Legislature(2013 - 2014)SENATE FINANCE 532
04/03/2013 09:00 AM Senate FINANCE
| Audio | Topic |
|---|---|
| Start | |
| SB18 | |
| HB77 | |
| Adjourn |
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
| += | SB 18 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | HB 77 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | TELECONFERENCED |
SENATE BILL NO. 18
"An Act making appropriations, including capital
appropriations and other appropriations; making
appropriations to capitalize funds; and providing for
an effective date."
9:11:13 AM
Co-Chair Kelly MOVED to ADOPT the proposed committee
substitute for SB 18, Work Draft 28-GS1798\O (Martin,
4/2/13).
Co-Chair Meyer OBJECTED for discussion.
SUZANNE ARMSTRONG, STAFF, SENATOR KEVIN MEYER, discussed
the changes in the work draft. She stated that Section 1
contained FY 14 capital projects and grants. Section 1
included the FY 14 agency budget requests, grants to
municipalities, grants to named recipients, and grants to
unincorporated communities. She explained that Section 1
totaled $702.889 million in unrestricted general funds
(UGF), $124.622 million in designated general funds (DGF),
$55.180 in other state funds, and $923.431 in federal
receipts. The total request in Section 1 was $1.8 billion.
She announced that Sections 2 and 3 were fund source roll-
ups, which detailed agency and fund source for the
appropriations made in Section 1.
Co-Chair Meyer queried the page number. Ms. Armstrong
replied that Section 1 began on page 2.
9:14:12 AM
Ms. Armstrong stated that Section 2 was the fund source
roll-up, and Section 3 was the fund source roll-up for
Section 1. She explained that Section 2 began on page 64,
and Section 3 began on page 68. She looked at Section 4,
which began on page 70, and stated that it was the
supplemental capital appropriations for July 1, 2012 ending
June 30, 2013. She stated that Section 4 totaled $137
million including $114 million of UGF, $22 million of other
state funds, and approximately $1 million in federal
receipts. She stated that the fund source roll-up for
Section 4 was on page 72 and 73, which were Sections 5 and
6. Section 7 began on page 74, which were the supplemental
operating appropriations for July 1, 2012 ending June 30,
2013. She stated that Section 7 was a reduction of $16.591
million in total funds; of which $14.955 million was UGF,
$578,000 was DGF, $1.1 million was other state funds, and
$64,800 was federal receipts. Sections 8 and 9 were the
fund source roll-ups for Section 7. Section 8 began on page
80 and Section 9 began on page 82. She explained that
Section 10 was the language section, which began on page
83. Section 10 included items from the FY 03 supplemental
capital. The total for the supplemental capital language
section was $59.5 million in total funds; with $57.5 in UGF
and $2 million other state funds. He furthered that Section
10 also included FY 13 supplemental operating expenditures
that totaled a reduction of $59.9 million in UGF. Section
10 also included the fund capitalization found under
Section 20 on page 87 line 26. She stated that
approximately $25 million would be applied to the Alaska
Gasline Inducement Act (AGIA) reimbursement fund; $2
million into the Emerging Energy Technology fund; $3.4
million into the Disaster Relief Fund; $10 million into a
Knik Arm Bridge and Toll Authority (KABATA) reserve fund;
and $618,000 to the small municipal school fund, which was
contingent on the passage of a bill that opened a criteria
and renames the fund.
Ms. Armstrong looked at Section 21, which was the fund
transfer section that began on page 88, line 6. She stated
that the NPRA impact grant program was established in
Section 23, and listed the projects beginning on page 88.
The section also included reappropriations that had been
requested by the administration for state agencies, and
reappropriations that were requested by legislators. She
stated that Section 43 provided a lapse extension for the
Alaska Arctic Policy Commission to June 30, 2014. She
stated that Section 14 established the contingency language
for appropriations that were contingent on passage of
legislation. She explained that Sections 48 through 51 were
the effective date clauses.
9:19:11 AM
Co-Chair Meyer pointed out that the bill was a
significantly smaller capital budget than what had been
over recent years. He stressed that there was an attempt to
maintain the guidelines to maintain the current assets,
finish some of the phased projects, and look for various
needed projects in various regions throughout the state.
Senator Bishop thanked Ms. Armstrong for her work.
Senator Olson asked what time the amendments should be
submitted. Co-Chair Meyer replied that the amendments
should be submitted the current day by 6:00 p.m.
Co-Chair Meyer noted that the total capital budget was
approximately $2 billion, and remarked that there was
approximately $1 million reduced from the governor's
proposed budget. He pointed out that the previous year's
budget was $2.9 billion with a bond of approximately $450
million. Ms. Armstrong added that the committee substitute
had $1.8 billion in total funds, with a reduction from the
governor's proposed budget of $108 million.
SB 18 was HEARD and HELD in committee for further
consideration.
9:24:48 AM
AT EASE
9:25:54 AM
RECONVENED