2020-05-18                     House Journal                      Page 2184
HB 234                                                                                                                        
The following letter dated April 6 was received at 2:12 p.m.:                                                                   
                                                                                                                                

2020-05-18                     House Journal                      Page 2185
"Dear Speaker Edgmon:                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
On this date, I have signed, with line-item vetoes, the following bill                                                          
passed during the second session of the Thirty-First Alaska State                                                               
Legislature and am transmitting the engrossed and enrolled copies to                                                            
the Lieutenant Governor's Office for permanent filing:                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
     SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 234(FIN)(brf sup                                                                       
     maj fld)                                                                                                                   
     "An Act making supplemental appropriations and other                                                                       
     appropriations; amending appropriations; capitalizing funds; and                                                           
     providing for an effective date."                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
     Chapter No. 7, SLA 2020                                                                                                    
     [Effective Date:  See Chapter]                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
This budget, with vetoes, provides necessary funding for the current                                                            
fiscal year to address the needs of Alaskans. A handful of vetoes were                                                          
made as a result of a thorough evaluation and consistent application of                                                         
the priorities of my administration.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
The line-item vetoes in this bill include: the elimination of additional                                                        
funding added by the Legislature for Medicaid, as the Department of                                                             
Health and Social Services has indicated they have the appropriate                                                              
level of funding to cover FY2020 projected expenses; the elimination                                                            
of a grant to the Alaska Municipal League for Real ID, as the                                                                   
implementation of this requirement has been delayed by the Federal                                                              
government to October 2021; and the elimination of funds for cold                                                               
climate housing research.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
I am confident the Executive Branch has adequate resources with the                                                             
inclusion of funds maintained in HB 234 to cover expenses currently                                                             
anticipated in FY2020.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Sincerely,                                                                                                                      
/s/                                                                                                                             
Mike Dunleavy                                                                                                                   
Governor"