00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 243                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to the maximum annual regulatory cost charge collected from certain                                    
02 regulated public utilities and pipeline carriers; and providing for an effective date."                                 
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 42.05.254(a) is amended to read:                                                                  
05            (a)  A regulated public utility operating in the state shall pay to the commission                           
06       an annual regulatory cost charge in an amount not to exceed the maximum percentage                                
07       of adjusted gross revenue that applies to the utility sector of which the utility is a part.                      
08       The regulatory cost charges that the commission expects to collect from all regulated                             
09       utilities may not exceed the sum of the following percentages of the total adjusted                               
10       gross revenue of all regulated public utilities derived from operations in the state:  (1)                        
11       not more than .9 [.7] percent to fund the operations of the commission, and (2) not                           
12       more than .17 percent to fund operations of the public advocacy function under                                    
13       AS 42.04.070(c) and AS 44.23.020(e) within the Department of Law.  An exempt                                      
14       utility shall pay the actual cost of services provided to it by the commission.                                   

01    * Sec. 2.  AS 42.05.254(a) is amended to read:                                                                     
02            (a)  A regulated public utility operating in the state shall pay to the commission                           
03       an annual regulatory cost charge in an amount not to exceed the maximum percentage                                
04       of adjusted gross revenue that applies to the utility section of which the utility is a part.                     
05       The regulatory cost charges that the commission expects to collect from all regulated                             
06       utilities may not exceed the sum of the following percentages of the total adjusted                               
07       gross revenue of all regulated public utilities derived from operations in the state:  (1)                        
08       not more than .7 [.9] percent to fund the operations of the commission, and (2) not                           
09       more than .17 percent to fund operations of the public advocacy function under                                    
10       AS 42.04.070(c) and AS 44.23.020(e) within the Department of Law.  An exempt                                      
11       utility shall pay the actual cost of services provided to it by the commission.                                   
12    * Sec. 3.  AS 42.06.286(a) is amended to read:                                                                     
13            (a)  A pipeline carrier operating in the state shall pay to the commission an                                
14       annual regulatory cost charge in an amount not to exceed the sum of the following                                 
15       percentages of gross revenue derived from operations in the state:  (1) not more than .9                      
16       [.7] percent to fund the operations of the commission, and (2) not more than .17                                  
17       percent to fund operations of the public advocacy function under AS 42.04.070(c) and                              
18       AS 44.23.020(e) within the Department of Law.  A regulatory cost charge may not be                                
19       assessed on pipeline carrier operations unless the operations are within the jurisdiction                         
20       of the commission.                                                                                                
21    * Sec. 4.  AS 42.06.286(a) is amended to read:                                                                     
22            (a)  A pipeline carrier operating in the state shall pay to the commission an                                
23       annual regulatory cost charge in an amount not to exceed the sum of the following                                 
24       percentages of gross revenue derived from operations in the state: (1) not more than .7                       
25       [.9] percent to fund the operations of the commission, and (2) not more than .17                                  
26       percent to fund operations of the public advocacy function under AS 42.04.070(c) and                              
27       AS 44.23.020(e) within the Department of Law.  A regulatory cost charge may not be                                
28       assessed on pipeline carrier operations unless the operations are within the jurisdiction                         
29       of the commission.                                                                                                
30    * Sec. 5.  Sections 1 and 3 of this Act take effect July 1, 2005.                                                  
31    * Sec. 6.  Sections 2 and 4 of this Act take effect July 1, 2008.