CSHB 370(FIN): "An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses of state government and to capitalize funds; making appropriations under art. IX, sec. 17(c), of the Constitution of the State of Alaska, from the constitutional budget reserve fund; and providing for an effective date."
00CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 370(FIN) 01 "An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses of 02 state government and to capitalize funds; making appropriations under art. IX, 03 sec. 17(c), of the Constitution of the State of Alaska, from the constitutional 04 budget reserve fund; and providing for an effective date." 05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 06 * Section 1. Included within the general fund amounts appropriated in this Act, the 07 following amounts are from the unreserved special accounts in the general fund: 08 Highway fuel tax account (AS 43.40.010(g)) $25,500,000 09 Aviation fuel tax account (AS 43.40.010(e)) 6,000,000 10 * Sec. 2. Federal or other program receipts as defined under AS 37.05.146 that exceed the 11 amounts appropriated in this Act are appropriated conditioned upon compliance with the 12 program review provisions of AS 37.07.080(h). 13 * Sec. 3. If federal or other program receipts as defined under AS 37.05.146 exceed the 14 estimates appropriated by this Act, the appropriation from state funds for the affected program
01 may be reduced by the amount of the excess if the reductions are consistent with applicable 02 federal statutes. 03 * Sec. 4. Except as provided in sec. 5 of this Act, if federal or other program receipts as 04 defined under AS 37.05.146 fall short of the estimates appropriated by this Act, the affected 05 appropriation is reduced by the amount of the shortfall in receipts. 06 * Sec. 5. If the federal receipts under 42 U.S.C. 1397 - 1397f (Title XX of the Social 07 Security Act) fall short of the estimate, the amount of the shortfall is appropriated from the 08 general fund. 09 * Sec. 6. (a) Amounts necessary to fund the uses of the state insurance catastrophe reserve 10 account described in AS 37.05.289(a) are appropriated from that account to the Department 11 of Administration. 12 (b) Amounts equivalent to the amounts to be received in settlement of insurance 13 claims for losses and the amounts to be received as recovery for losses are appropriated from 14 the general fund to the state insurance catastrophe reserve account established by 15 AS 37.05.289. 16 (c) The amount necessary to maintain an unobligated balance of $5,000,000 in the 17 state insurance catastrophe reserve account (AS 37.05.289) in accordance with AS 37.05.287 - 18 37.05.289 is appropriated from the budget reserve fund (art. IX, sec. 17, Constitution of the 19 State of Alaska) to the state insurance catastrophe reserve account. This appropriation is made 20 under art. IX, sec. 17, Constitution of the State of Alaska. 21 (d) Amounts equivalent to the amounts to be received in settlement of claims against 22 bonds guaranteeing the reclamation of state land are appropriated from the general fund to the 23 agency secured by the bond. This appropriation is made for the purpose of reclaiming state 24 land affected by a use covered by the bond. 25 (e) The appropriations made in (b) - (d) of this section are contingent upon 26 compliance with the program review provisions of AS 37.07.080(h). 27 * Sec. 7. The amount required to pay interest on revenue anticipation notes issued by the 28 commissioner of revenue under AS 43.08 is appropriated from the general fund to the 29 Department of Revenue for payment of interest on revenue anticipation notes issued by the 30 commissioner of revenue under AS 43.08. 31 * Sec. 8. The amount required to be paid by the state for the principal of and interest on
01 all issued and outstanding state-guaranteed bonds is appropriated from the general fund to the 02 state bond committee to make all payments by the state required under its guarantee for 03 principal and interest. 04 * Sec. 9. The sum of $5,779,764 is appropriated from the international airports revenue 05 fund (AS 37.15.430) to the state bond committee for payment of debt service and trustee fees 06 on outstanding international airports revenue bonds. 07 * Sec. 10. (a) The sum of $11,243,993 is appropriated from the general fund to the Alaska 08 debt retirement fund (AS 37.15.011). 09 (b) The sum of $11,243,993 is appropriated from the Alaska debt retirement fund 10 (AS 37.15.011) to the state bond committee for lease payments to the Alaska Housing Finance 11 Corporation, City of Seward, City of Kenai, the Department of Natural Resources, and the 12 Alaska court system. 13 * Sec. 11. (a) The sum of $18,477,625 is appropriated from the general fund to the Alaska 14 debt retirement fund (AS 37.15.011). 15 (b) The sum of $23,177,625 is appropriated from the Alaska debt retirement fund 16 (AS 37.15.011) to the state bond committee for payment of debt service and trustee fees on 17 state general obligation bonds. 18 * Sec. 12. The amount authorized for transfer by the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation 19 under AS 37.13.145(b) is appropriated from the earnings reserve account (AS 37.13.145) to 20 the dividend fund (AS 43.23.045(a)) for the payment of permanent fund dividends and 21 administrative and associated costs. 22 * Sec. 13. The amount calculated under AS 37.13.145 to offset the effect of inflation on 23 the principal of the Alaska permanent fund is appropriated to the principal of the Alaska 24 permanent fund from the earnings reserve account (AS 37.13.145) of the Alaska permanent 25 fund that remains after money is transferred to the dividend fund under sec. 12 of this Act. 26 * Sec. 14. The interest earned during fiscal year 1995 on revenue from the sources set out 27 in AS 37.13.010 while the revenue is held in trust, escrow, or otherwise before receipt of the 28 revenue by the state is appropriated to the principal of the Alaska permanent fund. 29 * Sec. 15. The amount required to be deposited under AS 37.13.010(a)(1) and (2) during 30 fiscal year 1995 is appropriated to the principal of the Alaska permanent fund in satisfaction 31 of that requirement.
01 * Sec. 16. The lapsing balance of the employment assistance and training program fund 02 (sec. 3, ch. 95, SLA 1989, as amended by sec. 33, ch. 2, FSSSLA 1992) on June 30, 1994, 03 is appropriated to the unemployment compensation fund (AS 23.20.130) on July 1, 1994. 04 * Sec. 17. (a) Except as provided in (b) and (c) of this section, all unrestricted mortgage 05 loan interest payments and all other unrestricted receipts, including, without limitation, 06 mortgage loan commitment fees, received by or accrued to the Alaska Housing Finance 07 Corporation during the fiscal year 1995, and all income earned on assets of the corporation 08 during that period, are appropriated to the Alaska housing finance revolving fund 09 (AS 18.56.082) for the purposes described in AS 18.56. 10 (b) All unrestricted mortgage loan interest payments and all other unrestricted receipts, 11 including, without limitation, mortgage loan commitment fees, received by or accrued to the 12 housing assistance loan fund (AS 18.56.420) in the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation 13 during the fiscal year 1995, and all income earned on assets of that fund during that period, 14 are appropriated to the housing assistance loan fund in the Alaska Housing Finance 15 Corporation for the purposes of that fund. 16 (c) All unrestricted mortgage loan interest payments and all other unrestricted receipts, 17 including, without limitation, mortgage loan commitment fees, received by or accrued to the 18 senior housing revolving fund (AS 18.56.710) in the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation 19 during the fiscal year 1995, and all income earned on assets of that fund during that period, 20 are appropriated to the senior housing revolving fund in the Alaska Housing Finance 21 Corporation for the purposes of that fund. 22 (d) The sum of $200,000,000 from the available unrestricted cash in the general 23 account of the revolving fund, Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, is anticipated to be 24 transferred by the direction of the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation board to the general 25 fund. The funds will be deposited to the general fund when received during fiscal year 1995. 26 * Sec. 18. The sum of $9,934,900 is appropriated from the commercial fishing revolving 27 loan fund (AS 16.10.340) to the fisheries enhancement revolving loan fund (AS 16.10.505) 28 for the fisheries enhancement loan programs. 29 * Sec. 19. (a) The balance of the oil and hazardous substance release mitigation account 30 (AS 46.04.010 and AS 46.08.020) on July 1, 1994, not otherwise appropriated by (b) of this 31 section, is appropriated to the general fund.
01 (b) The sum of $2,462,600 is appropriated from the oil and hazardous substance 02 release mitigation account (AS 46.04.010 and AS 46.08.020) on July 1, 1994, to the storage 03 tank assistance fund (AS 46.03.410) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1995. 04 * Sec. 20. The unexpended and unobligated balance of the oil and hazardous substance 05 release response fund (AS 46.08.010) on July 1, 1994, not otherwise appropriated, is 06 appropriated to the Department of Environmental Conservation for fiscal year 1995 for spill 07 reserve. 08 * Sec. 21. The sum of $25,900,000 derived from surcharge collected under AS 43.55.200 09 is appropriated from the general fund to the oil and hazardous substance release response fund 10 (AS 46.08.010). 11 * Sec. 22. (a) The sum of $18,258,400 is appropriated to the following departments, from 12 the following sources, for costs relating to legal proceedings and audit activity involving oil 13 and gas revenue due or paid to the state or state title to oil and gas land, for the fiscal year 14 ending June 30, 1995: 15 Department of Law 16 Budget reserve fund (art. IX, 17 sec. 17, Constitution of 18 the State of Alaska) $13,500,000 19 State corporation receipts 4,500,000 20 Department of Revenue 21 General fund 258,400 22 (b) The appropriation made by (a) of this section from the budget reserve fund (art. 23 IX, sec. 17, Constitution of the State of Alaska) is made under art. IX, sec. 17(c), Constitution 24 of the State of Alaska. 25 * Sec. 23. The sum of $3,528,700 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department 26 of Natural Resources for costs associated with fire suppression for the fiscal year ending 27 June 30, 1995. 28 * Sec. 24. The sum of $22,580,800 is appropriated to the information services fund 29 (AS 44.21.045) for the Department of Administration, division of information services 30 programs from the following sources: 31 General fund $ 2,299,000
01 General fund program receipts 394,600 02 Inter-agency receipts 19,827,200 03 Inter-agency receipts/oil and hazardous 04 substance release response fund 60,000 05 * Sec. 25. The sum of $28,141,300 is appropriated from the general fund to the Alaska 06 marine highway system fund (AS 19.65.060) to continue to provide stable services to the 07 public. 08 * Sec. 26. The sum of $1,100,000 is appropriated from the mental health trust income 09 account (AS 37.14.011) to the unreserved portion of the general fund for statewide indirect 10 cost recovery related to mental health programs. 11 * Sec. 27. The fiscal year 1995 general fund receipts of the tank registration fee program 12 under AS 46.03.385 are appropriated to the storage tank assistance fund (AS 46.03.410). 13 * Sec. 28. An amount equal to the fiscal year 1994 program receipts of the Safety 14 Advisory Council, less the amount of fiscal year 1994 Safety Advisory Council program 15 receipts expended or obligated for expenditure during fiscal year 1994, is appropriated from 16 the general fund to the Safety Advisory Council for costs of the 1995 annual governor's safety 17 conference. 18 * Sec. 29. The sum of $8,000,000 is appropriated from the group health and life benefits 19 fund (AS 39.30.095) to the general fund. 20 * Sec. 30. The unexpended and unobligated balance of the disaster relief fund 21 (AS 26.23.300) on June 30, 1994, lapses June 30, 1995 into the funds from which it was 22 appropriated. 23 * Sec. 31. The balance on June 30, 1994, of the Alaska Public Utilities Commission 24 program receipts account for regulatory cost charges under AS 42.05.253 for fiscal year 1994 25 is appropriated to the Alaska Public Utilities Commission for fiscal year 1995 expenditures. 26 * Sec. 32. The sum of $65,000 is appropriated from the rural electrification revolving loan 27 fund (AS 42.45.020) to the general fund as an additional revenue source. 28 * Sec. 33. The amount available in the four dam pool transfer fund (AS 42.45.050) during 29 fiscal year 1995 is appropriated to the following funds in the following percentages for the 30 purposes set out in AS 42.45.050: 31 Power cost equalization and rural 40 percent
01 electric capitalization fund (AS 42.45.100) 02 Southeast energy fund (AS 42.45.040) 40 percent 03 Power project fund (AS 42.45.010) 20 percent 04 * Sec. 34. The amounts necessary to refund to local governments their share of taxes and 05 fees collected under the following programs are appropriated to the Department of Revenue 06 from the general fund for payment in fiscal year 1995: 07 (1) Fisheries tax revenue for fiscal year 1994 (AS 43.75); 08 (2) Amusement and gaming tax revenue for fiscal year 1995 (AS 43.35); 09 (3) Aviation fuel tax revenue for fiscal year 1995 (AS 43.40.010); 10 (4) Electric and telephone cooperative tax revenue for fiscal year 1995 11 (AS 10.25.570); and 12 (5) Liquor license fee revenue for fiscal year 1995 (AS 04.11). 13 * Sec. 35. The amount equal to the salmon enhancement tax collected under AS 43.76 and 14 deposited in the general fund under AS 43.76.025(c) is appropriated from the general fund to 15 the Department of Commerce and Economic Development for payment in fiscal year 1995 to 16 provide financing for qualified regional associations operating within a region designated 17 under AS 16.10.375. 18 * Sec. 36. An amount equal to the fiscal year 1994 general fund receipts from the salmon 19 marketing tax under AS 43.76.110 and from the seafood marketing assessment under 20 AS 16.51.120, less the amount of those receipts that were expended or obligated for 21 expenditure during fiscal year 1994, is appropriated from the general fund to the Alaska 22 Seafood Marketing Institute for marketing Alaska seafood products during fiscal year 1995. 23 * Sec. 37. (a) The amount required to pay claims awarded under AS 08.88.470 is 24 appropriated from the real estate surety fund (AS 08.88.450) to the Department of Commerce 25 and Economic Development, division of occupational licensing, to pay claims awarded under 26 AS 08.88.470. 27 (b) The appropriation made by this section is contingent upon compliance with the 28 program review provisions of AS 37.07.080(h). 29 * Sec. 38. The sum of $68,738,958 is appropriated from the budget reserve fund (art. IX, 30 sec. 17, Constitution of the State of Alaska) to the general fund to cover the share of the 31 state's actual expenditures for oil and gas litigation from July 1, 1990, through February 15,
01 1994, that is attributable to the constitutional budget reserve fund. This appropriation is made 02 under art. IX, sec. 17(c), Constitution of the State of Alaska. 03 * Sec. 39. The appropriations made by secs. 17, 18, 19(b), 24, 25, 27, and 33 of this Act 04 are for capitalization of funds and do not lapse under AS 37.25.010. 05 (SECTION 40 BEGINS ON PAGE 11)