00 CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 13(HES) 01 "An Act relating to the school construction grant fund and to reimbursement of 02 municipal bonds for school construction; and providing for an effective date." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04  * Section 1. AS 14.11.008(a) is amended to read: 05 (a) In order to receive a grant under this chapter or an appropriation under 06 AS 37.05.560, a district must 07 (1) be  08 (A) a rural educational attendance area;  09 (B) a municipal school district and, as of June 30 of the  10 previous fiscal year, have a population of less than 1,000; or  11 (C) a municipal school district that operates schools on a  12 military reservation; and  13 (2) provide a percentage share of the project cost, as determined under 14 (b) or (c) of this section; a [. A] district shall provide the required participating share 01 within three years after the date that the appropriation bill funding the grant is passed 02 by the legislature. 03 * Sec. 2.  AS 14.11.008(a) is repealed and reenacted to read: 04 (a) In order to receive a grant under this chapter or an appropriation under 05 AS 37.05.560, a district must provide a percentage share of the project cost, as 06 determined under (b) or (c) of this section. A district shall provide the required 07 participating share within three years after the date that the appropriation bill funding 08 the grant is passed by the legislature. 09 * Sec. 3. AS 14.11.008 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 10 (g) Grant funds provided to a municipal school district under (a)(1)(C) of this 11 section may only be used for the costs of school construction or major maintenance for 12 a school located on a military reservation. 13 * Sec. 4. AS 14.11.011(a) is amended to read: 14 (a) A municipality that is a school district or a regional educational attendance 15 area eligible under AS 14.11.008(a) may submit a request to the department for a 16 grant under this chapter. 17 * Sec. 5. AS 14.11.011(a) is repealed and reenacted to read: 18 (a) A municipality that is a school district or a regional educational attendance 19 area may submit a request to the department for a grant under this chapter.  20  * Sec. 6. AS 14.11.100(a) is amended to read: 21 (a) During each fiscal year, the state shall allocate to a municipality that is a 22 school district the following sums: 23 (1) payments made by the municipality during the fiscal year two years 24 earlier for the retirement of principal and interest on outstanding bonds, notes, or other 25 indebtedness incurred before July 1, 1977, to pay costs of school construction; 26 (2) 90 percent of 27 (A) payments made by the municipality during the fiscal year 28 two years earlier for the retirement of principal and interest on outstanding 29 bonds, notes, or other indebtedness incurred after June 30, 1977, and before 30 July 1, 1978, to pay costs of school construction; 31 (B) cash payments made after June 30, 1976, and before July 1, 01 1978, by the municipality during the fiscal year two years earlier to pay costs 02 of school construction; 03 (3) 90 percent of 04 (A) payments made by the municipality during the fiscal year 05 two years earlier for the retirement of principal and interest on outstanding 06 bonds, notes, or other indebtedness incurred after June 30, 1978, and before 07 January 1, 1982, to pay costs of school construction projects approved under 08 AS 14.07.020(a)(11); 09 (B) cash payments made after June 30, 1978, and before July 1, 10 1982, by the municipality during the fiscal year two years earlier to pay costs 11 of school construction projects approved under AS 14.07.020(a)(11); 12 (4) subject to (h) and (i) of this section, up to 90 percent of 13 (A) payments made by the municipality during the current 14 fiscal year for the retirement of principal and interest on outstanding bonds, 15 notes, or other indebtedness incurred after December 31, 1981, and authorized 16 by the qualified voters of the municipality before July 1, 1983, to pay costs of 17 school construction, additions to schools, and major rehabilitation projects that 18 exceed $25,000 and are approved under AS 14.07.020(a)(11); 19 (B) cash payments made after June 30, 1982, and before July 1, 20 1983, by the municipality during the fiscal year two years earlier to pay costs 21 of school construction, additions to schools, and major rehabilitation projects 22 that exceed $25,000 and are approved under AS 14.07.020(a)(11); and 23 (C) payments made by the municipality during the current 24 fiscal year for the retirement of principal and interest on outstanding bonds, 25 notes, or other indebtedness to pay costs of school construction, additions to 26 schools, and major rehabilitation projects that exceed $25,000 and are 27 submitted to the department for approval under AS 14.07.020(a)(11) before 28 July 1, 1983, and approved by the qualified voters of the municipality before 29 October 15, 1983, not to exceed a total project cost of (i) $6,600,000 if the 30 annual growth rate of average daily membership of the municipality is more 31 than seven percent but less than 12 percent, or (ii) $20,000,000 if the annual 01 growth rate of average daily membership of the municipality is 12 percent or 02 more; payments made by a municipality under this subparagraph on total 03 project costs that exceed the amounts set out in (i) and (ii) of this subparagraph 04 are subject to (5)(A) of this subsection; 05 (5) subject to (h) - (j) of this section, 80 percent of 06 (A) payments made by the municipality during the fiscal year 07 for the retirement of principal and interest on outstanding bonds, notes, or 08 other indebtedness authorized by the qualified voters of the municipality 09 (i) after June 30, 1983, but before March 31, 1990, to 10 pay costs of school construction, additions to schools, and major 11 rehabilitation projects that exceed $25,000 and are approved under 12 AS 14.07.020(a)(11); or 13 (ii) before July 1, 1989, and reauthorized before 14 November 1, 1989, to pay costs of school construction, additions to 15 schools, and major rehabilitation projects that exceed $25,000 and are 16 approved under AS 14.07.020(a)(11); and 17 (B) cash payments made after June 30, 1983, by the 18 municipality during the fiscal year two years earlier to pay costs of school 19 construction, additions to schools, and major rehabilitation projects that exceed 20 $25,000 and are approved by the department before July 1, 1990, under 21 AS 14.07.020(a)(11); 22 (6) subject to (h) - (j) and (m) of this section, 70 percent of payments 23 made by the municipality during the fiscal year for the retirement of principal and 24 interest on outstanding bonds, notes, or other indebtedness authorized by the qualified 25 voters of the municipality on or after April 30, 1993, but before July 1, 1996, to pay 26 costs of school construction, additions to schools, and major rehabilitation projects 27 that exceed $200,000 and are approved under AS 14.07.020(a)(11); 28 (7) subject to (h) - (j) and (m) of this section, 70 percent of payments 29 made by the municipality during the fiscal year for the retirement of principal and 30 interest on outstanding bonds, notes, or other indebtedness authorized by the qualified 31 voters of the municipality after March 31, 1990, but before April 30, 1993, to pay 01 costs of school construction, additions to schools, and major rehabilitation projects; 02 (8) subject to (h), (i), (j)(2) - (5), and (n) of this section and after 03 projects funded by the bonds, notes, or other indebtedness have been approved by the 04 commissioner, 70 percent of payments made by the municipality during the fiscal year 05 for the retirement of principal and interest on outstanding bonds, notes, or other 06 indebtedness authorized by the qualified voters of the municipality on or after July 1, 07 1995, but before July 1, 1998, to pay costs of school construction, additions to 08 schools, and major rehabilitation projects that exceed $200,000 and are approved 09 under AS 14.07.020(a)(11); 10 (9) subject to (h), (i), (j)(2) - (5), and (n) of this section and after 11 projects funded by the bonds, notes, or other indebtedness have been approved by the 12 commissioner, 70 percent of payments made by the municipality during the fiscal year 13 for the retirement of principal and interest on outstanding bonds, notes, or other 14 indebtedness authorized by the qualified voters of the municipality on or after July 1, 15 1998, but before July 1, 2006, to pay costs of school construction, additions to 16 schools, and major rehabilitation projects that exceed $200,000 and are approved 17 under AS 14.07.020(a)(11); 18 (10) subject to (h), (i), (j)(2) - (5), and (o) of this section, and after 19 projects funded by the bonds, notes, or other indebtedness have been approved by the 20 commissioner, 70 percent of payments made by the municipality during the fiscal year 21 for the retirement of principal and interest on outstanding bonds, notes, or other 22 indebtedness authorized by the qualified voters of the municipality on or after June 30, 23 1998, to pay costs of school construction, additions to schools, and major 24 rehabilitation projects that exceed $200,000, are approved under AS 14.07.020(a)(11), 25 and are not reimbursed under (n) of this section; 26 (11) subject to (h), (i), and (j)(2) - (5) of this section, and after projects 27 funded by the bonds, notes, or other indebtedness have been approved by the 28 commissioner, 70 percent of payments made by a municipality during the fiscal year 29 for the retirement of principal and interest on outstanding bonds, notes, or other 30 indebtedness authorized by the qualified voters of the municipality on or after June 30, 31 1999, but before July 1, 2006 [JANUARY 1, 2005], to pay costs of school 01 construction, additions to schools, and major rehabilitation projects and education- 02 related facilities that exceed $200,000, are approved under AS 14.07.020(a)(11), and 03 are not reimbursed under (n) or (o) of this section; 04 (12) subject to (h), (i), and (j)(2), (3), and (5) of this section, 60 percent 05 of payments made by a municipality during the fiscal year for the retirement of 06 principal and interest on outstanding bonds, notes, or other indebtedness authorized by 07 the qualified voters of the municipality on or after June 30, 1999, but before July 1,  08 2006 [JANUARY 1, 2005], to pay costs of school construction, additions to schools, 09 and major rehabilitation projects and education-related facilities that exceed $200,000, 10 are reviewed under AS 14.07.020(a)(11), and are not reimbursed under (n) or (o) of 11 this section. 12  * Sec. 7. AS 14.11.008(g) is repealed. 13  * Sec. 8. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 14 read: 15 RETROACTIVITY. If, under sec. 9 of this Act, secs. 1, 3, 4, and 6 of this Act take 16 effect, they are retroactive to January 1, 2005. 17  * Sec. 9. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 18 read: 19 CONTINGENT EFFECT. Sections 1 - 7 of this Act take effect only if, at the first 20 regular session or at a special session, the Twenty-Fourth Alaska Legislature passes a bill 21 appropriating an amount equal to or more than $100,000,000 to the school construction grant 22 fund under AS 14.11.008 - 14.11.011, as amended by secs. 1, 3, and 4 of this Act, and that bill 23 becomes law not later than October 1, 2005. 24  * Sec. 10. If, under section 9 of this Act, secs. 2, 5, and 7 of this Act take effect, they take 25 effect July 1, 2006. 26  * Sec. 11.  Except as provided in sec. 10 of this Act, this Act takes effect immediately under 27 AS 01.10.070(c).