CCS HB 325(BRF SUP MAJ FLD H/S): "An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses of state government, for certain programs, and to capitalize funds; and providing for an effective date."
00CONFERENCE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 325(brf sup maj fld H/S) 01 "An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses 02 of state government, for certain programs, and to capitalize funds; and 03 providing for an effective date." 04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 05 * Section 1. ALASKA HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION. (a) The sum of 06 $50,000,000 from the available unrestricted cash in the general account of the Alaska housing 07 finance revolving fund (AS 18.56.082) is anticipated to be transferred to the general fund 08 during fiscal year 1999 by the direction of the board of directors of the Alaska Housing 09 Finance Corporation. 10 (b) All unrestricted mortgage loan interest payments, mortgage loan commitment fees, 11 and all other unrestricted receipts received by or accrued to the Alaska Housing Finance 12 Corporation during fiscal year 1999 and all income earned on assets of the corporation during 13 that period are appropriated to the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation to hold as corporate 14 receipts for the purposes described in AS 18.56. The corporation shall allocate its corporate
01 receipts among the Alaska housing finance revolving fund (AS 18.56.082), housing assistance 02 loan fund (AS 18.56.420), and senior housing revolving fund (AS 18.56.710) in accordance 03 with procedures adopted by the board of directors. 04 (c) The following amounts are appropriated to the Alaska Housing Finance 05 Corporation (AHFC) from the sources indicated and for the following purposes: 06 PURPOSE AMOUNT SOURCE 07 Housing loan programs $472,000,000 AHFC corporate receipts 08 not subsidized by AHFC 09 Housing loan programs 50,000,000 AHFC corporate receipts 10 and projects subsidized derived from arbitrage 11 by AHFC earnings 12 * Sec. 2. ALASKA INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND EXPORT AUTHORITY. The 13 sum of $16,000,000 from the available unrestricted cash in the Alaska Industrial Development 14 and Export Authority revolving fund (AS 44.88.060) is anticipated to be transferred to the 15 general fund as directed by the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority. The 16 transferred money shall be deposited in the general fund when received during fiscal year 17 1999. 18 * Sec. 3. ALASKA PERMANENT FUND CORPORATION. (a) The amount authorized 19 for transfer by the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation under AS 37.13.145(b) is appropriated 20 from the earnings reserve account (AS 37.13.145) to the dividend fund (AS 43.23.045(a)) for 21 the payment of permanent fund dividends and administrative and associated costs. 22 (b) After money is transferred to the dividend fund under (a) of this section, the 23 amount calculated under AS 37.13.145 to offset the effect of inflation on the principal of the 24 Alaska permanent fund is appropriated from the earnings reserve account (AS 37.13.145) to 25 the principal of the Alaska permanent fund. 26 (c) The amount required to be deposited under AS 37.13.010(a)(1) and (2) during 27 fiscal year 1999 is appropriated to the principal of the Alaska permanent fund in satisfaction 28 of that requirement. 29 (d) The interest earned during fiscal year 1999 on revenue from the sources set out 30 in AS 37.13.010 while the revenue is held in trust, escrow, or otherwise before receipt by the 31 state is appropriated to the principal of the Alaska permanent fund.
01 * Sec. 4. ALASKA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. The unexpended and 02 unobligated balance on June 30, 1998, of the Alaska Public Utilities Commission receipts 03 account for regulatory cost charges under AS 42.05.254 and AS 42.06.286 for fiscal year 1998 04 is appropriated to the Alaska Public Utilities Commission for fiscal year 1999 expenditures. 05 * Sec. 5. ALASKA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION. The unexpended 06 and unobligated balance in the Alaska science and technology endowment earnings reserve 07 on June 30, 1998, is appropriated to the Alaska Science and Technology Foundation to award 08 as grants under AS 37.17.030(d) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999. 09 * Sec. 6. ALASKA SEAFOOD MARKETING INSTITUTE. An amount equal to the 10 unexpended and unobligated balance on June 30, 1998, of the fiscal year 1998 general fund 11 receipts from the salmon marketing tax (AS 43.76.110) and from the seafood marketing 12 assessment (AS 16.51.120) is appropriated from the general fund to the Alaska Seafood 13 Marketing Institute for marketing Alaska seafood products during fiscal year 1999. 14 * Sec. 7. DISASTER RELIEF AND FIRE SUPPRESSION. Federal receipts received for 15 disaster relief are appropriated to the disaster relief fund (AS 26.23.300). 16 * Sec. 8. FEDERAL AND OTHER PROGRAM RECEIPTS. (a) Federal receipts, 17 designated program receipts as defined under AS 37.05.146(b)(3), receipts of commercial 18 fisheries test fishing operations under AS 37.05.146(b)(4)(U), and receipts of or from the trust 19 established by AS 37.14.400 - 37.14.450 (Exxon Valdez oil spill trust) that exceed the 20 amounts appropriated by this Act are appropriated conditioned on compliance with the 21 program review provisions of AS 37.07.080(h). 22 (b) If federal or other program receipts as defined in AS 37.05.146 exceed the 23 estimates appropriated by this Act, the appropriations from state funds for the affected 24 program may be reduced by the excess if the reductions are consistent with applicable federal 25 statutes. 26 (c) If federal or other program receipts as defined in AS 37.05.146 fall short of the 27 estimates appropriated by this Act, the affected appropriation is reduced by the amount of the 28 shortfall in receipts. 29 * Sec. 9. FISH AND GAME ENFORCEMENT. (a) To increase enforcement of the fish 30 and game laws of the state, the amount deposited in the general fund during the fiscal year 31 ending June 30, 1998, from criminal fines, penalties, and forfeitures imposed for violation of
01 AS 16 and its implementing regulations and from the sale of forfeited property or alternative 02 damages collected under AS 16.05.195 is appropriated to the fish and game fund 03 (AS 16.05.100). 04 (b) Appropriations totaling the estimated amount of the deposits described in (a) of 05 this section are made in sec. 31 of this Act to the Department of Public Safety and the 06 Department of Law for increased enforcement, investigation, and prosecution of state fish and 07 game laws. If the receipts appropriated to the fish and game fund (AS 16.05.100) from the 08 sources described in (a) of this section during fiscal year 1999 fall short of the estimates 09 appropriated by this Act, each department's appropriation set out in sec. 31 of this Act is 10 reduced proportionately. 11 * Sec. 10. FOUR DAM POOL TRANSFER FUND. The amount available in the four dam 12 pool transfer fund (AS 42.45.050) during fiscal year 1999 is appropriated to the following 13 funds in the following percentages for the purposes set out in AS 42.45.050: 14 Power cost equalization and rural electric 40 percent 15 capitalization fund (AS 42.45.100) 16 Southeast energy fund (AS 42.45.040) 40 percent 17 Power project fund (AS 42.45.010) 20 percent 18 * Sec. 11. INFORMATION SERVICES FUND. The sum of $55,000 is appropriated to 19 the information services fund (AS 44.21.045) for the Department of Administration, division 20 of information services programs, from designated program receipts. 21 * Sec. 12. INSURANCE AND BOND CLAIMS. The amount necessary to fund the uses 22 of the state insurance catastrophe reserve account described in AS 37.05.289(a) is appropriated 23 from that account to the Department of Administration for those uses. 24 * Sec. 13. INSURANCE FEES. The unexpended and unobligated balance on June 30, 25 1998, of the Department of Commerce and Economic Development, division of insurance, 26 general fund program receipts from insurance fees under AS 21.06.250 is appropriated to the 27 Department of Commerce and Economic Development, division of insurance, for operating 28 costs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999. 29 * Sec. 14. MARINE HIGHWAY SYSTEM FUND. The sum of $27,358,100 is 30 appropriated from the general fund to the Alaska marine highway system fund (AS 19.65.060). 31 * Sec. 15. MOTOR FUEL TAX. The following estimated amounts from the unreserved
01 special accounts in the general fund are included within the general fund amounts appropriated 02 by this Act: 03 Special highway fuel tax account (AS 43.40.010(g)) $25,100,000 04 Special aviation fuel tax account (AS 43.40.010(e)) 5,400,000 05 * Sec. 16. OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING. The unexpended and unobligated balance on 06 June 30, 1998, of the Department of Commerce and Economic Development, division of 07 occupational licensing, general fund program receipts from occupational licensing fees under 08 AS 08.01.065 is appropriated to the division of occupational licensing for operating costs for 09 the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999. 10 * Sec. 17. OIL AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE RELEASE PREVENTION 11 ACCOUNT. The following amounts are appropriated to the oil and hazardous substance 12 release prevention account (AS 46.08.010(a)(1)) in the oil and hazardous substance release 13 prevention and response fund (AS 46.08.010) from the sources indicated: 14 (1) the balance of the oil and hazardous substance release prevention mitigation 15 account (AS 46.08.020(b)) in the general fund on July 1, 1998, not otherwise appropriated by 16 this Act; 17 (2) the amount collected for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998, estimated 18 to be $12,300,000, from the surcharge levied under AS 43.55.300. 19 * Sec. 18. OIL AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE RELEASE RESPONSE ACCOUNT. 20 The following amounts are appropriated to the oil and hazardous substance release response 21 account (AS 46.08.010(a)(2)) in the oil and hazardous substance release prevention and 22 response fund (AS 46.08.010) from the following sources: 23 (1) the balance of the oil and hazardous substance release response mitigation 24 account (AS 46.08.025(b)) in the general fund on July 1, 1998, not otherwise appropriated by 25 this Act; 26 (2) the amount collected for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998, from the 27 surcharge levied under AS 43.55.201. 28 * Sec. 19. RETAINED FEES. The amount retained to compensate the collector or trustee 29 of fees, licenses, taxes, or other money belonging to the state during the fiscal year ending 30 June 30, 1999, is appropriated for that purpose to the agency authorized by law to generate 31 the revenue.
01 * Sec. 20. SAFETY ADVISORY COUNCIL. The amount appropriated for the 1998 02 annual governor's safety conference (sec. 19, ch. 98, SLA 1997), plus the fiscal year 1998 03 program receipts of the Alaska Safety Advisory Council (AS 18.60.830), less the amount 04 expended or obligated for the 1998 annual governor's safety conference, is appropriated from 05 general fund program receipts to the Alaska Safety Advisory Council for costs of the 1999 06 annual governor's safety conference. 07 * Sec. 21. SALARY AND BENEFIT ADJUSTMENTS. (a) The sum of $4,675,260 is 08 appropriated to the Office of the Governor, office of management and budget, for the fiscal 09 year ending June 30, 1999, from the funding sources and in the amounts listed in (f) of this 10 section to implement the monetary terms of the collective bargaining agreements listed in (b) 11 of this section and for salary and benefit adjustments for executive branch, Alaska Court 12 System, and legislative branch employees who are not members of a collective bargaining 13 unit. 14 (b) Funding for the following collective bargaining agreements is included in the 15 appropriation made in (a) of this section: 16 Alaska Public Employees Association for the Supervisory Unit; 17 Alaska State Employees Association for the General Government Unit; 18 Alaska Vocational Technical Center Teachers Association, representing teachers at the Alaska Vocational Technical 19 Center; 20 Alyeska Correspondence School Education Association, representing teachers at the Alyeska Central School; 21 Confidential Employees Association; 22 Inlandboatmen's Union of the Pacific, representing the unlicensed marine unit; 23 International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, representing nonjudicial, nonsupervisory, classified employees 24 of the Alaska Court System; 25 International Organization of Masters, Mates, and Pilots, Pacific Maritime Region for 26 the Masters, Mates, and Pilots Unit; 27 Marine Engineers Beneficial Association, representing licensed engineers employed by 28 the Alaska marine highway system; 29 Public Employees Local 71 for the Labor, Trades, and Crafts Unit; 30 Public Safety Employees Association, representing state troopers and other 31 commissioned law enforcement personnel;
01 Teachers' Education Association of Mt. Edgecumbe, representing teachers of the 02 Mt. Edgecumbe High School. 03 (c) Funding for the following collective bargaining agreements is included in the 04 appropriations made to the University of Alaska in sec. 31 of this Act: 05 Alaska Classified Employees Association, representing certain employees of the 06 University of Alaska; 07 Alaska Community College Federation of Teachers, representing certain employees of 08 the University of Alaska; 09 United Academics, representing certain employees of the University of Alaska. 10 (d) Except as described in (e) of this section, the appropriation made in (a) of this 11 section is the net funding increase for salary and benefit adjustments after deducting cost 12 savings resulting from decreases in employer contributions to the Public Employees 13 Retirement System (PERS). For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999, the PERS employer 14 contribution rate declines 1.57 percent for police and fire employees and .81 percent for all 15 other executive branch employees except University of Alaska employees. 16 (e) The amount of operating budget appropriations made in sec. 31 of this Act to the 17 University of Alaska, the Alaska Court System, and the legislature includes any increase or 18 decrease caused by changes to the PERS contribution rate. 19 (f) The appropriation made in (a) of this section is allocated to the following agencies 20 from the following funding sources in the amounts listed: 21 AGENCY ALLOCATION 22 Administration $332,200 23 Commerce and Economic Development 89,100 24 Community and Regional Affairs 49,000 25 Corrections 355,400 26 Education 118,500 27 Environmental Conservation 136,500 28 Fish and Game 366,200 29 Office of the Governor 41,600 30 Health and Social Services 656,500 31 Labor 255,500
01 Law 100,100 02 Military and Veterans' Affairs 65,500 03 Natural Resources 187,600 04 Public Safety 180,900 05 Revenue 314,600 06 Transportation and Public Facilities 796,000 07 Transportation and Public Facilities/ 08 Alaska marine highway system fund 151,400 09 Alaska Court System 219,260 10 Legislature 259,400 11 FUNDING SOURCE AMOUNT 12 Federal receipts 754,200 13 General fund match 174,800 14 General fund receipts 1,055,760 15 General fund program receipts 210,400 16 Inter-agency receipts 240,600 17 Donated commodities handling fee account 500 18 Federal incentive payments 11,000 19 Benefit system receipts 8,200 20 Exxon Valdez oil spill settlement 21,800 21 Agricultural loan fund 4,600 22 FICA administration fund account 300 23 Fish and game fund 48,900 24 Science and technology endowment 2,700 25 Highway working capital fund 31,700 26 International airports revenue fund 111,900 27 Public employees retirement fund 10,100 28 Second injury fund reserve account 600 29 Disabled fisherman's reserve account 500 30 Surplus property revolving fund 1,300 31 Teachers' retirement system fund 8,700
01 Veterans' revolving loan fund 700 02 Commercial fishing loan fund 7,600 03 General fund/mental health 29,600 04 Real estate surety fund 300 05 Judicial retirement system 200 06 Public Law 81-874 300 07 National guard retirement system 100 08 Training and building fund 4,400 09 Permanent fund dividend fund 17,000 10 Rural development initiative fund 200 11 Oil/hazardous prevention/response 33,500 12 Investment loss trust fund 1,112,000 13 Interagency receipts/oil and hazardous waste 5,100 14 Capital improvement project receipts 295,200 15 Power project loan fund 2,500 16 Public school fund 100 17 Child care facility revolving loan fund 100 18 Fisheries enhancement revolving loan fund 700 19 Alternative energy revolving loan fund 500 20 Bulk fuel revolving loan fund 200 21 Alaska clean water loan fund 1,100 22 Marine highway system fund 252,400 23 Storage tank assistance fund 2,700 24 Mental health trust receipts 1,400 25 Clean air protection fund 8,300 26 Information services fund 36,800 27 Mental health trust authority authorized receipts 5,400 28 Children's trust fund earnings 100 29 Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority receipts 6,500 30 Alaska Housing Finance Corporation receipts 82,300 31 Alaska Municipal Bond Bank receipts 300
01 Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation receipts 7,100 02 Postsecondary education commission receipts 24,200 03 Alaska Energy Authority receipts 900 04 Designated program receipts 15,100 05 Test fisheries receipts 10,900 06 Alaska Public Utilities Commission receipts 10,900 07 * Sec. 22. SALMON ENHANCEMENT TAX. The salmon enhancement tax collected 08 under AS 43.76.010 - 43.76.030 in calendar year 1997 and deposited in the general fund under 09 AS 43.76.025(c) is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Commerce and 10 Economic Development for payment in fiscal year 1999 to qualified regional associations 11 operating within a region designated under AS 16.10.375. 12 * Sec. 23. SHARED TAXES AND FEES. The amount necessary to refund to local 13 governments their share of taxes and fees collected in the listed fiscal years under the 14 following programs is appropriated to the Department of Revenue from the general fund for 15 payment in fiscal year 1999: 16 REVENUE SOURCE FISCAL YEAR COLLECTED 17 fisheries taxes (AS 43.75) 1998 18 fishery resource landing tax (AS 43.77) 1998 19 amusement and gaming taxes (AS 43.35) 1999 20 aviation fuel tax (AS 43.40.010) 1999 21 electric and telephone cooperative tax (AS 10.25.570) 1999 22 liquor license fee (AS 04.11) 1999 23 * Sec. 24. STATE DEBT AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS. (a) The amount required to pay 24 interest on revenue anticipation notes issued by the commissioner of revenue under AS 43.08 25 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Revenue for payment of the 26 interest on those notes. 27 (b) The amount required to be paid by the state for principal and interest on all issued 28 and outstanding state-guaranteed bonds is appropriated from the general fund to the state bond 29 committee for payment of principal and interest on those bonds. 30 (c) The sum of $46,029,032 is appropriated from the general fund to the Alaska debt 31 retirement fund (AS 37.15.011).
01 (d) The sum of $16,331,216 is appropriated from the Alaska debt retirement fund 02 (AS 37.15.011) to the state bond committee for trustee fees and lease payments relating to 03 certificates of participation issued for real property. 04 (e) The sum of $8,871,807 is appropriated from the Alaska debt retirement fund 05 (AS 37.15.011) to the state bond committee for payment of debt service and trustee fees on 06 state general obligation bonds. 07 (f) The sum of $5,005,283 is appropriated from the International Airports Revenue 08 Fund (AS 37.15.430) to the state bond committee for payment of debt service and trustee fees 09 on outstanding international airports revenue bonds. 10 (g) The sum of $466,500 is appropriated from the Alaska clean water fund 11 (AS 46.03.032) to the state bond committee for payment of debt service and trustee fees on 12 outstanding clean water fund bonds. 13 (h) The sum of $60,804,147 is appropriated to the Department of Education for state 14 aid for costs of school construction under AS 14.11.100 from the following sources: 15 Alaska debt retirement fund (AS 37.15.011) $26,804,147 16 School fund (AS 43.50.140) 34,000,000 17 * Sec. 25. STATE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM. The lapsing balance 18 of the employment assistance and training program account (AS 23.15.625) on June 30, 1998, 19 is appropriated to the employment assistance and training program account for the fiscal year 20 ending June 30, 1999. 21 * Sec. 26. STATUTORY BUDGET RESERVE FUND. If the unrestricted state revenue 22 available for appropriation in fiscal year 1999 is insufficient to cover the general fund 23 appropriations made for fiscal year 1999, the amount necessary to balance revenue and general 24 fund appropriations is appropriated to the general fund from the budget reserve fund 25 (AS 37.05.540). 26 * Sec. 27. STORAGE TANK ASSISTANCE FUND. The sum of $4,364,800 is 27 appropriated from the oil and hazardous substance release prevention account 28 (AS 46.08.010(a)(1)) to the storage tank assistance fund (AS 46.03.410) for the fiscal year 29 ending June 30, 1999. 30 * Sec. 28. STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM. The amount from student loan borrowers of 31 the Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education that is assessed for loan origination fees
01 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999, is appropriated to the origination fee account 02 (AS 14.43.120(u)) within the student loan fund of the Alaska Student Loan Corporation for 03 the purposes specified in AS 14.43.120(u). 04 * Sec. 29. TEACHER CERTIFICATION. The unexpended and unobligated balance on 05 June 30, 1998, of the Department of Education, teacher certification general fund program 06 receipts from certification fees under AS 14.20.020(c) is appropriated to the Department of 07 Education, teacher certification, for operating costs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999. 08 * Sec. 30. NONLAPSE OF APPROPRIATIONS. The appropriations made by secs. 1, 7, 09 9(a), 10, 11, 14, 17, 18, and 28 of this Act are for the capitalization of funds and do not lapse. 10 (SECTION 31 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON PAGE 16)