00HOUSE BILL NO. 172                                                                                                      
01 "An Act relating to the distribution and public inspection of the proposed budget                                       
02 and general appropriation bill and of state agency program and financial plans."                                        
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  SHORT TITLE.  This Act may be known as the Budget Disclosure Act.                                      
05    * Sec. 2.  AS 37.07.020(a) is amended to read:                                                                       
06  (a)  The governor shall prepare and submit to the legislature before the fourth                                       
07 legislative day a budget for the succeeding fiscal year which must cover all estimated                                  
08 receipts, including all grants, loans, and money received from the federal government,                                  
09 and all proposed expenditures of the state government.  The budget submitted by the                                     
10 governor shall be organized so that the proposed expenditures for each agency are                                       
11 presented separately.  The budget must be accompanied by a general appropriation bill                                   
12 to authorize the proposed expenditures, and a bill or bills covering recommendations                                    
13 in the budget for new or additional revenue.  The proposed budget and general                                         
14 appropriation bill shall become public information on December 15 of each year at                                       

01 which time the governor shall submit copies to the legislature and make copies                                          
02 available to the public at offices of the governor, state depository libraries, and                                    
03 legislative information offices and electronically through the world wide web on                                        
04 the internet.  Each department of the executive branch shall maintain a copy of                                         
05 the proposed budget for the department for public inspection at the headquarters                                        
06 and regional offices of the department.  Each division and agency of the executive                                      
07 branch shall maintain a copy of the proposed budget for the division or agency                                          
08 for public inspection at the headquarters of the division or agency.                                                   
09    * Sec. 3.  AS 37.07.050(g) is amended to read:                                                                       
10  (g)  All goals and objectives, plans, programs, estimates, budgets, and other                                         
11 documents forwarded to the office of management and budget by a state agency under                                      
12 this section are public information after the date they are forwarded and shall be                                     
13 made available to the public at offices of the governor, state depository libraries,                                    
14 and legislative information offices and electronically through the world wide web                                       
15 on the internet.