CSHB 331(FIN): "An Act establishing the Alaska Tax Credit Certificate Bond Corporation; relating to the issuance of bonds by the Alaska Tax Credit Certificate Bond Corporation; relating to purchases of tax credit certificates and refunds and payments of tax credits; relating to the oil and gas tax credit fund; relating to overriding royalty interest agreements; providing for an effective date by repealing the effective date of secs. 2, 5, 8, 10, 31, 37, and 40, ch. 3, SSSLA 2017; and providing for an effective date."
00 CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 331(FIN) 01 "An Act establishing the Alaska Tax Credit Certificate Bond Corporation; relating to 02 the issuance of bonds by the Alaska Tax Credit Certificate Bond Corporation; relating 03 to purchases of tax credit certificates and refunds and payments of tax credits; relating 04 to the oil and gas tax credit fund; relating to overriding royalty interest agreements; 05 providing for an effective date by repealing the effective date of secs. 2, 5, 8, 10, 31, 37, 06 and 40, ch. 3, SSSLA 2017; and providing for an effective date." 07 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 08 * Section 1. AS 36.30.850(b) is amended by adding new paragraphs to read: 09 (49) contracts of the Alaska Tax Credit Certificate Bond Corporation 10 under AS 37.18; 11 (50) overriding royalty interest agreements under AS 44.37.230. 12 * Sec. 2. AS 37 is amended by adding a new chapter to read: 13 Chapter 18. Alaska Tax Credit Certificate Bond Corporation.
01 Sec. 37.18.010. Alaska Tax Credit Certificate Bond Corporation. The 02 Alaska Tax Credit Certificate Bond Corporation is established in the Department of 03 Revenue. The corporation is a public corporation and government instrumentality 04 managed by a board of directors. The purpose of the corporation is to finance under 05 AS 43.55.028 06 (1) the purchase of 07 (A) transferable tax credit certificates issued under 08 AS 43.55.023; 09 (B) production tax credit certificates issued under 10 AS 43.55.025; and 11 (2) the payment of refunds and payments claimed under AS 43.20.046, 12 43.20.047, or 43.20.053. 13 Sec. 37.18.020. Board of directors. The directors of the corporation are the 14 commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development, the 15 commissioner of administration, and the commissioner of revenue. If a director is 16 absent or otherwise unable to act, the director's designee in the department shall act as 17 a director of the corporation in the director's place. 18 Sec. 37.18.030. Bond authorization; powers of the corporation. (a) The 19 issuance and sale of bonds by the corporation is authorized as provided in this section 20 for purposes of financing purchases, refunds, and payments under AS 43.55.028 and 21 the costs of issuance and administration of the bonds. The net proceeds of the sale of 22 the bonds remaining after payment of costs of issuance and administration may be 23 disbursed to the commissioner of revenue for purchases, refunds, and payments under 24 AS 43.55.028. Accrued interest paid on the bonds shall be paid into the reserve fund. 25 The corporation may not issue bonds, except for refunding bonds, after December 31, 26 2021. 27 (b) The total unpaid principal amount of bonds, including refunding bonds, 28 but excluding refunded bonds, issued by the corporation for the purposes of financing 29 purchases, refunds, and payments under AS 43.55.028 may not exceed 30 $1,000,000,000. 31 (c) The bonds do not constitute a general obligation of the state and are not
01 state debt within the meaning of art. IX, sec. 8, Constitution of the State of Alaska. 02 Authorization by the legislature and ratification by qualified voters of the state is not 03 required under art. IX, sec. 8, Constitution of the State of Alaska. 04 (d) The corporation may enter into agreements with other state agencies as 05 necessary or convenient to implement this chapter. 06 (e) The corporation may contract for the services of underwriters, paying 07 agents, trustees, escrow agents, bond printers, rating agencies, bond insurance, credit 08 enhancement providers, accountants, financial advisors, disclosure counsel, and bond 09 counsel, and other services as are necessary or desirable to accomplish the issuance 10 and sale of bonds. 11 Sec. 37.18.040. Reserve fund. (a) The corporation may establish and maintain 12 a special fund called the Alaska Tax Credit Certificate Bond Corporation reserve fund. 13 The reserve fund consists of 14 (1) money appropriated to the reserve fund by the legislature for the 15 purpose of the reserve fund in accordance with the provisions of (g) of this section; 16 (2) proceeds of bonds required to be deposited in the fund by terms of 17 a 18 (A) contract between the corporation and its bondholders; or 19 (B) resolution of the corporation with respect to the proceeds of 20 bonds; 21 (3) other money appropriated by the legislature to the reserve fund; 22 and 23 (4) other money of the corporation that it decides to deposit in the 24 reserve fund. 25 (b) Money in the reserve fund shall be held and applied solely to the payment 26 of the interest on and principal of bonds of the corporation as the interest and principal 27 become due and payable to the retirement of bonds, or for disbursement to the 28 commissioner of revenue for purchases or payments under AS 43.55.028. Money may 29 not be withdrawn if a withdrawal would reduce the amount in the reserve fund to an 30 amount less than the required debt service reserve except for payment of interest then 31 due and payable on bonds and the principal of bonds then maturing and payable and
01 for the retirement of bonds in accordance with the terms of a contract between the 02 corporation and its bondholders and for which payments of other money of the 03 corporation is not then available. 04 (c) Money in the reserve fund in excess of the required debt service reserve, 05 whether because of investment or otherwise, may be withdrawn at any time by the 06 corporation for disbursement by the commissioner of revenue for purchases or 07 payments under AS 43.55.028 or transferred to another fund or account of the 08 corporation. 09 (d) Money in the reserve fund may be invested in the same manner and on the 10 same conditions as permitted for investment of funds belonging to the state or held in 11 the treasury under AS 37.10.070; however, the corporation may agree with the 12 bondholders to further limit those investments. 13 (e) For purposes of valuation, investments in the reserve fund shall be valued 14 at par or, if purchased at less than par, at cost unless otherwise provided by resolution 15 of the corporation. Valuation on a particular date shall include the amount of interest 16 then earned or accrued to that date on the money or investments in the reserve fund. 17 (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the corporation may 18 not issue bonds unless there is in the reserve fund the required debt service reserve for 19 all bonds then issued and outstanding and for the bonds to be issued; however, the 20 corporation may satisfy this requirement by depositing as much of the proceeds of the 21 bonds to be issued, on their issuance, as is needed to meet the required debt service 22 reserve or by funding the reserve fund with cash, a surety bond, letter of credit, or 23 other instrument in the amount necessary to meet the required debt service reserve. 24 The corporation may, at any time, issue its bonds or notes for the purpose of 25 increasing the amount in the reserve fund to the required debt service reserve, or to 26 meet whatever higher or additional reserve that may be fixed by the corporation with 27 respect to the fund. 28 (g) To ensure the maintenance of the required debt service reserve in the 29 reserve fund, the legislature may appropriate annually to the corporation for deposit in 30 the fund the sum, certified by the chair of the corporation to the governor and to the 31 legislature, that is necessary to restore the fund to an amount equal to the required debt
01 service reserve. The chair annually, before January 30, shall make and deliver to the 02 governor and to the legislature a certificate stating the sum required to restore the fund 03 to that amount, and the certified sum may be appropriated and paid to the corporation 04 during the then current state fiscal year. Nothing in this subsection creates a debt or 05 liability of the state. 06 (h) All references to the reserve fund in this section include special accounts 07 within the reserve fund that may be created by the corporation to secure the payment 08 of particular bonds. 09 (i) The commissioner of revenue may, subject to appropriation, lend surplus 10 money in the general fund to the corporation for deposit to any account in the reserve 11 fund in an amount equal to the required debt service reserve. The loans shall be made 12 on the terms and conditions that may be agreed on by the commissioner of revenue 13 and the corporation, including, without limitation, terms and conditions providing that 14 the loans need not be repaid until the obligations of the corporation secured and to be 15 secured by the account in the reserve fund are no longer outstanding. 16 (j) In this section, "required debt service reserve" means, on the date of 17 computation, the amount required to be on deposit in the reserve fund as provided by 18 resolution of the corporation. 19 Sec. 37.18.050. Bond terms. (a) The bonds may be issued and sold at public 20 or negotiated sale in the manner, in the amounts or series, and at the time or times that 21 the corporation determines the bonds, or each series of them, shall be sold at the price 22 and on the terms, conditions, and covenants set by the corporation after considering 23 market conditions. Interest rates may be fixed or variable. The corporation shall 24 publish notice of an adopted resolution. 25 (b) The bonds mature at the time or times fixed by the corporation. The bonds 26 may be subject to redemption before their fixed maturities, as determined by the 27 corporation, with or without a premium or premiums. The bonds may be in 28 denominations determined by the corporation; may be issued in fully or partially 29 registered form; must be payable as to principal and interest at the place or places 30 determined by the corporation; must be signed in the manner provided by the 31 corporation; and must be issued under and subject to the terms, conditions, covenants,
01 and protective features safeguarding payment of the bonds as found necessary by the 02 corporation. The corporation may, when necessary or desirable, enter into an 03 agreement with a provider of credit enhancement to provide liquidity or security for 04 the bonds, including bond insurance, letters of credit, surety bonds, or standby bond 05 purchase agreements. 06 (c) If the corporation finds it reasonably necessary, the corporation may select 07 a trustee or trustees for the holders of the bonds, or any series of them, for the 08 safeguarding and disbursement of any of the money in the bond reserve fund or for 09 duties with respect to the enforcement, authentication, delivery, payment, and 10 registration of the bonds as the corporation may determine. The corporation shall fix 11 the rights, duties, powers, and obligations of the trustee or trustees. 12 (d) In its determination of all matters and questions relating to the issuance 13 and sale of the bonds and the fixing of their maturities, terms, conditions, and 14 covenants as provided in (a) and (b) of this section, the decisions of the corporation 15 shall be those that are reasonably necessary for the best interests of the state and its 16 inhabitants and that will accomplish the most advantageous sale of the bonds. 17 Decisions of the corporation, as expressed in a bond resolution, are final and are 18 conclusively considered to comply with the requirements of this chapter. 19 Sec. 37.18.060. Bond resolution. The corporation shall authorize the issuance 20 of bonds by adopting a resolution and shall prepare all other documents and 21 proceedings necessary for the issuance, sale, and delivery of the bonds or any part or 22 series of them. The bond resolution must fix the principal amount, denominations, 23 date, maturities, manner of sale, place or places of payment, rights of redemption, if 24 any, terms, form, conditions, and covenants of the bonds or each series of them. The 25 corporation shall publish notice of the adopted resolution. 26 Sec. 37.18.070. Enforcement by bond owner. (a) The owner or owners of not 27 less than 10 percent, or a higher percentage as specified in a bond resolution, of the 28 aggregate principal amount of any series or issue of bonds or the trustee for the owners 29 of the bonds or any series of them may, by appropriate proceedings in state court, 30 require and compel the transfer, setting aside, and payment of money and the 31 enforcement of all of the terms, conditions, and covenants as required and provided in
01 this chapter, as appropriate, and the bond resolution. 02 (b) A proceeding under (a) of this section may be commenced and conducted 03 only in the Superior Court for the State of Alaska, First Judicial District at Juneau. 04 Sec. 37.18.080. Purposes; limitation on issuance. The proceeds of bonds may 05 be used for the purposes described in AS 37.18.030, as appropriate. Bonds may not be 06 issued unless the corporation first finds that the discount rate under AS 43.55.028(m) 07 exceeds the true interest cost to be paid on the bonds by at least 1.5 percent annually. 08 Sec. 37.18.090. Refunding. (a) The corporation may refund the bonds or any 09 part of them at or before their maturities or redemption dates by the issuance of 10 refunding bonds of the corporation if, in the opinion of the corporation, refunding is 11 advantageous to and in the best interest of the corporation, the state, and the state's 12 inhabitants. 13 (b) The issuance of refunding bonds need not be authorized by the legislature 14 or ratified by qualified voters of the state, as required by art. IX, sec. 8, Constitution of 15 the State of Alaska. The corporation shall adopt the resolution or resolutions and 16 prepare all other documents and proceedings necessary for the issuance, exchange or 17 sale, and delivery of the refunding bonds. All provisions of this chapter are applicable 18 to the refunding bonds and to the issuance, sale, or exchange of them, except as 19 otherwise provided in this section. 20 (c) Refunding bonds may be issued in a principal amount sufficient to provide 21 money for the advance or current refunding of all bonds to be refunded and interest on 22 the refunded bonds and, in addition, for the payment of all costs of issuance and 23 administration of the refunding bonds. Those expenses also include the difference in 24 amount between the par value of the refunding bonds and any amount less than par for 25 which the refunding bonds are sold; the premium, if any, necessary to be paid to call 26 or retire the outstanding bonds and the interest accruing on them to the date of the call 27 or retirement; and other of those costs. 28 (d) The corporation may contract with a refunding trustee to hold the proceeds 29 of refunding bonds in trust until the proceeds, together with earnings on the proceeds, 30 are applied to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the bonds to be 31 refunded. Until the refunding bond proceeds are applied, the proceeds may be invested
01 in direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed by, the United States or an agency or 02 corporation of the United States whose obligations constitute direct obligations of, or 03 obligations guaranteed by, the United States, or other obligations specified in a bond 04 resolution. 05 (e) The corporation is authorized to incur expenses to carry out this section. 06 Sec. 37.18.100. Bonds as legal investments. The bonds are legal investments 07 for all banks, trust companies, savings banks, savings and loan associations, and other 08 persons carrying on a banking business, all insurance companies and other persons 09 carrying on an insurance business, and all executors, administrators, trustees, and other 10 fiduciaries. The bonds may be accepted as security for deposits of all money of the 11 state and its political subdivisions. 12 Sec. 37.18.110. Limitation on judicial action. A person may not bring a 13 judicial action to contest the constitutionality or validity of this chapter or the 14 constitutionality or validity of a bond issued and sold under this chapter unless the 15 action is commenced in a court of the state of competent jurisdiction within 45 days 16 after the corporation adopts a resolution under AS 37.18.060 authorizing the issuance 17 of bonds. A person that fails to commence an action in the time provided under this 18 section is barred from commencing an action to contest the constitutionality or validity 19 of a bond issued and sold under this chapter. 20 Sec. 37.18.170. Statutory construction. This chapter shall be liberally 21 construed to carry out the purposes for which it was enacted. 22 Sec. 37.18.180. Regulations. The corporation may adopt regulations necessary 23 to implement the provisions of this chapter. 24 Sec. 37.18.190. Definitions. In this chapter, 25 (1) "bond resolution" means the resolution or resolutions adopted by 26 the corporation under AS 37.18.060 authorizing the issuance of bonds; 27 (2) "bonds" means the bonds authorized in this chapter; 28 (3) "corporation" means the Alaska Tax Credit Certificate Bond 29 Corporation created in AS 37.18.010; 30 (4) "costs of issuance and administration" means all costs associated 31 with issuance and administration of bonds and refunding bonds, including costs of
01 bond printing, official statements, financial advisors, travel costs, rating agencies, 02 bond insurance, letters and lines of credit for credit enhancement, underwriters, 03 remarketing agents, legal services, paying agents, bonds registrars, bond and escrow 04 trustees, arbitrage rebate, administrative costs, both direct and indirect, and all other 05 costs; 06 (5) "reserve fund" means the Alaska Tax Credit Certificate Bond 07 Corporation reserve fund established in AS 37.18.040. 08 * Sec. 3. AS 43.20.046(e) is amended to read: 09 (e) Subject to the requirements in AS 43.55.028 [AS 43.55.028(j)], the 10 department may use either available money in the oil and gas tax credit fund 11 established in AS 43.55.028 or, subject to appropriation by the legislature, money 12 disbursed to the commissioner for refunds under AS 43.55.028 from the Alaska 13 Tax Credit Certificate Bond Corporation reserve fund established in 14 AS 37.18.040, or both, to make the refund applied for under (d) of this section in 15 whole or in part if the department finds that, after application of all available tax 16 credits, the claimant's total tax liability under this chapter for the calendar year in 17 which the claim is made is zero. 18 * Sec. 4. AS 43.20.047(e) is amended to read: 19 (e) Subject to the requirements in AS 43.55.028 [AS 43.55.028(j)], the 20 department may use either money available in the oil and gas tax credit fund 21 established in AS 43.55.028 or, subject to appropriation by the legislature, money 22 disbursed to the commissioner for refunds and payments under AS 43.55.028 23 from the Alaska Tax Credit Certificate Bond Corporation reserve fund 24 established in AS 37.18.040, or both, to make a refund or payment under (d) of this 25 section in whole or in part if the department finds that, after application of all available 26 tax credits, the claimant's total tax liability under this chapter for the calendar year in 27 which the claim is made is zero. 28 * Sec. 5. AS 43.20.053(e) is amended to read: 29 (e) Subject to the requirements in AS 43.55.028 [AS 43.55.028(j)], the 30 department may use either money available in the oil and gas tax credit fund 31 established in AS 43.55.028 or, subject to appropriation by the legislature, money
01 disbursed to the commissioner for refunds and payments under AS 43.55.028 02 from the Alaska Tax Credit Certificate Bond Corporation reserve fund 03 established in AS 37.18.040, or both, to make a refund or payment under (d) of this 04 section in whole or in part if the department finds that, after application of all available 05 tax credits, the claimant's total tax liability under this chapter for the calendar year in 06 which the claim is made is zero. 07 * Sec. 6. AS 43.55.028(b) is amended to read: 08 (b) The oil and gas tax credit fund consists of 09 (1) money appropriated to the fund, including any appropriation of the 10 percentage provided under (c) of this section of all revenue from taxes levied by 11 AS 43.55.011 that is not required to be deposited in the constitutional budget reserve 12 fund established in art. IX, sec. 17(a), Constitution of the State of Alaska, less the 13 amount described in (r) of this section; and 14 (2) earnings on the fund. 15 * Sec. 7. AS 43.55.028(e) is amended to read: 16 (e) The department, on the written application of a person to whom a 17 transferable tax credit certificate has been issued under AS 43.55.023(d) or former 18 AS 43.55.023(m) for an expenditure incurred before July 1, 2017, or to whom a 19 production tax credit certificate has been issued under AS 43.55.025(f) for an 20 expenditure incurred before July 1, 2017, may use either available money in the oil 21 and gas tax credit fund or, subject to appropriation by the legislature, money 22 disbursed to the commissioner, or both, to purchase, in whole or in part, the 23 certificate. The department may not purchase with money from the oil and gas tax 24 credit fund a total of more than $70,000,000 in tax credit certificates from a person in 25 a calendar year. The total amount of purchases made by the department with 26 money from the oil and gas tax credit fund from a person in a year may not 27 exceed the assumed payment amount for each year, as calculated under (l) of this 28 section without the discount provided in (m) of this section. Before purchasing a 29 certificate or part of a certificate, the department shall find that 30 (1) the calendar year of the purchase is not earlier than the first 31 calendar year for which the credit shown on the certificate would otherwise be allowed
01 to be applied against a tax; 02 (2) the application is not the result of the division of a single entity into 03 multiple entities that would reasonably be expected to apply as a single entity if the 04 $70,000,000 limitation in this subsection did not exist; 05 (3) the applicant's total tax liability under AS 43.55.011(e), after 06 application of all available tax credits, for the calendar year in which the application is 07 made is zero; 08 (4) the applicant's average daily production of oil and gas taxable 09 under AS 43.55.011(e) during the calendar year preceding the calendar year in which 10 the application is made was not more than 50,000 BTU equivalent barrels; and 11 (5) the purchase is consistent with this section and regulations adopted 12 under this section. 13 * Sec. 8. AS 43.55.028(g) is amended to read: 14 (g) The department shall adopt regulations to carry out the purposes of this 15 section, including standards and procedures to allocate available money among 16 applications for purchases under this chapter and claims for refunds and payments 17 under AS 43.20.046, 43.20.047, or 43.20.053 when the total amount of the 18 applications for purchase and claims for refund exceed the amount of available money 19 in the fund. The regulations adopted by the department 20 (1) may not, when allocating available money in the fund under this 21 section, distinguish an application for the purchase of a credit certificate issued under 22 former AS 43.55.023(m) or a claim for a refund or payment under AS 43.20.046, 23 43.20.047, or 43.20.053; 24 (2) must, when allocating available money in the fund under this 25 section, grant a preference, between two applicants, to the applicant with a higher 26 percentage of resident workers in the applicant's workforce, including workers 27 employed by the applicant's direct contractors, in the state in the previous calendar 28 year; in this paragraph, "resident worker" has the meaning given in AS 43.40.092(b); 29 (3) must, for a purchase from money in the fund, provide for the 30 purchase of the amount equal to the first 50 percent of the credit repurchase limit for 31 each person under (e) of this section at a rate of 100 percent of the value of the
01 certificate or portion of the certificate requested to be purchased and the amount equal 02 to the next 50 percent of the credit repurchase limit for each person under (e) of this 03 section at a rate of 75 percent of the value of the certificate or portion of the certificate 04 requested to be purchased. 05 * Sec. 9. AS 43.55.028(i) is amended to read: 06 (i) In this section, 07 (1) "money disbursed to the commissioner" means money 08 disbursed to the commissioner from the Alaska Tax Credit Certificate Bond 09 Corporation reserve fund established in AS 37.18.040; 10 (2) "qualified capital expenditure" has the meaning given in 11 AS 43.55.023; 12 (3) "true interest cost" means the true interest cost of the bonds 13 anticipated to be issued under AS 37.18. 14 * Sec. 10. AS 43.55.028(j) is amended to read: 15 (j) If an applicant or claimant has an outstanding liability to the state directly 16 related to the applicant's or claimant's oil or gas exploration, development, or 17 production and the department has not previously reduced the amount paid to that 18 applicant or claimant for a certificate or refund because of that outstanding liability, 19 the department may purchase only that portion of a certificate or pay only that portion 20 of a refund that exceeds the outstanding liability, regardless of whether the purchase 21 is made with money from the fund or money disbursed to the commissioner. After 22 notifying the applicant or claimant, the department may apply the amount by which 23 the department reduced its purchase of a certificate or payment for a refund because of 24 an outstanding liability to satisfy the outstanding liability. Satisfaction of an 25 outstanding liability under this subsection does not affect the applicant's ability to 26 contest that liability. The department may enter into contracts or agreements with 27 another department to which the outstanding liability is owed. In this subsection, 28 "outstanding liability" means an amount of tax, interest, penalty, fee, rental, royalty, or 29 other charge for which the state has issued a demand for payment that has not been 30 paid when due and, if contested, has not been finally resolved against the state. 31 * Sec. 11. AS 43.55.028 is amended by adding new subsections to read:
01 (k) The department may negotiate a purchase, refund, or payment under this 02 section to be made from money disbursed to the commissioner. Before making a 03 purchase, refund, or payment, the department shall calculate the maximum amount for 04 a purchase, refund, or payment under (l) of this section. An applicant or claimant that 05 has requested a purchase, refund, or payment by the department from the fund shall 06 provide a notice of interest to the department by the date determined by the 07 commissioner if the applicant or claimant is interested in a purchase, refund, or 08 payment from money disbursed to the commissioner instead. An applicant or claimant 09 that requests a purchase, refund, or payment from the fund on or after July 1, 2018, 10 shall include any notice of interest in a purchase, refund, or payment from money 11 disbursed to the commissioner at the same time that the applicant or claimant requests 12 a purchase, refund, or payment by the department from the fund. The department may 13 not use money disbursed to the commissioner for a purchase, refund, or payment 14 under this section if the applicant or claimant fails to provide the department with a 15 notice of interest in a purchase, refund, or payment from money disbursed to the 16 commissioner. A notice of interest for a purchase, refund, or payment from money 17 disbursed to the commissioner must include all of the requests for purchases, refunds, 18 or payments made by the applicant or claimant and, if applicable, a statement 19 indicating whether the applicant intends to meet a condition in (m)(1) - (3) of this 20 section. An applicant or claimant may not include in a notice of interest a request for 21 purchase, refund, or payment from the fund if the request could have been included in 22 a previous notice of interest under this subsection. The department shall make an offer 23 of purchase, refund, or payment with money disbursed to the commissioner to an 24 applicant or claimant that provides the department with a timely notice of interest. The 25 department shall make an offer of purchase, refund, or payment from money disbursed 26 to the commissioner at a time based on the anticipated schedule for disbursement of 27 money to the commissioner. The applicant or claimant shall notify the department of 28 acceptance of the offer of purchase, refund, or payment within 10 days after the offer 29 is made. An offer of purchase, refund, or payment must be conditioned on the 30 disbursement of money to the commissioner. A transferable tax credit certificate 31 issued under AS 43.55.023, production tax credit certificate issued under
01 AS 43.55.025, or claim for refunds or payments under AS 43.20.046, 43.20.047, or 02 43.20.053 is not eligible for purchase by the department with money disbursed to the 03 commissioner if the applicant or claimant 04 (1) fails to provide the department with a notice of interest of an offer 05 of purchase, refund, or payment from money disbursed to the commissioner by the 06 date determined by the commissioner under this subsection; or 07 (2) declines an offer of purchase, refund, or payment by the 08 department with money disbursed to the commissioner for that transferable tax credit 09 certificate, production tax credit certificate, or refund or claim for payment. 10 (l) The department shall calculate the maximum amount for a purchase, 11 refund, or payment with money disbursed to the commissioner. The maximum amount 12 for a purchase, refund, or payment is the sum of the assumed payment amounts for 13 purchases, refunds, and payments for each year discounted as provided in (m) of this 14 section. The assumed payment amount for each year is the assumed appropriations to 15 the fund multiplied by the assumed proration amount calculated in this subsection. The 16 assumed appropriation to the fund each year is an amount equal to the percentage 17 provided under (c) of this section of the total taxes levied by AS 43.55.011 as forecast 18 by the department before the application of tax credits. The assumed proration amount 19 is that proportion of payments the department would have allocated from the fund, if 20 money had not been disbursed to the commissioner, based on the date of the request 21 for purchase, refund, or payment from the fund. When determining the assumed 22 proration amount under this subsection, the department shall 23 (1) allocate requests received in the same year together; 24 (2) prioritize requests for payments from the earliest to the latest year; 25 and 26 (3) assume that no purchases are made with money disbursed to the 27 commissioner. 28 (m) For purposes of the calculation in (l) of this section, the department shall 29 discount the assumed payment amount each year after the first year by a discount rate. 30 Unless another discount rate in this subsection applies, a discount rate of 10 percent 31 applies to the assumed payment amount for a request for purchase of a transferable tax
01 credit certificate issued under AS 43.55.023 or a production tax credit certificate 02 issued under AS 43.55.025. An applicant's agreement to a discount rate under (1) - (3) 03 of this subsection is only consideration for the amount that the purchase exceeds the 04 amount that would have been purchased in the absence of the agreement. For a refund 05 or claim for payment under AS 43.20.046, 43.20.047, or 43.20.053, the discount rate 06 is the true interest cost plus 1.5 percent, but may not exceed 10 percent. For a purchase 07 of a transferable tax credit certificate issued under AS 43.55.023 or a production tax 08 credit certificate issued under AS 43.55.025, the discount rate is the true interest cost 09 plus 1.5 percent, but may not exceed 10 percent, in total, 10 (1) for either a transferable tax credit certificate issued under 11 AS 43.55.023 for which the applicant submitted data required under 12 AS 43.55.025(f)(2) or a production tax credit certificate issued under AS 43.55.025, if 13 the applicant agrees as a condition of the purchase that the 10-year confidentiality 14 period under AS 43.55.025(f)(2)(C)(ii) that would otherwise apply to the seismic data 15 or other geophysical data is waived by the applicant; 16 (2) if the applicant, or an entity related to the applicant with the 17 applicant's consent, and the Department of Natural Resources agree to an overriding 18 royalty interest agreement under AS 44.37.230; or 19 (3) if the applicant commits to incur, not later than 24 months after the 20 purchase of the certificate, qualified capital expenditures in an amount greater than or 21 equal to the purchase amount, and 22 (A) the applicant provides to the department evidence of the 23 commitment and a plan to 24 (i) use the qualified capital expenditures for the purpose 25 of increasing production of oil or gas from leases or properties in the 26 state; and 27 (ii) maximize the hiring of state residents and use of 28 state businesses related to qualified capital expenditures; 29 (B) the applicant agrees in writing that, if the applicant does not 30 incur qualified capital expenditures in an amount greater than or equal to the 31 purchase amount within 24 months after the purchase of the certificate, the
01 applicant shall pay the department the lesser of the difference between the 02 purchase amount and the 03 (i) amount the applicant would have been paid had this 04 subsection not applied; or 05 (ii) actual amount of qualified capital expenditures 06 incurred by the applicant in the 24-month period; and 07 (C) after reviewing documents submitted under (A) and (B) of 08 this paragraph, the commissioner approves the reduced discount rate for the 09 purchase. 10 (n) An agreement under (m)(3)(B) of this section may require the applicant to 11 pay the department interest on the amount due under (m)(3)(B) of this section. The 12 interest rate must be consistent with the interest rate provided for a delinquent tax 13 under AS 43.05.225. Payment under (m)(3)(B) of this section and interest under this 14 subsection is waived if the department determines that the applicant could not incur 15 the qualified capital expenditures because of a natural disaster, injunction or other 16 court order, or administrative order. 17 (o) An applicant or claimant may not use a transferable tax credit certificate 18 issued under AS 43.55.023, production tax credit certificate issued under 19 AS 43.55.025, or refund or claim for payment under AS 43.20.046, 43.20.047, or 20 43.20.053 purchased by the department with money disbursed to the commissioner 21 against tax liability, even if the purchase, refund, or payment amount was less than the 22 total amount requested for purchase, refund, or payment. 23 (p) The department shall provide to the Department of Natural Resources the 24 information necessary to evaluate an overriding royalty interest for the purposes of 25 AS 44.37.230. 26 (q) After bonds are first issued by the Alaska Tax Credit Certificate Bond 27 Corporation established under AS 37.18.010, the legislature may determine the 28 amount of an appropriation under (b)(1) of this section by multiplying the percentage 29 under (c) of this section by the net revenue from taxes levied by AS 43.55.011. 30 (r) The legislature may reduce an appropriation made under (b)(1) of this 31 section by an amount equal to the amount appropriated to the Alaska Tax Credit
01 Certificate Bond Corporation for maintenance of the required debt service reserve in 02 the Alaska Tax Credit Certificate Bond Corporation reserve fund, as calculated under 03 AS 37.18.040(g). 04 (s) The legislature may, for purposes of making purchases, refunds, and 05 payments under this section, appropriate an amount equal to the amount disbursed to 06 the commissioner by the corporation for purchases, refunds, and payments under this 07 section. 08 * Sec. 12. AS 44.37 is amended by adding a new section to read: 09 Article 4. Tax Credit Certificates and Overriding Royalties. 10 Sec. 44.37.230. Duties of the department with respect to purchases of tax 11 credit certificates and overriding royalty interest agreements. (a) The department 12 shall provide necessary information to and consult with the Department of Revenue to 13 determine whether a discount rate is applicable under AS 43.55.028(m). 14 (b) The department may enter into an overriding royalty interest agreement in 15 favor of the state with an applicant that requests a purchase by the Department of 16 Revenue under AS 43.55.028 from money disbursed to the commissioner of revenue 17 from the Alaska Tax Credit Certificate Bond Corporation reserve fund established in 18 AS 37.18.040 of a transferable tax credit certificate issued under AS 43.55.023 or 19 production tax credit certificate issued under AS 43.55.025. The department may enter 20 into an agreement only if the anticipated net present value from the agreement to the 21 state is equal to or greater than the remainder of the value of the tax credit certificate 22 requested for purchase at the proposed reduced discount rate under 23 AS 43.55.028(m)(2), subtracted from the value of the tax credit certificate requested 24 for purchase in the absence of the agreement. 25 (c) An applicant requesting a reduced discount rate under AS 43.55.028(m)(2) 26 shall submit a proposed agreement to the department. The proposed agreement must 27 include 28 (1) a description of the lease or leases in which the applicant holds a 29 working interest that are subject to the proposed agreement; 30 (2) the overriding royalty interest in oil produced from the lease or 31 leases offered to the state under the proposed agreement expressed as a percentage of
01 the total oil produced from the lease or leases; a percentage proposed under this 02 paragraph may not exceed the working interest of the applicant. 03 (d) The monthly payment to the state under an agreement is calculated by 04 multiplying the prevailing value of the monthly oil production from the lease or leases 05 subject to the agreement by the product of the total monthly volume of oil production 06 from the lease or leases subject to the agreement and the percent of total oil production 07 offered to the state under the agreement. A deduction may not be applied to a payment 08 calculated under this subsection. The Department of Revenue shall determine and post 09 on its Internet website the prevailing value of the oil under AS 43.55 as provided in 10 regulation. 11 (e) The amount of an underpayment or overpayment of a monthly payment for 12 a payment in an agreement bears interest in each calendar quarter at the rate of 5.25 13 percentage points above the annual rate charged to member banks for advances by the 14 12th Federal Reserve District as of the first day of that calendar quarter, compounded 15 quarterly as of the last day of that quarter. 16 (f) When evaluating an agreement, the department shall consider 17 (1) the anticipated costs to issue and administer a bond under AS 37.18 18 if the tax credit certificate is purchased at a reduced discount rate under 19 AS 43.55.028(m)(2); 20 (2) the production or projected production from a lease subject to the 21 proposed agreement; 22 (3) the value or projected value of the oil produced from a lease 23 subject to the proposed agreement; 24 (4) the timing for production from a lease subject to the proposed 25 agreement; 26 (5) the likelihood of production from a lease subject to the proposed 27 agreement; 28 (6) the existence of and burdens on other interests on a lease subject to 29 the proposed agreement; 30 (7) cost data or financial information submitted with the proposed 31 agreement; and
01 (8) other information submitted with the proposed agreement. 02 (g) The department may request from an applicant additional information 03 necessary to make a determination under (f) of this section. Before an agreement may 04 be entered into, an applicant shall provide the information requested by the department 05 under this subsection. 06 (h) The department may enter into an agreement necessary to carry out the 07 purpose of this section, including an agreement to maintain the confidentiality of 08 information submitted to the department to evaluate an overriding royalty interest 09 agreement. 10 (i) The department shall separately account for the revenue collected from an 11 agreement that the department deposits in the general fund. The legislature may 12 appropriate the annual estimated balance in the account to the Alaska tax credit 13 certificate bond corporation reserve fund established under AS 37.18.040. 14 (j) In this section, unless the context requires otherwise, 15 (1) "agreement" means an overriding royalty interest agreement 16 described in this section; 17 (2) "applicant" includes an agent or representative of the applicant; 18 (3) "department" means the Department of Natural Resources. 19 * Sec. 13. Sections 2, 5, 8, 10, 31, 37, 40, and 43, ch. 3, SSSLA 2017, are repealed. 20 * Sec. 14. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 21 read: 22 NOTICE TO REVISOR OF STATUTES. (a) The commissioner of revenue shall 23 notify the revisor of statutes in writing 24 (1) if bonds 25 (A) are not issued under AS 37.18.010 - 37.18.190 by January 1, 2022; 26 or 27 (B) are issued under AS 37.18.010 - 37.18.190 before January 1, 2022, 28 when the principal amounts of the bonds issued under AS 37.18.010 - 37.18.190, 29 together with the interest on them and any interest owing on unpaid installments of 30 interest, and all other obligations with respect to the bonds, have been fully met and 31 discharged; and
01 (2) when 02 (A) there are no outstanding applications for purchase of tax credit 03 certificates or claims for refunds or payments for which payment has not been made 04 under AS 43.55.028(e); and 05 (B) it has been at least one year since a person has applied for a 06 purchase, refund, or payment under AS 43.55.028. 07 (b) In this section, 08 (1) "claim for refund or payment" means a refund or payment claimed under 09 AS 43.20.046, 43.20.047, or 43.20.053 subject to payment under AS 43.55.028; 10 (2) "tax credit certificate" means a transferable tax credit certificate issued 11 under AS 43.55.023 or a production tax credit certificate issued under AS 43.55.025 subject 12 to purchase under AS 43.55.028. 13 * Sec. 15. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 14 read: 15 TRANSITION: RETROACTIVITY OF REGULATIONS. Notwithstanding any 16 contrary provision of AS 44.62.240, if the 17 (1) Department of Revenue expressly designates in a regulation that the 18 regulation applies retroactively, a regulation adopted by the Department of Revenue to 19 implement, interpret, make specific, or otherwise carry out this Act may apply retroactively to 20 the effective date of the law implemented by the regulation; 21 (2) Department of Natural Resources expressly designates in a regulation that 22 the regulation applies retroactively, a regulation adopted by the Department of Natural 23 Resources to implement, interpret, make specific, or otherwise carry out this Act may apply 24 retroactively to the effective date of the law implemented by the regulation. 25 * Sec. 16. Section 46, ch. 3, SSSLA 2017, is repealed. 26 * Sec. 17. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).