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Enrolled HB 79: Making supplemental appropriations and other appropriations; 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.

00Enrolled HB 79 01 Making supplemental appropriations and other appropriations; making appropriations under 02 art. IX, sec. 17(c), Constitution of the State of Alaska, from the constitutional budget reserve 03 fund; and providing for an effective date. 04 _______________ 05 (SECTION 1 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON PAGE 2)

01 * Section 1. The following appropriation items are for operating expenditures from the 02 general fund or other funds as set out in the fiscal year 2023 budget summary for the 03 operating budget by funding source to the agencies named for the purposes expressed for the 04 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022 and ending June 30, 2023, unless otherwise indicated. 05 Appropriation General Other 06 Allocations Items Funds Funds 07 * * * * * * * * * * 08 * * * * * Department of Health * * * * * 09 * * * * * * * * * * 10 Public Assistance 6,821,700 3,088,700 3,733,000 11 Public Assistance Field 6,821,700 12 Services 13 Medicaid Services -3,088,700 -3,088,700 14 Medicaid Services -3,088,700 15 (SECTION 2 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON THE NEXT PAGE)

01 * Sec. 2. The following sets out the funding by agency for the appropriations made in sec. 1 of 02 this Act. 03 Funding Source Amount 04 Department of Health 05 1002 Federal Receipts 3,733,000 06 *** Total Agency Funding *** 3,733,000 07 * * * * * Total Budget * * * * * 3,733,000 08 (SECTION 3 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON THE NEXT PAGE)

01 * Sec. 3. The following sets out the statewide funding for the appropriations made in sec. 1 of 02 this Act. 03 Funding Source Amount 04 Federal Receipts 05 1002 Federal Receipts 3,733,000 06 *** Total Federal Receipts *** 3,733,000 07 (SECTION 4 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON THE NEXT PAGE)

01 * Sec. 4. DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION. (a) The sum of $2,285,200 is 02 appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Administration, legal and advocacy 03 services, office of public advocacy, for the cost of implementing ch. 44, SLA 2022, for the 04 fiscal year ending June 30, 2023. 05 (b) The sum of $825,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of 06 Administration, legal and advocacy services, office of public advocacy, to address case 07 backlogs for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2023, and June 30, 2024. 08 (c) The sum of $833,800 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of 09 Administration, legal and advocacy services, public defender agency, for the cost of 10 implementing ch. 44, SLA 2022, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023. 11 (d) The sum of $750,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of 12 Administration, legal and advocacy services, public defender agency, to address case 13 backlogs for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2023, and June 30, 2024. 14 * Sec. 5. CONSTITUTIONAL BUDGET RESERVE FUND. (a) If, after the appropriation 15 made in sec. 85(b), ch. 11, SLA 2022, the unrestricted state revenue available for 16 appropriation in fiscal year 2023 is insufficient to cover the general fund appropriations that 17 take effect in fiscal year 2023 that are made in ch. 12, SLA 2022, and the general fund 18 appropriations that take effect in fiscal year 2023 that are made in ch. 11, SLA 2022, not 19 including the appropriation made in sec. 78(u), ch. 11, SLA 2022, the amount necessary to 20 balance revenue and general fund appropriations that take effect in fiscal year 2023 that are 21 made in ch. 12, SLA 2022, and the general fund appropriations that take effect in fiscal year 22 2023 that are made in ch. 11, SLA 2022, not including the appropriation made in sec. 78(u), 23 ch. 11, SLA 2022, is appropriated to the general fund from the budget reserve fund (art. IX, 24 sec. 17, Constitution of the State of Alaska). 25 (b) If, after the appropriation made in (a) of this section, the unrestricted state revenue 26 available for appropriation in fiscal year 2023 is insufficient to cover the general fund 27 appropriations that take effect in fiscal year 2023, not including the appropriation made in sec. 28 78(u), ch. 11, SLA 2022, the amount necessary to balance revenue and general fund 29 appropriations that take effect in fiscal year 2023, not including the appropriation made in sec. 30 78(u), ch. 11, SLA 2022, and not to exceed $115,000,000, is appropriated to the general fund 31 from the budget reserve fund (art. IX, sec. 17, Constitution of the State of Alaska).

01 (c) The appropriations made from the budget reserve fund (art. IX, sec. 17, 02 Constitution of the State of Alaska) in (a) and (b) of this section are made under art. IX, sec. 03 17(c), Constitution of the State of Alaska. 04 * Sec. 6. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).