SB 182: "An Act requiring reductions in payments to individuals under certain benefit programs if appropriations are not sufficient to fully fund the statutorily established levels of payments."
00 SENATE BILL NO. 182 01 "An Act requiring reductions in payments to individuals under certain benefit 02 programs if appropriations are not sufficient to fully fund the statutorily established 03 levels of payments." 04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 05 * Section 1. AS 37.07.080(d) is amended to read: 06 (d) A state agency 07 (1) shall, if an appropriation made for a benefit program is not 08 sufficient to fully fund all statutorily established levels of payments to individuals 09 under that program, reduce the amount of payments to eligible individuals on a 10 pro rata basis; in making the pro rata reductions required by this paragraph, the 11 agency may not consider any potential supplemental appropriation for that 12 program until the appropriation has been enacted; this paragraph does not apply 13 to payments under AS 25.23.190 - 25.23.240, loan programs, state employee 14 retirement benefit programs, or programs for which other provisions of law
01 address underfunding; and 02 (2) may not increase the salaries of its employees, employ additional 03 employees, or expend money or incur obligations except in accordance with law and 04 properly approved operations plan.