00 HOUSE BILL NO. 71 01 "An Act relating to the duration of a regular session of the legislature and to certain 02 procedures relating to the legislature; and providing for an effective date." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04  * Section 1. AS 37.07.040 is amended to read: 05 Sec. 37.07.040. Office of management and budget. The Alaska office of 06 management and budget shall 07 (1) assist the governor in meeting the requirements of AS 37.07.020, 08 including the coordination and analysis of state agency goals and objectives, plans, 09 and budget requests; 10 (2) prepare for submission to the governor an annually updated six- 11 year capital improvements program and the proposed capital improvements budget for 12 the coming fiscal year, the latter to include individual project justification with 13 documentation of estimated project cost; 14 (3) develop procedures to produce the information needed for effective 01 policy decision making, including procedures to provide for the dissemination of 02 information about plans, programs, and budget requests to be included in the annual 03 budget and opportunity for public review and comment during the period of budget 04 preparation; 05 (4) assist state agencies in their statement of goals and objectives to 06 achieve, among other things, the legislature's mission and desired results, preparation 07 of plans, assessments of the extent to which missions and desired results have been 08 achieved, budget requests, and reporting of program performance; all documents 09 forwarded by the office to a state agency containing instructions for the preparation of 10 program plans and budget requests and the reporting of program performance are 11 public information after the date they are forwarded; 12 (5) administer its responsibilities under the program execution 13 provisions of this chapter so that the policy decisions and budget determinations of the 14 governor and the legislature are implemented; 15 (6) provide the legislative finance division with the budget information 16 it may request; 17 (7) provide the legislative finance division with an advance copy of the 18 governor's budget workbooks by the first Monday in January of each year, except  19 that, following a gubernatorial election year, the advance copy shall be provided  20 by the second Monday in January [AT LEAST SEVEN DAYS BEFORE THE 21 LEGISLATURE CONVENES IN A REGULAR SESSION]; 22 (8) prepare the proposed capital improvements budget for the coming 23 fiscal year evaluating both state and local requests from the standpoint of need, equity, 24 and priorities of the jurisdiction; other factors such as project amounts, population, 25 local financial match, federal funds being used for local match, municipality or 26 unincorporated community acceptance of the facility, and all associated costs of the 27 facility may be considered; 28 (9) for each department in the executive branch, report to the 29 legislature by the 45th day of each regular session the amount of money appropriated 30 to the department that is expected to lapse into the general fund at the end of the 31 current fiscal year; 01 (10) establish and administer a state agency program performance 02 management system involving planning, performance budgeting, performance 03 measurement, and program evaluation; the office shall ensure that information 04 generated under this system is useful for managing and improving the efficiency and 05 effectiveness of agency operations; 06 (11) by January 15, list each lease-purchase agreement entered into by 07 an agency during the immediately preceding fiscal year for the acquisition of 08 equipment or other personal property, together with a description of the property 09 acquired and financial details, including the purchase price, the term for payments, the 10 amount of each payment, and the amount of interest or financing charges paid; 11 (12) work with state agencies to develop a standardized methodology 12 to collect and store energy consumption and expense data. 13  * Sec. 2. AS 37.07.070 is amended to read: 14 Sec. 37.07.070. Legislative review. The legislature shall consider the 15 governor's proposed comprehensive operating and capital improvements programs, 16 and fiscal plan if it is required under AS 37.07.020(b), evaluate alternatives to the 17 plans, make program selections among the various alternatives, and determine, subject 18 to available revenues, the level of funding required to support authorized state 19 services. The presiding officer of each house shall [MAY] refer the fiscal plan to one 20 or more committees. The [IF THE FISCAL PLAN IS REFERRED, THE] first 21 committee of referral shall hold at least one hearing on it. The operating and capital 22 budgets of each agency shall be separately reviewed. During each regular session of 23 the legislature, legislative review of the governor's supplemental appropriation bills 24 and the governor's budget amendments are governed by the following time limits: 25 (1) requests by the governor for supplemental appropriations for state 26 agency operating and capital budgets for the current fiscal year may be introduced by 27 the rules committee only through the 30th [15TH] legislative day; 28 (2) requests by the governor for budget amendments to state agency 29 budgets for the budget fiscal year may be received and reviewed by the finance 30 committees only through the 45th [30TH] legislative day. 31  * Sec. 3. AS 24.05.150(b) is repealed. 01  * Sec. 4. Section 3 of this Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c). 02  * Sec. 5. Sections 1 and 2 of this Act take effect January 1, 2012.