00                       CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 199(FIN)                                                                   
01 "An Act relating to use of income of the Alaska permanent fund; relating to the amount                                  
02 of the permanent fund dividend; relating to the duties of the commissioner of revenue;                                  
03 and providing for an effective date."                                                                                   
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section                          
06 to read:                                                                                                                
07       LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the legislature to                                                        
08            (1)  implement the recommendations of the 2021 Comprehensive Fiscal Plan                                     
09 Working Group; and                                                                                                      
10            (2)  allow for adequate time to debate, analyze, and implement the revenue                                   
11 measures and cost reductions required for the long-term financial stability of the state.                               
12    * Sec. 2. AS 37.13.140 is amended to read:                                                                         
13            Sec. 37.13.140. Income. (a) Net income of the fund includes income of the                                  
14       earnings reserve account established under AS 37.13.145. Net income of the fund shall                             
01 be computed annually as of the last day of the fiscal year in accordance with generally                                 
02 accepted accounting principles, excluding any unrealized gains or losses. [INCOME                                       
03 AVAILABLE FOR DISTRIBUTION EQUALS 21 PERCENT OF THE NET                                                                 
04 INCOME OF THE FUND FOR THE LAST FIVE FISCAL YEARS, INCLUDING                                                            
05 THE FISCAL YEAR JUST ENDED, BUT MAY NOT EXCEED NET INCOME OF                                                            
06 THE FUND FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JUST ENDED PLUS THE BALANCE IN                                                             
07       THE EARNINGS RESERVE ACCOUNT DESCRIBED IN AS 37.13.145.]                                                          
08 (b)  The corporation shall determine the amount available for appropriation                                             
09 each year. The amount available for appropriation is five percent of the average                                        
10 market value of the fund for the first five of the preceding six fiscal years, including                                
11 the fiscal year just ended, computed annually for each fiscal year in accordance with                                   
12 generally accepted accounting principles. The amount available for appropriation                                    
13 may not exceed the balance in the earnings reserve account described in                                             
14 AS 37.13.145. In this subsection, "average market value of the fund" includes the                                   
15 balance of the earnings reserve account established under AS 37.13.145, but does not                                    
16 include that portion of the principal attributed to the settlement of State v. Amerada                                  
17       Hess, et al., 1JU-77-847 Civ. (Superior Court, First Judicial District).                                          
18    * Sec. 3. AS 37.13.145(b) is amended to read:                                                                      
19 (b)  Each [AT THE END OF EACH] fiscal year, the legislature may                                                 
20 appropriate [CORPORATION SHALL TRANSFER] from the earnings reserve                                                  
21       account to the                                                                                                    
22 (1)  dividend fund established under AS 43.23.045, 50 percent of the                                                
23 amount [INCOME] available for appropriation [DISTRIBUTION] under                                                
24       AS 37.13.140(b); and                                                                                          
25 (2)  general fund, 50 percent of the amount available for                                                           
26       appropriation under AS 37.13.140(b) [AS 37.13.140].                                                           
27    * Sec. 4. AS 37.13.145(b), as amended by sec. 3 of this Act, is amended to read:                                   
28 (b)  Each fiscal year, the legislature may appropriate from the earnings reserve                                        
29       account to the                                                                                                    
30 (1)  dividend fund established under AS 43.23.045, 25 [50] percent of                                               
31       the amount available for appropriation under AS 37.13.140(b); and                                                 
01                 (2)  general fund, 75 [50] percent of the amount available for                                      
02       appropriation under AS 37.13.140(b).                                                                              
03    * Sec. 5. AS 37.13.145(b), as amended by secs. 3 and 4 of this Act, is amended to read:                            
04            (b)  Each fiscal year, the legislature may appropriate from the earnings reserve                             
05       account to the                                                                                                    
06                 (1)  dividend fund established under AS 43.23.045, 50 [25] percent of                               
07       the amount available for appropriation under AS 37.13.140(b); and                                                 
08                 (2)  general fund, 50 [75] percent of the amount available for                                      
09       appropriation under AS 37.13.140(b).                                                                              
10    * Sec. 6. AS 37.13.145(c) is amended to read:                                                                      
11 (c)  After the appropriation [TRANSFER] under (b) [AND AN                                                           
12 APPROPRIATION UNDER (e)] of this section, the legislature may appropriate                                           
13 [CORPORATION SHALL TRANSFER] from the earnings reserve account to the                                                   
14 principal of the fund an amount sufficient to offset the effect of inflation on the                                     
15 principal of the fund during that fiscal year. However, none of the amount transferred                                  
16 shall be applied to increase the value of that portion of the principal attributed to the                               
17 settlement of State v. Amerada Hess, et al., 1JU-77-847 Civ. (Superior Court, First                                     
18 Judicial District) on July 1, 2004. The corporation shall calculate the amount to                                       
19       transfer to the principal under this subsection by                                                                
20 (1)  computing the average of the monthly United States Consumer                                                        
21       Price Index for all urban consumers for each of the two previous calendar years;                                  
22 (2)  computing the percentage change between the first and second                                                       
23       calendar year average; and                                                                                        
24 (3)  applying that rate to the value of the principal of the fund on the                                                
25 last day of the fiscal year just ended, including that portion of the principal attributed                              
26 to the settlement of State v. Amerada Hess, et al., 1JU-77-847 Civ. (Superior Court,                                    
27       First Judicial District).                                                                                         
28    * Sec. 7. AS 37.13.145(d) is amended to read:                                                                      
29 (d)  Notwithstanding (b) of this section, income earned on money awarded in                                             
30 or received as a result of State v. Amerada Hess, et al., 1JU-77-847 Civ. (Superior                                     
31 Court, First Judicial District), including settlement, summary judgment, or adjustment                                  
01 to a royalty-in-kind contract that is tied to the outcome of this case, or interest earned                              
02 on the money, or on the earnings of the money shall be treated in the same manner as                                    
03 other income of the Alaska permanent fund, except that it may [IS] not be included in                           
04 the calculation of the amount available for appropriation under AS 37.13.140(b)                                 
05 or [DISTRIBUTION TO THE DIVIDEND FUND, FOR TRANSFERS] to the                                                        
06 principal under (c) of this section [, OR FOR AN APPROPRIATION UNDER (e) OF                                             
07 THIS SECTION,] and shall be annually deposited into the Alaska capital income fund                                      
08       (AS 37.05.565).                                                                                                   
09    * Sec. 8. AS 37.13.300(c) is amended to read:                                                                      
10 (c)  Net income from the mental health trust fund may not be included in the                                            
11 computation of net income of the fund, the [OR] market value of the fund, or the                                
12 amount available for [DISTRIBUTION OR] appropriation under AS 37.13.140(b)                                      
13       [AS 37.13.140].                                                                                                   
14    * Sec. 9. AS 43.23.025(a) is amended to read:                                                                      
15 (a)  By October 1 of each year, the commissioner shall determine the value of                                           
16       each permanent fund dividend for that year by                                                                     
17 (1)  determining the total amount available for dividend payments,                                                      
18       which equals                                                                                                      
19 (A)  the amount appropriated [OF INCOME OF THE                                                                      
20 ALASKA PERMANENT FUND TRANSFERRED] to the dividend fund                                                                 
21            under AS 37.13.145(b) during the current year;                                                               
22 (B)  plus the unexpended and unobligated balances of prior                                                              
23 fiscal year appropriations that lapse into the dividend fund under                                                      
24            AS 43.23.045(d);                                                                                             
25 (C)  less the amount necessary to pay prior year dividends from                                                         
26 the dividend fund in the current year under AS 43.23.005(h), 43.23.021, and                                             
27            43.23.055(3) and (7);                                                                                        
28 (D)  less the amount necessary to pay dividends from the                                                                
29 dividend fund due to eligible applicants who, as determined by the department,                                          
30 filed for a previous year's dividend by the filing deadline but who were not                                            
31            included in a previous year's dividend computation;                                                          
01                      (E)  less appropriations from the dividend fund during the                                         
02            current year, including amounts to pay costs of administering the dividend                                   
03            program and the hold harmless provisions of AS 43.23.240;                                                    
04 (2)  determining the number of individuals eligible to receive a                                                        
05 dividend payment for the current year and the number of estates and successors                                          
06 eligible to receive a dividend payment for the current year under AS 43.23.005(h); and                                  
07 (3)  dividing the amount determined under (1) of this subsection by the                                                 
08       amount determined under (2) of this subsection.                                                                   
09    * Sec. 10. AS 37.13.145(e) and 37.13.145(f) are repealed.                                                        
10    * Sec. 11. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                         
11 read:                                                                                                                   
12 CONDITIONAL EFFECT; NOTIFICATION TO REVISOR OF STATUTES. (a)                                                            
13 Section 5 of this Act takes effect only if, by December 15, 2026, the commissioner of revenue                           
14 and the director of the legislative finance division jointly agree that revenue measures                                
15 anticipated to generate at least $800,000,000 of new annually recurring general fund revenue,                           
16 when compared to annual revenue generated from the statutes as they read on June 30, 2022,                              
17 have been passed by the Alaska State Legislature and enacted into law.                                                  
18 (b)  The commissioner of revenue and the director of the legislative finance division                                   
19 shall notify the revisor of statutes in a joint letter if, before December 15, 2026, revenue                            
20 measures anticipated to generate at least an estimated $800,000,000 of new annually recurring                           
21 general fund revenue, when compared to annual revenue generated from the statutes as they                               
22 read on June 30, 2022, have been passed by the Alaska State Legislature and enacted into law.                           
23 (c)  In this section, "general fund revenue" does not include revenue from the                                          
24 permanent fund.                                                                                                         
25    * Sec. 12. Section 4 of this Act takes effect July 1, 2023.                                                        
26    * Sec. 13. If, under sec. 11 of this Act, sec. 5 of this Act takes effect, it takes effect July 1,                 
27 2027.                                                                                                                   
28    * Sec. 14. Except as provided in secs. 12 and 13 of this Act, this Act takes effect                                
29 immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).