Enrolled SB 4002: Amending the bulk fuel bridge loan fund and the bulk fuel revolving loan fund; relating to power cost equalization; relating to Alaska resource rebates, and increasing the amount of the 2008 permanent fund dividend to provide that rebate; suspending the motor fuel tax; eliminating the authority to make certain provisions of the heating assistance program retroactive to November 1, 2007; and providing for an effective date.
00Enrolled SB 4002 01 Amending the bulk fuel bridge loan fund and the bulk fuel revolving loan fund; relating to 02 power cost equalization; relating to Alaska resource rebates, and increasing the amount of the 03 2008 permanent fund dividend to provide that rebate; suspending the motor fuel tax; 04 eliminating the authority to make certain provisions of the heating assistance program 05 retroactive to November 1, 2007; and providing for an effective date. 06 _______________ 07 * Section 1. AS 29.60.660(c) is amended to read: 08 (c) Loans made from the bulk fuel bridge loan fund to one borrower in a fiscal 09 year 10 (1) may not exceed $750,000 [$500,000]; and 11 (2) shall be repaid within one year after the date of the award. 12 * Sec. 2. AS 42.45.110(c) is amended to read:
01 (c) The amount of power cost equalization provided for each [PER] kilowatt- 02 hour under [SUBSECTION] (b) of this section may not exceed 95 percent of the 03 power costs, or the average rate for each [PER] eligible kilowatt-hour sold, whichever 04 is less, as determined by the commission. However, 05 (1) [DURING THE STATE FISCAL YEAR THAT BEGAN JULY 1, 06 1999,] the power costs for which power cost equalization are [WERE] paid to an 07 electric utility are [WERE] limited to minimum power costs of more than 12 cents a 08 [PER] kilowatt-hour and less than $1 a [52.5 CENTS PER] kilowatt-hour; 09 (2) each year [DURING EACH FOLLOWING STATE FISCAL 10 YEAR], the commission shall adjust the power costs for which power cost 11 equalization may be paid to an electric utility based on the weighted average retail 12 residential rate in Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Juneau; however, the commission may 13 not adjust the power costs under this paragraph to reduce the amount below the lower 14 limit set out in (1) of this subsection; and 15 (3) the power cost equalization for each [PER] kilowatt-hour may be 16 determined for a utility without historical kilowatt-hour sales data by using kilowatt- 17 hours generated. 18 * Sec. 3. AS 42.45.110(c), as amended by sec. 2 of this Act, is amended to read: 19 (c) The amount of power cost equalization provided for each kilowatt-hour 20 under (b) of this section may not exceed 95 percent of the power costs, or the average 21 rate for each eligible kilowatt-hour sold, whichever is less, as determined by the 22 commission. However, 23 (1) the power costs for which power cost equalization are paid to an 24 electric utility are limited to minimum power costs of more than 12 cents a kilowatt- 25 hour and less than 52.5 cents [$1] a kilowatt-hour; 26 (2) each year, the commission shall adjust the power costs for which 27 power cost equalization may be paid to an electric utility based on the weighted 28 average retail residential rate in Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Juneau; however, the 29 commission may not adjust the power costs under this paragraph to reduce the amount 30 below the lower limit set out in (1) of this subsection; and 31 (3) the power cost equalization for each kilowatt-hour may be
01 determined for a utility without historical kilowatt-hour sales data by using kilowatt- 02 hours generated. 03 * Sec. 4. AS 42.45.250(e) is amended to read: 04 (e) Loans made from the bulk fuel revolving loan fund to one borrower in any 05 fiscal year 06 (1) may not exceed $750,000 [$500,000], or, if the borrower is a 07 cooperative corporation organized under AS 10.15 or an electric cooperative 08 organized under AS 10.25 and uses the loan to purchase bulk fuel on behalf of more 09 than one community, may not exceed the lesser of $750,000 [$500,000] multiplied by 10 the number of communities on whose behalf the bulk fuel is to be purchased, or 11 $1,800,000; 12 (2) shall be repaid in one year or less; and 13 (3) may not exceed 90 percent of the wholesale price of the fuel 14 purchased. 15 * Sec. 5. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 16 read: 17 ALASKA RESOURCE REBATE. (a) To provide residents of the state with an Alaska 18 resource rebate, the amount of the 2008 permanent fund dividend shall be increased. After 19 calculating the amount of the 2008 dividend under AS 43.23.025, the commissioner of 20 revenue shall add $1,200 to determine the total amount of that dividend. An individual may 21 elect not to receive the $1,200 resource rebate authorized under this subsection. An individual 22 who elects not to receive the $1,200 resource rebate may provide notice of the election on a 23 form provided by the Department of Revenue. Notice must be postmarked or received by the 24 Department of Revenue not later than September 2, 2008. 25 (b) A veteran or the spouse or dependent of a living or deceased veteran who did not 26 apply for the 2008 permanent fund dividend and is eligible for veterans' benefits under 38 27 U.S.C. 1315, 1513, 1521, 1541, and 1542 may apply to the Department of Revenue for a 28 $1,200 Alaska resource rebate payment for 2008. The individual shall apply on a form 29 provided by the department not later than October 1, 2008, and shall demonstrate that the 30 individual would have been eligible to receive a 2008 permanent fund dividend under 31 AS 43.23, except that the individual did not apply for that dividend.
01 (c) A veteran or the spouse or dependent of a living or deceased veteran who is 02 eligible for veterans' benefits under 38 U.S.C. 1315, 1513, 1521, 1541, and 1542 who is 03 denied or receives reduced payments under those provisions or reduced health care benefits 04 solely because the $1,200 increase in the dividend under (a) of this section or the $1,200 05 payment under (b) of this section received by the individual is counted as income is eligible 06 for cash assistance under AS 47.25.120 - 47.25.300 (general relief assistance). 07 Notwithstanding the limit in AS 47.25.130, the individual is entitled to receive the same 08 amount as the individual would have received under 38 U.S.C. 1315, 1513, 1521, 1541, and 09 1542 and as a health care benefit as a result of being eligible under 38 U.S.C. 1315, 1513, 10 1521, 1541, and 1542, had the $1,200 increase or payment not been received under (a) or (b) 11 of this section. 12 (d) Subject to appropriation, the amount necessary for resource rebates to increase 13 2008 permanent fund dividends under (a) of this section shall be transferred from the general 14 fund to the dividend fund (AS 43.23.045). 15 (e) When issuing checks or pay warrants associated with a direct deposit to residents 16 receiving a permanent fund dividend, the commissioner of revenue shall include the following 17 statement in bold type: "This payment includes a resource rebate of $1,200, which is a one- 18 time payment to qualified Alaskans." 19 * Sec. 6. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 20 read: 21 SUSPENSION OF THE MOTOR FUEL TAX. (a) Notwithstanding any other 22 provision of law, the motor fuel tax imposed under AS 43.40.010 is suspended and may not 23 be collected for a period beginning September 1, 2008, and ending August 31, 2009. 24 (b) Every person subject to AS 43.40.010(c) in the fiscal year that precedes the 25 suspension established in (a) of this section shall submit a monthly report, under penalty of 26 unsworn falsification, on a form or in a format prescribed by the Department of Revenue 27 showing all sales or transfers of gasoline, diesel, and aviation fuel during the month. The 28 department may require that invoices be attached to the report supporting all sales and 29 transfers of gasoline, diesel, and aviation fuel in the state. The report is due to the Department 30 of Revenue on the last day of the month following the month in which sales or transfers of 31 gasoline, diesel, or aviation fuel were made. The Department of Revenue may assess a penalty
01 of up to $5,000 against any person that fails to file a monthly report or provide the supporting 02 invoices as required by this subsection. 03 (c) The Department of Revenue may adopt regulations under AS 44.62 to implement 04 this section. 05 * Sec. 7. Sections 9 and 11, ch. 31, SLA 2008, are repealed. 06 * Sec. 8. Section 6(a) of this Act is repealed August 31, 2009. 07 * Sec. 9. Sections 6(b) and (c) of this Act are repealed October 1, 2009. 08 * Sec. 10. Section 2 of this Act takes effect October 1, 2008. 09 * Sec. 11. Section 3 of this Act takes effect June 30, 2009. 10 * Sec. 12. Except as provided in secs. 10 and 11 of this Act, this Act takes effect 11 immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).