HB 412: "An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses of state government, for certain programs, and to capitalize funds; making appropriations under art. IX, sec. 17(c), Constitution of the State of Alaska, from the constitutional budget reserve fund; and providing for an effective date."
00HOUSE BILL NO. 412 01 "An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses 02 of state government, for certain programs, and to capitalize funds; making 03 appropriations under art. IX, sec. 17(c), Constitution of the State of Alaska, 04 from the constitutional budget reserve fund; and providing for an effective 05 date." 06 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 07 * Section 1. ALASKA CLEAN WATER FUND. The sum of $8,815,400 is appropriated 08 to the Alaska clean water fund (AS 46.03.032) for the Alaska clean water loan program from 09 the following sources: 10 General fund $1,469,200 11 Federal receipts 7,346,200 12 * Sec. 2. ALASKA HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION. (a) The sum of $50,000,000 13 from the available unrestricted cash in the general account of the Alaska housing finance 14 revolving fund (AS 18.56.082) is anticipated to be transferred to the general fund during fiscal
01 year 1997 by the direction of the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation board. 02 (b) All unrestricted mortgage loan interest payments, mortgage loan commitment fees, 03 and all other unrestricted receipts, received by or accrued to the Alaska Housing Finance 04 Corporation during fiscal year 1997, and all income earned on assets of the corporation during 05 that period, are appropriated to the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation to hold as corporate 06 receipts for the purposes described in AS 18.56. The corporation shall allocate its corporate 07 receipts among the Alaska housing finance revolving fund (AS 18.56.082), housing assistance 08 loan fund (AS 18.56.420), and senior housing revolving fund (AS 18.56.710) in accordance 09 with procedures adopted by the board of directors. 10 (c) The following amounts are appropriated to the Alaska Housing Finance 11 Corporation from the sources indicated and for the following purposes: 12 PURPOSE AMOUNT SOURCE 13 Housing loan programs $350,000,000 Corporate receipts 14 that are not subsidized 15 by Alaska Housing 16 Finance Corporation 17 Housing loan programs 50,000,000 Corporate receipts derived 18 and projects that are from arbitrage earnings 19 subsidized by Alaska 20 Housing Finance 21 Corporation 22 * Sec. 3. ALASKA PERMANENT FUND CORPORATION. (a) The amount authorized 23 for transfer by the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation under AS 37.13.145(b) is appropriated 24 from the Alaska permanent fund earnings reserve account (AS 37.13.145) to the dividend fund 25 (AS 43.23.045(a)) for the payment of permanent fund dividends and administrative and 26 associated costs. 27 (b) After money is transferred to the dividend fund under (a) of this section, the 28 amount calculated under AS 37.13.145 to offset the effect of inflation on the principal of the 29 Alaska permanent fund is appropriated from the Alaska permanent fund earnings reserve 30 account (AS 37.13.145) to the principal of the Alaska permanent fund. 31 (c) The amount required to be deposited under AS 37.13.010(a)(1) and (2) during
01 fiscal year 1997 is appropriated to the principal of the Alaska permanent fund in satisfaction 02 of that requirement. 03 (d) The interest earned during fiscal year 1997 on revenue from the sources set out 04 in AS 37.13.010 while the revenue is held in trust, escrow, or otherwise before receipt by the 05 state is appropriated to the principal of the Alaska permanent fund. 06 (e) The balance of the Alaska permanent fund earnings reserve account 07 (AS 37.13.145) is appropriated to the principal of the Alaska permanent fund on 08 February 1, 1997 unless the voters of the state ratify at the 1996 general election an 09 amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska that specifies a different use of the 10 Alaska permanent fund earnings reserve account. 11 * Sec. 4. ALASKA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. The balance on June 30, 1996, 12 of the Alaska Public Utilities Commission program receipts account for regulatory cost 13 charges under AS 42.05.254 and AS 42.06.286 for fiscal year 1996 is appropriated to the 14 Alaska Public Utilities Commission for fiscal year 1997 expenditures. 15 * Sec. 5. ALASKA SEAFOOD MARKETING INSTITUTE. An amount equal to the fiscal 16 year 1996 general fund receipts from the salmon marketing tax (AS 43.76.110), from the 17 seafood marketing assessment (AS 16.51.120), and from the fisheries resource landing tax 18 (AS 43.77.050), less the amount of those receipts expended or obligated during fiscal year 19 1996, is appropriated from the general fund to the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute for 20 marketing Alaska seafood products during fiscal year 1997. 21 * Sec. 6. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT MONETARY TERMS. The sum 22 of $50,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Administration for 23 supervisory training to satisfy the monetary terms of the collective bargaining agreement 24 between the state and the Alaska Public Employees' Association, supervisory unit, for the 25 fiscal year ending June 30, 1997. 26 * Sec. 7. CONSTITUTIONAL BUDGET RESERVE FUND. (a) Amounts equal to the 27 deposits in the budget reserve fund (art. IX, sec. 17, Constitution of the State of Alaska) for 28 fiscal year 1996, which were made by operation of art. IX, sec. 17(d) to repay appropriations 29 from the budget reserve fund are appropriated from the budget reserve fund to the funds and 30 accounts from which they were transferred. 31 (b) If the unrestricted state revenue available for appropriation in fiscal year 1997 is
01 insufficient to cover the general fund appropriations made for fiscal year 1997, the amount 02 necessary to balance revenue and general fund appropriations is appropriated to the general 03 fund from the budget reserve fund (art. IX, sec. 17, Constitution of the State of Alaska). 04 (c) The appropriations made by (a) and (b) of this section are made under art. IX, 05 sec. 17(c), Constitution of the State of Alaska. 06 * Sec. 8. DISASTER RELIEF FUND. The sum of $9,000,000 is appropriated from federal 07 receipts to the disaster relief fund (AS 26.23.300). 08 * Sec. 9. FEDERAL AND OTHER PROGRAM RECEIPTS. (a) Federal or other program 09 receipts defined in AS 37.05.146 that exceed the amounts appropriated by this Act are 10 appropriated conditioned upon compliance with the program review provisions of 11 AS 37.07.080(h). 12 (b) If federal or other program receipts defined in AS 37.05.146 exceed the estimates 13 appropriated by this Act, the appropriations from state funds for the affected program may be 14 reduced by the excess if the reductions are consistent with applicable federal statutes. 15 (c) Except as provided in (d) of this section, if federal or other program receipts 16 defined in AS 37.05.146 fall short of the estimates appropriated by this Act, the affected 17 appropriation is reduced by the shortfall in receipts. 18 (d) If the federal receipts under 42 U.S.C. 1397 - 1397f (Title XX of the Social 19 Security Act) fall short of the estimate, the shortfall is appropriated from the general fund. 20 * Sec. 10. FOUR DAM POOL TRANSFER FUND. The amount available in the four dam 21 pool transfer fund (AS 42.45.050) during fiscal year 1997 is appropriated to the following 22 funds in the following percentages for the purposes set out in AS 42.45.050: 23 Power cost equalization and rural electric 24 capitalization fund (AS 42.45.100) 40 percent 25 Southeast energy fund (AS 42.45.040) 40 percent 26 Power project fund (AS 42.45.010) 20 percent 27 * Sec. 11. INFORMATION SERVICES FUND. The sum of $21,869,300 is appropriated 28 to the information services fund (AS 44.21.045) for the Department of Administration, 29 division of information services programs from the following sources: 30 General fund program receipts $ 55,000 31 Inter-agency receipts 21,663,800
01 Inter-agency receipts/oil and hazardous 02 substance release prevention and response fund150,500 03 * Sec. 12. INSURANCE AND BOND CLAIMS. (a) Amounts necessary to fund the uses 04 of the state insurance catastrophe reserve account described in AS 37.05.289(a) are 05 appropriated from that account to the Department of Administration. 06 (b) The amounts received in settlement of insurance claims and recovery for losses 07 are appropriated from the general fund to the state insurance catastrophe reserve account 08 established by AS 37.05.289. 09 (c) The amounts received in settlement of claims against bonds guaranteeing the 10 reclamation of state land are appropriated from the general fund to the agency secured by the 11 bond. This appropriation is made for the purpose of reclaiming state land affected by a use 12 covered by the bond. 13 (d) The appropriations made by (b) and (c) of this section are contingent upon 14 compliance with the program review provisions of AS 37.07.080(h). 15 * Sec. 13. MARINE HIGHWAY SYSTEM FUND. The sum of $32,353,200 is 16 appropriated from the general fund to the Alaska marine highway system fund (AS 19.65.060). 17 * Sec. 14. MOTOR FUEL TAX. The following amounts from the unreserved special 18 accounts in the general fund are included within the general fund amounts appropriated by this 19 Act: 20 Highway fuel tax account (AS 43.40.010(g)) $22,500,000 21 Aviation fuel tax account (AS 43.40.010(e))7,500,000 22 * Sec. 15. OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING. The unexpended and unobligated balance on 23 June 30, 1996, of the Department of Commerce and Economic Development, division of 24 occupational licensing, general fund program receipts from occupational licensing fees under 25 AS 08.01.065 is appropriated to the division of occupational licensing for operating costs for 26 the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997. 27 * Sec. 16. OIL AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE RELEASE PREVENTION 28 ACCOUNT. (a) The following amounts are appropriated to the oil and hazardous substance 29 release prevention account (AS 46.08.010(a)(1)) in the oil and hazardous substance release 30 prevention and response fund (AS 46.08.010) from the sources indicated: 31 (1) the balance of the oil and hazardous substance release prevention mitigation
01 account (AS 46.08.020(b)) in the general fund on July 1, 1996, not otherwise appropriated by 02 this Act; 03 (2) the amount of $14,000,000, derived from the surcharge collected under 04 AS 43.55.300 during fiscal year 1996. 05 (b) The appropriation made by (a)(2) of this section is based on revenue estimates. 06 If the amount in the general fund that is derived from the surcharge collected under 07 AS 43.55.300 during fiscal year 1996 is greater than the appropriation made by (a)(2) of this 08 section, that appropriation is increased to that greater amount. 09 * Sec. 17. OIL AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE RELEASE RESPONSE ACCOUNT. 10 The following amounts are appropriated to the oil and hazardous substance release response 11 account (AS 46.08.010(a)(2)) in the oil and hazardous substance release prevention and 12 response fund (AS 46.08.010) from the following sources: 13 (1) the balance of the oil and hazardous substance release response mitigation 14 account (AS 46.08.025(b)) in the general fund on July 1, 1996, not otherwise appropriated by 15 this Act; 16 (2) the amount derived from the surcharge collected under AS 43.55.201 17 during fiscal year 1996. 18 * Sec. 18. SAFETY ADVISORY COUNCIL. The amount appropriated for the 1996 19 annual governor's safety conference (sec. 28, ch. 94, SLA 1995), plus the fiscal year 1996 20 program receipts of the Safety Advisory Council (AS 18.60.830), less the amount expended 21 or obligated for the 1996 annual governor's safety conference, is appropriated from the general 22 fund to the Safety Advisory Council for costs of the 1997 annual governor's safety conference. 23 * Sec. 19. SALMON ENHANCEMENT TAX. The salmon enhancement tax collected 24 under AS 43.76.010 - 43.76.030 in calendar year 1995 and deposited in the general fund under 25 AS 43.76.025(c) is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Commerce and 26 Economic Development for payment in fiscal year 1997 to qualified regional associations 27 operating within a region designated under AS 16.10.375. 28 * Sec. 20. SHARED TAXES AND FEES. The amounts necessary to refund to local 29 governments their share of taxes and fees collected in the listed fiscal years under the 30 following programs are appropriated to the Department of Revenue from the general fund for 31 payment in fiscal year 1997:
01 REVENUE SOURCE FISCAL YEAR COLLECTED 02 fisheries tax (AS 43.75) 1996 03 fishery resource landing tax (AS 43.77) 1996 04 amusement and gaming tax (AS 43.35) 1997 05 aviation fuel tax (AS 43.40.010) 1997 06 electric and telephone 07 cooperative tax (AS 10.25.570) 1997 08 liquor license fee (AS 04.11) 1997 09 * Sec. 21. STATE OBLIGATIONS. (a) The amount required to pay interest on revenue 10 anticipation notes issued by the commissioner of revenue under AS 43.08 is appropriated from 11 the general fund to the Department of Revenue for that purpose. 12 (b) The amount required to be paid by the state for principal and interest on all issued 13 and outstanding state-guaranteed bonds is appropriated from the general fund to the state bond 14 committee for that purpose. 15 (c) The sum of $94,741,184 is appropriated from the general fund to the Alaska debt 16 retirement fund (AS 37.15.011). 17 (d) The sum of $31,930,570 is appropriated from the following sources to the state 18 bond committee for the following purposes: 19 PURPOSE SOURCE APPROPRIATION 20 Lease payments to City of Alaska debt retirement fund $9,595,925 21 Seward, City of Kenai, (AS 37.15.011) 22 Department of Natural 23 Resources, and the Alaska 24 Court System 25 Debt service and trustee fees on Alaska debt retirement fund 16,528,682 26 state general obligation bonds (AS 37.15.011) 27 Debt service and trustee fees on International airports revenue fund 5,805,963 28 outstanding international airport (AS 37.15.430) 29 revenue bonds 30 (e) The sum of $68,616,577 is appropriated from the Alaska debt retirement fund 31 (AS 37.15.011) to the Department of Education for state aid for costs of school construction
01 under AS 14.11.100. 02 * Sec. 22. STATE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM. The lapsing balance 03 of the employment assistance and training program fund on June 30, 1996, is appropriated to 04 the unemployment compensation fund (AS 23.20.130). 05 * Sec. 23. STORAGE TANK REGISTRATION FEES. (a) The fiscal year 1997 general 06 fund receipts of the tank registration fee program under AS 46.03.385 are appropriated to the 07 storage tank assistance fund (AS 46.03.410). 08 (b) The sum of $2,853,800 is appropriated from the oil and hazardous substance release 09 prevention account (AS 46.08.010(a)(1)) to the storage tank assistance fund (AS 46.03.410) 10 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997. 11 * Sec. 24. STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM. The amount assessed for loan guarantee fees 12 from student loan borrowers of the Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education is 13 appropriated to the guarantee fee account within the student loan fund of the Alaska Student 14 Loan Corporation for the purposes specified in AS 14.43.120(u). 15 * Sec. 25. NONLAPSE OF APPROPRIATIONS. The appropriations made by secs. 1, 2, 16 8, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17, 23, and 24 of this Act are for the capitalization of funds and do not 17 lapse under AS 37.25.010. 18 (SECTION 26 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON PAGE 9)