CSSB 136(FIN) AM: "An Act relating to state fiscal procedures, to the state budget, to agency performance reports, and to appropriation bills."
00CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 136(FIN) am 01 "An Act relating to state fiscal procedures, to the state budget, to agency 02 performance reports, and to appropriation bills." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 14.11.019 is amended to read: 05 Sec. 14.11.019. Grant appropriations. Within the [GENERAL] appropriation 06 bill authorizing capital expenditures submitted to the legislature under 07 AS 37.07.020(a)(3) [AS 37.07.020], the governor shall include an appropriation for 08 grants in the succeeding fiscal year as determined by the six-year capital improvement 09 project grant schedule prepared under AS 14.11.013. 10 * Sec. 2. AS 14.11.100(c) is amended to read: 11 (c) The school construction account is established. Funds to carry out the 12 provisions of this section shall be included within the [GENERAL] appropriation bill 13 authorizing capital expenditures submitted to the legislature under 14 AS 37.07.020(a)(3) [AS 37.07.020] and may be appropriated annually by the
01 legislature to the account. If amounts in the account are insufficient for the purpose 02 of providing the share to which a borough or city is entitled under this section, those 03 funds that are available shall be distributed pro rata among the eligible municipalities, 04 [LOCAL GOVERNMENTS] except that the legislature may direct that additional debt 05 service on refunding bonds that exceeds the total debt service on the refunded bonds 06 be disregarded in whole or in part. 07 * Sec. 3. AS 24.20.140 is amended to read: 08 Sec. 24.20.140. Appropriations. Appropriations for carrying out 09 AS 24.20.010 - 24.20.140 shall be set out [FORTH] in the [GENERAL] appropriation 10 bill authorizing operating expenditures submitted to the legislature under 11 AS 37.07.020(a)(2) or [SUCH] other bills as may be necessary. The council may 12 direct the executive director to transfer amounts from one appropriation to another if 13 the transfer is considered necessary to accomplish the work of the council. The 14 council may not exceed the total amount of the authorized appropriation. All 15 expenditures of the council are subject to an independent audit that [WHICH] shall 16 be made annually. 17 * Sec. 4. AS 37.05.316(a) is amended to read: 18 (a) When an amount is appropriated or allocated to a department as a grant 19 under this section for a named recipient that is not a municipality, the department to 20 which the appropriation or allocation is made shall promptly notify the named recipient 21 of the availability of the grant and request the named recipient to submit a proposal 22 to provide the goods or services specified in the appropriation act for which the 23 appropriation or allocation is made. [AT THE SAME TIME, THE DEPARTMENT 24 MAY ISSUE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FROM OTHER QUALIFIED 25 PERSONS TO PROVIDE THE SAME GOODS OR SERVICES IN THE SAME 26 AREA. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL AWARD THE GRANT TO THE NAMED 27 RECIPIENT UNLESS THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, WITH DUE REGARD 28 FOR THE LOCAL EXPERTISE OR EXPERIENCE OF THOSE MAKING 29 PROPOSALS, DETERMINES THAT AN AWARD TO A DIFFERENT PARTY 30 WOULD BETTER SERVE THE PUBLIC INTEREST. IF THE GRANT IS 31 AWARDED TO A PARTY OTHER THAN THAT NAMED BY THE
01 LEGISLATURE, THE BASIS OF THAT ACTION SHALL BE STATED IN 02 WRITING AT THE TIME THE GRANT IS ISSUED AND A COPY OF THE 03 WRITTEN STATEMENT SHALL BE SENT TO THE LEGISLATIVE BUDGET 04 AND AUDIT COMMITTEE.] A grant agreement must be executed within 60 days 05 after the effective date of the appropriation or allocation. 06 * Sec. 5. AS 37.07.020(a) is amended to read: 07 (a) The governor shall prepare [AND SUBMIT TO THE LEGISLATURE 08 BEFORE THE FOURTH LEGISLATIVE DAY] a budget for the succeeding fiscal 09 year that [WHICH] must cover all estimated receipts, including all grants, loans, and 10 money received from the federal government [,] and all proposed expenditures of the 11 state government. The budget [SUBMITTED BY THE GOVERNOR] shall be 12 organized so that the proposed expenditures for each agency are presented separately. 13 The budget must be accompanied by the following separate bills: (1) an 14 appropriation bill authorizing the operating and capital expenditures of the state's 15 integrated comprehensive mental health program under AS 37.14.003(a); (2) an 16 appropriation bill authorizing state operating expenditures other than those 17 included in the state's integrated comprehensive mental health program; (3) an 18 appropriation bill authorizing capital expenditures other than those included in 19 the state's integrated comprehensive mental health program; and (4) [A 20 GENERAL APPROPRIATION BILL TO AUTHORIZE THE PROPOSED 21 EXPENDITURES, AND] a bill or bills covering recommendations, if any, in the 22 budget for new or additional revenue. The budget for the succeeding fiscal year and 23 each of the bills [PROPOSED GENERAL APPROPRIATION BILL] shall become 24 public information on December 15 [OF EACH YEAR] at which time the governor 25 shall submit copies to the legislature and make copies available to the public. The 26 bills, identical in content to the copies released on December 15, shall be delivered 27 to the rules committee of each house before the fourth legislative day of the next 28 regular session for introduction. 29 * Sec. 6. AS 37.07.020(b) is amended to read: 30 (b) In addition to the budget and bills submitted under (a) of this section 31 [GENERAL APPROPRIATION BILL], the governor shall submit a capital
01 improvements program and financial plan covering the succeeding six fiscal years. 02 * Sec. 7. AS 37.07.040 is amended by adding a new paragraph to read: 03 (9) for each department in the executive branch, report to the legislature 04 by the 45th day of each regular session the amount of money appropriated to the 05 department that is expected to lapse into the general fund at the end of the current 06 fiscal year. 07 * Sec. 8. AS 37.07.062(a) is amended to read: 08 (a) Each [THE GENERAL] appropriation bill authorizing capital 09 expenditures required to be submitted to the legislature in AS 37.07.020(a) must be 10 accompanied by documents supporting the expenditures [CONTAIN A SEPARATE 11 SECTION FOR CAPITAL OUTLAYS WHICH IS DIVIDED INTO SUBSECTIONS] 12 for each of the capital projects funds (AS 44.42.080). The documents must list 13 [WHICH LISTS], for each project, the (1) project identification number; (2) project 14 title; (3) source of funding; (4) amount expended on the project during the preceding 15 fiscal year, the amount authorized for the current fiscal year, and the amount proposed 16 to be expended during the succeeding fiscal year; (5) estimated start for construction; 17 (6) schedule of bond elections pertaining to the appropriation, including elections 18 previously held. The total appropriation to each capital projects fund must be reflected 19 in the balance sheet of each fund as of June 30 of each fiscal year. 20 * Sec. 9. AS 37.07.062(b) is amended to read: 21 (b) Upon the effective date of each [THE GENERAL] appropriation bill 22 authorizing capital expenditures, the amounts appropriated by the bill for capital 23 outlay shall be paid into the appropriate capital project funds established under 24 AS 44.42.080. 25 * Sec. 10. AS 37.07.070 is amended to read: 26 Sec. 37.07.070. Legislative review. The legislature shall consider the 27 governor's proposed comprehensive operating and capital improvements programs and 28 financial plans, evaluate alternatives to the plans, make program selections among the 29 various alternatives and determine, subject to available revenues, the level of funding 30 required to support authorized state services. The operating and capital budgets of 31 each agency shall be separately reviewed. During each regular session of the
01 legislature, legislative review of the governor's supplemental appropriation bills and 02 the governor's budget amendments shall be governed by the following time limits: 03 (1) Requests by the governor for supplemental appropriations for state 04 agency operating and capital budgets for the current fiscal year may be introduced by 05 the rules committee only through the 30th legislative day. 06 (2) Requests by the governor for budget amendments to state agency 07 budgets for the budget fiscal year may be received and reviewed by the finance 08 committees only through the 45th [60TH] legislative day. 09 * Sec. 11. AS 37.07.090(b) is amended to read: 10 (b) The office shall summarize the performance reports and forward copies to 11 each member of the legislature by January 10 each year. 12 * Sec. 12. AS 47.30.380 is amended to read: 13 Sec. 47.30.380. Appropriation authorized. Funds to carry out AS 47.30.350 14 - 47.30.400 shall be set out in the [GENERAL] appropriation bill authorizing the 15 operating and capital expenditures of the state's integrated comprehensive mental 16 health program under AS 37.14.003(a) and submitted to the legislature under 17 AS 37.07.020(a)(1).