Legislature(2011 - 2012)SENATE FINANCE 532
03/30/2012 01:00 PM Senate FINANCE
| Audio | Topic |
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| Start | |
| SB121 | |
| HB284 || HB285 | |
| Adjourn |
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
| + | SB 121 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | SB 100 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | TELECONFERENCED | ||
| += | HB 284 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | HB 285 | TELECONFERENCED | |
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 284(FIN)
"An Act making appropriations for the operating and
loan program expenses of state government and for
certain programs, capitalizing funds, amending
appropriations, and making reappropriations; and
providing for an effective date."
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 285(FIN)
"An Act making appropriations for the operating and
capital expenses of the state's integrated
comprehensive mental health program; and providing for
an effective date."
2:42:10 PM
RECONVENED
2:42:25 PM
Co-Chair Stedman moved to ADOPT Amendment number 1.
Co-Chair Hoffman OBJECTED for purpose of discussion.
2:42:49 PM
AT EASE
2:43:26 PM
RECONVENED
2:43:30 PM
Co-Chair Hoffman clarified that the working document before
the committee SCS CSHB 284(FIN), version O.
2:43:38 PM
Co-Chair Stedman MOVED to ADOPT Amendment number 1 for
version O.
Co-Chair Hoffman OBJECTED for the purpose of discussion.
2:43:47 PM
TIM GRUSSENDORF, STAFF, SENATOR LYMAN HOFFMAN, discussed
the new amendment:
AMENDMENT #1
FY13 OPERATING BUDGET AMENDMENT
OFFERED IN: The Senate Finance Committee
TO: HB 284/HB 285
OFFERED BY: Senator Hoffman
Part A
Add the following subsection to the FUND TRANSFERS
section after (d):
The sum of $50,000,000 is appropriated from the
general fund to the Alaska marine highway vessel
replacement fund (AS 37.05.550).
Effective Date 6/30/12 (FY12)
Part B
Add the following subsections to BUDGET RESERVE FUND
section.
(a) The sum of $1,750,000,000 is appropriated from the
general fund to the statutory budget reserve fund (AS
37.05.540).
Effective Date 6/30/12 (FY12)
(b) The sum of $250,000,000 is appropriated from the
general fund to the statutory budget reserve fund (AS
3 7.05.540).
Effective Date 7/1/12 (FY13)
Part C
Add subsections to section 26. RETIREMENT SYSTEM
FUNDING.
(d) The sum of $500,000,000 is appropriated from the
general fund to the Department of Administration for
deposit in the defined benefit plan account in the
public employees' retirement trust fund for payment of
public employees' retirement system unfunded
liability.
(e) The sum of $500,000,000 is appropriated from the
general fund to the Department of Administration for
deposit in the defined benefit plan account in the
teachers' retirement trust fund for payment of
teachers' retirement system unfunded liability.
(f) The sum of $50,000,000 is appropriated from the
general fund to the judicial retirement trust fund (AS
22.25.048) for payment of the judicial retirement
system unfunded liability.
Effective Date for Part C is 6/30/12 (FY12)
PART B
DEPARTMENT: Commerce, Community and Economic
Development
APPROPRIATION: Community and Regional Affairs
ALLOCATION: Community and Regional Affairs
ADD: $200,000 General Fund Match, 1003
EXPLANATION: This amendment adds funding to the
Division of Community and Regional Affairs for a Named
Recipient Grant to Kawerak, Inc. The grant will be
used to cover administration and 50% match to the
federal Essential Air Service program for the city of
Diomede.
PART E
DEPARTMENT: Commerce, Community and Economic
Development
APPROPRIATION: Corporations, Business & Professional
Licensing
ALLOCATION: Professional Licensing
DELETE Intent Language:
It is the intent of the legislature that the
Department of Commerce, Community and Economic
Development set license fees approximately equal to
the cost of regulation per AS 08.01.065(c). Further,
it is the intent of the legislature that the
Department of Commerce, Community and Economic
Development submit a six year report annually to the
legislature that includes at least the following
information for each licensing board: revenues from
license fees; revenues from other sources;
expenditures broken out by direct expenditures, RSAs
for investigations, RSAs for other services,
interdepartmental cost allocation plans, departmental
cost allocation plans and internal cost sharing plans;
number of licensees; carry forward balance and
proposed license fee increase/decrease.
ADD Intent Language:
It is the intent of the legislature that the
Department of Commerce, Community and Economic
Development set license fees approximately equal to
the cost of regulation per AS 08.01.065(c). Further,
it is the intent of the legislature that the
Department of Commerce, Community and Economic
Development submit a six year report annually to the
legislature that includes at least the following
information for each licensing board: revenues from
license fees; revenues from other sources;
expenditures by line item, including separate
reporting for investigative costs, administrative
costs, departmental and other cost allocation plans;
number of licensees; carryforward balance; and
potential license fee changes based on statistical
analysis.
EXPLANATION: This amendment clarifies intent language
that was added by the Senate Finance Subcommittee.
PART F
DEPARTMENT: Education & Early Development
APPROPRIATION: Teaching & Learning Support
ALLOCATION: Early Learning Coordination
ADD: $250,000 GF (1004)
EXPLANATION: The funding added to the grants line for
the Parents as Teachers program is to support pre-
kindergarten, parent-based programs throughout the
state. The House added $250,000 UGF as one-time
funding. The Governor did not request additional
funding for the program but $300,000 is included in
the base budget for the Parents as Teachers program.
PART G
DEPARTMENT: Education & Early Development
APPROPRIATION: Teaching & Learning Support
ALLOCATION: Early Learning Coordination
ADD: $400,000 GF (1004)
EXPLANATION: The funding added to the grants line for
the Best Beginnings program is to strengthen and
expand early learning partnerships, expand the
Imagination Libraries, and provide additional parent
resources to increase public engagement in early
literacy and learning.
The House added $250,000 UGF. No additional funding
was included in the Governor's Amended budget for Best
Beginnings but $612,500 is included in the base budget
for this program.
PART H
DEPARTMENT: Fish and Game
APPROPRIATION: Commercial Fisheries
ALLOCATION: Headquarters Fisheries Management
ADD: $300,000 General Fund (1004)
Explanation: This project will provide for genetic-
based stock composition estimates of sockeye salmon
harvested in Chatham Strait, Icy Strait, and District
15 fisheries.
$300,000 annually is needed for four years. The
sockeye stock composition data from the commercial
fisheries would, in conjunction with existing
escapement monitoring projects, provide for more
complete run reconstruction for the stocks.
The six reporting groups identified as being important
in this study include Chilkat River, Chilkoot River,
Taku River, northern Chatham Strait (conglomerate of
several small stocks), Port Snettisham (Crescent
Lake/Speel Lake/Snettisham Hatchery), and "Other"
(sockeye salmon not included in any of the other
reporting groups). Mixed stock fishery samples will be
collected from selected purse seine harvests (e.g.,
statistical area 112-16 Hawk Inlet shoreline, 112-
14/114-27 Augusta/Whitestone shoreline, and 112-17
west Admiralty shoreline), the District 15 drift
gillnet fishery, and other area fisheries harvesting
sockeye salmon. Fishery harvests will be sampled to
achieve levels of precision and accuracy sufficient
for fishery management. Approximately 9,600 samples
are expected to be used annually for mixed stock
analysis.
In addition to mixed stock fishery samples the
Department will attempt to obtain baseline genetic
samples from several (Hasselborg, Gut, Lake Eva,
Sitkoh, Kutlaku, and Pavlof small sockeye systems in
Chatham Strait. These populations are not yet
adequately represented in the sockeye salmon genetic
baseline.
PART I
DEPARTMENT: Office of the Governor
APPROPRIATION: Office of Management and Budget
Insert Intent Language:
It is the intent of the legislature that the office of
management and budget develop a plan to address the
declining balance of the oil and hazardous substance
release prevention and response fund. The plan should
include an analysis of prior expenditures from the
fund for the remediation of state owned contaminated
sites and a proposal to expeditiously remediate state
owned contaminated sites.
PART J
DEPARTMENT: Health and Social Services
APPROPRIATION: Office of Children's Services
ALLOCATION: Children's Services Management
ADD: It is the intent of the legislature that $200,000
GF be used for the Education and Training Voucher
program within the Independent Living Program.
Explanation: The House added the above intent language
and $200,000 UGF for the Education and Training
Voucher program within the Independent Living Program.
The Senate Subcommittee added the funding but not the
intent language.
PART K
Add a subsection to Sec. 14. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
SOCIAL SERVICES.
(b) The sum of $5,000,000 is appropriated from the
general fund to the Department of Health and Social
Services, public assistance, energy assistance
program, for the purpose of making payments under AS
47.25.621 - 47.25.626, for the fiscal year ending June
30, 2013.
Explanation: This amendment appropriates $5 million of
UGF for the Energy Assistance program. This funding is
in excess of the statutory formula and exceeds the
amount required to fully fund all applications for
assistance for Alaska affordable heating payments
under AS 47.25.621 - 47.25.626, and will be
distributed according to AS 47.25.623(d)(2).
PART L
DEPARTMENT: Health & Social Services
APPROPRIATION: Human Services Community Matching Grant
ALLOCATION: Human Services Community Matching Grant
ADD: $200,000 GF 1004
EXPLANATION: Increase funding by $200,000 (from
$1,685,300 to $1,885,300) to keep pace with increasing
costs and need.
PART M
DEPARTMENT: Health & Social Services
APPROPRIATION: Community Initiative Matching Grants
ALLOCATION: Community Initiative Matching Grants
ADD: $150,000 UGF 1004
EXPLANATION: This amendment increases UGF in this
component by $150,000 (from $744,300 to $894,300) to
keep pace with increasing costs and need.
PART N
DEPARTMENT: Transportation and Public Facilities
APPROPRIATION: Highways, Aviation and Facilities
ALLOCATION: Central Region Highways and Aviation
DELETE: $897,400 of Unrestricted General Funds (Fund
Code 1004)
ADD: $897,400 of Vehicle Rental Tax Receipts
(Designated General Funds -Fund Code 1200).
EXPLANATION: The House budget utilized Vehicle Rental
Tax Receipts (derived from car rentals) in the amount
of $850,000 for maintenance of roads in the Central
Region. This amendment matches the House level and
adds the remaining available receipts ($47,400) for
road maintenance in FY13.
PART 0
LTC and TEAME bargaining unit agreements:
FY2013 OPERATING BUDGET AMENDMENT
OFFERED IN: The Senate Finance Committee
TO: CSHB 284(FIN)
CSHB 285(FIN)
OFFERED BY:
ADD: Amend the SALARY AND BENEFIT ADJUSTMENTS section
as follows:
SALARY AND BENEFIT ADJUSTMENTS. (a) The operating
budget appropriations made in sec. 1 of this Act
include amounts for salary and benefit adjustments for
public officials, officers, and employees of the
executive branch, Alaska Court System employees,
employees of the legislature, and legislators and to
implement the terms for the fiscal year ending June
30, 2013, of the following ongoing collective
bargaining agreements:
(1) Alaska Public Employees Association, for the
confidential unit;
(2) Alaska State Employees Association, for the
general government unit;
(3) Alaska Public Employees Association, for the
supervisory unit;
(4) Alaska Vocational Technical Center Teachers'
Association, National Education Association,
representing the employees of the Alaska Vocational
Technical Center;
(5) International Organization of Masters, Mates, and
Pilots, for the masters, mates, and pilots unit;
(6) Inlandboatmen's Union of the Pacific, Alaska
Region, for the unlicensed marine unit;
(7) Marine Engineers Beneficial Association;
(8) Public Safety Employees Association, representing
the regularly public safety officers unit;
(9) Public Employees Local 71, for the labor, trades,
and crafts unit;
(10) Teachers' Education Association of Mt. Edgecumbe.
(b) The operating budget appropriations made to the
University of Alaska in sec. 1 of this Act include
amounts for salary and benefit adjustments for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, for university
employees who are not members of a collective
bargaining unit and for the terms of the current
agreements for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013,
providing for the staff benefits for university
employees represented by the following entities:
(1) Alaska Higher Education Crafts and Trades
Employees, Local 6070,
APEA/AFT (AFL-CIO);
(2) University of Alaska Federation of Teachers;
(3) United Academics-AAUP/AFT;
(4) United Academics-Adjuncts;
(5) Fairbanks Firefighters Association, IAFF Local
1324.
(c) If a collective bargaining agreement listed, in
(a) of this section is not ratified by the membership
of the respective collective bargaining unit, the
appropriations made by this Act applicable to the
collective bargaining unit's agreement are reduced
proportionately by the amount for the collective
bargaining agreement, and the corresponding funding
source amounts are reduced accordingly
(d) If a collective bargaining agreement listed in (b)
of this section is not ratified by the membership of
the respective collective bargaining unit and approved
by the Board of Regents of the University of Alaska,
the appropriations made by this Act applicable to the
collective bargaining unit's agreement are reduced
proportionately by the amount for the collective
bargaining agreement, and the corresponding funding
source amounts are reduced accordingly.
EXPLANATION:
The State of Alaska has reached agreement on
bargaining unit terms with the Public Employees
Local 71, for the labor, trades, and crafts unit, and
the Teachers' Education Association of Mt. Edgecombe.
2:49:23 PM
KAREN REHFELD, DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
appreciated the inclusion of the amendment's items. She
hoped to continue working with the legislature on refining
the two versions of the bill.
2:49:52 PM
Co-Chair Hoffman removed his OBJECTION.
There being NO FURTHER OBJECTION, Amendment number 1 for
version O was ADOPTED.
2:50:04 PM
Co-Chair Stedman MOVED to report SCS CSHB 284(FIN) out of
committee with individual recommendations.
There being no OBJECTION, SCS CSHB 284(FIN) was REPORTED
out of committee with a "do pass" recommendation.
2:50:25 PM
Co-Chair Stedman MOVED to report SCS CSHB 285(FIN) out of
committee with individual recommendations.
There being NO OBJECTION, SCS CSHB 285(FIN) was REPORTED
out of committee with a "do pass" recommendation.
2:50:46 PM
Co-Chair Stedman MOVED that authorization be given to the
Legislative Finance Division and Legislative Legal Services
to make any necessary technical and/or conforming changes
to SCS CS HB 284(FIN) and SCS CS HB 285(FIN).
2:51:06 PM
There being NO OBJECTION, authorization was given to the
Legislative Finance Division and Legislative Legal Services
to make any necessary technical and/or conforming changes
to SCS CS HB 284(FIN) and SCS CS HB 285(FIN).
2:51:08 PM
AT EASE
2:51:23 PM
RECONVENED
2:51:29 PM
Co-Chair Hoffman expressed appreciation for the Legislative
Finance Division and the Senate Secretaries and
acknowledged the savings of $2 billion, which exemplified
fiscal responsibility. He pointed out the $1 billion
allocated toward the unfunded liabilities in the PERS and
TRS system. He expressed concern about the absence of a
solution to the long-term needs of education. He hoped to
include additional funding for education through fiscal
notes for legislation heard in the House.