SB 250: "An Act making and amending capital, supplemental, and other appropriations and reappropriations; making a reappropriation under art. IX, sec. 17(c), Constitution of the State of Alaska, from the constitutional budget reserve fund; making appropriations to capitalize funds; ratifying certain expenditures; and providing for an effective date."
00SENATE BILL NO. 250 01 "An Act making and amending capital, supplemental, and other appropriations and 02 reappropriations; making a reappropriation under art. IX, sec. 17(c), Constitution 03 of the State of Alaska, from the constitutional budget reserve fund; making 04 appropriations to capitalize funds; ratifying certain expenditures; and providing for 05 an effective date." 06 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 07 * Section 1. DISASTER RELIEF FUND. The amount necessary for the governor's 08 financing plan submitted to the legislature under AS 26.23.025(b) for the declared Central 09 Gulf Coast storm systems disaster is appropriated from the general fund and from federal 10 receipts to the disaster relief fund (AS 26.23.300(a)). 11 * Sec. 2. FIRE SUPPRESSION. The sum of $6,415,100 is appropriated from the general 12 fund to the Department of Natural Resources for incurred fire suppression expenditures and 13 fixed costs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000. 14 * Sec. 3. JUDGMENTS AND CLAIMS. (a) The sum of $646,800 is appropriated to the
01 Department of Law to pay judgments and claims against the state for the fiscal year ending 02 June 30, 2000, from the following sources: 03 General fund $642,400 04 Permanent fund dividend fund 4,400 05 (b) The sum of $1,786,100 is appropriated from the general fund to the University of 06 Alaska to pay a judgment against the university for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000. 07 * Sec. 4. DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION. (a) The sum of $891,200 is 08 appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Administration for the leasing 09 program for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000. 10 (b) The sum of $508,800 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of 11 Administration, office of public advocacy, for operating costs for the fiscal year ending 12 June 30, 2000. 13 (c) The sum of $250,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of 14 Administration, public defender agency, for operating costs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 15 2000. 16 (d) The sum of $118,600 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of 17 Administration, division of senior services, for operating costs of the general relief program 18 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000. 19 (e) The sum of $50,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of 20 Administration for supervisory unit training costs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000. 21 (f) The sum of $747,800 is appropriated from benefit systems receipts to the 22 Department of Administration, division of retirement and benefits, group health, for retiree and 23 long-term care plan costs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000. 24 (g) The sum of $100,000 is appropriated from the public employees retirement trust 25 fund (AS 39.35.020(6)) to the Department of Administration, division of retirement and 26 benefits, for costs associated with an unexpected Public Employees' Retirement Board election 27 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000. 28 (h) Section 85(a), ch. 2, FSSLA 1999, is amended to read: 29 (a) The unexpended and unobligated balance on June 30, 1999, not to exceed 30 $250,000, of the appropriation from the general fund made in sec. 31, ch. 137, SLA 31 1998, page 26, lines 6 - 14, as amended by sec. 9(b), ch. 2, SLA 1999 (K-12 support -
01 $726,760,700), is reappropriated to the Department of Administration for the following 02 purposes in the amounts listed: 03 Satellite interconnection project management, $150,000 04 equipment replacement , and repair 05 Pioneers' Homes health and safety repairs 100,000 06 (i) Section 43, ch. 84, SLA 1999, page 18, line 18, is amended to read: 07 APPROPRIATION GENERAL OTHER 08 ITEMS FUND FUNDS 09 Public Communications 4,584,900 4,111,200 473,700 10 Services [4,011,200] [573,700] 11 * Sec. 5. ALASKA COURT SYSTEM. The sum of $19,000 is appropriated from the 12 general fund to the Alaska Court System, Alaska Commission on Judicial Conduct, for 13 attorney fees for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000. 14 * Sec. 6. ALASKA INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND EXPORT AUTHORITY. The 15 sum of $8,000,000 that was declared available for appropriation by the board of directors of 16 the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority as a one-time additional fiscal year 17 2000 dividend from the unrestricted balance in the Alaska Industrial Development and Export 18 Authority revolving fund (AS 44.88.060) is appropriated in sec. 19 of this Act. 19 * Sec. 7. ALASKA PERMANENT FUND CORPORATION. The sum of $4,000,000 is 20 appropriated from Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation receipts to the Alaska Permanent Fund 21 Corporation for investment management costs, including management fees and safekeeping 22 and custody, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000. 23 * Sec. 8. DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 24 Section 18, ch. 84, SLA 1999 is amended to read: 25 Sec. 18. OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING. The unexpended and unobligated 26 balance on June 30, 1999, of the Department of Commerce and Economic 27 Development, division of occupational licensing, general fund program receipts from 28 occupational licensing fees under AS 08.01.065, general fund program receipts 29 received from occupational licensing fees under AS 08.01.065 during the fiscal year 30 ending June 30, 2000, and other program receipts received by the division during the 31 fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, not to exceed a total appropriation of $5,503,200
01 [$5,053.200], are appropriated to the Department of Community [COMMERCE] and 02 Economic Development, division of occupational licensing, for operating costs for the 03 fiscal year ending June 30, 2000. 04 * Sec. 9. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT. (a) The 05 sum of $1,500,000 is appropriated from inter-agency receipts to the Department of Education 06 and Early Development from the Department of Health and Social Services for the child care 07 assistance program for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000. 08 (b) The sum of $602,900 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of 09 Education and Early Development for educational costs for children placed in out-of-state 10 residential treatment programs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000. 11 (c) Section 43, ch. 84, SLA 1999, page 23, lines 30 and 31, is amended to read: 12 APPROPRIATION GENERAL OTHER 13 ALLOCATIONS ITEMS FUND FUNDS 14 K-12 Support 752,609,300 698,205,500 54,403,800 15 [762,280,800] [707,877,000] 16 Foundation 17 Program 677,243,100 18 [689,054,300] 19 (d) Section 43, ch. 84, SLA 1999, page 24, line 10, is amended to read: 20 ALLOCATIONS 21 Pupil 22 Transportation 41,914,800 23 [39,775,100] 24 * Sec. 10. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES. (a) The sum of 25 $440,500 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Health and Social 26 Services for adult public assistance payments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000. 27 (b) The sum of $292,200 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of 28 Health and Social Services for the old age assistance - Alaska longevity bonus hold harmless 29 program for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000. 30 (c) The sum of $608,600 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of 31 Health and Social Services for catastrophic and chronic illness assistance (AS 47.08) for the
01 fiscal year ending June 30, 2000. 02 (d) The sum of $4,742,100 is appropriated to the Department of Health and Social 03 Services for costs of the foster care program for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, from 04 the following sources: 05 General fund $3,191,500 06 Federal receipts 1,550,600 07 (e) The sum of $408,900 is appropriated from federal receipts to the Department of 08 Health and Social Services to subsidize adoption and guardianship costs for the fiscal year 09 ending June 30, 2000. 10 (f) The sum of $261,800 is appropriated from federal receipts to the Department of 11 Health and Social Services for operating costs of front line social workers for the fiscal year 12 ending June 30, 2000. 13 (g) The sum of $120,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of 14 Health and Social Services for operating costs of the McLaughlin Youth Center for the fiscal 15 year ending June 30, 2000. 16 (h) The sum of $97,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of 17 Health and Social Services for operating costs of the Bethel Youth Facility for the fiscal year 18 ending June 30, 2000. 19 (i) The sum of $6,264,700 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department 20 of Health and Social Services, Medicaid Services, for operating costs for the fiscal year ending 21 June 30, 2000. 22 (j) The sum of $300,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of 23 Health and Social Services for payment of claims for abortion-related services for Medicaid- 24 eligible women for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, to comply with court orders in 25 Planned Parenthood of Alaska v. Perdue (3AN-98-7004 CI). 26 (k) The sum of $1,500,000 is appropriated from federal receipts to the Department of 27 Health and Social Services, child care benefits, for costs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 28 2000. 29 (l) The sum of $1,767,700 is appropriated from federal receipts to the Department of 30 Health and Social Services, energy assistance program, low income home energy assistance 31 program, for emergency heating assistance for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000.
01 * Sec. 11. DEPARTMENT OF LAW. (a) The sum of $40,000 is appropriated from 02 designated program receipts to the Department of Law, fair business practices, for additional 03 operating costs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000. 04 (b) Section 55, ch. 2, FSSLA 1999, is amended to read: 05 Sec. 55. DEPARTMENT OF LAW. The appropriations made in sec. 3, ch. 7, 06 SLA 1998 (Department of Law defense of tort reform - $199,500) and in sec. 30(a), 07 ch. 139, SLA 1998 (Department of Law, medical procedures and parental consent for 08 abortions - $300,000) lapse into the general fund June 30, 2001 [2000]. 09 * Sec. 12. DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AND VETERANS' AFFAIRS. (a) The sum 10 of $24,200 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Military and Veterans' 11 Affairs, Alaska National Guard, for operating costs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000. 12 (b) The sum of $212,400 is appropriated from federal receipts to the Department of 13 Military and Veterans' Affairs, air guard facilities maintenance, for operating costs for the 14 fiscal year ending June 30, 2000. 15 (c) The sum of $692,600 is appropriated to the Department of Military and Veterans' 16 Affairs, youth corps, for operating costs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, from the 17 following sources: 18 Federal receipts $582,100 19 Designated program receipts 110,500 20 * Sec. 13. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES. The sum of $200,000 is 21 appropriated from general fund program receipts to the Department of Natural Resources, 22 parks management, for maintenance and replacement of outhouses in park facilities. 23 * Sec. 14. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. Sec. 9(b), ch. 84, SLA 1999 is 24 amended to read: 25 (b) Appropriations totaling the estimated amount of the deposits described in 26 (a) of this section and remaining unappropriated balances from prior-year 27 transfers for these purposes are made in sec. 43 of this Act to the Department of 28 Public Safety and the Department of Law for increased enforcement, investigation, and 29 prosecution of state fish and game laws. If the receipts appropriated to the fish and 30 game fund (AS 16.05.100) from the sources described in (a) of this section during 31 fiscal year 2000 and remaining unappropriated balances from prior-year transfers
01 for these purposes fall short of the estimates appropriated by this Act, each 02 department's appropriation set out in sec. 43 of this Act is reduced proportionately. 03 * Sec. 15. DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE. (a) The sum of $150,000 is appropriated 04 from the general fund to the Department of Revenue, oil and gas audit, for a one-time 05 challenged property tax valuation for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2000 and June 30, 2001. 06 (b) The sum of $620,200 is appropriated from the following sources to the Department 07 of Revenue, child support enforcement division, for a one-time project to reduce the backlog 08 of case adjustments for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2000 and June 30, 2001: 09 General fund program receipts $150,000 10 Federal receipts 470,200 11 * Sec. 16. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC FACILITIES. (a) 12 The sum of $80,000 is appropriated from designated program receipts to the Department of 13 Transportation and Public Facilities, central region design and engineering, for additional right- 14 of-way permitting activities for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000. 15 (b) The sum of $500,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of 16 Transportation and Public Facilities, marine highway system, for increased fuel costs for the 17 fiscal year ending June 30, 2000. 18 (c) The sum of $375,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of 19 Transportation and Public Facilities, northern region highways and aviation, for unanticipated 20 winter storm costs incurred outside the declared Central Gulf Coast storm systems disaster 21 area for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000. 22 (d) The sum of $25,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of 23 Transportation and Public Facilities, northern region facilities, for unanticipated winter storm 24 costs incurred outside the declared Central Gulf Coast storm systems disaster area for the 25 fiscal year ending June 30, 2000. 26 * Sec. 17. UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA. The sum of $1,000,000 is appropriated to the 27 University of Alaska for planning and design of a university museum from the following 28 sources: 29 University receipts $500,000 30 Federal receipts 500,000 31 * Sec. 18. LONGEVITY BONUS GRANT PROGRAM. (a) Notwithstanding sec. 5,
01 ch. 27, SLA 1999, the unexpended and unobligated balances as of March 31, 2000, of the 02 constitutional budget reserve fund appropriations made in sec. 2(a), ch. 27, SLA 1999, page 03 2, line 3, page 3, line 31, and page 4, lines 17 and 20 are repealed and reappropriated to the 04 Department of Administration, longevity bonus grant program, for operating costs for the 05 fiscal year ending June 30, 2000. 06 (b) If the amount reappropriated in (a) of this section is not sufficient to fully fund 07 the longevity bonus grant program for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, the amount of the 08 shortfall is appropriated from the general fund. 09 * Sec. 19. POWER COST EQUALIZATION. The sum of $8,000,000 is appropriated from 10 the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority revolving fund (AS 44.88.060) to the 11 power cost equalization and rural electric capitalization fund (AS 42.45.100). 12 * Sec. 20. TOBACCO SETTLEMENT AND OTHER FUNDING SOURCE CHANGES. 13 (a) Section 45, ch. 84, SLA 1999, page 52, line 25, funding sources for the Department of 14 Administration, is amended to read: 15 General Fund Receipts 130,786,500 [130,325,700] 16 (b) Section 45, ch. 84, SLA 1999, page 52, line 27, funding sources for the 17 Department of Administration, is amended to read: 18 Inter-Agency Receipts 44,506,900 [44,606,900] 19 (c) Section 45, ch. 84, SLA 1999, page 53, line 6, funding sources for the Department 20 of Administration, is amended to read: 21 [TOBACCO SETTLEMENT 360,800] 22 (d) Section 45, ch. 84, SLA 1999, page 56, lines 10 and 19, funding sources for the 23 Department of Health and Social Services, is amended to read: 24 General Fund Receipts 141,724,600 [140,279,400] 25 Tobacco Settlement 26,492,300 [27,937,500] 26 (e) Section 45, ch. 84, SLA 1999, page 57, lines 4 and 11, funding sources for the 27 Department of Law, is amended to read: 28 General Fund Receipts 24,791,600 [24,657,600] 29 [TOBACCO SETTLEMENT 134,000] 30 * Sec. 21. MISCELLANEOUS CLAIMS. (a) The following amounts are appropriated 31 from the general fund to the following agencies to pay miscellaneous claims and stale-dated
01 warrants for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000: 02 DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATION 03 Administration $66,575.16 04 Corrections 3,073.30 05 Education and Early Development 2,939.83 06 Environmental Conservation 5,351.13 07 Fish and Game 444.00 08 Health and Social Services 23,313.93 09 Law 7,245.65 10 Public Safety 6,869.97 11 (b) The sum of $3,744.02 is appropriated from the Alaska marine highway system 12 fund (AS 19.65.060) to the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities to pay 13 miscellaneous claims and stale-dated warrants for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000. 14 * Sec. 22. RATIFICATIONS. (a) The following departmental expenditures made in fiscal 15 years 1998 and 1999 are ratified to reverse the negative account balances in the Alaska state 16 accounting system in the amounts listed for each AR number. The appropriations from which 17 these expenditures were actually paid are amended by increasing them by the amount listed 18 as follows: 19 (1) Department of Administration 20 AR7688-98 RS 0270267 Personnel $ 2,379.50 21 (2) Former Department of Community and 22 Regional Affairs 23 (A) AR52902-98 AHFC/St Energy Prg-Ib 3,324.50 24 (B) AR52925-98 HSS/Admn Child Trust 24.19 25 (C) AR52926-98 JTPO/Peer Outreach 20.00 26 (D) AR52936-98 Rural Gov Commission 342.00 27 (3) Department of Health and Social Services 28 AR22520-99 Medicaid Services 3,271,600.00 29 (b) The expenditures by the Department of Natural Resources for fire suppression, in 30 the amount of $3,863,700, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 (AR37931-99 Fire 31 Suppression) are ratified.
01 * Sec. 23. CONSTITUTIONAL BUDGET RESERVE FUND. The appropriation 02 from the constitutional budget reserve fund in sec. 18 of this Act for the longevity bonus 03 grant program is made under art. IX, sec. 17(c), Constitution of the State of Alaska. 04 * Sec. 24. LAPSE PROVISIONS. (a) The unexpended and unobligated balance of the 05 appropriation made by sec. 13 of this Act lapses September 30, 2000. 06 (b) The appropriation made by sec. 17 of this Act is for a capital project and lapses 07 under AS 37.25.020. 08 (c) The appropriations made by secs. 1 and 19 of this Act are to capitalize funds and 09 do not lapse. 10 * Sec. 25. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).