SCS CSHB 306(FIN): "An Act relating to the review and administration of tax credit programs; requiring the Department of Revenue to report indirect expenditures; relating to the duties of state agencies; requiring the legislative finance division to analyze certain indirect expenditures; relating to lapse dates for appropriations for capital projects; relating to lapse dates for capital budget grants; relating to capital expenditures; relating to unexpended balances of capital projects; repealing the capital projects funds; repealing the insurance tax education credit, the income tax education credit, the veteran employment tax credit, the oil or gas producer education credit, the property tax education credit, the mining business education credit, the fisheries business education credit, the fisheries business tax credit for scholarship contributions, the fisheries business salmon product development tax credit, the fisheries business salmon utilization tax credit, the fisheries business landing tax credit for scholarship contributions, the fisheries resource landing tax credit for the fisheries resource harvested under the community development quota, the fisheries resource landing tax education credit, and the film production tax credit; providing for an effective date by repealing the effective dates in sec. 7, ch. 57, SLA 2003, the effective date in sec. 57, ch. 92, SLA 2010, and the effective dates in secs. 40 - 42, ch. 51, SLA 2012; and providing for an effective date."
00 SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 306(FIN) 01 "An Act relating to the review and administration of tax credit programs; requiring the 02 Department of Revenue to report indirect expenditures; relating to the duties of state 03 agencies; requiring the legislative finance division to analyze certain indirect 04 expenditures; relating to lapse dates for appropriations for capital projects; relating to 05 lapse dates for capital budget grants; relating to capital expenditures; relating to 06 unexpended balances of capital projects; repealing the capital projects funds; repealing 07 the insurance tax education credit, the income tax education credit, the veteran 08 employment tax credit, the oil or gas producer education credit, the property tax 09 education credit, the mining business education credit, the fisheries business education 10 credit, the fisheries business tax credit for scholarship contributions, the fisheries 11 business salmon product development tax credit, the fisheries business salmon 12 utilization tax credit, the fisheries business landing tax credit for scholarship
01 contributions, the fisheries resource landing tax credit for the fisheries resource 02 harvested under the community development quota, the fisheries resource landing tax 03 education credit, and the film production tax credit; providing for an effective date by 04 repealing the effective dates in sec. 7, ch. 57, SLA 2003, the effective date in sec. 57, ch. 05 92, SLA 2010, and the effective dates in secs. 40 - 42, ch. 51, SLA 2012; and providing 06 for an effective date." 07 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 08 * Section 1. AS 21.06.110 is amended to read: 09 Sec. 21.06.110. Director's annual report. As early in each calendar year as is 10 reasonably possible, the director shall prepare and deliver an annual report to the 11 commissioner, who shall notify the legislature that the report is available, showing, 12 with respect to the preceding calendar year, 13 (1) a list of the authorized insurers transacting insurance in this state, 14 with a summary of their financial statement as the director considers appropriate; 15 (2) the name of each insurer whose certificate of authority was 16 surrendered, suspended, or revoked during the year and the cause of surrender, 17 suspension, or revocation; 18 (3) the name of each insurer authorized to do business in this state 19 against which delinquency or similar proceedings were instituted and, if against an 20 insurer domiciled in this state, a concise statement of the facts with respect to each 21 proceeding and its present status; 22 (4) a statement in regard to examination of rating organizations, 23 advisory organizations, joint underwriters, and joint reinsurers as required by 24 AS 21.39.120; 25 (5) the receipt and expenses of the division for the year; 26 (6) recommendations of the director as to amendments or 27 supplementation of laws affecting insurance or the office of director; 28 (7) statistical information regarding health insurance, including the 29 number of individual and group policies sold or terminated in the state; this paragraph
01 does not authorize the director to require an insurer to release proprietary information; 02 (8) the annual percentage of health claims paid in the state that meets 03 the requirements of AS 21.36.495(a) and (d); 04 (9) the total amount of contributions reported and the total amount of 05 credit claimed under AS 21.96.075 [AS 21.96.070 AND 21.96.075]; and 06 (10) other pertinent information and matters the director considers 07 proper. 08 * Sec. 2. AS 21.09.210(j) is amended to read: 09 (j) The provisions of AS 21.96.075 [AS 21.96.070 AND 21.96.075] apply to a 10 taxpayer who is required to pay a tax due under this section. 11 * Sec. 3. AS 24.20.231 is amended to read: 12 Sec. 24.20.231. Duties. The legislative finance division shall 13 (1) analyze the budget and appropriation requests of each department, 14 institution, bureau, board, commission, or other agency of state government; 15 (2) analyze the revenue requirements of the state; 16 (3) provide the finance committees of the legislature with 17 comprehensive budget review and fiscal analysis services; 18 (4) cooperate with the office of management and budget in establishing 19 a comprehensive system for state budgeting and financial management as set out in 20 AS 37.07 (Executive Budget Act); 21 (5) complete studies and prepare reports, memoranda, or other 22 materials as directed by the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee; 23 (6) with the governor's permission, designate the legislative fiscal 24 analyst to serve ex officio on the governor's budget review committee; [AND] 25 (7) identify the actual reduction in state expenditures in the first fiscal 26 year following a review under AS 44.66.040 resulting from that review and inform the 27 Legislative Budget and Audit Committee of the amount of the reduction; and 28 (8) not later than the first legislative day of each first regular 29 session of each legislature, conduct a review in accordance with AS 24.20.235 of 30 the report provided to the division under AS 43.05.095. 31 * Sec. 4. AS 24.20 is amended by adding a new section to read:
01 Sec. 24.20.235. Indirect expenditure report. (a) Every two years, the 02 legislative finance division shall deliver to the chair of the finance committee in each 03 house of the legislature a report analyzing the indirect expenditure report created 04 under AS 43.05.095 for the appropriate agencies listed in this subsection. The first 05 review shall occur in the calendar year set out after each agency's name, as follows, 06 and subsequent reviews of each agency shall occur every six years: 07 (1) Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic 08 Development, 2015; 09 (2) Department of Fish and Game, 2015; 10 (3) Department of Health and Social Services, 2015; 11 (4) Department of Labor and Workforce Development, 2015; 12 (5) Department of Revenue, 2015; 13 (6) Alaska Court System, 2017; 14 (7) Department of Administration, 2017; 15 (8) Department of Education and Early Development, 2017; 16 (9) Department of Environmental Conservation, 2017; 17 (10) Department of Natural Resources, 2017; 18 (11) Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, 2017; 19 (12) all remaining agencies, 2019. 20 (b) The report prepared under this section must provide 21 (1) an estimate of the revenue foregone by the state because of the 22 indirect expenditure; 23 (2) an estimate of the monetary benefit of the indirect expenditure to 24 the recipients of the benefit of the indirect expenditure; 25 (3) a determination of whether the legislative intent of the indirect 26 expenditure is being met and, if necessary, a determination of why the legislative 27 intent of the indirect expenditure is not being met; 28 (4) a recommendation as to whether each indirect expenditure should 29 be continued, modified, or terminated, a basis for the recommendation, and the 30 expected effect on the economy of the state if the recommendation is executed; and 31 (5) an explanation of the methodology and assumptions used in
01 preparing the report. 02 * Sec. 5. AS 37.05.315(b) is amended to read: 03 (b) An appropriation or allocation for a grant to a municipality [FOR 04 CONSTRUCTION OF A PUBLIC FACILITY] lapses if substantial, ongoing work on 05 the project has not begun within five years after the effective date of the appropriation 06 or allocation. 07 * Sec. 6. AS 37.05.316 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 08 (c) An appropriation or allocation for a grant to a named recipient that is not a 09 municipality lapses if substantial, ongoing work on the project has not begun within 10 five years after the effective date of the appropriation or allocation. 11 * Sec. 7. AS 37.05.317 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 12 (c) An appropriation or allocation for a grant to an unincorporated community 13 lapses if substantial, ongoing work on the project has not begun within five years after 14 the effective date of the appropriation or allocation. 15 * Sec. 8. AS 37.07.062(a) is amended to read: 16 (a) Each appropriation bill authorizing capital expenditures required to be 17 submitted to the legislature in AS 37.07.020(a) must be accompanied by documents 18 supporting the expenditures [FOR EACH OF THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUNDS 19 (AS 44.42.080)]. The documents must list, for each project, the 20 (1) project identification number; 21 (2) project title; 22 (3) source of funding; 23 (4) amount expended on the project during the preceding fiscal year, 24 the amount authorized for the current fiscal year, [AND] the amount proposed to be 25 expended during the succeeding fiscal year, and the amount proposed to be 26 expended each year until project completion; 27 (5) estimated start for construction; 28 (6) cost of each subsequent phase with estimated construction start 29 and completion dates, for projects that will be completed in phases; and 30 (7) schedule of bond elections pertaining to the appropriation, 31 including elections previously held. [THE TOTAL APPROPRIATION TO EACH
01 CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND MUST BE REFLECTED IN THE BALANCE SHEET 02 OF EACH FUND AS OF JUNE 30 OF EACH FISCAL YEAR.] 03 * Sec. 9. AS 37.15.420(a) is amended to read: 04 (a) There is established [A CAPITAL PROJECT FUND KNOWN AS] the 05 "International Airports Construction Fund," into which shall be paid the proceeds of 06 the sale of the bonds (except any accrued interest paid on them, which shall be paid 07 into the bond redemption fund) and grant or other money that is legally provided for 08 the same purposes for which the bonds are authorized. The money in the construction 09 fund shall be used to pay the costs of acquiring, equipping, constructing and installing 10 additions and improvements to and extensions of and facilities for the airports and 11 costs incidental thereto, including costs of the authorization, issuance and sale of the 12 bonds. To the extent provided in the bond resolution, money in the construction fund 13 may also be used for the payment of interest on the bonds during the period of actual 14 construction, and for a further period, not exceeding one year after the period of 15 construction, that may be provided in the bond resolution. Money in the construction 16 fund may also be transferred to the bond redemption fund, to the extent provided in 17 the bond resolution, to establish a reserve for the payment of the principal of and 18 interest on the bonds. 19 * Sec. 10. AS 37.25.020 is amended to read: 20 Sec. 37.25.020. Unexpended balances of appropriation for capital projects. 21 An appropriation made for a capital project is valid for the life of the project, and the 22 unexpended balance shall be carried forward to subsequent fiscal years if substantial, 23 ongoing work on the project has begun within five years after the effective date of 24 the appropriation. Between July 1 and August 31 of each fiscal year, a statement 25 supporting the amount of the unexpended balance required to complete the projects for 26 which the initial appropriation was made and the amount that may be lapsed shall be 27 recorded with the Department of Administration. The office of management and 28 budget, in coordination with the Department of Administration, shall deliver to 29 the house and senate finance committees a report of unexpended balances of 30 appropriations for capital projects not later than the 15th day of each regular 31 session of the legislature.
01 * Sec. 11. AS 43.05 is amended by adding a new section to read: 02 Sec. 43.05.095. Indirect expenditure report. (a) The commissioner shall, not 03 later than July 1 before the first regular session of each legislature, submit a report to 04 the chair of the finance committee of each house of the legislature and to the 05 legislative finance division that states, for each indirect expenditure made by the state, 06 (1) the name of the indirect expenditure; 07 (2) a brief description of the indirect expenditure; 08 (3) the statutory authority for the indirect expenditure; 09 (4) the date the statute authorizing the indirect expenditure is to be 10 repealed, if applicable; 11 (5) the intent of the legislature in enacting the statute authorizing the 12 indirect expenditure; 13 (6) the public purpose served by the indirect expenditure; 14 (7) the estimated annual effect on revenue of the indirect expenditure 15 for the previous five fiscal years, excluding the fiscal year immediately preceding the 16 date the report is due; 17 (8) the estimated cost to administer the indirect expenditure, if 18 applicable; 19 (9) the number of beneficiaries of the indirect expenditure. 20 (b) For purposes of (a) of this section, federal tax credits adopted under 21 AS 43.20.021 shall be reported in the aggregate. 22 (c) A department, agency, or public corporation of the state shall, upon the 23 request of the commissioner, provide the records, reports, data analysis, or other 24 information necessary for the commissioner to complete the report required by this 25 section. The commissioner may enter into a confidentiality agreement if necessary to 26 obtain information or a record required to prepare the report under this section. 27 (d) In this section, "indirect expenditure" means an express provision of state 28 law that results in foregone revenue for the state by providing 29 (1) a tax credit or other credit; 30 (2) an exemption, but does not include federal tax exemptions adopted 31 by reference in AS 43.20.021;
01 (3) a discount; 02 (4) a deduction, but does not include costs incurred in the ordinary 03 course of business that are deducted in the calculation of a tax under this title or in the 04 calculation of a royalty or net profit share payment for a lease issued under AS 38; 05 (5) a differential allowance. 06 * Sec. 12. AS 43.75.035(e) is amended to read: 07 (e) Qualified investment costs upon which a tax credit is claimed under this 08 section may not be considered for another tax credit in this title. A tax credit applied 09 under this section [TOGETHER WITH A TAX CREDIT APPLIED UNDER 10 AS 43.75.036] may not exceed 50 percent of the taxpayer's tax liability incurred for 11 the processing of salmon during the tax year. 12 * Sec. 13. AS 43.75.035(h) is amended to read: 13 (h) The amount of a tax credit recaptured under (g)(1) - (3) of this section may 14 not be included in the determination of the amount of that tax credit that is allowable 15 under this section [OR AS 43.75.036]. 16 * Sec. 14. AS 43.75.130(f) is amended to read: 17 (f) For purposes of this section, tax revenue collected under AS 43.75.015 18 from a person entitled to a credit under AS 43.75.035 [, 43.75.036, OR AS 43.98.030] 19 shall be calculated as if the person's tax were collected without applying the credit; tax 20 revenue collected does not include the amount of a tax credit recaptured under 21 AS 43.75.035(g) [OR 43.75.036(g)]. 22 * Sec. 15. AS 43.77.050(b) is amended to read: 23 (b) The tax collected under this chapter shall be paid into a separate account in 24 the general fund. The annual balance in the account may be appropriated by the 25 legislature for revenue sharing under AS 43.77.060. [THE AMOUNT OF ALL TAX 26 CREDITS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER UNDER AS 43.77.040(b) 27 SHALL BE DEDUCTED FROM AMOUNTS PAID TO MUNICIPALITIES UNDER 28 AS 43.77.060(a) - (c).] 29 * Sec. 16. AS 43.77.060(e) is amended to read: 30 (e) For purposes of this section, tax revenue collected under AS 43.77.010 31 from a person entitled to a credit under AS 43.77.045 [AS 43.77.035, 43.77.045, OR
01 AS 43.98.030] shall be calculated as if the person's tax had been collected without 02 applying the credits. 03 * Sec. 17. AS 37.07.062(b), 37.07.062(c), 37.07.062(d); and AS 44.42.080 are repealed. 04 * Sec. 18. AS 24.20.271(12); AS 43.20.048; AS 43.75.032, 43.75.036, 43.75.130(b); 05 AS 43.77.035; AS 43.98.030; AS 44.25.100, 44.25.105, 44.25.110, 44.25.115, 44.25.120, 06 44.25.125, 44.25.130, 44.25.135, 44.25.140, 44.25.145, 44.25.150, 44.25.190; and 07 AS 44.33.231(c) are repealed. 08 * Sec. 19. AS 21.66.110(b); AS 21.96.070, 21.96.075(c)(2); AS 43.05.010(15); 09 AS 43.20.014; AS 43.55.019; AS 43.56.018; AS 43.65.018; AS 43.75.018, 43.75.130(g); 10 AS 43.77.045, and 43.77.060(e) are repealed. 11 * Sec. 20. AS 43.75.035 and 43.75.130(f) are repealed. 12 * Sec. 21. AS 43.77.040 is repealed. 13 * Sec. 22. Sections 31, 32, and 33, ch. 51, SLA 2012, are repealed. 14 * Sec. 23. Sections 3, 5, 7, 10, 14, 16, 18, 21, 23, 25, 28, 30, 32, 35, 37, 39, 42, 44, 46, 49, 15 51, 53, and 55, ch. 92, SLA 2010, sec. 14, ch. 7, FSSLA 2011, and secs. 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 16 and 25, ch. 74, SLA 2012, are repealed. 17 * Sec. 24. Section 3, ch. 57, SLA 2003, is repealed. 18 * Sec. 25. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 19 read: 20 TRANSITION. (a) A taxpayer that accrues a credit authorized by a statute repealed by 21 secs. 17 - 21 of this Act before the effective date of the repeal of the credit under this Act, but 22 whose tax year ends on or after the effective date of the repeal of the credit under this Act, 23 may take the tax credit in the tax year the taxpayer accrues the credit, or, if the credit may be 24 carried forward, the credit may be carried forward in accordance with the statute under which 25 it was accrued. 26 (b) For purposes of AS 43.75.130, tax revenue collected under AS 43.75.015 from a 27 person entitled to a credit under AS 43.75.035, 43.75.036, or AS 43.98.030 shall be calculated 28 as if the person's tax were collected without applying the credit; tax revenue collected does 29 not include the amount of a tax credit recaptured under AS 43.75.035(g) or 43.75.036(g). For 30 purposes of AS 43.77.060, tax revenue collected under AS 43.77.010 from a person entitled to 31 a credit under AS 43.77.035, 43.77.045, or AS 43.98.030 shall be calculated as if the person's
01 tax had been collected without applying the credits. 02 (c) Subject to AS 43.98.030, secs. 18 and 31 of this Act do not prohibit the film office 03 from determining the qualified expenditures of a film production, awarding a tax credit, or 04 reviewing a tax credit for a production that has received a notice of qualification under 05 AS 44.25.120(b) before December 31, 2016, or the Department of Revenue from providing a 06 transferable film production tax credit to a producer under AS 43.98.030(a), by applying the 07 provisions repealed by sec. 18 of this Act, the regulations adopted by the Department of 08 Commerce, Community, and Economic Development under AS 44.25.100 - 44.25.190, and 09 the regulations adopted by the Department of Revenue under AS 43.98.030. 10 * Sec. 26. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 11 read: 12 CONTINGENT EFFECT. Sections 20, 21, and 27 of this Act take effect only if the 13 Twenty-Eighth Alaska State Legislature passes a bill that becomes law that further delays the 14 repeal of AS 43.75.035 under sec. 3, ch. 57, SLA 2003, and sec. 7, ch. 57, SLA 2003, as 15 amended by sec. 4, ch. 3, SLA 2006, sec. 4, ch. 8, SLA 2008, and sec. 3, ch. 102, SLA 2010, 16 beyond January 1, 2019. 17 * Sec. 27. Sections 40 - 42, ch. 51, SLA 2012, and sec. 32, ch. 74, SLA 2012, are repealed. 18 * Sec. 28. Section 57, ch. 92, SLA 2010, as amended by sec. 15, ch. 7, FSSLA 2011, is 19 repealed. 20 * Sec. 29. Section 7, ch. 57, SLA 2003, as amended by sec. 4, ch. 3, SLA 2006, sec. 4, ch. 8, 21 SLA 2008, and sec. 3, ch. 102, SLA 2010, is repealed. 22 * Sec. 30. Sections 5 - 10 and 17 of this Act take effect July 1, 2014. 23 * Sec. 31. Sections 12 - 14, 16, 18, 22, and 27 of this Act take effect December 31, 2016. 24 * Sec. 32. Sections 1, 2, 19, 23, and 28 of this Act take effect December 31, 2018. 25 * Sec. 33. If secs. 20, 24, and 29 of this Act take effect under sec. 26 of this Act, they take 26 effect December 31, 2020. 27 * Sec. 34. Sections 15 and 21 of this Act take effect December 31, 2020. 28 * Sec. 35. Except as provided in secs. 30 - 34 of this Act, this Act takes effect immediately 29 under AS 01.10.070(c).