00 HOUSE BILL NO. 197                                                                                                      
01 "An Act making an appropriation to the Alyeska Settlement Fund and making                                               
02 appropriations from the Alyeska Settlement Fund; and providing for an effective                                         
03 date."                                                                                                                  
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1.  The interest of the State of Alaska in the money received by the state under                           
06 the Agreement and Consent Decree in IN RE: The EXXON VALDEZ, United States District                                     
07 Court, District of Alaska, case No. A89-095 Civil (Consolidated)(Re: case No. A92-175 Civil,                            
08 decree entered November 25, 1992), is appropriated to the Alyeska Settlement Fund.                                      
09    * Sec. 2.  The sum of $20,500,000 is appropriated from the Alyeska Settlement Fund to the                            
10 Department of Transportation and Public Facilities and is allocated for the following projects                          
11 in the amounts listed:                                                                                                  
12   PROJECT                                                            ALLOCATION                                         
13 Construction of oil spill response equipment                                                                            
14   storage facilities and docks at Tatitlek                                                                              
01   and Chenega; acquisition of oil spill                                                                                 
02   response equipment for prepositioning at                                                                              
03   Tatitlek and Chenega                                              $14,500,000                                         
04 Construction of road from Cordova to Shepard                                                                            
05   Point; construction of oil spill response equipment                                                                   
06   storage facilities at Shepard Point; acquisition of                                                                   
07   oil spill response equipment for prepositioning at                                                                    
08   Shepard Point                                                      6,000,000.                                         
09    * Sec. 3.  The sum of $7,500,000 is appropriated from the Alyeska Settlement Fund to the                             
10 Department of Natural Resources for the purchase of the inholdings of the Seldovia Native                               
11 Association and of the Timber Trading Company, within the Kachemak Bay State Park as                                    
12 identified in the Preliminary Exchange Agreement dated June 30, 1989, as amended as of the                              
13 effective date of this Act, between the state, the Seldovia Native Association, and the Timber                          
14 Trading Company; and for the purchase of the inholdings of the Cook Inlet Region, Inc.,                                 
15 within Kachemak Bay State Park.                                                                                         
16    * Sec. 4.  The sum of $200,000 is appropriated from the Alyeska Settlement Fund to the                               
17 Department of Environmental Conservation for the acquisition and installation of                                        
18 communications equipment at the Valdez Emergency Operations Center.                                                     
19    * Sec. 5.  In this Act, "Alyeska Settlement Fund" means the fund or account established in                           
20 the state treasury for the purpose of receiving, holding, and disbursing the settlement proceeds                        
21 received by the state under the Agreement and Consent Decree in IN RE: The EXXON                                        
22 VALDEZ, United States District Court, District of Alaska, case No. A89-095 Civil                                        
23 (Consolidated)(Re: case No. A92-175 Civil, decree entered November 25, 1992).                                           
24    * Sec. 6.  The appropriations made by this Act are for capital projects and lapse under                              
25 AS 37.25.020.                                                                                                           
26    * Sec. 7.  This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).