SB 30: "An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses of state government, for certain programs, and to capitalize funds; making appropriations under art. IX, sec. 17(c), Constitution of the State of Alaska, from the constitutional budget reserve fund; and providing for an effective date."
00SENATE BILL NO. 30 01 "An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses 02 of state government, for certain programs, and to capitalize funds; making 03 appropriations under art. IX, sec. 17(c), Constitution of the State of Alaska, 04 from the constitutional budget reserve fund; and providing for an effective 05 date." 06 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 07 * Section 1. ALASKA HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION. (a) The unexpended and 08 unobligated amount of Alaska Housing Finance Corporation unrestricted revenue available for 09 appropriation, as determined by the board of directors of the Alaska Housing Finance 10 Corporation in accordance with sec. 2(c) and (d), ch. 129, SLA 1998, for each of the 11 following fiscal years is appropriated to the Alaska debt retirement fund (AS 37.15.011): 12 (1) the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999; 13 (2) the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000. 14 (b) All unrestricted mortgage loan interest payments, mortgage loan commitment fees,
01 and all other unrestricted receipts received by or accrued to the Alaska Housing Finance 02 Corporation during fiscal year 2000 and all income earned on assets of the corporation during 03 that period are appropriated to the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation to hold as corporate 04 receipts for the purposes described in AS 18.56. The corporation shall allocate its corporate 05 receipts among the Alaska housing finance revolving fund (AS 18.56.082), housing assistance 06 loan fund (AS 18.56.420), and senior housing revolving fund (AS 18.56.710) in accordance 07 with procedures adopted by the board of directors. 08 (c) The following amounts are appropriated to the Alaska Housing Finance 09 Corporation (AHFC) from the sources indicated and for the following purposes: 10 PURPOSE AMOUNT SOURCE 11 Housing loan programs $472,000,000 AHFC corporate receipts 12 not subsidized by AHFC 13 Housing loan programs 50,000,000 AHFC corporate receipts 14 and projects subsidized derived from arbitrage 15 by AHFC earnings 16 * Sec. 2. ALASKA PERMANENT FUND CORPORATION. (a) The amount authorized 17 for transfer by the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation under AS 37.13.145(b) is appropriated 18 from the earnings reserve account (AS 37.13.145) to the dividend fund (AS 43.23.045(a)) for 19 the payment of permanent fund dividends and administrative and associated costs. 20 (b) After money is transferred to the dividend fund under (a) of this section, the 21 amount calculated under AS 37.13.145 to offset the effect of inflation on the principal of the 22 Alaska permanent fund is appropriated from the earnings reserve account (AS 37.13.145) to 23 the principal of the Alaska permanent fund. 24 (c) The amount required to be deposited under AS 37.13.010(a)(1) and (2) during 25 fiscal year 2000 is appropriated to the principal of the Alaska permanent fund in satisfaction 26 of that requirement. 27 (d) The interest earned during fiscal year 2000 on revenue from the sources set out 28 in AS 37.13.010 while the revenue is held in trust, escrow, or otherwise before receipt by the 29 state is appropriated to the principal of the Alaska permanent fund. 30 * Sec. 3. ALASKA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. The unexpended and 31 unobligated balance on June 30, 1999, of the Alaska Public Utilities Commission receipts
01 account for regulatory cost charges under AS 42.05.254 and AS 42.06.286 for fiscal year 1999 02 is appropriated to the Alaska Public Utilities Commission for fiscal year 2000 expenditures. 03 * Sec. 4. ALASKA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION. The unexpended 04 and unobligated balance in the Alaska science and technology endowment earnings reserve 05 on June 30, 1999, is appropriated to the Alaska Science and Technology Foundation to award 06 as grants under AS 37.17.030(d) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000. 07 * Sec. 5. ALASKA SEAFOOD MARKETING INSTITUTE. An amount equal to the 08 unexpended and unobligated balance on June 30, 1999, of the fiscal year 1999 general fund 09 receipts from the salmon marketing tax (AS 43.76.110) and from the seafood marketing 10 assessment (AS 16.51.120) is appropriated from the general fund to the Alaska Seafood 11 Marketing Institute for marketing Alaska seafood products during fiscal year 2000. 12 * Sec. 6. BUDGET REDUCTION REQUIRING LEGISLATION. If a bill to implement 13 income limits for longevity bonus eligibility is passed by the First Regular Session of the 14 Twenty-First Alaska State Legislature and is enacted into law, the corresponding operating 15 budget appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, in sec. 40 of this Act, are 16 reduced by the amounts listed below: 17 APPROPRIATION GENERAL 18 ITEMS FUND 19 Longevity Bonus Grants $(6,000,000) $(6,000,000) 20 Old Age Assistance - ALB 21 hold harmless (2,000,000) (2,000,000) 22 * Sec. 7. CONSTITUTIONAL BUDGET RESERVE FUND. (a) Amounts equal to the 23 deposits in the budget reserve fund (art. IX, sec. 17, Constitution of the State of Alaska) for 24 fiscal year 1999 that were made from subfunds and accounts other than the operating general 25 fund (state accounting system fund number 11100) by operation of art. IX, sec. 17(d), 26 Constitution of the State of Alaska, to repay appropriations from the budget reserve fund are 27 appropriated from the budget reserve fund to the subfunds and accounts from which they were 28 transferred. 29 (b) If the unrestricted state revenue available for appropriation in fiscal year 2000 is 30 insufficient to cover the general fund appropriations made for fiscal year 2000, the amount 31 necessary to balance revenue and general fund appropriations is appropriated to the general
01 fund from the budget reserve fund (art. IX, sec. 17, Constitution of the State of Alaska). 02 (c) The appropriations in (a) and (b) of this section are made under art. IX, sec. 17(c), 03 Constitution of the State of Alaska. 04 * Sec. 8. DISASTER RELIEF. Federal receipts received for disaster relief are appropriated 05 to the disaster relief fund (AS 26.23.300). 06 * Sec. 9. FEDERAL AND OTHER PROGRAM RECEIPTS. (a) Federal or other program 07 receipts as defined in AS 37.05.146 that exceed the amounts appropriated by this Act are 08 appropriated conditioned on compliance with the program review provisions of 09 AS 37.07.080(h). 10 (b) If federal or other program receipts as defined in AS 37.05.146 exceed the 11 estimates appropriated by this Act, the appropriations from state funds for the affected 12 program may be reduced by the excess if the reductions are consistent with applicable federal 13 statutes. 14 (c) If federal or other program receipts as defined in AS 37.05.146 fall short of the 15 estimates appropriated by this Act, the affected appropriation is reduced by the amount of the 16 shortfall in receipts. 17 * Sec. 10. FEDERAL SUBSISTENCE FUNDS. (a) The United States Congress 18 appropriated $11,000,000 to the United States Department of the Interior and the United States 19 Department of Agriculture, for the State of Alaska, contingent upon the Alaska legislature 20 adopting a constitutional amendment for ratification by Alaska voters to allow a rural 21 subsistence priority. The full $11,000,000 amount appropriated by Congress is available to 22 the state if the legislature satisfies the contingency by June 1, 1999. If the contingency is 23 satisfied after June 1, 1999 but by September 30, 1999, the sum of $10,000,000 will be 24 available to the state. 25 (b) If the federal contingency requirement described in (a) of this section is satisfied, 26 the sum of $11,000,000 is appropriated from federal receipts to the Department of Fish and 27 Game to help implement a unified subsistence management system and to provide support for 28 the Board of Fisheries, Board of Game, regional advisory councils, and local advisory 29 committees in that effort. The appropriation made by this subsection is allocated as follows: 30 Support to the Board of Fisheries, Board of Game, 31 regional advisory councils, and local advisory
01 committees $3,000,000 02 Biological research, monitoring, and management to 03 ensure sustained yield and to improve utilization 04 of fish and wildlife for subsistence, commercial, 05 and sport purposes $8,000,000 06 (c) If there is a shortfall in the federal receipts appropriated in (b) of this section 07 because the contingency requirement was not met until after June 1, 1999, the appropriation 08 is reduced accordingly and the allocation amounts set out in (b) of this section are each 09 reduced proportionately. 10 * Sec. 11. FISH AND GAME ENFORCEMENT. (a) To increase enforcement of the fish 11 and game laws of the state, the amount deposited in the general fund during the fiscal year 12 ending June 30, 1999, from criminal fines, penalties, and forfeitures imposed for violation of 13 AS 16 and its implementing regulations and from the sale of forfeited property or alternative 14 damages collected under AS 16.05.195 is appropriated to the fish and game fund 15 (AS 16.05.100). 16 (b) Appropriations totaling the estimated amount of the deposits described in (a) of 17 this section are made in sec. 40 of this Act to the Department of Public Safety and the 18 Department of Law for increased enforcement, investigation, and prosecution of state fish and 19 game laws. If the receipts appropriated to the fish and game fund (AS 16.05.100) from the 20 sources described in (a) of this section during fiscal year 2000 fall short of the estimates 21 appropriated by this Act, each department's appropriation set out in sec. 40 of this Act is 22 reduced proportionately. 23 * Sec. 12. FOUR DAM POOL TRANSFER FUND. The amount available in the four dam 24 pool transfer fund (AS 42.45.050) during fiscal year 2000 is appropriated to the following 25 funds in the following percentages for the purposes set out in AS 42.45.050: 26 Power cost equalization and rural electric 40 percent 27 capitalization fund (AS 42.45.100) 28 Southeast energy fund (AS 42.45.040) 40 percent 29 Power project fund (AS 42.45.010) 20 percent 30 * Sec. 13. INFORMATION SERVICES FUND. The sum of $55,000 is appropriated to 31 the information services fund (AS 44.21.045) for the Department of Administration,
01 information technology group programs, from designated program receipts. 02 * Sec. 14. INSURANCE AND BOND CLAIMS. The amount necessary to fund the uses 03 of the state insurance catastrophe reserve account described in AS 37.05.289(a) is appropriated 04 from that account to the Department of Administration for those uses. 05 * Sec. 15. INSURANCE FEES. The unexpended and unobligated balance on June 30, 06 1999, of the Department of Commerce and Economic Development, division of insurance, 07 general fund program receipts from insurance fees under AS 21.06.250 is appropriated to the 08 Department of Commerce and Economic Development, division of insurance, for operating 09 costs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000. 10 * Sec. 16. LAND DISPOSAL. General fund receipts in the fiscal years ending June 30, 11 2000 and June 30, 2001 from the following land sales in the following amounts are 12 appropriated to the Department of Natural Resources for land sale preparation costs for the 13 fiscal years ending June 30, 2000 and June 30, 2001: 14 (1) an amount not to exceed $50,000, from land sales in the new 15 commercial/industrial subdivision at Naukati Bay on Prince of Wales Island; 16 (2) an amount not to exceed $200,000, from land sales of residential and 17 recreational parcels at Vallenar Bay on Gravina Island. 18 * Sec. 17. MARINE HIGHWAY SYSTEM FUND. The sum of $27,509,500 is 19 appropriated from the general fund to the Alaska marine highway system fund (AS 19.65.060). 20 * Sec. 18. MOTOR FUEL TAX. The following estimated amounts from the unreserved 21 special accounts in the general fund are included within the general fund amounts appropriated 22 by this Act: 23 Special highway fuel tax account (AS 43.40.010(g)) $23,924,500 24 Special aviation fuel tax account (AS 43.40.010(e)) 5,400,000 25 * Sec. 19. OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING. The unexpended and unobligated balance on 26 June 30, 1999, of the Department of Commerce and Economic Development, division of 27 occupational licensing, general fund program receipts from occupational licensing fees under 28 AS 08.01.065 is appropriated to the division of occupational licensing for operating costs for 29 the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000. 30 * Sec. 20. OIL AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE RELEASE PREVENTION 31 ACCOUNT. The following amounts are appropriated to the oil and hazardous substance
01 release prevention account (AS 46.08.010(a)(1)) in the oil and hazardous substance release 02 prevention and response fund (AS 46.08.010) from the sources indicated: 03 (1) the balance of the oil and hazardous substance release prevention mitigation 04 account (AS 46.08.020(b)) in the general fund on July 1, 1999, not otherwise appropriated by 05 this Act; 06 (2) the amount collected for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999, estimated 07 to be $10,900,000, from the surcharge levied under AS 43.55.300. 08 * Sec. 21. OIL AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE RELEASE RESPONSE ACCOUNT. 09 The following amounts are appropriated to the oil and hazardous substance release response 10 account (AS 46.08.010(a)(2)) in the oil and hazardous substance release prevention and 11 response fund (AS 46.08.010) from the following sources: 12 (1) the balance of the oil and hazardous substance release response mitigation 13 account (AS 46.08.025(b)) in the general fund on July 1, 1999, not otherwise appropriated by 14 this Act; 15 (2) the amount collected for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999, from the 16 surcharge levied under AS 43.55.201. 17 * Sec. 22. PERFORMANCE MEASURES. It is the intent of the governor and the 18 legislature that goals, strategies, and performance measures to guide the effective delivery of 19 state services shall be stated in a separate resolution so that the appropriations bill for fiscal 20 year 2000 will conform to art. II, sec. 13, Constitution of the State of Alaska, which requires 21 that "[B]ills for appropriations shall be confined to appropriations." 22 * Sec. 23. REAL ESTATE SURETY FUND. The balance of the real estate surety fund 23 (AS 08.88.450) on June 30, 1998 that exceeds $500,000 is appropriated to the Department of 24 Commerce and Economic Development, division of occupational licensing, for purposes 25 relating to the real estate surety fund, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000. 26 * Sec. 24. RETAINED FEES. The amount retained to compensate the collector or trustee 27 of fees, licenses, taxes, or other money belonging to the state during the fiscal year ending 28 June 30, 2000, is appropriated for that purpose to the agency authorized by law to generate 29 the revenue. 30 * Sec. 25. SAFETY ADVISORY COUNCIL. The amount appropriated for the 1999 31 annual governor's safety conference (sec. 20, ch. 137, SLA 1998), plus the fiscal year 1999
01 program receipts of the Alaska Safety Advisory Council (AS 18.60.830), less the amount 02 expended or obligated for the 1999 annual governor's safety conference, is appropriated from 03 general fund program receipts to the Alaska Safety Advisory Council for costs of the 2000 04 annual governor's safety conference. 05 * Sec. 26. SALARY AND BENEFIT ADJUSTMENTS. (a) The operating budget 06 appropriations made to the University of Alaska in sec. 40 of this Act include amounts to 07 implement the monetary terms of the collective bargaining agreements listed in (b) of this 08 section and for salary and benefit adjustments for university employees who are not members 09 of a collective bargaining unit. 10 (b) Funding for the following collective bargaining agreements is included in the 11 appropriations made to the University of Alaska in sec. 40 of this Act: 12 Alaska Classified Employees Association, representing certain employees of the University of Alaska; 13 Alaska Community College Federation of Teachers, representing certain 14 employees of the University of Alaska; 15 United Academics, representing certain employees of the University of Alaska; 16 United Academics-Adjuncts, representing certain employees of the University of Alaska. 17 (c) The operating budget appropriations made in sec. 40 of this Act to the University 18 of Alaska include any increase or decrease caused by changes to the Public Employees' 19 Retirement System or Teachers' Retirement System contribution rates. 20 * Sec. 27. SALMON ENHANCEMENT TAX. The salmon enhancement tax collected 21 under AS 43.76.010 - 43.76.030 in calendar year 1998 and deposited in the general fund under 22 AS 43.76.025(c) is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Commerce and 23 Economic Development for payment in fiscal year 2000 to qualified regional associations 24 operating within a region designated under AS 16.10.375. 25 * Sec. 28. SHARED TAXES AND FEES. The amount necessary to refund to local 26 governments their share of taxes and fees collected in the listed fiscal years under the 27 following programs is appropriated to the Department of Revenue from the general fund for 28 payment in fiscal year 2000: 29 REVENUE SOURCE FISCAL YEAR COLLECTED 30 fisheries taxes (AS 43.75) 1999 31 fishery resource landing tax (AS 43.77) 1999
01 amusement and gaming taxes (AS 43.35) 2000 02 aviation fuel tax (AS 43.40.010) 2000 03 electric and telephone cooperative tax (AS 10.25.570) 2000 04 liquor license fee (AS 04.11) 2000 05 * Sec. 29. STATE DEBT AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS. (a) The amount required to pay 06 interest on revenue anticipation notes issued by the commissioner of revenue under AS 43.08 07 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Revenue for payment of the 08 interest on those notes. 09 (b) The amount required to be paid by the state for principal and interest on all issued 10 and outstanding state-guaranteed bonds is appropriated from the general fund to the state bond 11 committee for payment of principal and interest on those bonds. 12 (c) The sum of $5,739,130 is appropriated from the general fund to the Alaska debt 13 retirement fund (AS 37.15.011). 14 (d) The sum of $16,287,779 is appropriated from the Alaska debt retirement fund 15 (AS 37.15.011) to the state bond committee for trustee fees and lease payments relating to 16 certificates of participation issued for real property. 17 (e) The sum of $2,517,957 is appropriated from the Alaska debt retirement fund 18 (AS 37.15.011) to the state bond committee for payment of debt service and trustee fees on 19 state general obligation bonds. 20 (f) The sum of $2,877,508 is appropriated from the International Airports Revenue 21 Fund (AS 37.15.430) to the state bond committee for payment of debt service and trustee fees 22 on outstanding international airports revenue bonds. 23 (g) The sum of $71,788,100 is appropriated to the Department of Education for state 24 aid for costs of school construction under AS 14.11.100 from the following sources: 25 Alaska debt retirement fund (AS 37.15.011) $26,258,600 26 School fund (AS 43.50.140) 45,529,500 27 * Sec. 30. STATE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM. The lapsing balance 28 of the employment assistance and training program account (AS 23.15.625) on June 30, 1999, 29 is appropriated to the unemployment compensation fund (AS 23.20.130). 30 * Sec. 31. STATUTORY BUDGET RESERVE FUND. If the unrestricted state revenue 31 available for appropriation in fiscal year 2000 is insufficient to cover the general fund
01 appropriations made for fiscal year 2000, the amount necessary to balance revenue and general 02 fund appropriations is appropriated to the general fund from the budget reserve fund 03 (AS 37.05.540). 04 * Sec. 32. STORAGE TANK ASSISTANCE FUND. The sum of $5,489,656 is 05 appropriated from the oil and hazardous substance release prevention account 06 (AS 46.08.010(a)(1)) to the storage tank assistance fund (AS 46.03.410) for the fiscal year 07 ending June 30, 2000. 08 * Sec. 33. STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM. The amount from student loan borrowers of 09 the Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education that is assessed for loan origination fees 10 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, is appropriated to the origination fee account 11 (AS 14.43.120(u)) within the student loan fund of the Alaska Student Loan Corporation for 12 the purposes specified in AS 14.43.120(u). 13 * Sec. 34. TEACHER CERTIFICATION. The unexpended and unobligated balance on 14 June 30, 1999, of the Department of Education, teacher certification general fund program 15 receipts from certification fees under AS 14.20.020(c) is appropriated to the Department of 16 Education, teacher certification, for operating costs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000. 17 * Sec. 35. TEST FISHERY RECEIPTS. The unexpended and unobligated amount of 18 commercial fisheries test fishing operations receipts (AS 37.05.146(b)(4)(U)) from the harvest 19 and sale of crab for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 are appropriated to the Department 20 of Fish and Game for operations of the shellfish onboard observer program in the division of 21 commercial fisheries management and development for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000. 22 * Sec. 36. VALUE-ADDED TIMBER SALES. An amount not to exceed $250,000 is 23 appropriated from general fund receipts generated in the fiscal years ending June 30, 2000 and 24 June 30, 2001, from value-added timber sales in Southeast Alaska and in the Tanana Valley 25 to the Department of Natural Resources for costs of preparing and administering those value- 26 added timber sales, for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2000 and June 30, 2001. 27 * Sec. 37. LAPSE DATE. The unexpended and unobligated balance of the appropriation 28 made by sec. 10 of this Act lapses June 30, 2001. 29 * Sec. 38. NONLAPSE OF APPROPRIATIONS. The appropriations made by secs. 1, 8, 30 11(a), 12, 13, 17, 20, 21, 29(c), 30, and 33 of this Act are for the capitalization of funds and 31 do not lapse.
01 * Sec. 39. RETROACTIVITY. (a) The appropriation made by sec. 23 of this Act is 02 retroactive to June 30, 1998. 03 (b) The appropriation made by sec. 1(a)(1) of this Act is retroactive to June 30, 1999. 04 (SECTION 40 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON PAGE 12)