Legislature(2015 - 2016)BILL RAY CENTER 230
05/11/2016 03:00 PM Senate FINANCE
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| SB138 | |
| Adjourn |
* first hearing in first committee of referral
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| += | SB 138 | TELECONFERENCED | |
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SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE
May 11, 2016
3:01 p.m.
3:01:43 PM
CALL TO ORDER
Co-Chair MacKinnon called the Senate Finance Committee
meeting to order at 3:01 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Senator Anna MacKinnon, Co-Chair
Senator Peter Micciche, Vice-Chair
Senator Click Bishop
Senator Mike Dunleavy
MEMBERS ABSENT
Senator Pete Kelly, Co-Chair
Senator Lyman Hoffman
Senator Donny Olson
ALSO PRESENT
Laura Cramer, Staff, Senator Anna MacKinnon.
SUMMARY
SB 138 BUDGET: CAPITAL
SB 138 was HEARD and HELD in committee for
further consideration.
SENATE BILL NO. 138
"An Act making appropriations, including capital
appropriations, reappropriations, and other
appropriations; making appropriations to capitalize
funds; and providing for an effective date."
3:02:24 PM
Vice-Chair Micciche MOVED to ADOPT proposed committee
substitute for SB 138, Work Draft 29-GS2741\P (Martin,
5/10/16).
Co-Chair MacKinnon OBJECTED for discussion.
3:02:45 PM
AT EASE
3:03:43 PM
RECONVENED
Co-Chair MacKinnon explained that the capital budget was
being considered.
LAURA CRAMER, STAFF, SENATOR ANNA MACKINNON, discussed the
most recent changes to the bill, referring to a document
entitled "Changes to SB 138 from Version E to P" (copy on
file).
Section 1
Page 4, line 28: Department of Health and Social
Services Health Information Exchange Providers
incentive Program, $480.0 in UGF, leverages $3,600.0
in federal funds.
Page 7, line 22: State Equipment Fleet Replacement
reduced by $4,600.0
Page 7, line 24: Federal Program Match, increased
Federal-Aid Highway State match on line 27 by
$7,000,000. This is the result of removing some
reappropriations in section 25(d)
Ms. Cramer specified that the reduction to the state
equipment fleet resulted in $20 million in funding rather
than the requested $24.6 million. She discussed the
increase to the federal-aid highway state match, specifying
that the unrestricted general fund (UGF) had been reduced
with $20 million in capital income fund, which was
reflected elsewhere. She continued that the funds were an
increase over the previous committee substitute.
3:05:27 PM
Ms. Cramer continued discussing the summary of changes:
Section 4
Page 24, line 23: Legislature - Office Building and
Land Purchase located at 1500 W Benson Boulevard in
Anchorage, $12,500,000 Alaska Capital Income Fund
Section 7
Page 28, line 9: Department of Health and Social
Services, Juvenile Justice facility staffing and
health care $1,000.0 UGF. This was a supplemental
request by the Governor
Ms. Cramer relayed that the juvenile justice item had been
an outstanding item between the House and the Senate. She
continued to discuss the summary of changes:
Page 28, line 29: Department of Natural Resources,
Administration and Support Services, technical fix due
to conference committee error in FY16 budget
Ms. Cramer clarified that the funds for the technical fix
had been appropriated out of the in-state gasline fund, and
should have been GF dollars.
3:07:37 PM
Ms. Cramer continued to address the summary:
Section 17
Page 35, line 24: Department of Corrections -
Alaska Corrections Offender Management System and
Victim Information Notification System to accommodate
new probation and parole incentives amount was
increased by $250,000 from $1,250,000 to $1,500,000
(alcohol and other drug abuse treatment and prevention
fund) - Result of Senate Bill 91- Criminal Justice
Reform. This is contingent on the passage of justice
reform legislation. Contingency language found on page
49, line 27
Section 20
Page 40, line 12: Department of Fish and Game-
Changing the appropriation made in 2012 for the
Research Vessel Resolution from Replacement to
Refurbishment and Repair
Ms. Cramer discussed the criminal justice reform funding,
which had originally had been funded at $1.25 million. She
elaborated that the Department of Corrections had
communicated that the funding amount would not suffice for
what they were hoping to accomplish with the passage of SB
91 [an omnibus criminal justice reform bill in the current
legislature]. The change brought the funding up to the full
$1.5 million that was requested.
3:09:28 PM
Ms. Cramer continued to discuss the summary of changes:
Section 21
Page 40, line 19: Department of Health and Social
Services
Modifications to the Medicaid Management Information
System as a result of Senate Bill 74 - Medicaid
Reform. $910.0 UGF leverages $9,403.2 Federal Funds.
This is contingent on the passage of Medicaid reform
legislation. Contingency language found on page 49,
line 31
Section 22
Page 40, line 28: Department of Law
Reduces the amount appropriated during the 2015 AKLNG
special session by $4,100.0. Dept. of Law is planning
to lapse this amount
Ms. Cramer recounted that during the October 2015 special
session, the Department of Law had received $10.1 million
for the Alaska's Liquefied Natural Gas (AKLNG) project. The
department had communicated that $4.1 million of the
funding was set to lapse, and the new language would reduce
the appropriation to $6 million.
Ms. Cramer continued to discuss the summary:
Section 24
Page 42, line 13: Department of Revenue
Reprogramming of the tax revenue management system and
revenue online tax portal. $1,200.00 UGF. This is
contingent on the passage of tax credit reform
legislation. Contingency language found on page 50,
line 3
Page 42, line 29:
Reappropriation total has be reduced from $19,731,605
to $13,507,546, this is the result of the removal of
several projects originally identified with balances
Ms. Cramer elaborated that the reappropriation for the
Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT)
was revised as a result of receiving feedback from the
Office of Management and Budget as well as DOT. Several of
the reappropriations in the previous version of the bill
had been encumbered, and there had been issues with some of
the reappropriations. Consequently, approximately 15
reappropriations in the section had been taken out and
revised.
Ms. Cramer continued to address the summary of changes:
Section 26
Page 47, line 16: Gives the Alaska Travel Industry
Association statutory receipt authority to spend
outstanding receipts estimated to be $1,364,802 that
were originally collected by the Department of
Commerce, Community and Economic Development from
advertisement sales and industry contributions for the
Alaska Travel Guide. The management of this program
was eliminated from the Operating Budget and the
legislature has directed industry to take over the
program. Without this language and giving this
authority these receipt would go unspent.
3:13:17 PM
Section 29
Page 49, line 7: Fund Capitalization
Takes the lapsing funds from the Department of Law,
identified in Section 22, and deposits them into the
AKLNG Fund
Transfers $26,000.0 from the In-State Natural Gas
Pipeline Fund to the Alaska Liquefied Natural Gas
Project Fund - Intent for administration to pay for
AKLNG expenses through AGDC and the fund
Ms. Cramer discussed the motivation for transferring the
$26 million from the in-state natural gas pipeline fund to
the AKLNG fund. She discussed the different agency funding
requests for tasks relating to the AKLNG project. The
change would require agencies to go through Alaska Gasline
Development Corporation (AGDC) to get money from the AKLNG
fund in order to work project-specific tasks.
Ms. Cramer continued to summarize the changes:
Section 32
Page 49, line 23: Retroactivity clause has been
updated, should this bill pass after the June 30, 2016
date certain sections would be retroactive
Section 33
Page 49, line 27: Contingency language relating to the
passage of justice reform, Medicaid reform, and tax
credit reform
Section 34 page 50, line 6: Immediate effective date
for supplemental, FY17 Operating, judgments and
settlements, fire suppression, and the retroactivity
clause
SCS 17 Capital: SCS Total Op, Cap, & Sup:
TOTAL: 1,547,455.7
1,626,997.7
UGF: 69,337.1
136,976.8
DGF: 49,705.9
63,982.6
Other: 103,178.1
96,052.4
FED: 1,325,234.6
1,329,985.9
Total capital reduction UGF from Governor to Senate
CS:
(112,275.2)
Ms. Cramer concluded that the new capital budget total of
UGF was $69,337,000. With the inclusion of the operating
and supplemental appropriations found in the bill, the
total was $136,976,800. She noted that the total reduction
from the governor's proposed budget was $112,275,000.
3:16:16 PM
Co-Chair MacKinnon WITHDREW her OBJECTION. There being NO
further OBJECTION, CSSB 138(FIN) version P was ADOPTED.
3:16:41 PM
AT EASE
3:16:55 PM
RECONVENED
Co-Chair MacKinnon noted that the public hearing on the
capital budget had been opened and closed on April 6, 2016.
She continued that there would be a hearing on the bill the
following day, and with the support of the members she
hoped to move the bill out of committee.
ADJOURNMENT
3:17:53 PM
The meeting was adjourned at 3:17 p.m.
| Document Name | Date/Time | Subjects |
|---|---|---|
| SB 138 work draft version P.pdf |
SFIN 5/11/2016 3:00:00 PM |
SB 138 |