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CCS HB 312: "An Act making and amending 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."

00CONFERENCE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 312 01 "An Act making and amending appropriations for the operating and loan program 02 expenses of state government, for certain programs, and to capitalize funds; 03 making appropriations under art. IX, sec. 17(c), Constitution of the State of 04 Alaska, 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 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON PAGE 2) * Sec. 4. ALASKA HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION. (a) The board of director 08 of the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation has estimated that $103,000,000 will be available 09 in each of the fiscal years 1999 through 2006, for the repayment of bonds authorized under 10 sec. 2(c), ch. 129, SLA 1998, for expenditures on corporate funded capital projects, and for 11 transfer to the general fund. 12 (b) The money described in (a) of this section for the fiscal year ending June 30, 13 2001, is used for the following purposes in the following estimated amounts in the operating, 14 capital, and mental health budgets for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001:

01 (1) $52,000,000 for capital projects; 02 (2) $34,992,474 for debt service on the bonds authorized under sec. 2(c), ch. 03 129, SLA 1998; and 04 (3) $1,000,000 for debt service on University of Alaska, Anchorage dormitory 05 construction authorized under ch. 26, SLA 1996. 06 (c) After deductions for the items set out in (b) of this section are made, any 07 remaining balance of the amount under (a) of this section determined by the Alaska Housing 08 Finance Corporation board of directors to be available in fiscal year 2001 is appropriated to 09 the Alaska debt retirement fund (AS 37.15.011). 10 (d) All unrestricted mortgage loan interest payments, mortgage loan commitment fees, 11 and other unrestricted receipts received by or accrued to the Alaska Housing Finance 12 Corporation during fiscal year 2001 and all income earned on assets of the corporation during 13 that period are appropriated to the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation to hold as corporate 14 receipts for the purposes described in AS 18.55 and AS 18.56. The corporation shall allocate 15 its corporate receipts among the Alaska housing finance revolving fund (AS 18.56.082), 16 housing assistance loan fund (AS 18.56.420), and senior housing revolving fund 17 (AS 18.56.710) in accordance with procedures adopted by the board of directors. 18 (e) The following amounts are appropriated to the Alaska Housing Finance 19 Corporation (AHFC) from the sources indicated and for the following purposes: 20 PURPOSE AMOUNT SOURCE 21 Housing loan programs $798,000,000 AHFC corporate receipts 22 not subsidized by AHFC 23 Housing loan programs 70,000,000 AHFC corporate receipts 24 and projects subsidized derived from arbitrage 25 by AHFC earnings 26 Housing assistance payments 25,000,000 Federal receipts 27 Section 8 program 28 * Sec. 5. ALASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION. The unexpended 29 and unobligated balance on June 30, 2000, of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation 30 Commission receipts account for regulatory cost charges under AS 31.05.093 and permit fees 31 under AS 31.05.090 for fiscal year 2000 is included in the appropriations made to the Alaska

01 Oil and Gas Conservation Commission in sec. 1 of this Act. 02 * Sec. 6. ALASKA PERMANENT FUND CORPORATION. (a) The amount authorized 03 for transfer by the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation under AS 37.13.145(b) is appropriated 04 from the earnings reserve account (AS 37.13.145) to the dividend fund (AS 43.23.045(a)) for 05 the payment of permanent fund dividends and administrative and associated costs. 06 (b) After money is transferred to the dividend fund under (a) of this section, the 07 amount calculated under AS 37.13.145 to offset the effect of inflation on the principal of the 08 Alaska permanent fund is appropriated from the earnings reserve account (AS 37.13.145) to 09 the principal of the Alaska permanent fund. 10 (c) The amount required to be deposited under AS 37.13.010(a)(1) and (2) during 11 fiscal year 2001 is appropriated to the principal of the Alaska permanent fund in satisfaction 12 of that requirement. 13 (d) The interest earned during fiscal year 2001 on revenue from the sources set out 14 in AS 37.13.010 while the revenue is held in trust, escrow, or otherwise before receipt by the 15 state is appropriated to the principal of the Alaska permanent fund. 16 * Sec. 7. ALASKA AEROSPACE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. That portion of 17 the corporate receipts of the Alaska Aerospace Development Corporation received during the 18 fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, that is in excess of the amount appropriated in sec. 1 of this 19 Act, is appropriated to the Alaska Aerospace Development Corporation for operations during 20 the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001. 21 * Sec. 8. ALASKA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION. The unexpended 22 and unobligated balance in the Alaska science and technology endowment earnings reserve 23 on June 30, 2000, is appropriated to the Alaska Science and Technology Foundation to award 24 as grants under AS 37.17.030(d) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001. 25 * Sec. 9. ALASKA SEAFOOD MARKETING INSTITUTE. An amount equal to the 26 unexpended and unobligated balance on June 30, 2000, of the fiscal year 2000 general fund 27 receipts from the salmon marketing tax (AS 43.76.110) and from the seafood marketing 28 assessment (AS 16.51.120) is appropriated to the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute for 29 marketing Alaska seafood products during fiscal year 2001. 30 * Sec. 10. CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT. That portion of program receipts 31 received during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, by the child support enforcement

01 division that is necessary to provide the minimum amount of state funds, and no more, that 02 is necessary to secure federal funding appropriated for the child support enforcement program 03 in sec. 1 of this Act is appropriated to the Department of Revenue, child support enforcement 04 division, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001. 05 * Sec. 11. CONSTITUTIONAL BUDGET RESERVE FUND. (a) Amounts equal to the 06 deposits in the budget reserve fund (art. IX, sec. 17, Constitution of the State of Alaska) for 07 fiscal year 2000 that were made from subfunds and accounts other than the operating general 08 fund (state accounting system fund number 11100) by operation of art. IX, sec. 17(d), 09 Constitution of the State of Alaska, to repay appropriations from the budget reserve fund are 10 appropriated from the budget reserve fund to the subfunds and accounts from which they were 11 transferred. 12 (b) If the unrestricted state revenue available for appropriation in fiscal year 2001 is 13 insufficient to cover the general fund appropriations made for fiscal year 2001, the amount 14 necessary to balance revenue and general fund appropriations is appropriated to the general 15 fund from the budget reserve fund (art. IX, sec. 17, Constitution of the State of Alaska). 16 (c) The appropriations in (a) and (b) of this section are made under art. IX, sec. 17(c), 17 Constitution of the State of Alaska. 18 * Sec. 12. DISASTER RELIEF. Federal receipts received for disaster relief are 19 appropriated to the disaster relief fund (AS 26.23.300). 20 * Sec. 13. DIVE FISHERY MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT. The dive fishery 21 management assessment collected under AS 43.76.150 - 43.76.210 in fiscal year 2000 and 22 deposited into the general fund under AS 43.76.190(d) is appropriated from the general fund 23 to the Department of Fish and Game for disbursement under AS 43.76.200 in fiscal year 2001 24 of the amount collected in each administrative area to the qualified regional dive fishery 25 development association operating within the administrative area in which the assessment was 26 collected. 27 * Sec. 14. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT. (a) The 28 unexpended and unobligated general fund balance on June 30, 2000, of the appropriation made 29 by sec. 43, ch. 84, SLA 1999, page 23, line 30 (K-12 Support - $762,280,800), not to exceed 30 $355,700, is appropriated to the Department of Education and Early Development for 31 operation of child care assistance and licensing for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001.

01 (b) The unexpended and unobligated balance of general funds of the appropriation 02 made by sec. 31, ch. 137, SLA 1998, page 21, line 6, as amended by sec. 10(n), ch. 2, SLA 03 1999, and sec. 77(b) and (c), ch. 2, FSSLA 1999, is reappropriated to the Department of 04 Education and Early Development, child care assistance and licensing, for the fiscal year 05 ending June 30, 2001. 06 * Sec. 15. FEDERAL AND OTHER PROGRAM RECEIPTS. (a) Federal receipts, 07 designated program receipts as defined under AS 37.05.146(b)(3), and receipts of commercial 08 fisheries test fishing operations under AS 37.05.146(b)(4)(U) that exceed the amounts 09 appropriated by this Act are appropriated conditioned on compliance with the program review 10 provisions of AS 37.07.080(h). 11 (b) If federal or other program receipts as defined in AS 37.05.146 exceed the 12 estimates appropriated by this Act, the appropriations from state funds for the affected 13 program may be reduced by the excess if the reductions are consistent with applicable federal 14 statutes. 15 (c) If federal or other program receipts as defined in AS 37.05.146 fall short of the 16 estimates appropriated by this Act, the affected appropriation is reduced by the amount of the 17 shortfall in receipts. 18 * Sec. 16. FISH AND GAME ENFORCEMENT. (a) To increase enforcement of the fish 19 and game laws of the state, the amount deposited in the general fund during the fiscal year 20 ending June 30, 2000, from criminal fines, penalties, and forfeitures imposed for violation of 21 AS 16 and its implementing regulations and from the sale of forfeited property or alternative 22 damages collected under AS 16.05.195 is appropriated to the fish and game fund 23 (AS 16.05.100). 24 (b) Appropriations totaling the estimated amount of the deposits described in (a) of 25 this section and the remaining unappropriated balances from prior year transfers for these 26 purposes are made in sec. 1 of this Act to the Department of Public Safety and the 27 Department of Law for increased enforcement, investigation, and prosecution of state fish and 28 game laws. If the receipts appropriated to the fish and game fund (AS 16.05.100) from the 29 sources described in (a) of this section during fiscal year 2001 and the remaining 30 unappropriated balances from prior year transfers for these purposes fall short of the estimates 31 appropriated by this Act, each department's appropriation set out in sec. 1 of this Act is

01 reduced proportionately. 02 * Sec. 17. FISH AND GAME FUND. (a) The amount of revenue received from the sale 03 of crewmember fishing licenses (AS 16.05.480(a)) during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, 04 that is not deposited into the fishermen's fund under AS 23.35.060 is appropriated to the fish 05 and game fund (AS 16.05.100). 06 (b) The amount of range fees collected at shooting ranges operated by the Department 07 of Fish and Game (AS 16.05.050(a)(16)) during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001 is 08 appropriated to the fish and game fund (AS 16.05.100). 09 (c) The amount of fees collected during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, at 10 boating and angling access sites described in AS 16.05.050(a)(7) and managed by the 11 Department of Natural Resources, division of parks and outdoor recreation, under a 12 cooperative agreement is appropriated to the fish and game fund (AS 16.05.100). 13 * Sec. 18. FOUR DAM POOL TRANSFER FUND. The amount available in the four dam 14 pool transfer fund (AS 42.45.050) during fiscal year 2001 is appropriated to the following 15 funds in the following percentages for the purposes set out in AS 42.45.050: 16 Power cost equalization and rural electric 60 percent 17 capitalization fund (AS 42.45.100) 18 Southeast energy fund (AS 42.45.040) 40 percent 19 * Sec. 19. INSURANCE AND BOND CLAIMS. (a) The amount necessary to fund the 20 uses of the state insurance catastrophe reserve account described in AS 37.05.289(a) is 21 appropriated from that account to the Department of Administration for those uses. 22 (b) Amounts equivalent to the amounts to be received in settlement of claims against 23 bonds guaranteeing the reclamation of state land are appropriated from the general fund to the 24 agency secured by the bond for the purpose of reclaiming state land affected by a use covered 25 by the bond. 26 * Sec. 20. LEARNING OPPORTUNITY GRANTS. The unexpended and unobligated 27 balance on June 30, 2000, of the appropriation made by sec. 43, ch. 84, SLA 1999, page 23, 28 line 30 (K-12 Support - $762,280,800), not to exceed $5,787,100, is appropriated to the 29 Department of Education and Early Development for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, for 30 payment as grants to each school district in an amount equal to the school district's average 31 daily membership multiplied by $43.75 as learning opportunity grants to pay the costs of

01 supplemental student instructional programs to improve student performance on the high 02 school graduation examination or benchmark examinations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 03 2001. 04 * Sec. 21. LEGISLATIVE REDISTRICTING. The sum of $600,000 is appropriated from 05 the general fund to the Legislative Council for the operations of the Redistricting Planning 06 Committee and the Redistricting Board for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001. 07 * Sec. 22. MARINE HIGHWAY SYSTEM FUND. The sum of $26,929,500 is 08 appropriated from the general fund to the Alaska marine highway system fund (AS 19.65.060). 09 * Sec. 23. MEDICAID PRO-SHARE. (a) The sum of $9,960,000 in general funds 10 appropriated in sec. 43, ch. 84, SLA 1999, page 30, line 31 (Medicaid Services - 11 $392,343,100), lapses into the general fund June 30, 2001. 12 (b) The sum of $29,960,000 is appropriated to the Department of Health and Social 13 Services, medicaid services, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, from the following 14 sources: 15 Federal funds $11,960,000 16 Designated program receipts 18,000,000 17 (c) The appropriation made by (b) of this section is conditioned upon the Department 18 of Health and Social Services establishing a program of additional payments to insure access 19 for community hospitals under a distribution methodology approved by the Health Care 20 Financing Administration for government-owned and -operated hospitals in Alaska. Hospitals 21 that choose to participate must sign an agreement by May 17, 2000, to return 90 percent of 22 the additional payment amounts to the State of Alaska. 23 * Sec. 24. MEDICAID SCHOOL BASED CLAIM. If the federal receipts for the School 24 Based Services Administrative Claim under 42 U.S.C. 1396a (Sec. 1902(a)(4), Title XIX of 25 the Social Security Act) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, fall short of the estimate, 26 the amount of the shortfall is appropriated from the general fund. 27 * Sec. 25. MEDICARE PHARMACY RECEIPTS. If the reimbursement under the 28 Medicare program (42 U.S.C. Title XVIII) for pharmacy coverage is not in effect during 29 federal fiscal year 2001, the amount of the shortfall in recovery to the Medicaid program, not 30 to exceed $3,000,000, is appropriated from the general fund. 31 * Sec. 26. MOTOR FUEL TAX. The following estimated amounts from the unreserved

01 special accounts in the general fund are included within the general fund amounts appropriated 02 by this Act: 03 Special highway fuel tax account (AS 43.40.010(g)) $25,338,300 04 Special aviation fuel tax account (AS 43.40.010(e)) 5,600,000 05 * Sec. 27. DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. (a) 06 Section 18, ch. 84, SLA 1999, is amended to read: 07  Sec. 18. OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING. The unexpended and unobligated 08 balance on June 30, 1999, of the Department of Community [COMMERCE] and 09 Economic Development, division of occupational licensing, general fund program 10 receipts from occupational licensing fees under AS 08.01.065, general fund program 11 receipts received from occupational licensing fees under AS 08.01.065 during the fiscal 12 year ending June 30, 2000, and other program receipts received by the division during 13 the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, [NOT TO EXCEED A TOTAL 14 APPROPRIATION OF $5,053,200,] are appropriated to the Department of 15 Community [COMMERCE] and Economic Development, division of occupational 16 licensing, for operating costs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000 , and the fiscal 17 year ending June 30, 2001 . 18 (b) Notwithstanding sec. 18, ch. 84, SLA 1999, as amended by (a) of this section, the 19 unexpended and unobligated balance of business license receipts received during fiscal year 20 2000, not to exceed $409,500, is appropriated to the Department of Community and Economic 21 Development for business and community development for the fiscal year ending June 30, 22 2001. 23 (c) Notwithstanding sec. 18, ch. 84, SLA 1999, as amended by (a) of this section, the 24 unexpended and unobligated balance of business license receipts received during fiscal year 25 2000 that remains after the appropriation made by (b) of this section is appropriated to the 26 Department of Community and Economic Development for international trade and market 27 development for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001. 28 (d) The amount appropriated by sec. 18, ch. 84, SLA 1999, as amended by (a) of this 29 section, from business license receipts received during fiscal year 2000 is reduced by the 30 amount appropriated by (b) and (c) of this section. 31 * Sec. 28. OIL AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE RELEASE PREVENTION

01 ACCOUNT. The following amounts are appropriated to the oil and hazardous substance 02 release prevention account (AS 46.08.010(a)(1)) in the oil and hazardous substance release 03 prevention and response fund (AS 46.08.010) from the sources indicated: 04 (1) the balance of the oil and hazardous substance release prevention mitigation 05 account (AS 46.08.020(b)) in the general fund on July 1, 2000, not otherwise appropriated by 06 this Act; 07 (2) the amount collected for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, estimated 08 to be $9,800,000, from the surcharge levied under AS 43.55.300. 09 * Sec. 29. OIL AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE RELEASE RESPONSE ACCOUNT. 10 The following amounts are appropriated to the oil and hazardous substance release response 11 account (AS 46.08.010(a)(2)) in the oil and hazardous substance release prevention and 12 response fund (AS 46.08.010) from the following sources: 13 (1) the balance of the oil and hazardous substance release response mitigation 14 account (AS 46.08.025(b)) in the general fund on July 1, 2000, not otherwise appropriated by 15 this Act; 16 (2) the amount collected for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, from the 17 surcharge levied under AS 43.55.201. 18 * Sec. 30. REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA. The unexpended and 19 unobligated balance on June 30, 2000, of the Regulatory Commission of Alaska receipts 20 account for regulatory cost charges under AS 42.05.254 and AS 42.06.286 for fiscal year 2000 21 is appropriated to the Regulatory Commission of Alaska for fiscal year 2001 expenditures. 22 * Sec. 31. RETAINED FEES. The amount retained to compensate the collector or trustee 23 of fees, licenses, taxes, or other money belonging to the state during the fiscal year ending 24 June 30, 2001, is appropriated for that purpose to the agency authorized by law to generate 25 the revenue. 26 * Sec. 32. SALMON ENHANCEMENT TAX. The salmon enhancement tax collected 27 under AS 43.76.010 - 43.76.028 in calendar year 1999 and deposited in the general fund under 28 AS 43.76.025(c) is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Community and 29 Economic Development for payment in fiscal year 2001 to qualified regional associations 30 operating within a region designated under AS 16.10.375. 31 * Sec. 33. SHARED TAXES AND FEES. The amount necessary to refund to local

01 governments their share of taxes and fees collected in the listed fiscal years under the 02 following programs is appropriated to the Department of Revenue from the general fund for 03 payment in fiscal year 2001: 04 REVENUE SOURCE FISCAL YEAR COLLECTED 05 fisheries taxes (AS 43.75) 2000 06 fishery resource landing tax (AS 43.77) 2000 07 aviation fuel tax (AS 43.40.010) 2001 08 electric and telephone cooperative tax (AS 10.25.570) 2001 09 liquor license fee (AS 04.11) 2001 10 * Sec. 34. STATE DEBT AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS. (a) The amount required to pay 11 interest on any revenue anticipation notes issued by the commissioner of revenue under 12 AS 43.08 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Revenue for payment 13 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 $13,813,530 is appropriated to the Alaska debt retirement fund 18 (AS 37.15.011) from the following sources: 19 (1) General fund $13,413,530 20 (2) the unexpended and unobligated general 21 fund balance on June 30, 2000, of the 22 appropriation made by sec. 43, ch. 84, 23 SLA 1999, page 23, line 30 (K-12 support - 24 $762,280,800) in the amount of $ 400,000 25 (d) The sum of $12,857,805 is appropriated from the Alaska debt retirement fund 26 (AS 37.15.011) to the state bond committee for trustee fees and lease payments relating to 27 certificates of participation issued for real property. 28 (e) The sum of $7,906,977 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 (f) The sum of $52,818,852 is appropriated to the Department of Education and Early

01 Development for state aid for costs of school construction under AS 14.11.100 from the 02 following sources: 03 Alaska debt retirement fund (AS 37.15.011) $23,481,517 04 School fund (AS 43.50.140) 29,337,335 05 (g) The sum of $3,541,385 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department 06 of Administration for payment of obligations to the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation for 07 the Robert B. Atwood Building in Anchorage. 08 (h) The sum of $1,680,000 is appropriated from interest earnings of the Alaska clean 09 water fund (AS 46.03.032) to the Alaska clean water fund revenue bond redemption fund 10 (AS 37.15.560) for payment of principal of and interest, redemption premium, and trustee fees, 11 if any, on bonds issued by the Alaska clean water fund under AS 37.15.560. 12 (i) Section 69, ch. 2, FSSLA 1999, is amended to read: 13  Sec. 69. The [IN ADDITION TO THE AMOUNT REQUIRED TO BE PAID 14 BY THE STATE FOR PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON ALL ISSUED AND 15 OUTSTANDING STATE-GUARANTEED BONDS, THE] sum of $2,450,000 is 16 appropriated from the general fund to the Alaska debt retirement fund 17 (AS 37.15.011) [STATE BOND COMMITTEE FOR PAYMENT OF ADDITIONAL 18 PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON THOSE BONDS]. 19 * Sec. 35. STATE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM. The lapsing balance 20 of the employment assistance and training program account (AS 23.15.625) on June 30, 2000, 21 is appropriated to the employment assistance and training program account for the fiscal year 22 ending June 30, 2001. 23 * Sec. 36. STATEWIDE PRIMARY AND GENERAL ELECTION YEAR COSTS. (a) 24 The sum of $1,629,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Office of the Governor, 25 division of elections, for costs associated with conducting the statewide primary and general 26 elections in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001. 27 (b) The sum of $70,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of 28 Administration, Alaska Public Offices Commission, for costs associated with the statewide 29 primary and general elections in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001. 30 * Sec. 37. STATUTORY BUDGET RESERVE FUND. If the unrestricted state revenue 31 available for appropriation in fiscal year 2001 is insufficient to cover the general fund

01 appropriations made for fiscal year 2001, the amount necessary to balance revenue and general 02 fund appropriations is appropriated to the general fund from the budget reserve fund 03 (AS 37.05.540). 04 * Sec. 38. STORAGE TANK ASSISTANCE FUND. The sum of $1,020,612 is 05 appropriated from the oil and hazardous substance release prevention account 06 (AS 46.08.010(a)(1)) to the storage tank assistance fund (AS 46.03.410) for the fiscal year 07 ending June 30, 2001. 08 * Sec. 39. STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM. (a) The amount from student loan borrowers 09 of the Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education that is assessed for loan origination 10 fees for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, is appropriated to the origination fee account 11 (AS 14.43.120(u)) within the student loan fund of the Alaska Student Loan Corporation for 12 the purposes specified in AS 14.43.120(u). 13 (b) The sum of $100,000 is appropriated as a return of capital from corporate receipts 14 of the student loan fund (AS 14.42.210) to the Alaska Commission on Postsecondary 15 Education for payment in fiscal year 2001 to the Alaska National Guard to pay for educational 16 costs of the Alaska National Guard Youth Corps training program. 17 * Sec. 40. TEST FISHERY RECEIPTS. The unexpended and unobligated amount of 18 commercial fisheries test fishing operations receipts (AS 37.05.146(b)(4)(U)) from the harvest 19 and sale of crab for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, is appropriated to the Department 20 of Fish and Game for operations of the shellfish onboard observer program in the division of 21 commercial fisheries management and development for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001. 22 * Sec. 41. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC FACILITIES. The 23 sum of $31,300 is appropriated from the Alaska public building fund (AS 37.05.570) to the 24 Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, northern region highways and aviation, for 25 operations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001. 26 * Sec. 42. UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA. (a) The unexpended and unobligated general 27 fund balance on June 30, 2000, of the appropriation made by sec. 43, ch. 84, SLA 1999, page 28 23, line 30 (K-12 Support - $762,280,800), not to exceed $6,565,600, is appropriated to the 29 University of Alaska for operating expenses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001. 30 (b) The sum of $2,000,000 is appropriated as a return of capital from corporate 31 receipts of the student loan fund (AS 14.42.210) to the University of Alaska for operating

01 expenses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001. 02 * Sec. 43. NONLAPSE OF APPROPRIATIONS. The appropriations made by secs. 4, 12, 03 16(a), 17, 18, 22, 28, 29, 34(c), 34(h), 34(i), and 39(a) of this Act are for the capitalization 04 of funds and do not lapse. 05 * Sec. 44. Section 27(a) of this Act is retroactive to July 1, 1999. 06 * Sec. 45. Sections 14, 20, 23, 27, and 42(a) of this Act take effect immediately under 07 AS 01.10.070(c). 08 * Sec. 46. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, this Act takes effect July 1, 2000.