00                             SENATE BILL NO. 27                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to calculation of the amount to offset the effect of inflation on the                                  
02 principal of the Alaska permanent fund, and to transfers of money from the earnings                                     
03 reserve account; and providing for an effective date."                                                                  
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1.  AS 37.13.145(c) is amended to read:                                                                  
06            (c)  On the last day of each fiscal year [AFTER THE TRANSFER UNDER                                       
07       (b) OF THIS SECTION], the corporation shall calculate [TRANSFER FROM THE                                      
08       EARNINGS RESERVE ACCOUNT TO THE PRINCIPAL OF THE FUND] an                                                         
09       amount sufficient to offset the effect of inflation on principal of the fund during that                          
10       fiscal year.  The corporation shall calculate the amount [TO TRANSFER TO THE                                      
11       PRINCIPAL UNDER THIS SUBSECTION] by applying the formula X - Y = Z                                            
12       where                                                                                                         
13                 (1)  X is determined by                                                                             
14                      (A)  computing the average of the monthly United States                                        
01            Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers for each of the two previous                                    
02            calendar years;                                                                                              
03                      (B) [(2)]  computing the percentage change between the first                                   
04            and second calendar year average; and                                                                        
05                      (C) [(3)]  applying that rate to the value of the principal of the                             
06            fund on the last day of the fiscal year just ended;                                                      
07                 (2)  Y equals the total amount deposited in the fund under                                        
08       AS 37.13.010 during the fiscal year just ending; and                                                          
09                 (3)  Z equals the amount to offset the effect of inflation.                                         
10    * Sec. 2.  AS 37.13.145(c) is amended to read:                                                                     
11            (c)  After the transfer under (b) of this section [ON THE LAST DAY OF                                    
12       EACH FISCAL YEAR], the corporation shall transfer from the earnings reserve                                   
13       account to the principal of the fund [CALCULATE] an amount sufficient to offset                               
14       the effect of inflation on principal of the fund during that fiscal year.  The corporation                        
15       shall calculate the amount to transfer to the principal under this subsection by                              
16       [APPLYING THE FORMULA X - Y = Z WHERE]                                                                          
17                 (1)  [A IS DETERMINED BY                                                                              
18                      (A)]  computing the average of the monthly United States                                           
19            Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers for each of the two previous                                    
20            calendar years;                                                                                              
21                 (2) [(B)]  computing the percentage change between the first and                                    
22       second calendar year average; and                                                                                 
23                 (3) [(C)]  applying that rate to the value of the principal of the fund on                          
24       the last day of the fiscal year just ended [;                                                                     
25                 (2)  Y EQUALS THE TOTAL AMOUNT DEPOSITED IN THE                                                         
26       FUND UNDER AS 37.13.010 DURING THE FISCAL YEAR JUST ENDING; AND                                                   
27                 (3)  Z EQUALS THE AMOUNT TO OFFSET THE EFFECT OF                                                        
28       INFLATION].                                                                                                       
29    * Sec. 3.  AS 37.13.145 is amended by adding new subsections to read:                                              
30            (e)  On the last day of each fiscal year, after the transfer under (b) of this                               
31       section, the corporation shall transfer from the earnings reserve account to the                                  
01       principal of the fund the amount equal to Z, as calculated under (c) of this section, or                          
02       the balance in the account, whichever is less.                                                                    
03            (f)  On the last day of each fiscal year, after the transfer under (e) of this                               
04       section, any amount in the earnings reserve account that exceeds $250,000,000 shall                               
05       be transferred from the earnings reserve account to the budget reserve fund (art. IX,                             
06       sec. 17, Constitution of the State of Alaska).                                                                    
07    * Sec. 4.  AS 37.13.145(e) and 37.13.145(f) are repealed.                                                          
08    * Sec. 5.  Sections 1 and 3 of this Act take effect June 30, 2005.                                                 
09    * Sec. 6.  Sections 2 and 4 of this Act take effect on June 30 of the first fiscal year in which                   
10 the total of all amounts transferred to the constitutional budget reserve fund under                                    
11 AS 37.13.145(f) during all years, including the fiscal year just ended, equals or exceeds the                           
12 total of all amounts appropriated from the constitutional budget reserve fund during all the                            
13 years, including the fiscal year just ended.