CSHB 137(STA): "An Act relating to state aid to municipalities and certain other recipients; relating to municipal dividends; relating to the public safety foundation program; and providing for an effective date."
00CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 137(STA) 01 "An Act relating to state aid to municipalities and certain other recipients; 02 relating to municipal dividends; relating to the public safety foundation program; 03 and providing for an effective date." 04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 05 * Section 1. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new 06 section to read: 07 FINDINGS. The legislature finds that 08 (1) roads, police, fire protection, emergency medical services, and health 09 services are top priorities of the citizens of the state; 10 (2) the public safety foundation program is a return to the historically 11 successful original "revenue sharing for services" concept used from 1969 to 1980 to promote 12 more effective local governments and stable or reduced local taxes; 13 (3) municipalities should be held accountable for providing specific public 14 safety services with state shared revenues;
01 (4) the public safety foundation program is a positive incentive to incorporate 02 or for a municipality to accept more responsibility for roads and other high priority public 03 services; 04 (5) fully funding the municipal dividend from a portion of the excess earnings 05 of the permanent fund, after funding permanent fund dividends and inflation-proofing, will not 06 change the current calculation for the permanent fund dividend, but will save the local 07 taxpayers an average of $150 a year that would otherwise be required to support local public 08 services. 09 * Sec. 2. AS 18.70.075(a) is amended to read: 10 (a) A fire officer of a municipal fire department or a fire department registered 11 under AS 29.60.730 [AS 29.60.130], while providing fire protection or other 12 emergency services, has the authority to 13 (1) control and direct activities at the scene of a fire or emergency; 14 (2) order a person to leave a building or place in the vicinity of a fire 15 or emergency [,] for the purpose of protecting the person from injury; 16 (3) blockade a public highway, street, or private right-of-way 17 temporarily while at the scene of a fire or emergency; 18 (4) trespass upon property at or near the scene of a fire or emergency 19 at any time of the day or night; 20 (5) enter a building, including a private dwelling, or premises where 21 a fire is in progress, or where there is reasonable cause to believe a fire is in progress, 22 to extinguish the fire; 23 (6) enter a building, including a private dwelling, or premises near the 24 scene of a fire for the purpose of protecting the building or premises or for the purpose 25 of extinguishing the fire that is in progress in another building or premises; 26 (7) upon 24-hour notice to the owner or occupant, conduct a prefire 27 planning survey in all buildings, structures, or other places within the municipality or 28 the registered fire department's district, except the interior of a private dwelling, where 29 combustible material is or may become dangerous as a fire menace to the building; 30 (8) direct the removal or destruction of a fence, house, motor vehicle, 31 or other thing judged necessary to prevent the further spread of a fire.
01 * Sec. 3. AS 29.10.200 is amended by adding a new paragraph to read: 02 (60) AS 29.60.700 - 29.60.750 (public safety foundation program). 03 * Sec. 4. AS 29.20.640(b) is amended to read: 04 (b) Compliance with the provisions of this section is a prerequisite to receipt 05 of entitlements under the public safety foundation program (AS 29.60.700 - 06 29.60.770) [MUNICIPAL TAX RESOURCE EQUALIZATION ASSISTANCE 07 UNDER AS 29.60.010 - 29.60.080 AND PRIORITY REVENUE SHARING FOR 08 MUNICIPAL SERVICES UNDER AS 29.60.100 - 29.60.180]. If a municipality does 09 not comply with this section, the department shall withhold the entitlements 10 [ALLOCATIONS] until the required reports are filed. 11 * Sec. 5. AS 29.45.020 is amended to read: 12 Sec. 29.45.020. Taxpayer notice. (a) If a municipality levies and collects 13 property taxes, the governing body shall provide the following notice: 14 "NOTICE TO TAXPAYER 15 For the current fiscal year the (city)(borough) has been allocated the following 16 amount of state aid for school and municipal purposes under the applicable 17 financial assistance Acts: 18 PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING PROGRAM (AS 14.17) $ 19 STATE AID FOR RETIREMENT OF SCHOOL 20 CONSTRUCTION DEBT (AS 14.11.100) $ 21 PUBLIC SAFETY FOUNDATION PROGRAM 22 (AS 29.60.700 - 29.60.770) $ 23 [MUNICIPAL TAX RESOURCE EQUALIZATION 24 (AS 29.60.010 - 29.60.080) $ 25 PRIORITY REVENUE SHARING FOR 26 MUNICIPAL SERVICES (AS 29.60.100 - 29.60.180) $ 27 REVENUE SHARING FOR SAFE COMMUNITIES 28 (AS 29.60.350 - 29.60.375) $] 29 TOTAL AID $ 30 The millage equivalent of this state aid, based on the dollar value of a mill in 31 the municipality during the current assessment year and for the preceding
01 assessment year, is: 02 MILLAGE EQUIVALENT 03 PREVIOUS YEAR THIS YEAR 04 PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING 05 PROGRAM ASSISTANCE . . . .MILLS . . . .MILLS 06 STATE AID FOR RETIREMENT 07 OF SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION 08 DEBT . . . .MILLS . . . .MILLS 09 PUBLIC SAFETY FOUNDATION 10 PROGRAM . . . .MILLS . . . .MILLS 11 [MUNICIPAL TAX RESOURCE 12 EQUALIZATION . . . .MILLS . . . .MILLS 13 PRIORITY REVENUE SHARING 14 FOR MUNICIPAL SERVICES . . . .MILLS . . . .MILLS 15 REVENUE SHARING FOR SAFE 16 COMMUNITIES . . . .MILLS . . . .MILLS] 17 TOTAL MILLAGE EQUIVALENT . . . .MILLS . . . .MILLS" 18 Notice shall be provided by 19 (1) furnishing a copy of the notice with tax statements mailed for the 20 fiscal year for which aid is received; or 21 (2) publishing in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality 22 a copy of the notice once each week for a period of three successive weeks, with 23 publication to occur not later than 45 days after the final adoption of the municipality's 24 budget. 25 (b) Compliance with the provisions of this section is a prerequisite to receipt 26 of entitlements under the public safety program (AS 29.60.700 - 29.60.770) 27 [MUNICIPAL TAX RESOURCE EQUALIZATION UNDER AS 29.60.010 - 28 29.60.080 AND PRIORITY REVENUE SHARING FOR MUNICIPAL SERVICES 29 UNDER AS 29.60.100 - 29.60.180]. The department shall withhold annual 30 entitlements [ALLOCATIONS] under those sections until municipal officials 31 demonstrate that the requirements of this section have been met.
01 * Sec. 6. AS 29.45.660(b) is amended to read: 02 (b) Compliance with the provisions of this section is a prerequisite to receipt 03 of entitlements under the public safety foundation program (AS 29.60.700 - 04 29.60.770) [MUNICIPAL TAX RESOURCE EQUALIZATION UNDER AS 29.60.010 05 - 29.60.080 AND PRIORITY REVENUE SHARING FOR MUNICIPAL SERVICES 06 UNDER AS 29.60.100 - 29.60.180]. The department shall withhold annual 07 entitlements [ALLOCATIONS] under those sections until municipal officials 08 demonstrate that the requirements of this section have been met. 09 * Sec. 7. AS 29.60 is amended by adding new sections to read: 10 Article 9. Public Safety Foundation Program. 11 Sec. 29.60.660. Municipal dividend fund. There is established in the 12 department the municipal dividend fund consisting of municipal dividends appropriated 13 and transferred to the fund under AS 37.13.145(e). Each fiscal year, the legislature 14 may appropriate money in the municipal dividend fund for the public safety foundation 15 program (AS 29.60.700 - 29.60.770). Any balance in the fund may be appropriated 16 for capital project matching grants (AS 37.06.010 - 37.06.090). 17 Sec. 29.60.700. Administration. (a) The public safety foundation program 18 is established in the department. Each fiscal year, the department shall distribute 19 public safety foundation entitlements to eligible municipalities and other recipients 20 under AS 29.60.710 - 29.60.770 from appropriations for the purpose from the 21 municipal dividend fund. A municipality qualifies for a public safety foundation 22 entitlement for a fiscal year if the municipality meets any eligibility requirements for 23 the specific entitlement and 24 (1) the municipality has conducted a regular election during the 25 preceding state fiscal year or when last required to do so by ordinance or charter and 26 has reported the results of the election to the commissioner; 27 (2) regular meetings of the governing body were held in the 28 municipality during the preceding state fiscal year and a record of the proceedings was 29 maintained; 30 (3) a municipal budget has been adopted for the municipal fiscal year 31 during which payment of the entitlement is authorized, and an audit or financial
01 statement for the preceding municipal fiscal year has been furnished to the department; 02 and 03 (4) all ordinances adopted by the municipality have been codified in 04 accordance with AS 29.25.050. 05 (b) The department shall adopt regulations necessary to implement the public 06 safety foundation program, which must include 07 (1) procedures and filing dates for submitting entitlement applications 08 and information relating to those applications; 09 (2) procedures by which the department shall notify a municipality or 10 other applicant in writing of the reasons for a proposed disallowance or adjustment of 11 any factor bearing on the determination of the applicant's eligibility for and amount 12 of entitlement. 13 (c) For purposes of the public safety foundation program, population shall be 14 determined by the latest figures of the United States Bureau of the Census or other 15 population data that in the judgment of the department is reliable. 16 (d) The department shall make payments under the public safety foundation 17 program no later than July 31, based on entitlement calculations made during the 18 preceding fiscal year. 19 Sec. 29.60.710. Municipal minimum entitlements and supplemental 20 minimum entitlements. (a) Each fiscal year, the department shall distribute 21 municipal minimum entitlements to each municipality. The amount of an entitlement 22 under this subsection is $25,000. 23 (b) A municipality is eligible for a supplemental minimum entitlement if the 24 total amount of money the municipality receives for a fiscal year under the public 25 safety foundation program, excluding the entitlement under this subsection, is less than 26 $45,000. The amount of an entitlement under this subsection is the amount necessary 27 to equal $45,000 when added to other amounts received under the public safety 28 foundation program. 29 (c) A municipality is eligible for a supplemental minimum entitlement if the 30 total amount of money the municipality receives for the fiscal year under the public 31 safety foundation program, excluding the entitlement under this subsection, is less than
01 the total amount the municipality received for fiscal year 2000 under former 02 AS 29.60.010 - 29.60.375. The amount of an entitlement under this subsection is the 03 amount necessary to equal, when added to other amounts received under the public 04 safety foundation program, the amount the municipality received for fiscal year 2000 05 under former AS 29.60.010 - 29.60.375. 06 Sec. 29.60.720. Road maintenance and driver usage entitlements. (a) Each 07 fiscal year, the department shall distribute road maintenance entitlements to 08 municipalities to be used for road maintenance. A municipality is eligible for a road 09 maintenance entitlement under this section only if it has power to provide for road 10 maintenance and exercises that power. The road maintenance entitlement is equal to 11 $2,000 for each mile of road, street, or highway maintained by the municipality and 12 used by automotive equipment, excluding (1) the official state highway system, (2) 13 roads, streets, or highways not dedicated to public use, (3) roads, streets, or highways 14 maintained under AS 19.30.111 - 19.30.251 (local service road program), and (4) 15 alleyways, as defined by regulations of the Department of Transportation and Public 16 Facilities. 17 (b) In addition to an entitlement under (a) of this section, a municipality may 18 receive an entitlement equal to $1,000 for each mile of a frozen waterway and a 19 connection from an inhabited area to a frozen waterway that may be safely used for 20 public transportation by automotive equipment and is so used during a portion of the 21 year if the waterway and connection are maintained during the period of use by the 22 municipality. The Department of Community and Economic Development, after 23 consultation with the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, shall 24 determine which waterways and connections qualify and, where the waterways or 25 connections lie outside the corporate limits of a municipality and are maintained by 26 a combination of municipalities, which municipalities shall receive the payments under 27 this subsection, unless the municipalities involved have agreed in writing to a 28 particular distribution. 29 (c) Each fiscal year, the department shall distribute a driver usage entitlement 30 to each municipality equal to $10 for each person residing in the municipality. The 31 population of a municipality shall be as certified by the commissioner. In determining
01 the population of a borough, the populations of all cities in the borough shall be 02 subtracted from the total population of the borough. 03 Sec. 29.60.730. Fire and emergency medical services entitlements. (a) 04 Each fiscal year, the department shall pay to a municipality that has a fire department 05 registered with the state fire marshal or an organization certified by the state to provide 06 emergency medical services an entitlement to be used for fire or emergency medical 07 services. The amount of the entitlement is based on the number of individuals served 08 as determined by the department. The entitlement equals $17 for each individual who 09 receives fire protection services and $17 for each individual who receives emergency 10 medical services. 11 (b) Each fiscal year, the department shall pay to a fire department registered 12 with the state fire marshal or to an organization certified by the state to provide 13 emergency medical services an entitlement to be used for fire or emergency medical 14 services if the area served by the fire department or organization is not also served by 15 a municipality. The amount of the entitlement is based on the number of individuals 16 served as determined by the department. The entitlement equals $17 for each 17 individual who receives fire protection services and $17 for each individual who 18 receives emergency medical services. 19 Sec. 29.60.740. Police protection services entitlements. Each fiscal year, the 20 department shall pay to a municipality that provides police protection services an 21 entitlement to be used for police protection services. The amount of the entitlement 22 is based on the number of individuals served as determined by the department. The 23 entitlement equals $17 for each individual who receives police protection services. 24 Sec. 29.60.750. State aid to municipalities and other eligible recipients for 25 health facilities and hospitals. (a) The department shall pay 26 (1) to a municipality that has the power to provide hospital facilities 27 and services and that exercises that power, $167 a bed for each bed actually used for 28 patient care, limited to the number of beds provided for in the construction design of 29 the hospital, or $45,000 a hospital for those hospitals with 10 or more beds, or $9,000 30 a hospital for those hospitals with less than 10 beds, as the municipality may elect; 31 money received under this paragraph may be used only for hospitals and shall be
01 apportioned among qualifying hospitals as the municipality determines; 02 (2) on the basis set out in (1) of this subsection to a municipality for 03 a nonprofit hospital not operated by a municipality if the municipality first certifies to 04 the department that the nonprofit hospital is in compliance with all standards for 05 hospitals that have been adopted by the municipality; money may not be paid on 06 behalf of a nonprofit hospital without this certification; payments to the municipality 07 shall be transferred to the nonprofit hospital in accordance with the basis by which the 08 payment was generated by the hospital, and shall be applied to the annual cost of 09 operation and maintenance of the hospital or for the provision of health care service 10 at the hospital as the directors of the hospital determine; 11 (3) to a municipality in which a health facility is operated, $360 a bed 12 for each bed actually used for patient care, limited to the number of beds provided for 13 in the construction design of the health facility, or $1,600 a health facility as the 14 municipality determines. 15 (b) A hospital may not receive payment under both (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this 16 section. 17 (c) Money received by a municipality under (a)(3) of this section shall be used 18 for expenses of health services or operation and maintenance of health facilities as the 19 municipality determines. 20 (d) Before money may be distributed under this section, the commissioner of 21 health and social services shall certify to the commissioner of community and 22 economic development that any accumulation of assets by nonprofit corporations or 23 other recipients under this section is dedicated irrevocably to a public purpose. 24 (e) In this section, 25 (1) "health facility" means a health facility that is licensed or certified 26 by the state or approved under regulations adopted by the department and that is 27 owned or operated or both by a municipality or by a nonprofit corporation or other 28 nonprofit sponsor; in this paragraph, "facility" 29 (A) includes a public health center, maternity home, community 30 mental health center, facility for the mentally or physically handicapped, 31 nursing home, convalescent center, domestic violence or sexual assault shelter
01 qualified to receive a grant or contract under AS 18.66, or alcohol or drug 02 abuse facility that meets standards established under AS 47.37; but 03 (B) excludes a facility operated or wholly supported by the state 04 or the federal government; 05 (2) "hospital" means a licensed hospital determined by the Department 06 of Health and Social Services to be a general or special hospital; the term excludes a 07 facility operated or wholly supported by the state or the federal government, or both. 08 Sec. 29.60.760. State aid to unincorporated communities. (a) The 09 department shall pay to each unincorporated community $5,000 as an entitlement each 10 fiscal year to be used for a public purpose. The department with advice from the 11 Department of Law shall determine whether there is in each unincorporated community 12 an incorporated nonprofit entity or a Native village council that will agree to receive 13 and spend the entitlement. If there is more than one qualified entity in an 14 unincorporated community, the department shall pay the money under the entitlement 15 to the entity that the department finds most qualified to receive and spend the money. 16 The department may not pay money under an entitlement to a Native village council 17 unless the council waives immunity from suit for claims arising out of activities of the 18 council related to the entitlement. A waiver of immunity from suit under this 19 subsection must be on a form provided by the Department of Law. If there is no 20 qualified incorporated nonprofit entity or Native village council in an unincorporated 21 community that is willing to receive money under an entitlement, the entitlement for 22 that unincorporated community may not be paid. Neither this subsection nor any 23 action taken under it enlarges or diminishes the governmental authority or jurisdiction 24 of a Native village council. 25 (b) In this section "unincorporated community" means a place in the 26 unorganized borough that is not incorporated as a city and in which 25 or more 27 persons reside as a social unit. 28 Sec. 29.60.770. Applicability. AS 29.60.700 - 29.60.750 apply to home rule 29 and general law municipalities. 30 * Sec. 8. AS 37.06.010(g) is amended to read: 31 (g) For purposes of this section, in calculating the population of a borough , the
01 population of each city in the borough is excluded. The determination of population 02 shall be based upon data used by the Department of Community and Economic 03 Development under AS 29.60.700(c) [AS 29.60.020]. 04 * Sec. 9. AS 37.06.020(b) is amended to read: 05 (b) The unincorporated community capital project matching grant fund is 06 established in the department and consists of appropriations to the fund. 07 Appropriations to the fund do not lapse except as provided in (h) of this section. The 08 money in the fund is held by the department in custody under this subsection for each 09 unincorporated community eligible for an allocation under this subsection. The 10 department shall establish an individual grant account within the fund for each 11 unincorporated community that was entitled to receive state aid under AS 29.60.760 12 [AS 29.60.140] during the preceding fiscal year. As provided in this subsection, each 13 fiscal year the department shall allocate, to the individual grant accounts, 14 appropriations to the fund. An unincorporated community is eligible for an allocation 15 in a fiscal year if the community was eligible to receive state aid under AS 29.60.760 16 [AS 29.60.140] during the preceding fiscal year. The department shall credit interest 17 earned on money in an individual grant account to that account. Except as provided 18 in (c) of this section, the amount allocated under this subsection to an individual grant 19 account in a fiscal year is determined by dividing the total amount appropriated to the 20 fund during that fiscal year by the number of unincorporated communities eligible for 21 an allocation during that fiscal year. 22 * Sec. 10. AS 37.06.030 is amended to read: 23 Sec. 37.06.030. Local share requirements. (a) For each draw made by a 24 municipality under AS 37.06.010, the municipality shall contribute a local share to the 25 cost of the capital project for which the draw is made. The amount of the local share 26 equals the local share percentage as calculated under (1) of this subsection, divided by 27 the state share percentage as calculated under (2) of this subsection, multiplied by the 28 amount of the draw. For purposes of this subsection, 29 (1) the local share percentage is 30 (A) 30 percent for a municipality with a population of 5,000 or 31 more;
01 (B) for a municipality with a population of 1,000 to and 02 including [-] 4,999, the greater of 03 (i) 15 percent; or 04 (ii) the percentage obtained by dividing the amount that 05 would be received by the municipality from a property tax levy of 06 1/1000 [1/1000TH] of a mill per $1,000 of grant funds received by the 07 sum of that first amount plus the amount of the grant or draw, but not 08 more than 30 percent; 09 (C) for a municipality with a population of under 1,000, the 10 greater of 11 (i) five percent; or 12 (ii) the percentage obtained by dividing the amount that 13 would be received by the municipality from a property tax levy of 14 1/1000 [1/1000TH] of a mill per $1,000 of grant funds received by the 15 sum of that first amount plus the amount of the grant or draw, but not 16 more than 30 percent; 17 (2) the state share percentage equals one minus the local share 18 percentage; 19 (3) the local share to be contributed by a municipality may be satisfied 20 with (A) federal, municipal, or local money; (B) labor, materials, or equipment used 21 directly in the construction of the project, or land, including land transferred by the 22 state to the municipality; the department shall determine the value of a contribution 23 under this subparagraph; (C) money from another nonstate source; (D) money received 24 by the municipality under AS 29.60.660 - 29.60.770 [AS 29.60.010 - 29.60.375]; (E) 25 state taxes refunded or reimbursed to the municipality whose use for the purposes of 26 this subsection is not prohibited; (F) allocations of state aid for the costs of school 27 construction debt under AS 14.11.100; and (G) money obtained from the sale or lease 28 of land or other assets transferred by the state to the municipality; except as provided 29 in this paragraph, the local share may not be satisfied with money from, or with the 30 portion of an asset that was obtained with money from, an appropriation, allocation, 31 entitlement, grant, or other payment from the state.
01 (b) For each draw made by an entity or council under AS 37.06.020, the 02 incorporated entity or Native village council that makes the draw shall contribute a 03 local share of the cost of the capital project for which the draw is made. The amount 04 of the local share equals the local share percentage as calculated under (1) of this 05 subsection, divided by the state share percentage as calculated under (2) of this 06 subsection, multiplied by the amount of the draw. For purposes of this subsection, 07 (1) the local share percentage is five percent; 08 (2) the state share percentage equals one minus the local share 09 percentage; 10 (3) the local share may be satisfied from (A) federal or local money; 11 (B) labor, materials, or equipment used directly in the construction of the project, or 12 land, including land transferred by the state; the department shall determine the value 13 of a contribution under this subparagraph; (C) money from another nonstate source; 14 (D) money received by the unincorporated community under AS 29.60.660 - 29.60.770 15 [AS 29.60.010 - 29.60.375]; or (E) money obtained from the sale or lease of land or 16 other assets transferred by the state; except as provided in this paragraph, the local 17 share may not be satisfied with money from, or with the portion of an asset that was 18 obtained with money from, an appropriation, allocation, entitlement, grant, or other 19 payment from the state. 20 (c) For purposes of (a) of this section, in calculating the population of a 21 borough , the population of each city in the borough is excluded. The determination 22 of population shall be based upon data used by the Department of Community and 23 Economic Development under AS 29.60.700(c) [AS 29.60.020]. 24 * Sec. 11. AS 37.13.145 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 25 (e) At the end of the fiscal year, after the transfers under (b) and (c) of this 26 section and subject to appropriation, the corporation shall transfer a municipal dividend 27 from the earnings reserve account to the municipal dividend fund established under 28 AS 29.60.660. The municipal dividend equals the lesser of 29 (1) the amount calculated by multiplying $125 by the number of 30 permanent fund dividends paid by the Department of Revenue for the calendar year 31 immediately preceding the year the transfer is made under this subsection; or
01 (2) the balance of the earnings reserve account on the date of the 02 transfer under this subsection. 03 * Sec. 12. AS 41.15.180(d) is amended to read: 04 (d) From the percentage of the unorganized borough national forest receipts 05 fund allocated to public roads under (b) of this section, the commissioner shall pay to 06 each 07 (1) home rule city, first class city, or second class city that exercises 08 road powers, that is located within the unorganized borough and within a national 09 forest or within 20 miles of a national forest, a share of the income from the roads 10 allocation of the fund; a home rule city, first class city, or second class city's share 11 shall be calculated as the proportion of the number of road miles within municipal 12 boundaries over which the community exercises road powers plus the number of state 13 road miles maintained by the municipality under agreement with the state compared 14 to the total number of road miles maintained by state or local governments in the 15 unorganized borough and within the national forest or within 20 miles of the national 16 forest; 17 (2) municipality organized under federal law as an Indian reserve that 18 existed before the enactment of 43 U.S.C. 1618(a) and is continued in existence under 19 that subsection and that has formed a community development corporation under 20 former AS 29.60.365, that exercises road powers , and that is located within the 21 unorganized borough and within the national forest or within 20 miles of the national 22 forest a share of the income from the roads allocation of the fund; the share due a 23 municipality organized under federal law that exercises road powers shall be calculated 24 as the proportion of the number of road miles within municipal boundaries over which 25 the community exercises road powers plus the number of state road miles maintained 26 by the municipality under agreement with the state compared to the total number of 27 road miles maintained by state or local governments in the unorganized borough and 28 within the national forest or within 20 miles of the national forest; however, the 29 commissioner may pay income from national forest receipts under this paragraph only 30 after the corporation has delivered a written waiver of sovereign immunity from legal 31 action by the state to recover all or a portion of the money distributed under this
01 section. 02 * Sec. 13. AS 42.45.110(b) is amended to read: 03 (b) An eligible electric utility is entitled to receive power cost equalization 04 (1) for sales of power to local community facilities, calculated in the 05 aggregate for each community served by the electric utility, for actual consumption of 06 not more than 70 kilowatt-hours per month for each resident of the community; the 07 number of community residents shall be determined under AS 29.60.700(c) 08 [AS 29.60.020]; and 09 (2) for actual consumption of not more than 500 kilowatt-hours per 10 month sold to each residential customer. 11 * Sec. 14. AS 29.10.200(55), 29.10.200(56); AS 29.60.010, 29.60.020, 29.60.030, 12 29.60.040, 29.60.050, 29.60.060, 29.60.070, 29.60.080, 29.60.100, 29.60.110, 29.60.120, 13 29.60.130, 29.60.140, 29.60.150, 29.60.160, 29.60.170, 29.60.180, 29.60.280, 29.60.290, 14 29.60.300, 29.60.310, 29.60.350, 29.60.360, 29.60.365, 29.60.370, 29.60.372, 29.60.373, and 15 29.60.375 are repealed. 16 * Sec. 15. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section 17 to read: 18 TRANSITION. Notwithstanding AS 37.06.020(b), as amended in sec. 9 of this Act, 19 an unincorporated community that was entitled to receive state aid for fiscal year 2000 under 20 former AS 29.60.140 is eligible for an allocation for fiscal year 2001 under AS 37.06.020(b). 21 * Sec. 16. This Act takes effect June 30, 2000.