00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 262                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to accounting for and appropriations of receipts from fees collected by                                
02 the Department of Labor and Workforce Development for certain inspections and for                                       
03 certain plumbing and electrical worker certificates of fitness; establishing a building                                 
04 safety account; and providing for an effective date."                                                                   
05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
06    * Section 1.  AS 18.60.360(c) is amended to read:                                                                  
07            (c)  The Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall give an                                         
08       official receipt for an inspection fee collected under this section and shall transfer the                        
09       amount of the fee to the Department of Revenue for deposit in the building safety                             
10       account created under AS 44.31.025 in the state treasury.                                                     
11    * Sec. 2.  AS 18.60.800 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                             
12            (f)  Inspection fees collected under (b) of this section shall be deposited into                             
13       the building safety account created under AS 44.31.025.                                                           
14    * Sec. 3.  AS 18.62.030 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                             

01            (b)  Fees collected under (a) of this section shall be deposited into the building                           
02       safety account created under AS 44.31.025.                                                                        
03    * Sec. 4.  AS 37.05.146(b)(4) is amended by adding a new subparagraph to read:                                     
04                      (XX)  receipts of fees for certain inspections deposited under                                     
05            AS 18.60.360, 18.60.800, and AS 18.62.030 in the building safety account                                     
06            created under AS 44.31.025;                                                                                  
07    * Sec. 5.  AS 44.31 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                    
08            Sec. 44.31.025.  Building safety account.  The building safety account is                                  
09       created in the state treasury.  The legislature may appropriate money from the account                            
10       for necessary costs incurred by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development                                 
11       in the administration of AS 18.60.180 - 18.60.395, 18.60.800 - 18.60.820, and                                     
12       AS 18.62.  Nothing in this section creates a dedicated fund or dedicates the money in                             
13       the account for a specific purpose.                                                                               
14    * Sec. 6.  This Act takes effect July 1, 2002.