CSSB 139(CRA): "An Act relating to state aid for volunteer services; and providing for an effective date."
00CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 139(CRA) 01 "An Act relating to state aid for volunteer services; and providing for an 02 effective date." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 29.20.640(b) is amended to read: 05 (b) Compliance with the provisions of this section is a prerequisite to receipt 06 of municipal tax resource equalization assistance under AS 29.60.010 - 29.60.080 and 07 state aid for miscellaneous municipal services under AS 29.60.100 - 29.60.120 and 08 29.60.140 - 29.60.180 [AS 29.60.100 - 29.60.180]. If a municipality does not comply 09 with this section, the department shall withhold the allocations until the required 10 reports are filed. 11 * Sec. 2. AS 29.45.020 is amended to read: 12 Sec. 29.45.020. Taxpayer notice. (a) If a municipality levies and collects 13 property taxes, the governing body shall provide the following notice: 14 "NOTICE TO TAXPAYER
01 For the current fiscal year the (city)(borough) has been allocated the following amount 02 of state aid for school and municipal purposes under the applicable financial assistance 03 Acts: 04 PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION PROGRAM 05 ASSISTANCE (AS 14.17) $ 06 STATE AID FOR RETIREMENT OF SCHOOL 07 CONSTRUCTION DEBT (AS 14.11.100) $ 08 MUNICIPAL TAX RESOURCE EQUALIZATION 09 ASSISTANCE (AS 29.60.010 - 29.60.080) $ 10 STATE AID FOR MISCELLANEOUS MUNICIPAL 11 SERVICES (AS 29.60.100 - 29.60.120 and AS 29.60.140 - 12 29.60.180 [AS 29.60.100 - 29.60.180]) $ 13 TOTAL AID $ 14 The millage equivalent of this state aid, based on the dollar value of a mill in the 15 municipality during the current assessment year and for the preceding assessment year, 16 is: 17 MILLAGE EQUIVALENT 18 PREVIOUS YEAR THIS YEAR 19 PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION 20 PROGRAM ASSISTANCE ....MILLS ....MILLS 21 STATE AID FOR RETIREMENT OF 22 SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION DEBT ....MILLS ....MILLS 23 MUNICIPAL TAX RESOURCE 24 EQUALIZATION ASSISTANCE ....MILLS ....MILLS 25 STATE AID FOR MISCELLANEOUS 26 MUNICIPAL SERVICES ....MILLS ....MILLS 27 TOTAL MILLAGE EQUIVALENT ....MILLS ....MILLS" 28 Notice shall be provided 29 (1) by furnishing a copy of the notice with tax statements mailed for 30 the fiscal year for which aid is received; or 31 (2) by publishing in a newspaper of general circulation in the
01 municipality a copy of the notice once each week for a period of three successive 02 weeks, with publication to occur not later than 45 days after the final adoption of the 03 municipality's budget. 04 (b) Compliance with the provisions of this section is a prerequisite to receipt 05 of municipal tax resource equalization assistance under AS 29.60.010 - 29.60.080 and 06 state aid for miscellaneous municipal services under AS 29.60.100 - 29.60.120 and 07 29.60.140 - 29.60.180 [AS 29.60.100 - 29.60.180]. The department shall withhold 08 annual allocations under those sections until municipal officials demonstrate that the 09 requirements of this section have been met. 10 * Sec. 3. AS 29.45.660(b) is amended to read: 11 (b) Compliance with the provisions of this section is a prerequisite to receipt 12 of municipal tax resource equalization assistance under AS 29.60.010 - 29.60.080 and 13 state aid for miscellaneous municipal services under AS 29.60.100 - 29.60.120 and 14 29.60.140 - 29.60.180 [AS 29.60.100 - 29.60.180]. The department shall withhold 15 annual allocations under those sections until municipal officials demonstrate that the 16 requirements of this section have been met. 17 * Sec. 4. AS 29.60.130 is amended to read: 18 Sec. 29.60.130. State aid for [TO] volunteer services [FIRE 19 DEPARTMENTS NOT IN ORGANIZED MUNICIPALITY]. (a) The department 20 shall pay to a volunteer fire department registered with the state fire marshal and 21 serving an area with a population of less than 2,500 [NOT IN AN ORGANIZED 22 MUNICIPALITY] a sum for protection purposes equal to $10 per capita for the 23 population served by the fire department, as determined by the state fire marshal. 24 (b) A grant shall be made [UNDER (a) OF THIS SECTION] to facilitate the 25 organization of a volunteer fire department in an area with a population of less than 26 2,500 [NOT IN AN ORGANIZED MUNICIPALITY,] upon application of the 27 proposed fire protection group to the state fire marshal and upon approval of 28 applications according to standards of organization and service prescribed by 29 regulations adopted by the state fire marshal. 30 * Sec. 5. AS 29.60.130 is amended by adding new subsections to read: 31 (c) The department shall pay to an organization that provides volunteer
01 emergency medical services a sum equal to $10 per capita for the population served 02 by the organization to be used for the services if the organization 03 (1) is certified by the state to provide emergency medical services; 04 (2) provides ambulance services; and 05 (3) serves an area with a population of less than 2,500. 06 (d) Payments to a recipient under this section shall reflect area cost-of-living 07 differentials calculated in accordance with AS 29.60.160. 08 (e) The volunteer services account is established. Money to carry out the 09 provisions of this section shall be allocated by the department to the account in 10 accordance with AS 29.60.280. If amounts in the account are insufficient to pay each 11 recipient's share authorized under this section, the amounts that are available shall be 12 distributed pro rata among recipients. 13 * Sec. 6. AS 29.60.170 is amended to read: 14 Sec. 29.60.170. Miscellaneous services account. The miscellaneous services 15 account is established. Money to carry out the provisions of AS 29.60.100 - 29.60.120 16 and 29.60.140 - 29.60.180 [AS 29.60.100 - 29.60.180] shall be allocated by the 17 department to the account in accordance with AS 29.60.280. If amounts in the account 18 are insufficient to pay each municipality's or other recipient's share authorized under 19 AS 29.60.100 - 29.60.120 and 29.60.140 - 29.60.180 [AS 29.60.100 - 29.60.180], the 20 amounts that are available shall be distributed pro rata among eligible municipalities 21 and other recipients. 22 * Sec. 7. AS 29.60.280(a) is amended to read: 23 (a) Each year, the department shall allocate money appropriated to the 24 accounts established in AS 29.60.060, 29.60.130(e), 29.60.170, and former 25 AS 29.90.020 in the amounts determined by the legislature. 26 * Sec. 8. AS 29.60.280(b) is amended to read: 27 (b) Money in the miscellaneous services account established in AS 29.60.170 28 that exceeds the amount required to fully fund distributions authorized by 29 AS 29.60.100 - 29.60.120 and 29.60.140 - 29.60.180 [AS 29.60.100 - 29.60.180] shall 30 be reallocated to the tax equalization account established in AS 29.60.060 and 31 distributed according to the provisions of AS 29.60.010 - 29.60.080. Money in the
01 volunteer services account established in AS 29.60.130(e) that exceeds the amount 02 required to fully fund distributions authorized by AS 29.60.130 shall be 03 reallocated to the tax equalization account established in AS 29.60.060 and 04 distributed according to the provisions of AS 29.60.010 - 29.60.080. 05 * Sec. 9. AS 29.60.290(a) is amended to read: 06 (a) A municipality qualifying for an entitlement under AS 29.60.010 - 07 29.60.080, 29.60.100 - 29.60.120, or 29.60.140 - 29.60.180 [29.60.100 - 29.60.180] 08 shall receive a minimum payment plus an area cost-of-living differential for each fiscal 09 year if 10 (1) the municipality has conducted a regular election during the state 11 fiscal year preceding the year in which the department's determination of the 12 municipality's millage rate equivalent is made under AS 29.60.030 and has reported 13 the results of the election to the commissioner; 14 (2) regular meetings of the governing body are held in the municipality 15 during the state fiscal year preceding the year in which the department's determination 16 of the municipality's millage rate equivalent is made under AS 29.60.030 and a record 17 of the proceedings is maintained; 18 (3) a municipal budget has been adopted for the fiscal year during 19 which payment of an entitlement is authorized by AS 29.60.010 - 29.60.080, 20 29.60.100 - 29.60.120, or 29.60.140 - 29.60.180, [29.60.100 - 29.60.180] and an audit 21 or financial statement for the fiscal year preceding the year in which the department's 22 determination of the municipality's millage rate equivalent is made under 23 AS 29.60.030 has been prepared and furnished to the department in accordance with 24 AS 29.20.640(a); and 25 (4) local ordinances adopted by the municipality have been codified in 26 accordance with AS 29.25.050. 27 * Sec. 10. AS 29.60.290(c) is amended to read: 28 (c) The department shall pay to each municipality eligible to receive a 29 minimum payment under this section an amount equal to the difference between the 30 minimum payment determined under (a) and (b) of this section and the sum of the 31 amounts payable for the same fiscal year under AS 29.60.010 - 29.60.080, 29.60.100 -
01 29.60.120, and 29.60.140 - 29.60.180 [29.60.100 - 29.60.180]. 02 * Sec. 11. This Act takes effect July 1, 1997.