SB 131: "An Act relating to a separate appropriation bill for operating expenses for public education and establishing a date by which the bill must be passed by the legislature and transmitted to the governor each year; relating to the budget responsibilities of the governor; and providing for an effective date."
00 SENATE BILL NO. 131 01 "An Act relating to a separate appropriation bill for operating expenses for public 02 education and establishing a date by which the bill must be passed by the legislature and 03 transmitted to the governor each year; relating to the budget responsibilities of the 04 governor; and providing for an effective date." 05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 06 * Section 1. AS 14.17 is amended by adding a new section to article 2 to read: 07 Sec. 14.17.530. Appropriations for funding public education. At the time 08 the governor submits the report under AS 37.07.060(b), the governor shall submit to 09 the legislature a separate appropriation bill limited to appropriations to carry out 10 AS 14.17.300 - 14.17.490 for the succeeding fiscal year. The legislature shall, by 11 April 1 of each year, pass and transmit to the governor a bill making appropriations to 12 carry out AS 14.17.300 - 14.17.490 for the succeeding fiscal year. 13 * Sec. 2. AS 37.07.020(a) is amended to read: 14 (a) The governor shall prepare a budget for the succeeding fiscal year that
01 must cover all estimated receipts, including all grants, loans, and money received from 02 the federal government and all proposed expenditures of the state government. The 03 budget shall be organized so that the proposed expenditures for each agency are 04 presented separately. The budget must be accompanied by the information required 05 under AS 37.07.050 and by the following separate bills: (1) an appropriation bill 06 authorizing the operating and capital expenditures of the state's integrated 07 comprehensive mental health program under AS 37.14.003(a); (2) an appropriation 08 bill authorizing state operating expenditures other than those included in the state's 09 integrated comprehensive mental health program or in the bill funding public 10 education to carry out AS 14.17.300 - 14.17.490; (3) an appropriation bill 11 authorizing capital expenditures other than those included in the state's integrated 12 comprehensive mental health program; (4) an appropriation bill funding public 13 education to carry out AS 14.17.300 - 14.17.490; and (5) [(4)] a bill or bills covering 14 recommendations, if any, in the budget for new or additional revenue. The budget for 15 the succeeding fiscal year and each of the bills shall become public information on 16 December 15, at which time the governor shall submit copies to the legislature and 17 make copies available to the public. The bills, identical in content to the copies 18 released on December 15, shall be delivered to the rules committee of each house 19 before the fourth legislative day of the next regular session for introduction. 20 * Sec. 3. This Act takes effect July 1, 2018.