SB 136: "An Act relating to the state budget and to appropriation bills."
00SENATE BILL NO. 136 01 "An Act relating to the state budget and to appropriation bills." 02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 03 * Section 1. AS 14.11.019 is amended to read: 04 Sec. 14.11.019. Grant appropriations. Within the [GENERAL] appropriation 05 bill authorizing capital expenditures submitted to the legislature under 06 AS 37.07.020(a)(3) [AS 37.07.020], the governor shall include an appropriation for 07 grants in the succeeding fiscal year as determined by the six-year capital improvement 08 project grant schedule prepared under AS 14.11.013. 09 * Sec. 2. AS 14.11.100(c) is amended to read: 10 (c) The school construction account is established. Funds to carry out the 11 provisions of this section shall be included within the [GENERAL] appropriation bill 12 authorizing capital expenditures submitted to the legislature under 13 AS 37.07.020(a)(3) [AS 37.07.020] and may be appropriated annually by the 14 legislature to the account. If amounts in the account are insufficient for the purpose
01 of providing the share to which a borough or city is entitled under this section, those 02 funds that are available shall be distributed pro rata among the eligible municipalities, 03 [LOCAL GOVERNMENTS] except that the legislature may direct that additional debt 04 service on refunding bonds that exceeds the total debt service on the refunded bonds 05 be disregarded in whole or in part. 06 * Sec. 3. AS 24.20.140 is amended to read: 07 Sec. 24.20.140. Appropriations. Appropriations for carrying out 08 AS 24.20.010 - 24.20.140 shall be set out [FORTH] in the [GENERAL] appropriation 09 bill authorizing operating expenditures submitted to the legislature under 10 AS 37.07.020(a)(2) or [SUCH] other bills as may be necessary. The council may 11 direct the executive director to transfer amounts from one appropriation to another if 12 the transfer is considered necessary to accomplish the work of the council. The 13 council may not exceed the total amount of the authorized appropriation. All 14 expenditures of the council are subject to an independent audit that [WHICH] shall 15 be made annually. 16 * Sec. 4. AS 37.07.020(a) is amended to read: 17 (a) The governor shall prepare [AND SUBMIT TO THE LEGISLATURE 18 BEFORE THE FOURTH LEGISLATIVE DAY] a budget for the succeeding fiscal 19 year that [WHICH] must cover all estimated receipts, including all grants, loans, and 20 money received from the federal government [,] and all proposed expenditures of the 21 state government. The budget [SUBMITTED BY THE GOVERNOR] shall be 22 organized so that the proposed expenditures for each agency are presented separately. 23 The budget must be accompanied by the following separate bills: (1) an 24 appropriation bill authorizing the operating and capital expenditures of the state's 25 integrated comprehensive mental health program under AS 37.14.003(a); (2) an 26 appropriation bill authorizing state operating expenditures other than those 27 included in the state's integrated comprehensive mental health program; (3) an 28 appropriation bill authorizing capital expenditures other than those included in 29 the state's integrated comprehensive mental health program; and (4) [A 30 GENERAL APPROPRIATION BILL TO AUTHORIZE THE PROPOSED 31 EXPENDITURES, AND] a bill or bills covering recommendations, if any, in the
01 budget for new or additional revenue. The budget for the succeeding fiscal year and 02 each of the bills [PROPOSED GENERAL APPROPRIATION BILL] shall become 03 public information on December 15 [OF EACH YEAR] at which time the governor 04 shall submit copies to the legislature and make copies available to the public. The 05 bills, identical in content to the copies released on December 15, shall be delivered 06 to the rules committee of each house before the fourth legislative day of the next 07 regular session for introduction. 08 * Sec. 5. AS 37.07.020(b) is amended to read: 09 (b) In addition to the budget and bills submitted under (a) of this section 10 [GENERAL APPROPRIATION BILL], the governor shall submit a capital 11 improvements program and financial plan covering the succeeding six fiscal years. 12 * Sec. 6. AS 37.07.062(a) is amended to read: 13 (a) Each [THE GENERAL] appropriation bill authorizing capital 14 expenditures required to be submitted to the legislature in AS 37.07.020(a) must be 15 accompanied by documents supporting the expenditures [CONTAIN A SEPARATE 16 SECTION FOR CAPITAL OUTLAYS WHICH IS DIVIDED INTO SUBSECTIONS] 17 for each of the capital projects funds (AS 44.42.080). The documents must list 18 [WHICH LISTS], for each project, the (1) project identification number; (2) project 19 title; (3) source of funding; (4) amount expended on the project during the preceding 20 fiscal year, the amount authorized for the current fiscal year, and the amount proposed 21 to be expended during the succeeding fiscal year; (5) estimated start for construction; 22 (6) schedule of bond elections pertaining to the appropriation, including elections 23 previously held. The total appropriation to each capital projects fund must be reflected 24 in the balance sheet of each fund as of June 30 of each fiscal year. 25 * Sec. 7. AS 37.07.062(b) is amended to read: 26 (b) Upon the effective date of each [THE GENERAL] appropriation bill 27 authorizing capital expenditures, the amounts appropriated by the bill for capital 28 outlay shall be paid into the appropriate capital project funds established under 29 AS 44.42.080. 30 * Sec. 8. AS 47.30.380 is amended to read: 31 Sec. 47.30.380. Appropriation authorized. Funds to carry out AS 47.30.350
01 - 47.30.400 shall be set out in the [GENERAL] appropriation bill authorizing the 02 operating and capital expenditures of the state's integrated comprehensive mental 03 health program under AS 37.14.003(a) and submitted to the legislature under 04 AS 37.07.020(a)(1).