400 13 Alaska clean water loan fund 2,100 14 Marine highway system fund 456,330 15 Storage tank assistance fund 4,400 16 Mental health trust receipts 3,300 17 Clean air protection fund 14,500 18 Information services fund 76,500 19 Mental health trust authority authorized receipts 11,300 20 Children's trust fund earnings 200 21 Alaska Housing Finance Corporation receipts 105,580 22 Alaska Municipal Bond Bank receipts 550 23 Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation receipts 62,980 24 Postsecondary education commission receipts 44,300 25 Statutory designated program receipts 25,430 26 Test fisheries receipts 10,900 27 Alaska Public Utilities Commission 22,190 28 * Sec. 23. SALMON ENHANCEMENT TAX. The salmon enhancement tax collected 29 under AS 43.76.010 - 43.76.030 in calendar year 1997 and deposited in the general fund under 30 AS 43.76.025(c) is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Commerce and 31 Economic Development for payment in fiscal year 1999 to qualified regional associations
01 operating within a region designated under AS 16.10.375. 02 * Sec. 24. SHARED TAXES AND FEES. The amount necessary to refund to local 03 governments their share of taxes and fees collected in the listed fiscal years under the 04 following programs is appropriated to the Department of Revenue from the general fund for 05 payment in fiscal year 1999: 06 REVENUE SOURCE FISCAL YEAR COLLECTED 07 fisheries taxes (AS 43.75) 1998 08 fishery resource landing tax (AS 43.77) 1998 09 amusement and gaming taxes (AS 43.35) 1999 10 aviation fuel tax (AS 43.40.010) 1999 11 electric and telephone cooperative tax (AS 10.25.570) 1999 12 liquor license fee (AS 04.11) 1999 13 * Sec. 25. STATE DEBT AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS. (a) The amount required to pay 14 interest on revenue anticipation notes issued by the commissioner of revenue under AS 43.08 15 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Revenue for payment of the 16 interest on those notes. 17 (b) The amount required to be paid by the state for principal and interest on all issued 18 and outstanding state-guaranteed bonds is appropriated from the general fund to the state bond 19 committee for payment of principal and interest on those bonds. 20 (c) The sum of $64,029,032 is appropriated from the general fund to the Alaska debt 21 retirement fund (AS 37.15.011). 22 (d) The sum of $16,331,216 is appropriated from the Alaska debt retirement fund 23 (AS 37.15.011) to the state bond committee for trustee fees and lease payments relating to 24 certificates of participation issued for real property. 25 (e) The sum of $8,871,807 is appropriated from the Alaska debt retirement fund 26 (AS 37.15.011) to the state bond committee for payment of debt service and trustee fees on 27 state general obligation bonds. 28 (f) The sum of $5,005,283 is appropriated from the International Airports Revenue 29 Fund (AS 37.15.430) to the state bond committee for payment of debt service and trustee fees 30 on outstanding international airports revenue bonds. 31 (g) The sum of $466,500 is appropriated from the Alaska clean water fund
01 (AS 46.03.032) to the state bond committee for payment of debt service and trustee fees on 02 outstanding clean water fund bonds. 03 (h) The sum of $60,804,147 is appropriated to the Department of Education for state 04 aid for costs of school construction under AS 14.11.100 from the following sources: 05 Alaska debt retirement fund (AS 37.15.011) $44,804,147 06 School fund (AS 43.50.140) 16,000,000 07 * Sec. 26. STATE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM. The lapsing balance 08 of the employment assistance and training program account (AS 23.15.625) on June 30, 1998, 09 is appropriated to the unemployment compensation fund (AS 23.20.130). 10 * Sec. 27. STATUTORY BUDGET RESERVE FUND. If the unrestricted state revenue 11 available for appropriation in fiscal year 1999 is insufficient to cover the general fund 12 appropriations made for fiscal year 1999, the amount necessary to balance revenue and general 13 fund appropriations is appropriated to the general fund from the budget reserve fund 14 (AS 37.05.540). 15 * Sec. 28. STORAGE TANK ASSISTANCE FUND. (a) The fiscal year 1999 general 16 fund receipts of the tank registration fee program under AS 46.03.385 are appropriated to the 17 storage tank assistance fund (AS 46.03.410). 18 (b) The sum of $4,164,800 is appropriated from the oil and hazardous substance 19 release prevention account (AS 46.08.010(a)(1)) to the storage tank assistance fund 20 (AS 46.03.410) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999. 21 * Sec. 29. STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM. The amount from student loan borrowers of 22 the Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education that is assessed for loan origination fees 23 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999, is appropriated to the origination fee account 24 (AS 14.43.120(u)) within the student loan fund of the Alaska Student Loan Corporation for 25 the purposes specified in AS 14.43.120(u). 26 * Sec. 30. TEACHER CERTIFICATION. The unexpended and unobligated balance on 27 June 30, 1998, of the Department of Education, teacher certification general fund program 28 receipts from certification fees under AS 14.20.020(c) is appropriated to the Department of 29 Education, teacher certification, for operating costs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999. 30 * Sec. 31. NONLAPSE OF APPROPRIATIONS. The appropriations made by secs. 1, 8, 31 10(a), 11, 12, 15, 18, 19, 26, 28(a), and 29 of this Act are for the capitalization of funds and
01 do not lapse under AS 37.25.010. 02 (SECTION 32 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON PAGE 14)