00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 238                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to the municipal procurement preference for state agricultural and                                     
02 fisheries products; relating to legislative oversight of that procurement preference; and                               
03 providing for an effective date."                                                                                       
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1. AS 24.20.271 is amended to read:                                                                      
06            Sec. 24.20.271. Powers and duties. The legislative audit division shall                                    
07                 (1)  conduct a performance post-audit of boards and commissions                                         
08       designated in AS 44.66.010 and make the audit, together with a written report,                                    
09       available to the legislature not later than the first day of the regular session of the                           
10       legislature convening in each year set out with reference to boards and commissions                               
11       whose activities are subject to termination as prescribed in AS 44.66; the division shall                         
12       notify the legislature that the audit and report are available;                                                   
13                 (2)  conduct a performance review of the agencies listed in                                             
14       AS 44.66.020(a) and make the final review report available to the legislature not later                           

01       than the first day of the regular session convening in the year after the year designated                         
02       for each agency performance review in AS 44.66.020(a);                                                            
03                 (3)  audit at least once every three years the books and accounts of all                                
04       custodians of public funds and all disbursing officers of the state;                                              
05                 (4)  at the direction of the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee,                                    
06       conduct performance post-audits on any agency of state government;                                                
07                 (5)  cooperate with state agencies by offering advice and assistance as                                 
08       requested in establishing or improving the accounting systems used by state agencies;                             
09                 (6)  require the assistance and cooperation of all state officials and                                  
10       other state employees in the inspection, examination, and audit of state agency books                             
11       and accounts;                                                                                                     
12                 (7)  have access at all times to the books, accounts, reports, or other                                 
13       records, whether confidential or not, of every state agency;                                                      
14                 (8)  ascertain, as necessary for audit verification, the amount of agency                               
15       funds on deposit in any bank as shown on the books of the bank; no bank may be held                               
16       liable for making information required under this paragraph available to the legislative                          
17       audit division;                                                                                                   
18                 (9)  complete studies and prepare reports, memoranda, or other                                          
19       materials as directed by the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee;                                              
20                 (10)  have direct access to any information related to the management                                   
21       of the University of Alaska and have the same right of access as exists with respect to                           
22       every other state agency;                                                                                         
23                 (11)  conduct an audit every two years of information found in the                                      
24       annual reports required under AS 42.05.211 and AS 42.06.220 regarding compliance                                  
25       by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska with the requirements of AS 42.05.175(a) -                                 
26       (e) and of the timeline extensions made by the commission under AS 42.05.175(f),                                  
27       and of other performance measures adopted by the commission;                                                      
28                 (12)  conduct audits of the Alaska film production incentive program                                    
29       (AS 44.25.100 - 44.25.190) and make the audits available to the legislature on the first                          
30       day of the regular session of the legislature in 2015, 2017, and 2021;                                        
31                 (13)  conduct audits of compliance with AS 29.71.040.                                               

01    * Sec. 2. AS 29.71.040(a) is amended to read:                                                                      
02            (a)  When agricultural products are purchased by a municipality that receives                                
03       state money, only agricultural products harvested in the state shall be purchased                                 
04       whenever priced not [NO] more than 12 [SEVEN] percent above products harvested                            
05       outside the state, available, and of like quality compared with agricultural products                             
06       harvested outside the state.                                                                                      
07    * Sec. 3. AS 29.71.040(b) is amended to read:                                                                      
08            (b)  When fisheries products are purchased by a municipality that receives state                             
09       money, only fisheries products harvested or processed within the jurisdiction of the                              
10       state shall be purchased whenever priced not [NO] more than 12 [SEVEN] percent                            
11       above products harvested or processed outside the jurisdiction of the state, available,                           
12       and of like quality compared with fisheries products harvested or processed outside                               
13       the jurisdiction of the state.                                                                                    
14    * Sec. 4. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
15 read:                                                                                                                   
16       INITIAL AUDIT. The legislative audit division shall complete the first audit of                                   
17 compliance with AS 29.71.040 required under AS 24.20.271, as amended by sec. 1 of this                                  
18 Act, and shall make the audit available to the legislature on the first day of the First Regular                        
19 Session of the Twenty-Ninth Alaska State Legislature.                                                                   
20    * Sec. 5. Sections 2 and 3 of this Act take effect July 1, 2016.