00 SENATE BILL NO. 74
01 "An Act extending lapse dates for certain prior year appropriations; making
02 supplemental, capital, and special appropriations; and providing for an effective
03 date."
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
05 * Section 1. DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION. (a) The sum of $1,018,700 is
06 appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Administration for the leasing and
07 facilities program for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997.
08 (b) The sum of $317,500 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of
09 Administration, office of public advocacy, for operating costs for the fiscal year ending
10 June 30, 1997.
11 (c) The sum of $268,900 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of
12 Administration, public defender agency, for operating costs for the fiscal year ending June 30,
13 1997.
14 (d) The sum of $65,600 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of
01 Administration for the elected public officers retirement system for the fiscal year ending
02 June 30, 1997.
03 (e) The sum of $243,300 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of
04 Administration to pay for settlement of ABBA, Inc. v. State (1JU-96-1773 CI), relating to a
05 procurement dispute concerning a state lease for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997.
06 (f) The sum of $104,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of
07 Administration to pay costs associated with adjudicatory claims relating to the Department of
08 Environmental Conservation laboratory for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997.
09 * Sec. 2. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS. The sum of $2,300,000 is appropriated
10 from the general fund to the Department of Corrections as a capital project for partial funding
11 to provide additional womens' correctional facilities in satisfaction of fines levied by the
12 superior court relating to Cleary, et al v. Smith, et al (3 AN-81-5274 CI).
13 * Sec. 3. DISASTER RELIEF FUND. The sum of $1,000,000 is appropriated from the
14 general fund to the disaster relief fund (AS 26.23.300) to recapitalize that fund.
15 * Sec. 4. EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT AND DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. (a) The
16 sum of $632,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Corrections for
17 the replacement of the boiler system at the Fairbanks Correctional Center.
18 (b) The sum of $1,247,400 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department
19 of Health and Social Services, division of family and youth services, for improved security
20 at McLaughlin Youth Center and Fairbanks Youth Facility.
21 (c) The sum of $200,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of
22 Health and Social Services for emergency communications equipment.
23 (d) The sum of $100,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of
24 Military and Veterans' Affairs for radio equipment.
25 (e) The sum of $200,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of
26 Natural Resources for emergency repairs to the Perseverance Trail.
27 * Sec. 5. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES. (a) The sum of
28 $939,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Health and Social
29 Services to meet the costs of the adult public assistance program caseload for the fiscal year
30 ending June 30, 1997.
31 (b) The sum of $10,000,000 is appropriated from federal receipts to the Department
01 of Health and Social Services for increased Indian Health Service Medicaid reimbursement
02 rates for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997.
03 (c) The sum of $1,000,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department
04 of Health and Social Services, division of family and youth services, for foster care program
05 costs for children in the department's custody who require placement for the fiscal year ending
06 June 30, 1997.
07 (d) The sum of $685,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of
08 Health and Social Services, division of family and youth services, McLaughlin Youth Center,
09 for increased costs caused by population increases for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997.
10 * Sec. 6. DEPARTMENT OF LAW. (a) Section 26(a), ch. 94, SLA 1995 is amended to
11 read:
12 Sec. 26. (a) The sum of $20,000,000 is appropriated to the Department of
13 Law from the following sources, for costs relating to legal proceedings and audit
14 activity involving oil and gas revenue due or paid to the state or state title to oil and
15 gas land, for the fiscal years [YEAR] ending June 30, 1996, and June 30, 1997:
16 State corporation receipts $ 3,160,000
17 Budget reserve fund (art. IX, sec. 17,
18 Constitution of the State of Alaska) 16,840,000
19 (b) The sum of $97,072 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of
20 Law to pay judgments and claims against the state for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997.
21 (c) The sum of $485,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of
22 Law for the purpose of advocating the state's legal position on the sovereign powers of Native
23 tribal governments in the state. Amounts from this appropriation may be expended by the
24 Department of Law for the cost of representation and advocacy before federal and state courts,
25 federal administrative agencies, and the United States Congress.
26 * Sec. 7. DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AND VETERANS' AFFAIRS. The sum of
27 $220,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Military and Veterans'
28 Affairs for the emergency alert system.
29 * Sec. 8. MISCELLANEOUS CLAIMS. The following amounts are appropriated from the
30 general fund to the following departments to pay miscellaneous claims and stale-dated
31 warrants for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997:
01 DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATION
02 Administration $27,273
03 Corrections 8,330
04 Health and Social Services 22,235
05 Public Safety 4,254
06 Transportation and Public Facilities 903
07 * Sec. 9. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES. (a) The sum of $3,788,300 is
08 appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Natural Resources for fire
09 suppression activities for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997.
10 (b) The sum of $300,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of
11 Natural Resources for refunds owed by the veterans' land discount program (AS 38.05.940)
12 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997.
13 (c) The sum of $100,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of
14 Natural Resources for removal of existing buildings and other associated facilities at the Old
15 Eagle School site for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997.
16 * Sec. 10. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. The unexpended and unobligated
17 balance of the appropriation made in sec. 30, ch. 117, SLA 1996, page 43, line 32 and
18 allocated on line 34 (Village Public Safety Officer Program, Contracts, $4,965,500) lapses into
19 the general fund June 30, 1998.
20 * Sec. 11. RATIFICATIONS OF THE ACCOUNTING SYSTEM. The following
21 departmental expenditures made in fiscal years 1985 to 1995 are ratified to reverse the
22 negative account balances in the Alaska state accounting system in the amounts listed for each
23 AR number. The appropriations from which these expenditures were actually paid are
24 amended by increasing them by the amount listed, as follows:
25 (1) Department of Administration
26 (A) AR 3583-85 Property Management $47,182.23
27 (B) AR 3581-86 Retirement and Benefits 654.29
28 (2) Department of Labor
29 (A) AR 27540-91 Workers' Incentive 17,423.03
30 (B) AR 27849-93 Alaska Work Program 7,756.15
31 (3) Department of Health and Social Services
01 (A) AR 22750-85 Fairbanks DOE Food Service 3,236.50
02 (B) AR 22751-85 Johnson Center Doc 151.84
03 (C) AR 22783-85 Laboratories 84 1,069.00
04 (D) AR 22752-88 Substance Abuse Res 10.00
05 (E) AR 22755-88 Epidemiology - Traffic 200.56
06 (F) AR 22788-88 Fairbanks MH Facil Maint 0.01
07 (G) AR 23031-89 Southern Region EMS Life-Pak 0.07
08 (H) AR 25063-89 PFD Hold Harmless 1,058.72
09 (I) AR 24649-90 Harborview Dev Ctr 31,464.50
10 (J) AR 22753-90 AK Trauma Registry 0.45
11 (K) AR 22796-90 Human Svc Valdez Oil 11,853.13
12 (L) AR 22797-90 Child Nutrition Prog 4,305.11
13 (M) AR 22713-92 FY92 OAC Nutrition 0.02
14 (N) AR 22724-92 Inmate Hlt Care Xray 14,500.00
15 (O) AR 22739-94 MIS Tech Asst ADA 293.11
16 (P) AR 22885-89 EIS Phase 1 0.80
17 (Q) AR 23122-95 MMIS 191,255.71
18 (4) Department of Natural Resources
19 (A) AR 36631-91 Fire Federal Receipts 409,723.98
20 (B) AR 37311-93 Fire Federal Receipts 48,249.95
21 (C) AR 36893-90 Law Valdez Oil Spill 300.00
22 * Sec. 12. DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE. (a) The sum of $31,000 is appropriated from
23 the general fund to the Department of Revenue, treasury division, for equity investment
24 management fees for the constitutional budget reserve fund (art. IX, sec. 17, Constitution of
25 the State of Alaska) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997.
26 (b) The purpose of the supplemental appropriation made by (a) of this section is to
27 pay management fees necessary to implement a new asset allocation of the constitutional
28 budget reserve fund (art. IX, sec. 17, Constitution of the State of Alaska) for the remainder
29 of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997. This asset allocation will include equities to improve
30 the long-term earning potential for investment of the principal of the constitutional budget
31 reserve fund. The appropriation made by (a) of this section is made with the intent that an
01 amount also will be appropriated to pay for such management fees for the fiscal year ending
02 June 30, 1998, in the general appropriations Act (the operating budget) for that fiscal year.
03 * Sec. 13. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC FACILITIES. The
04 sum of $391,400 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Transportation
05 and Public Facilities, Alaska marine highway system, for increased fuel costs for the fiscal
06 year ending June 30, 1997.
07 * Sec. 14. ALASKA COURT SYSTEM. The sum of $44,500 is appropriated from the
08 general fund to the Alaska Court System to address the effect of welfare reform legislation
09 (ch. 107, SLA 1996) on the trial courts for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997.
10 * Sec. 15. The appropriation made by sec. 3 of this Act is to capitalize a statutory fund
11 and does not lapse under AS 37.25.010.
12 * Sec. 16. The appropriations made by secs. 2 and 4 of this Act are for capital projects and
13 lapse under AS 37.25.020.
14 * Sec. 17. The appropriations made by secs. 6(c) and 7 of this Act lapse into the general
15 fund June 30, 1998.
16 * Sec. 18. Section 6(a) of this Act is retroactive to July 1, 1996.
17 * Sec. 19. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).