CCS 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."
00CONFERENCE CS FOR HOUSE 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 AIR PROTECTION FUND. Upon the effective date of 08 the clean air protection fund established in AS 46.14.260, an amount equal to the fiscal year 09 1997 receipts from air permit fees collected under AS 46.14.240 - 46.14.250, less the amount 10 of those receipts that have been expended or obligated for expenditure, is appropriated to the 11 clean air protection fund. 12 * Sec. 2. ALASKA CLEAN WATER FUND. The sum of $8,815,400 is appropriated to 13 the Alaska clean water fund (AS 46.03.032) for the Alaska clean water loan program from the 14 following sources:
01 General fund $1,469,200 02 Federal receipts 7,346,200 03 * Sec. 3. ALASKA HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION. (a) The sum of $50,000,000 04 from the available unrestricted cash in the general account of the Alaska housing finance 05 revolving fund (AS 18.56.082) is anticipated to be transferred to the general fund during fiscal 06 year 1997 by the direction of the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation board. 07 (b) All unrestricted mortgage loan interest payments, mortgage loan commitment fees, 08 and all other unrestricted receipts, received by or accrued to the Alaska Housing Finance 09 Corporation during fiscal year 1997, and all income earned on assets of the corporation during 10 that period, are appropriated to the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation to hold as corporate 11 receipts for the purposes described in AS 18.56. The corporation shall allocate its corporate 12 receipts among the Alaska housing finance revolving fund (AS 18.56.082), housing assistance 13 loan fund (AS 18.56.420), and senior housing revolving fund (AS 18.56.710) in accordance 14 with procedures adopted by the board of directors. 15 (c) The following amounts are appropriated to the Alaska Housing Finance 16 Corporation from the sources indicated and for the following purposes: 17 PURPOSE AMOUNT SOURCE 18 Housing loan programs $350,000,000 Corporate receipts 19 that are not subsidized 20 by Alaska Housing 21 Finance Corporation 22 Housing loan programs 50,000,000 Corporate receipts derived 23 and projects that are from arbitrage earnings 24 subsidized by Alaska 25 Housing Finance 26 Corporation 27 * Sec. 4. ALASKA INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND EXPORT AUTHORITY. The 28 sum of $16,700,000 from the available unrestricted cash in the Alaska Industrial Development 29 and Export Authority revolving fund (AS 44.88.060) is anticipated to be transferred by the 30 direction of the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority Board to the general 31 fund. The funds shall be deposited to the general fund when received during fiscal year 1997.
01 * Sec. 5. ALASKA PERMANENT FUND CORPORATION. (a) The amount authorized 02 for transfer by the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation under AS 37.13.145(b) is appropriated 03 from the earnings reserve account (AS 37.13.145) to the dividend fund (AS 43.23.045(a)) for 04 the payment of permanent fund dividends and administrative and associated costs. 05 (b) After money is transferred to the dividend fund under (a) of this section, the 06 amount calculated under AS 37.13.145 to offset the effect of inflation on the principal of the 07 Alaska permanent fund is appropriated from the earnings reserve account (AS 37.13.145) to 08 the principal of the Alaska permanent fund. 09 (c) The amount required to be deposited under AS 37.13.010(a)(1) and (2) during 10 fiscal year 1997 is appropriated to the principal of the Alaska permanent fund in satisfaction 11 of that requirement. 12 (d) The interest earned during fiscal year 1997 on revenue from the sources set out 13 in AS 37.13.010 while the revenue is held in trust, escrow, or otherwise before receipt by the 14 state is appropriated to the principal of the Alaska permanent fund. 15 * Sec. 6. ALASKA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. The balance on June 30, 1996, 16 of the Alaska Public Utilities Commission program receipts account for regulatory cost 17 charges under AS 42.05.254 and AS 42.06.286 for fiscal year 1996 is appropriated to the 18 Alaska Public Utilities Commission for fiscal year 1997 expenditures. 19 * Sec. 7. ALASKA SEAFOOD MARKETING INSTITUTE. An amount equal to the fiscal 20 year 1996 general fund receipts from the salmon marketing tax (AS 43.76.110), from the 21 seafood marketing assessment (AS 16.51.120), and from the fisheries resource landing tax 22 (AS 43.77.050), less the amount of those receipts expended or obligated during fiscal year 23 1996, is appropriated from the general fund to the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute for 24 marketing Alaska seafood products during fiscal year 1997. 25 * Sec. 8. CONSTITUTIONAL AND STATUTORY BUDGET RESERVE FUNDS. (a) 26 Amounts equal to the deposits in the budget reserve fund (art. IX, sec. 17, Constitution of the 27 State of Alaska) for fiscal year 1996, that were made by operation of art. IX, sec. 17(d) to 28 repay appropriations from the budget reserve fund are appropriated from the budget reserve 29 fund to the funds and accounts from which they were transferred. 30 (b) If, after the appropriation under (d) of this section is made, the unrestricted state 31 revenue available for appropriation in fiscal year 1997 is insufficient to cover the general fund
01 appropriations made for fiscal year 1997, the amount necessary to balance revenue and general 02 fund appropriations is appropriated to the general fund from the budget reserve fund (art. IX, 03 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 (d) If the unrestricted state revenue available for appropriation in fiscal year 1997 is 07 insufficient to cover the general fund appropriations made for that fiscal year 1997, the 08 amount necessary to balance revenue and general fund appropriations is appropriated to the 09 general fund from the budget reserve fund (AS 37.05.540). 10 * Sec. 9. MONETARY TERMS OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS. (a) 11 The monetary terms of each of the collective bargaining agreements listed in (b) of this 12 section are rejected under AS 23.40.215 unless separate legislation is enacted which contains 13 explicit language approving the monetary terms of that agreement. Money appropriated in this 14 Act may not be used to implement the monetary terms of any of the collective bargaining 15 agreements listed in (b) of this section unless separate legislation is enacted which contains 16 explicit language approving the monetary terms of the collective bargaining agreement. 17 (b) This section applies to the collective bargaining agreements negotiated between 18 the state and the following bargaining organizations: 19 (1) Alaska State Employees Association, for the General Government Unit; 20 (2) Alaska Public Employees Association, for the Supervisory Unit; 21 (3) Public Employees Local 71, for the Labor, Trades and Crafts Unit; 22 (4) Inland Boatmen's Union of the Pacific, representing the unlicensed marine 23 unit for a contract for the period October 10, 1994, through May 31, 1996; 24 (5) Inland Boatmen's Union of the Pacific, representing the unlicensed marine 25 unit for a contract for the period June 1, 1996, through May 31, 1999; 26 (6) International Organization of Masters, Mates, and Pilots, Pacific Maritime 27 Region, for the Masters, Mates, and Pilots Unit; 28 (7) Public Safety Employees Association, representing state troopers and other 29 commissioned law enforcement personnel; 30 (8) Alyeska Centralized School Employees Association, representing teachers 31 at the Alyeska Correspondence School;
01 (9) International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers representing nonjudicial, 02 nonsupervisory, classified employees of the Alaska Court System; 03 (10) the Classified Employees Association, representing University of Alaska 04 employees; and 05 (11) the Alaska Community Colleges' Federation of Teachers, representing 06 faculty members of the University of Alaska. 07 * Sec. 10. DISASTER RELIEF FUND. (a) The sum of $9,000,000 is appropriated from 08 federal receipts to the disaster relief fund (AS 26.23.300). 09 (b) It is the intent of the legislature that funding necessary to meet the disaster relief 10 responsibilities of the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs will continue to be made 11 available through the disaster declaration process. During the 1997 legislative session, the 12 department shall submit a supplemental appropriation request for fiscal year 1997 disaster 13 relief costs. 14 * Sec. 11. FEDERAL AND OTHER PROGRAM RECEIPTS. (a) Except for receipts of 15 the fish and game fund (AS 16.05.100), federal or other program receipts as defined in 16 AS 37.05.146 that exceed the amounts appropriated by this Act are appropriated conditioned 17 upon compliance with the program review provisions of AS 37.07.080(h). The amounts 18 appropriated from the fish and game fund in this Act are limited to the amounts stated in this 19 Act. 20 (b) If federal or other program receipts as defined in AS 37.05.146 exceed the 21 estimates appropriated by this Act, the appropriations from state funds for the affected 22 program may be reduced by the excess if the reductions are consistent with applicable federal 23 statutes. 24 (c) Except as provided in (d) of this section, if federal or other program receipts as 25 defined in AS 37.05.146 fall short of the estimates appropriated by this Act, the affected 26 appropriation is reduced by the shortfall in receipts. 27 (d) If the federal receipts under 42 U.S.C. 1397 - 1397f (Title XX of the Social 28 Security Act) fall short of the estimate, the amount of the shortfall, not to exceed $6,310,800, 29 is appropriated from the general fund. 30 * Sec. 12. FOUR DAM POOL TRANSFER FUND. The amount available in the four dam 31 pool transfer fund (AS 42.45.050) during fiscal year 1997 is appropriated to the following
01 funds in the following percentages for the purposes set out in AS 42.45.050: 02 Power cost equalization and rural electric 40 percent 03 capitalization fund (AS 42.45.100) 04 Southeast energy fund (AS 42.45.040) 40 percent 05 Power project fund (AS 42.45.010) 20 percent 06 * Sec. 13. INFORMATION SERVICES FUND. The sum of $21,661,500 is appropriated 07 to the information services fund (AS 44.21.045) for the Department of Administration, 08 division of information services programs, from the following sources: 09 General fund program receipts $ 55,000 10 Inter-agency receipts 21,456,000 11 Inter-agency receipts/oil and hazardous 150,500 12 substance release prevention and response fund 13 * Sec. 14. INSURANCE AND BOND CLAIMS. (a) Amounts necessary to fund the uses 14 of the state insurance catastrophe reserve account described in AS 37.05.289(a) are 15 appropriated from that account to the Department of Administration. 16 (b) Amounts equivalent to the amounts to be received in settlement of insurance 17 claims for losses and the amounts to be received as recovery for losses are appropriated from 18 the general fund to the state insurance catastrophe reserve account established by 19 AS 37.05.289. 20 (c) Amounts equivalent to the amounts to be received in settlement of claims against 21 bonds guaranteeing the reclamation of state land are appropriated from the general fund to the 22 agency secured by the bond. This appropriation is made for the purpose of reclaiming state 23 land affected by a use covered by the bond. 24 (d) The appropriations made by (b) and (c) of this section are contingent upon 25 compliance with the program review provisions of AS 37.07.080(h). 26 * Sec. 15. MARINE HIGHWAY SYSTEM FUND. The sum of $28,284,000 is 27 appropriated from the general fund to the Alaska marine highway system fund (AS 19.65.060). 28 * Sec. 16. MOTOR FUEL TAX. The following amounts from the unreserved special 29 accounts in the general fund are included within the general fund amounts appropriated by this 30 Act: 31 Highway fuel tax account (AS 43.40.010(g)) $22,500,000
01 Aviation fuel tax account (AS 43.40.010(e))7,500,000 02 * Sec. 17. OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING. The unexpended and unobligated balance on 03 June 30, 1996, of the Department of Commerce and Economic Development, division of 04 occupational licensing, general fund program receipts from occupational licensing fees under 05 AS 08.01.065 is appropriated to the division of occupational licensing for operating costs for 06 the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997. 07 * Sec. 18. OIL AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE RELEASE PREVENTION 08 ACCOUNT. (a) The following amounts are appropriated to the oil and hazardous substance 09 release prevention account (AS 46.08.010(a)(1)) in the oil and hazardous substance release 10 prevention and response fund (AS 46.08.010) from the sources indicated: 11 (1) the balance of the oil and hazardous substance release prevention mitigation 12 account (AS 46.08.020(b)) in the general fund on July 1, 1996, not otherwise appropriated by 13 this Act; 14 (2) the amount of $13,600,000, derived from the surcharge collected under 15 AS 43.55.300 during fiscal year 1996. 16 (b) The appropriation made by (a)(2) of this section is based on revenue estimates. 17 If the amount in the general fund that is derived from the surcharge collected under 18 AS 43.55.300 during fiscal year 1996 is greater than the appropriation made by (a)(2) of this 19 section, that appropriation is increased to that greater amount. 20 * Sec. 19. OIL AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE RELEASE RESPONSE ACCOUNT. 21 The following amounts are appropriated to the oil and hazardous substance release response 22 account (AS 46.08.010(a)(2)) in the oil and hazardous substance release prevention and 23 response fund (AS 46.08.010) from the following sources: 24 (1) the balance of the oil and hazardous substance release response mitigation 25 account (AS 46.08.025(b)) in the general fund on July 1, 1996, not otherwise appropriated by 26 this Act; 27 (2) the amount derived from the surcharge collected under AS 43.55.201 28 during fiscal year 1996. 29 * Sec. 20. RETAINED FEES. An amount not to exceed the amount retained as fees by 30 a collector of fees, licenses, taxes, or other money belonging to the state is appropriated from 31 the fees, licenses, taxes, or other money belonging to the state that are collected during fiscal
01 year 1997 to the agency authorized by law to generate the revenue for the purpose of 02 compensating the collector for services rendered for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997. 03 * Sec. 21. SAFETY ADVISORY COUNCIL. The amount appropriated for the 1996 04 annual governor's safety conference (sec. 28, ch. 94, SLA 1995), plus the fiscal year 1996 05 program receipts of the Safety Advisory Council (AS 18.60.830), less the amount expended 06 or obligated for the 1996 annual governor's safety conference, is appropriated from the general 07 fund to the Safety Advisory Council for costs of the 1997 annual governor's safety conference. 08 * Sec. 22. SALMON ENHANCEMENT TAX. The salmon enhancement tax collected 09 under AS 43.76.010 - 43.76.030 in calendar year 1995 and deposited in the general fund under 10 AS 43.76.025(c) is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Commerce and 11 Economic Development for payment in fiscal year 1997 to qualified regional associations 12 operating within a region designated under AS 16.10.375. 13 * Sec. 23. SHARED TAXES AND FEES. The amounts necessary to refund to local 14 governments their share of taxes and fees collected in the listed fiscal years under the 15 following programs are appropriated to the Department of Revenue from the general fund for 16 payment in fiscal year 1997: 17 REVENUE SOURCE FISCAL YEAR COLLECTED 18 fisheries tax (AS 43.75) 1996 19 fishery resource landing tax (AS 43.77) 1996 20 amusement and gaming tax (AS 43.35) 1997 21 aviation fuel tax (AS 43.40.010) 1997 22 electric and telephone 23 cooperative tax (AS 10.25.570) 1997 24 liquor license fee (AS 04.11) 1997 25 * Sec. 24. STATE OBLIGATIONS. (a) The amount required to pay interest on revenue 26 anticipation notes issued by the commissioner of revenue under AS 43.08 is appropriated from 27 the general fund to the Department of Revenue for payment of the interest on those notes. 28 (b) The amount required to be paid by the state for principal and interest on all issued 29 and outstanding state-guaranteed bonds is appropriated from the general fund to the state bond 30 committee for payment of principal and interest on those bonds. 31 (c) The sum of $94,741,184 is appropriated from the general fund to the Alaska debt
01 retirement fund (AS 37.15.011). 02 (d) The sum of $9,595,925 is appropriated from the Alaska debt retirement fund 03 (AS 37.15.011) to the state bond committee for lease payments to the City of Seward, City 04 of Kenai, Department of Natural Resources, and the Alaska Court System. 05 (e) The sum of $16,528,682 is appropriated from the Alaska debt retirement fund 06 (AS 37.15.011) to the state bond committee for payment of debt service and trustee fees on 07 state general obligation bonds. 08 (f) The sum of $5,805,963 is appropriated from the international airports revenue fund 09 (AS 37.15.430) to the state bond committee for payment of debt service and trustee fees on 10 outstanding international airports revenue bonds. 11 (g) The sum of $68,616,577 is appropriated from the Alaska debt retirement fund 12 (AS 37.15.011) to the Department of Education for state aid for costs of school construction 13 under AS 14.11.100. 14 * Sec. 25. STATE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM. The lapsing balance 15 of the employment assistance and training program fund (sec. 3, ch. 95, SLA 1989, as 16 amended by sec. 33, ch. 2, FSSLA 1992) on June 30, 1996, is appropriated to the 17 unemployment compensation fund (AS 23.20.130). 18 * Sec. 26. STORAGE TANK REGISTRATION FEES. (a) The fiscal year 1997 general 19 fund receipts of the tank registration fee program under AS 46.03.385 are appropriated to the 20 storage tank assistance fund (AS 46.03.410). 21 (b) The sum of $2,853,800 is appropriated from the oil and hazardous substance 22 release prevention account (AS 46.08.010(a)(1)) to the storage tank assistance fund 23 (AS 46.03.410) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997. 24 * Sec. 27. STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM. The amount assessed for loan guarantee fees 25 during prior fiscal years and the amount assessed for loan origination fees from student loan 26 borrowers of the Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education is appropriated to the 27 origination fee account (AS 14.43.120(u)) within the student loan fund of the Alaska Student 28 Loan Corporation for the purposes specified in AS 14.43.120(u). 29 * Sec. 28. UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA. The proceeds from the sale of special request 30 university plates under AS 28.10.421 are appropriated from the general fund to the University 31 of Alaska for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997, for support of the alumni associations at
01 the campuses listed and in the amounts set out: 02 CAMPUS APPROPRIATION AMOUNT 03 University of Alaska, Fairbanks $ 18,109.09 04 University of Alaska, Anchorage 2,359.09 05 Prince William Sound Community College 245.46 06 * Sec. 29. NONLAPSE OF APPROPRIATIONS. The appropriations made by secs. 1, 2, 07 3, 10, 12, 13, 14(b), 15, 18, 19, 25, 26(a), and 27 of this Act are for the capitalization of funds 08 and do not lapse under AS 37.25.010. 09 (SECTION 30 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON PAGE 13)