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2003-05-07 House Journal

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HB 75                                                                                             
The Conference Committee considering:                                                               
                                                                                                    
     CS FOR SS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 75(FIN) am(brf sup maj fld)                                       
     "An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan                                       
     program expenses of state government, for certain programs, and                                
     to capitalize funds; and providing for an effective date."                                     
                                                                                                    
and                                                                                                 
                                                                                                    
     SENATE CS FOR CS FOR SS FOR HOUSE BILL NO.                                                     
     75(FIN)(brf sup maj fld S)                                                                     
     (same title)                                                                                   
                                                                                                    
requests limited powers of free conference on the following specific                                
point(s):                                                                                           
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
Allocations with Items Subject to Conference                                                      
                                                                                                    
Department of Administration                                                                        
 Legal and Advocacy Services                                                                        
  Office of Public Advocacy                                                                         
  Public Defender Agency                                                                            
 Alaska Public Offices Commission                                                                   
  Alaska Public Offices Commission                                                                  
                                                                                                    

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Department of Community and Economic Development                                                    
 Community Assistance & Economic Development                                                        
  Community Advocacy                                                                                
  Trade and Development                                                                             
 Alaska Science and Technology Foundation                                                           
  Alaska Science and Technology Foundation                                                          
                                                                                                    
Department of Corrections                                                                           
 Administration & Operations                                                                        
  Correctional Academy                                                                              
  Inmate Health Care                                                                                
  Correctional Industries Administration                                                            
  Anchorage Correctional Complex                                                                    
  Anchorage Jail                                                                                    
  Cook Inlet Correctional Center                                                                    
  Fairbanks Correctional Center                                                                     
  Lemon Creek Correctional Center                                                                   
  Palmer Correctional Center                                                                        
  Spring Creek Correctional Center                                                                  
  Wildwood Correctional Center                                                                      
  Yukon-Kuskokwim Correctional Center                                                               
  Point MacKenzie Correctional Farm                                                                 
  Classification & Furlough                                                                         
  Existing Community Residential Centers                                                            
                                                                                                    
Department of Education and Early Development                                                       
 K-12 Support                                                                                       
  Foundation Program                                                                                
  Tuition Students                                                                                  
 Pupil Transportation                                                                               
  Pupil Transportation                                                                              
 Alyeska Central School                                                                             
  Alyeska Central School                                                                            
 Alaska Library and Museums                                                                         
  Library Operations                                                                                
  Museum Operations                                                                                 
                                                                                                    
Department of Environmental Conservation                                                            
 Administration                                                                                     
  Office of the Commissioner                                                                        
                                                                                                    

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Department of Fish and Game                                                                         
 Commercial Fisheries                                                                               
  Southeast Region Fisheries Management                                                             
  Central Region Fisheries Management                                                               
  AYK Region Fisheries Management                                                                   
  Westward Region Fisheries Management                                                              
  Headquarters Fisheries Management                                                                 
 Sport Fisheries                                                                                    
  Sport Fisheries                                                                                   
 Wildlife Conservation                                                                              
  Wildlife Conservation                                                                             
 Administration and Support                                                                         
  Commissioner's Office                                                                             
  State Subsistence                                                                                 
                                                                                                    
Office of the Governor                                                                              
 Executive Operations                                                                               
  Executive Office                                                                                  
  Contingency Fund                                                                                  
 Branch-wide Unallocated Reductions                                                                 
  Branch-wide Unallocated Reductions                                                                
                                                                                                    
Department of Health and Social Services                                                            
 Alaska Longevity Programs                                                                          
  Alaska Longevity Programs Management                                                              
 Behavioral Health                                                                                  
  Alaska Youth Initiative                                                                           
  Alcohol Safety Action Program (ASAP)                                                              
  Behavioral Health Medicaid Services                                                               
  Behavioral Health Grants                                                                          
  Behavioral Health Administration                                                                  
  Community Action Prevention & Intervention Grants                                                 
  Rural Services and Suicide Prevention                                                             
  Services to the Chronically Mentally Ill                                                          
 Children's Services                                                                                
  Children's Medicaid Services                                                                      
  Children's Services Management                                                                    
  Front Line Social Workers                                                                         
  Foster Care Augmented Rate                                                                        
  Subsidized Adoptions & Guardianship                                                               

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  Residential Child Care                                                                            
  Court Orders and Reunification Efforts                                                            
  Healthy Families                                                                                  
  Infant Learning Program Grants                                                                    
  Balloon Project                                                                                   
  Adoption Placement Legal Services                                                                 
 Health Care Services                                                                               
  Medicaid Services                                                                                 
  Medical Assistance Administration                                                                 
 Juvenile Justice                                                                                   
  Bethel Youth Facility                                                                             
 Public Assistance                                                                                  
  Public Assistance Administration                                                                  
 Senior and Disabilities Services                                                                   
  Senior/Disabilities Medicaid Services                                                             
  Protection, Community Services, and Administration                                                
  Home and Community Based Care                                                                     
  Community Developmental Disabilities                                                              
 State Health Services                                                                              
  Public Health Administrative Services                                                             
  Community Health Grants                                                                           
  Tobacco Prevention and Control                                                                    
 Administrative Services                                                                            
  Commissioner's Office                                                                             
  Administrative Support Services                                                                   
 Boards and Commissions                                                                             
  Alaska Mental Health Board                                                                        
  Advisory Board on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse                                                       
  Commission on Aging                                                                               
  Suicide Prevention Council                                                                        
 Human Services Community Matching Grant                                                            
  Human Services Community Matching Grant                                                           
                                                                                                    
Department of Labor and Workforce Development                                                       
 Office of the Commissioner                                                                         
  Commissioner's Office                                                                             
  Agency-wide Unallocated Reduction                                                                 
  Alaska Labor Relations Agency                                                                     
 Vocational Rehabilitation                                                                          
  Independent Living Rehabilitation                                                                 
                                                                                                    

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Department of Natural Resources                                                                     
 Fire Suppression                                                                                   
  Fire Preparedness                                                                                 
  Fire Suppression                                                                                  
                                                                                                    
Department of Public Safety                                                                         
 Fish and Wildlife Protection                                                                       
  Marine Enforcement                                                                                
 Alaska State Troopers                                                                              
  Narcotics Task Force                                                                              
  Alaska State Trooper Detachments                                                                  
 Village Public Safety Officer Program                                                              
  Support                                                                                           
                                                                                                    
Department of Revenue                                                                               
 Administration and Support                                                                         
  Agency-wide Unallocated Reduction                                                                 
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
Department of Transportation and Public Facilities                                                  
 Administration and Support                                                                         
  Commissioner's Office                                                                             
  Contracting, Procurement and Appeals                                                              
  Unallocated Reduction                                                                             
  Equal Employment and Civil Rights                                                                 
  Statewide Administrative Services                                                                 
  Statewide Information Systems                                                                     
  Regional Administrative Services                                                                  
  Central Region Support Services                                                                   
  Northern Region Support Services                                                                  
  Southeast Region Support Services                                                                 
 Design and Engineering Services                                                                    
  Statewide Design and Engineering Services                                                         
  Central Design and Engineering Services                                                           
  Northern Design and Engineering Services                                                          
  Southeast Design and Engineering Services                                                         
 Construction and Capital Improvement Program Support                                               
  Central Region Construction and CIP Support                                                       
  Northern Region Construction and CIP Support                                                      
  Southeast Region Construction                                                                     

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 Traffic Signal Management                                                                          
  Traffic Signal Management                                                                         
 Highways and Aviation                                                                              
  Central Region Highways and Aviation                                                              
                                                                                                    
University of Alaska                                                                                
 University of Alaska                                                                               
  Budget Reductions/Additions - Systemwide                                                          
  Statewide Services                                                                                
  Prince William Sound Community College                                                            
  Fairbanks Campus                                                                                  
  Fairbanks Organized Research                                                                      
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
Alaska Court System                                                                                 
 Alaska Court System                                                                                
  Trial Courts                                                                                      
 Judicial Council                                                                                   
  Volunteer Court Observer                                                                          
                                                                                                    
Legislature                                                                                         
 Budget and Audit Committee                                                                         
  Committee Expenses                                                                                
 Legislative Council                                                                                
  Council and Subcommittees                                                                         
  Select Committee on Ethics                                                                        
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
Language Subject to Conference                                                                    
[House and Senate Versions of HB 75]                                                              
                                                                                                    
Item 1                                                                                            
                                                                                                    
House                                                                                             
                                                                                                    
Senate                                                                                            
   * Sec. 4.  LEGISLATIVE INTENT.It is the intent of the legislature                              
that the amounts appropriated by this Act are the full amounts that will                            
be appropriated for those purposes for the fiscal year ending June 30,                              
2004.                                                                                               

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Item 2                                                                                            
                                                                                                    
House                                                                                             
                                                                                                    
Senate                                                                                            
   * Sec. 5.  COSTS OF JOB RECLASSIFICATIONS.  The money                                          
appropriated in this Act includes the amount necessary to pay the costs                             
of personal services due to reclassification of job classes during the                              
fiscal year ending June 30, 2004.                                                                   
                                                                                                    
Item 3                                                                                            
                                                                                                    
House                                                                                             
   * Sec. 9.  ALASKA PERMANENT FUND CORPORATION.                                                  
(d)  The interest earned during fiscal year 2004 on revenue from                                    
the sources set out in AS 37.13.010 while the revenue is held in trust,                             
escrow, or otherwise before receipt by the state is appropriated to the                             
principal of the Alaska permanent fund.                                                             
                                                                                                    
Senate                                                                                            
   * Sec. 11.  ALASKA PERMANENT FUND CORPORATION.                                                 
 (d)  Theincome earned during fiscal year 2004 on revenue from                                      
the sources set out in AS 37.13.145(d) is appropriated to the principal                             
of the Alaska permanent fund.                                                                       
                                                                                                    
Item 4                                                                                            
                                                                                                    
House                                                                                             
   * Sec. 12.  DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND EARLY                                                  
DEVELOPMENT.  The sum of $29,340,900 is appropriated from the                                       
general fund for payment as learning opportunity grants to school                                   
districts based on the school district's average daily membership to pay                            
for instructional programs intended to improve student performance.                                 
Learning opportunity grants provide the opportunity to move schools                                 
toward standards-based education, including vocational education                                    
programs.  The funding is available to pay for costs associated with                                
improving student performance by developing standards-based                                         
programs, including implementation of standards, aligning student                                   
assessment to standards, staff development, adopting instructional                                  
models based on basic skills, performance tasks, and projects, and                                  

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adopting a standards-based reporting system.  Accomplishing this goal                               
may include acquisition of textbooks and other educational materials.                               
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
Senate                                                                                            
   * Sec. 14.  DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND EARLY                                                  
DEVELOPMENT.  (a)  Contingent upon the passage by the Twenty-                                       
Third Alaska State Legislature during 2003 and the enactment into law                               
of a bill increasing the base student allocation under AS 14.17.470, the                            
sum of $32,150,600 is appropriated to the Department of Education                                   
and Early Development for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, for                                 
additional funding of state aid to public schools (commonly referred to                             
as the foundation program) to fund the increase in the base student                                 
allocation from the following sources in the amounts described:                                     
  (1)  the unexpended and unobligated general fund balance of                                       
that portion of the appropriation made by sec. 1, ch. 94, SLA 2002,                                 
page 11, line 17, that is allocated on line 18 (foundation program -                                
$677,319,400);                                                                                      
  (2)  the general fund in the amount equal to the difference                                       
between $32,150,600 and the amount appropriated under (1) of this                                   
subsection.                                                                                         
 (b)  If a bill is passed by the Twenty-Third Alaska State                                          
Legislature during 2003 and is enacted into law increasing the base                                 
student allocation under AS 14.17.470 to an amount less than $4,169,                                
then that portion of the appropriation made by (a) of this section that is                          
necessary to fund the increase in the base student allocation is                                    
appropriated to the Department of Education and Early Development                                   
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, for additional funding of state                           
aid to public schools (commonly referred to as the foundation                                       
program) to fund the increase in the base student allocation and the                                
remaining balance of the appropriation of $32,150,600 made by (a) of                                
this section is reappropriated to the Department of Education and                                   
Early Development for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, for                                     
payment as learning opportunity grants to school districts based on the                             
school district's adjusted average daily membership to pay for                                      
instructional programs intended to improve student performance.                                     
Learning opportunity grants provide the opportunity to move schools                                 
toward standards-based education, including vocational education                                    
programs.  The funding is available to pay for costs associated with                                
improving student performance by developing standards-based                                         

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programs, including implementation of standards, aligning student                                   
assessment to standards, staff development, adopting instructional                                  
models based on basic skills, performance tasks, and projects, and                                  
adopting a standards-based reporting system.  Accomplishing this goal                               
may include acquisition of textbooks and other educational materials.                               
 (c)  If a bill is not passed by the Twenty-Third Alaska State                                      
Legislature during 2003 and enacted into law to increase the base                                   
student allocation under AS 14.17.470, then the unexpended and                                      
unobligated general fund balance of that portion of the appropriation                               
made by sec. 1, ch. 94, SLA 2002, page 11, line 17, that is allocated on                            
line 18 (foundation program - $677,319,400) is reappropriated to the                                
Department of Education and Early Development for the fiscal year                                   
ending June 30, 2004, for payment as learning opportunity grants to                                 
school districts based on the school district's adjusted average daily                              
membership to pay for instructional programs intended to improve                                    
student performance.  Learning opportunity grants provide the                                       
opportunity to move schools toward standards-based education,                                       
including vocational education programs.  The funding is available to                               
pay for costs associated with improving student performance by                                      
developing standards-based programs, including implementation of                                    
standards, aligning student assessment to standards, staff development,                             
adopting instructional models based on basic skills, performance tasks,                             
and projects, and adopting a standards-based reporting system.                                      
Accomplishing this goal may include acquisition of textbooks and                                    
other educational materials.                                                                        
 (d)  If a bill is not passed by the Twenty-Third Alaska State                                      
Legislature during 2003 and enacted into law to increase the base                                   
student allocation under AS 14.17.470, then, an amount equal to the                                 
difference between $32,150,600 and the amount appropriated under                                    
(c) of this section is appropriated from the general fund to the                                    
Department of Education and Early Development for the fiscal year                                   
ending June 30, 2004, for payment as learning opportunity grants to                                 
school districts based on the school district's adjusted average daily                              
membership to pay for instructional programs intended to improve                                    
student performance.  Learning opportunity grants provide the                                       
opportunity to move schools toward standards-based education,                                       
including vocational education programs.  The funding is available to                               
pay for costs associated with improving student performance by                                      
developing standards-based programs, including implementation of                                    
standards, aligning student assessment to standards, staff development,                             

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adopting instructional models based on basic skills, performance tasks,                             
and projects, and adopting a standards-based reporting system.                                      
Accomplishing this goal may include acquisition of textbooks and                                    
other educational materials.                                                                        
 (e)  Contingent upon the passage by the First Regular Session of                                   
the Twenty-Third Alaska State Legislature and the enactment into law                                
of a bill that establishes a program for state funding for operation of                             
student transportation systems by public schools based on a per                                     
student allocation,                                                                                 
  (1)  the sum of $53,933,800 is appropriated from the general                                      
fund to the Department of Education and Early Development for pupil                                 
transportation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004; and                                        
  (2)  the appropriation made by sec. 1 of this Act to the                                          
Department of Education and Early Development for pupil                                             
transportation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, is repealed.                               
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
Item 5                                                                                            
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
House                                                                                             
   * Sec. 18.  FUND TRANSFERS.                                                                    
 (c)  The amount of the net income earned since August 11, 1993,                                    
on the appropriation made by sec. 2(a), ch. 19, SLA 1993, to the                                    
Department of Administration for a grant to the Chugach Electric                                    
Association and held by the Alaska Industrial Development and                                       
Export Authority is appropriated to the Railbelt energy fund                                        
(AS 37.05.520).                                                                                     
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
Senate                                                                                            
   * Sec. 20.  FUND TRANSFERS.                                                                    
 (c)  The amount of the net income earned since August 11, 1993,                                    
on the appropriation made by sec. 2(a), ch. 19, SLA 1993, to the                                    
Department of Administration for a grant to the Chugach Electric                                    
Association and held by the Alaska Industrial Development and                                       
Export Authority is appropriated to the Alaska debt retirement fund                                 
(AS 37.15.011).                                                                                     
                                                                                                    

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Item 6                                                                                            
                                                                                                    
House                                                                                             
   * Sec. 20.  MARINE HIGHWAY SYSTEM FUND.  The sum of                                            
$32,000,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Alaska                                     
marine highway system fund (AS 19.65.060).                                                          
                                                                                                    
Senate                                                                                            
   * Sec. 22.  MARINE HIGHWAY SYSTEM FUND.  The sum of                                            
$34,000,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Alaska                                     
marine highway system fund (AS 19.65.060).                                                          
                                                                                                    
Item 7                                                                                            
                                                                                                    
House                                                                                             
                                                                                                    
Senate                                                                                            
   * Sec. 24.  NATIONAL PETROLEUM RESERVE - ALASKA.  (a)                                          
After the Department of Community and Economic Development                                          
enters into agreements for capital project grants under                                             
AS 37.05.530(c) from funds dispersed to the state by the federal                                    
government under 42 U.S.C. 6508 (P.L. 96-514) between                                               
September 1, 2002, and August 31, 2003, the amount equal to 25                                      
percent of the funds dispersed to the state by the federal government                               
under 42 U.S.C. 6508 between September 1, 2002, and August 31,                                      
2003, is appropriated from the National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska                                  
special revenue fund (AS 37.05.530) to the principal of the Alaska                                  
permanent fund.  If the amount remaining in the National Petroleum                                  
Reserve - Alaska special revenue fund (AS 37.05.530) after the capital                              
project grants authorized under AS 37.05.530(c) are made is less than                               
25 percent of the funds dispersed to the state by the federal                                       
government under 42 U.S.C. 6508 between September 1, 2002, and                                      
August 31, 2003, then the amount appropriated by this subsection                                    
from the National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska special revenue fund to                                
the principal of the Alaska permanent fund is the balance of the funds                              
dispersed to the state under 42 U.S.C. 6508 between September 1,                                    
2002, and August 31, 2003.                                                                          
 (b)  After the appropriation made by (a) of this section and after                                 
the capital project grants authorized under AS 37.05.530(c) are made,                               
the amount equal to 0.5 percent of the amount remaining after the                                   

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capital project grants authorized under AS 37.05.530(c) are made from                               
funds dispersed to the state by the federal government under 42 U.S.C.                              
6508 between September 1, 2002, and August 31, 2003, is                                             
appropriated from the National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska special                                   
revenue fund (AS 37.05.530) to the public school trust fund                                         
(AS 37.14.110).  If the amount remaining in the National Petroleum                                  
Reserve - Alaska special revenue fund (AS 37.05.530) after the                                      
appropriation made by (a) of this section and after the capital project                             
grants authorized under AS 37.05.530(c) are made is less than 0.5                                   
percent of the amount remaining after the capital project grants                                    
authorized under AS 37.05.530(c) are made from funds dispersed to                                   
the state by the federal government under 42 U.S.C. 6508 between                                    
September 1, 2002, and August 31, 2003, then the amount                                             
appropriated by this subsection to the public school trust fund                                     
(AS 37.14.110) is the balance remaining in the National Petroleum                                   
Reserve - Alaska special revenue fund (AS 37.05.530).                                               
 (c)  After the appropriations made by (a) and (b) of this section                                  
and after the capital project grants authorized under AS 37.05.530(c)                               
are made, the amount remaining from funds dispersed to the state by                                 
the federal government under 42 U.S.C. 6508 between September 1,                                    
2002, and August 31, 2003, is appropriated from the National                                        
Petroleum Reserve - Alaska special revenue fund (AS 37.05.530) to                                   
the power cost equalization and rural electric capitalization fund                                  
(AS 42.45.100).                                                                                     
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
Item 8                                                                                            
                                                                                                    
House                                                                                             
   * Sec. 24.  POWER COST EQUALIZATION.  The amount                                               
necessary to provide the sum appropriated to the power cost                                         
equalization and rural electric capitalization fund (AS 42.45.100) by                               
sec. 1 of this Act, after other appropriations made to that fund during                             
the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, are taken into account, is                                    
appropriated from the power cost equalization endowment fund                                        
(AS 42.45.070) to the power cost equalization and rural electric                                    
capitalization fund.  However, in accordance with AS 42.45.085(a),                                  
the amount appropriated by this section may not exceed seven percent                                
of the market value of the power cost equalization endowment fund,                                  
determined by the commissioner of revenue to be $12,620,334.26,                                     

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minus amounts appropriated during the fiscal year ending June 30,                                   
2004, for reimbursement of the costs set out in AS 42.45.085(a)(2) and                              
(3).                                                                                                
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
Senate                                                                                            
   * Sec. 27.  POWER COST EQUALIZATION.  (a)  The sum of                                          
$12,524,400 is appropriated from the power cost equalization                                        
endowment fund (AS 42.45.070) to the power cost equalization and                                    
rural electric capitalization fund (AS 42.45.100).                                                  
 (b)  The sum of $1,700,000 is appropriated from the investment                                     
loss trust fund (AS 37.14.300) to the power cost equalization and rural                             
electric capitalization fund (AS 42.45.100).                                                        
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
Item 9                                                                                            
                                                                                                    
House                                                                                             
   * Sec. 29.  STATE DEBT AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.  (a)  The                                        
amount required to pay interest on any revenue anticipation notes                                   
issued by the commissioner of revenue under AS 43.08 is appropriated                                
from the general fund to the Department of Revenue for payment of                                   
the interest on those notes.                                                                        
 (b)  The amount required to be paid by the state for principal and                                 
interest on all issued and outstanding state-guaranteed bonds is                                    
appropriated from the general fund to the Alaska Housing Finance                                    
Corporation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, for payment of                                
principal and interest on those bonds.                                                              
 (c)  The sum of $33,995,900 is appropriated from the general fund                                  
to the Alaska debt retirement fund (AS 37.15.011).                                                  
 (d)  The sum of $12,202,000 is appropriated from the Alaska debt                                   
retirement fund (AS 37.15.011) to the state bond committee for the                                  
fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, for trustee fees and lease payments                               
relating to certificates of participation issued for real property.                                 
 (e)  The sum of $22,407,300 is appropriated to the state bond                                      
committee for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, for payment of                                  
debt service and trustee fees on outstanding international airports                                 
revenue bonds from the following sources in the amounts stated:                                     
                                                                                                    

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 SOURCE           AMOUNT                                                                            
 International Airports Revenue Fund         $19,907,300                                            
 (AS 37.15.430)                                                                                     
 Passenger facility charge          2,500,000                                                       
 (f)  The sum of $59,421,700 is appropriated to the Department of                                   
Education and Early Development for state aid for costs of school                                   
construction under AS 14.11.100 from the following sources:                                         
 Alaska debt retirement fund           $30,821,700                                                  
 (AS 37.15.011)                                                                                     
 School fund (AS 43.50.140)            28,600,000                                                   
 (g)  The sum of $5,264,500 is appropriated from the general fund                                   
to the Department of Administration, for the fiscal year ending                                     
June 30, 2004, for payment of obligations to the Municipality of                                    
Anchorage for the Anchorage Jail.                                                                   
 (h)  The sum of $3,549,400 is appropriated to the Department of                                    
Administration, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, for payment                               
of obligations to the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation for the                                    
Robert B. Atwood Building in Anchorage from the following sources:                                  
 General fund          $ 830,900                                                                    
 Miscellaneous earnings         2,718,500                                                           
 (i)  The sum of $1,640,000 is appropriated from interest earnings                                  
of the Alaska clean water fund (AS 46.03.032) to the Alaska clean                                   
water fund revenue bond redemption fund (AS 37.15.565) for payment                                  
of principal and interest, redemption premium, and trustee fees, if any,                            
on bonds issued by the state bond committee under AS 37.15.560                                      
during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004.                                                        
 (j)  The sum of $1,040,000 is appropriated from interest earnings                                  
of the Alaska drinking water fund (AS 46.03.036) to the Alaska                                      
drinking water fund revenue bond redemption fund (AS 37.15.565) for                                 
payment of principal and interest, redemption premium, and trustee                                  
fees, if any, on bonds issued by the state bond committee under                                     
AS 37.15.560 during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004.                                           
 (k)  The sum of $775,000 is appropriated from miscellaneous                                        
earnings from earnings on unreserved investment earnings of the                                     
Alaska Municipal Bond Bank to the Alaska debt retirement fund                                       
(AS 37.15.011).                                                                                     
 (l)  The sum of $2,944,600 is appropriated from the investment                                     
loss trust fund (AS 37.14.300) to the Alaska debt retirement fund                                   
(AS 37.15.011).                                                                                     
                                                                                                    

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 (m)  The sum of $461,342 is appropriated from residual balances                                    
in lease payment accounts to the Alaska debt retirement fund                                        
(AS 37.15.011).                                                                                     
 (n)  The sum of $300,000 is appropriated from Alaska accelerated                                   
transportation projects fund bond proceeds to the Alaska debt                                       
retirement fund (AS 37.15.011) for the fiscal year ending June 30,                                  
2004, for payment of debt service and trustee fees on outstanding state                             
guaranteed transportation revenue anticipation bonds.                                               
 (o)  The sum of $1,700,000 is appropriated from federal receipts                                   
to the Alaska debt retirement fund (AS 37.15.011) for the fiscal year                               
ending June 30, 2004, for payment of debt service and trustee fees on                               
outstanding state guaranteed transportation revenue anticipation                                    
bonds.                                                                                              
 (p)  The sum of $2,000,000 is appropriated from the Alaska debt                                    
retirement fund (AS 37.15.011) to the state bond committee for the                                  
fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, for payment of debt service and                                   
trustee fees on outstanding state guaranteed transportation revenue                                 
anticipation bonds.                                                                                 
 (q)  The sum of $3,211,600 is appropriated from the Alaska debt                                    
retirement fund (AS 37.15.011) to the state bond committee for the                                  
fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, for payment of debt service and                                   
trustee fees on outstanding general obligation bonds for state                                      
transportation projects.                                                                            
 (r)  The sum of $6,693,500 is appropriated from the Alaska debt                                    
retirement fund (AS 37.15.011) to the state bond committee for the                                  
fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, for payment of debt service and                                   
trustee fees on outstanding general obligation bonds for the cost of                                
design, construction, and major maintenance of educational and                                      
museum facilities.                                                                                  
 (s)  The sum of $6,330,909 is appropriated from the general fund                                   
to the following departments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004,                              
for payment of debt service on outstanding debt authorized by ch. 115,                              
SLA 2002, for the following projects:                                                               
 DEPARTMENT AND PROJECT     APPROPRIATION AMOUNT                                                    
 (1)  University of Alaska$1,412,928                                                                
   Anchorage Community and Technical College Center                                                 
   Juneau Readiness Center/UAS Joint Facility                                                       
 Department of Transportation and Public Facilities                                                 
 (2)  Nome               269,019                                                                    
 (3)  Anchorage (Port of Anchorage expansion)       503,125                                         

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 (4)  Lake and Peninsula Borough/Chignik         130,000                                            
         (dock project)                                                                             
 (5)  Aleutians East Borough/False Pass         310,000                                             
         (small boat harbor)                                                                        
 Department of Community and Economic Development,                                                  
  Alaska Energy Authority                                                                           
(6)  Kodiak Electric Association, Inc.           532,114                                            
  (Nyman Combined Cycle Cogeneration Plant)                                                         
 (7)  Cordova Electric Cooperative (Power Creek       959,376                                       
  Hydropower Station)                                                                               
 (8)  Copper Valley Electric Association, Inc., Valdez     304,307                                  
  (cogeneration projects)                                                                           
 (9)  The Four Dam Pool Power Agency      1,213,276                                                 
  (Southeast Intertie, Swan Lake to Tyee Lake)                                                      
 (10)  Metlakatla Power and Light (utility plant and       696,764                                  
  capital additions)                                                                                
 (t)  The amount necessary to pay the arbitrage rebate liability                                    
arising from the issuance of the Alaska International Airports System's                             
1999 Series A construction bonds, estimated to be $6,500,000, is                                    
appropriated from the Alaska International Airports System's 1999                                   
Series A construction fund (AY14) to the state bond committee for                                   
payment of this arbitrage rebate liability.                                                         
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
Senate                                                                                            
   * Sec. 32.  STATE DEBT AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.  (a)  The                                        
amount required to pay interest on any revenue anticipation notes                                   
issued by the commissioner of revenue under AS 43.08 during the                                     
fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, is appropriated from the general fund                             
to the Department of Revenue for payment of the interest on those                                   
notes.                                                                                              
 (b)  The amount required to be paid by the state for principal and                                 
interest on all issued and outstanding state-guaranteed bonds is                                    
appropriated from the general fund to the Alaska Housing Finance                                    
Corporation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, for payment of                                
principal and interest on those bonds.                                                              
 (c)  The sum of $6,602,400 is appropriated from the general fund                                   
to the Alaska debt retirement fund (AS 37.15.011).                                                  
 (d)  The sum of $12,202,000 is appropriated from the Alaska debt                                   
retirement fund (AS 37.15.011) to the state bond committee for the                                  

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fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, for trustee fees and lease payments                               
relating to certificates of participation issued for real property.                                 
 (e)  The sum of $22,407,300 is appropriated to the state bond                                      
committee for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, for payment of                                  
debt service and trustee fees on outstanding international airports                                 
revenue bonds from the following sources in the amounts stated:                                     
 SOURCE           AMOUNT                                                                            
 International Airports Revenue Fund        $19,907,300                                             
 (AS 37.15.430)                                                                                     
 Passenger facility charge         2,500,000                                                        
 (f)  The sum of $66,024,100 is appropriated to the Department of                                   
Education and Early Development for state aid for costs of school                                   
construction under AS 14.11.100 from the following sources:                                         
 Alaska debt retirement fund (AS 37.15.011)      $37,424,100                                        
 School fund (AS 43.50.140)            28,600,000                                                   
 (g)  The sum of $5,264,500 is appropriated from the general fund                                   
to the Department of Administration, for the fiscal year ending                                     
June 30, 2004, for payment of obligations to the Municipality of                                    
Anchorage for the Anchorage Jail.                                                                   
 (h)  The sum of $3,549,400 is appropriated to the Department of                                    
Administration, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, for payment                               
of obligations to the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation for the                                    
Robert B. Atwood Building in Anchorage from the following sources:                                  
 General fund          $ 830,900                                                                    
 Miscellaneous earnings         2,718,500                                                           
 (i)  The sum of $1,640,000 is appropriated from interest earnings                                  
of the Alaska clean water fund (AS 46.03.032) to the Alaska clean                                   
water fund revenue bond redemption fund (AS 37.15.565) for payment                                  
of principal and interest, redemption premium, and trustee fees, if any,                            
on bonds issued by the state bond committee under AS 37.15.560                                      
during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004.                                                        
 (j)  The sum of $1,040,000 is appropriated from interest earnings                                  
of the Alaska drinking water fund (AS 46.03.036) to the Alaska                                      
drinking water fund revenue bond redemption fund (AS 37.15.565) for                                 
payment of principal and interest, redemption premium, and trustee                                  
fees, if any, on bonds issued by the state bond committee under                                     
AS 37.15.560 during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004.                                           
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    

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 (k)  The sum of $775,000 is appropriated from miscellaneous                                        
earnings from earnings on unreserved investment earnings of the                                     
Alaska Municipal Bond Bank to the Alaska debt retirement fund                                       
(AS 37.15.011).                                                                                     
 (l)  The sum of $461,342 is appropriated from residual balances in                                 
lease payment accounts to the Alaska debt retirement fund                                           
(AS 37.15.011).                                                                                     
 (m)  The sum of $4,194,493 is appropriated to the state bond                                       
committee from State of Alaska general obligation bonds, series                                     
2003B bond issue premium held in the Alaska debt service fund for                                   
the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, for payment of debt service,                                  
accrued interest, and trustee fees on outstanding State of Alaska                                   
general obligation bonds, series 2003B.                                                             
 (n)  The sum of $15,192,594 is appropriated to the state bond                                      
committee from State of Alaska general obligation bonds, series                                     
2003A bond issue premium held in the Alaska debt service fund for                                   
the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, for payment of debt service,                                  
accrued interest, and trustee fees on outstanding State of Alaska                                   
general obligation bonds, series 2003A.                                                             
 (o)  The sum of $6,330,909 is appropriated from the general fund                                   
to the following departments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004,                              
for payment of debt service on outstanding debt authorized by ch. 115,                              
SLA 2002, for the following projects:                                                               
 DEPARTMENT AND PROJECT     APPROPRIATION AMOUNT                                                    
 (1)  University of Alaska$1,412,928                                                                
   Anchorage Community and Technical College Center                                                 
   Juneau Readiness Center/UAS Joint Facility                                                       
 Department of Transportation and Public Facilities                                                 
 (2)  Nome               269,019                                                                    
 (3)  Anchorage (Port of Anchorage expansion)       503,125                                         
 (4)  Lake and Peninsula Borough/Chignik         130,000                                            
  (dock project)                                                                                    
 (5)  Aleutians East Borough/False Pass         310,000                                             
  (small boat harbor)                                                                               
 Department of Community and Economic Development,                                                  
  Alaska Energy Authority                                                                           
(6)  Kodiak Electric Association, Inc.          532,114                                             
  (Nyman Combined Cycle Cogeneration Plant)                                                         
 (7)  Cordova Electric Cooperative (Power Creek       959,376                                       
  Hydropower Station)                                                                               

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 (8)  Copper Valley Electric Association, Inc., Valdez     304,307                                  
  (cogeneration projects)                                                                           
 (9)  The Four Dam Pool Power Agency      1,213,276                                                 
  (Southeast Intertie, Swan Lake to Tyee Lake)                                                      
 (10)  Metlakatla Power and Light           696,764                                                 
   (utility plant and capital additions)                                                            
 (p)  The amount necessary to pay the arbitrage rebate liability                                    
arising from the issuance of the Alaska International Airports System's                             
1999 Series A construction bonds, estimated to be $6,500,000, is                                    
appropriated from the Alaska International Airports System's 1999                                   
Series A construction fund (AY14) to the state bond committee for                                   
payment of this arbitrage rebate liability.                                                         
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
Item 10                                                                                           
                                                                                                    
House                                                                                             
                                                                                                    
Senate                                                                                            
   * Sec. 36.  OFFICE OF VICTIMS' RIGHTS; INMATE HEALTH                                           
CARE.  (a)  The unexpended and unobligated balance, not to exceed                                   
$50,100, of the appropriation of "PFD Appropriations in lieu of                                     
Dividends to Criminals" funds  (state accounting system fund number                                 
1171) made by sec. 1, ch. 94, SLA 2002, page 40, line 32 (Legislative                               
Council) is reappropriated to the Legislative Council for operation of                              
the Office of Victims' Rights for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004.                             
 (b)  The unexpended and unobligated balance, remaining after the                                   
appropriation made by (a) of this section, of the appropriation of "PFD                             
Appropriations in lieu of Dividends to Criminals" funds  (state                                     
accounting system fund number 1171) made by sec. 1, ch. 94, SLA                                     
2002, page 40, line 32 (Legislative Council) is reappropriated to the                               
Department of Corrections for inmate health care for the fiscal year                                
ending June 30, 2004.                                                                               
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    

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House and Senate Structure Differences                                                            
                                                                                                    
Department of Corrections                                                                           
 Administration & Operations                                                                        
House                                                                                               
 Anchorage Jail                                                                                     
 Cook Inlet CC                                                                                      
Senate                                                                                              
 Anchorage Correctional Complex                                                                     
Notes:  Senate combines Anchorage Jail and Cook Inlet CC into a                                     
single allocation.                                                                                  
                                                                                                    
Department of Corrections                                                                           
 Probation and Parole                                                                               
House                                                                                               
 Probation & Parole Director's Office                                                               
 Northern Region Probation                                                                          
 Southcentral Region Probation                                                                      
 Southeast Region Probation                                                                         
Senate                                                                                              
 Probation & Parole Director's Office                                                               
 Northern Region Probation                                                                          
 Southcentral Region Probation                                                                      
 Southeast Region Probation                                                                         
Notes:  House places four allocations in a new appropriation.                                       
                                                                                                    
Department of Corrections                                                                           
 Parole Board                                                                                       
House                                                                                               
 Parole Board                                                                                       
Senate                                                                                              
 Parole Board                                                                                       
Notes:  House creates a separate appropriation for the Parole Board.                                
                                                                                                    
Department of Health and Social Services                                                            
 Children's Services                                                                                
Senate                                                                                              
 Adoption Placement Legal Services                                                                  
Notes:  Senate created a new Adoption Placement Legal Services                                      
component to expedite permanent placement of children in foster care.                               
                                                                                                    

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Department of Health and Social Services                                                            
 Senior & Disabilities Services                                                                     
House                                                                                               
 Community Developmental Disabilities Grants                                                        
Senate                                                                                              
 Community Developmental Disabilities                                                               
Notes:  Senate dropped the word Grants from the title.                                              
                                                                                                    
Department of Natural Resources                                                                     
 Fire Suppression                                                                                   
House                                                                                               
 Fire Suppression Preparedness                                                                      
Senate                                                                                              
 Fire Preparedness                                                                                  
                                                                                                    
The request was signed by Representatives Harris (Chair), Williams,                                 
Croft; and Senators Green, Wilken, Hoffman.                                                         
                                                                                                    
The Speaker granted the limited powers of free conference as                                        
requested.                                                                                          
                                                                                                    
The Chief Clerk notified the Senate.