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HOUSE BILL NO. 299
IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION
BY THE HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR
Introduced: 1/31/24
Referred: Finance
A BILL
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED
"An Act making supplemental appropriations, reappropriations, and other 1
appropriations; amending appropriations; capitalizing funds; and providing for an 2
effective date." 3
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 4
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* Section 1. The following appropriation items are for operating expenditures from the 1
general fund or other funds as set out in the fiscal year 2024 budget summary for the 2
operating budget by funding source to the agencies named for the purposes expressed for the 3
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023 and ending June 30, 2024, unless otherwise indicated. 4
Appropriation General Other 5
Allocations Items F unds Funds 6
* * * * * * * * * * 7
* * * * * Department of Administration * * * * * 8
* * * * * * * * * * 9
Centralized Administrative Services 525,000 -525,000 10
Office of Administrative 0 11
Hearings 12
* * * * * * * * * * 13
* * * * * Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development * * * * * 14
* * * * * * * * * * 15
Executive Administration 50,000 50,000 16
Commissioner's Office 50,000 17
* * * * * * * * * * 18
* * * * * Department of Corrections * * * * * 19
* * * * * * * * * * 20
Population Management 20,240,500 28,200,500 -7,960,000 21
Recruitment and Retention 201,300 22
Institution Director's Office 15,471,200 23
Anchorage Correctional 0 24
Complex 25
Pre-Trial Services 4,568,000 26
Community Residential Centers 6,572,900 6,572,900 27
Community Residential 6,572,900 28
Centers 29
Electronic Monitoring 375,000 375,000 30
Electronic Monitoring 375,000 31 1 Appropriation General Other
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Health and Rehabilitation Services 4,664,000 4,664,000 3
Physical Health Care 4,664,000 4
* * * * * * * * * * 5
* * * * * Department of Education and Early Development * * * * * 6
* * * * * * * * * * 7
Mt. Edgecumbe High School 279,600 481,400 -201,800 8
Mt. Edgecumbe High 279,600 9
School 10
* * * * * * * * * * 11
* * * * * Department of Family and Community Services * * * * * 12
* * * * * * * * * * 13
Alaska Pioneer Homes 1,000,000 1,000,000 14
Pioneer Homes 1,000,000 15
* * * * * * * * * * 16
* * * * * Department of Fish and Game * * * * * 17
* * * * * * * * * * 18
Commercial Fisheries 435,000 35,000 400,000 19
Southeast Region Fisheries 300,000 20
Management 21
Statewide Fisheries 135,000 22
Management 23
Subsistence Research & Monitoring 210,000 210,000 24
State Subsistence 210,000 25
Research 26
* * * * * * * * * * 27
* * * * * Department of Health * * * * * 28
* * * * * * * * * * 29
Public Assistance 1,444,800 144,500 1,300,300 30
Public Assistance 1,444,800 31
Administration 32
Medicaid Services 7,576,600 7,576,600 33 1 Appropriation General Other
2 Allocations Items Funds Funds
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Medicaid Services 7,576,600 3
* * * * * * * * * * 4
* * * * * Department of Labor and Workforce Development * * * * * 5
* * * * * * * * * * 6
Commissioner and Administrative 1,388,700 1,388,700 7
Services 8
Workforce Investment 1,388,700 9
Board 10
Workers' Compensation 518,600 518,600 11
Workers' Compensation 518,600 12
Benefits Guaranty Fund 13
* * * * * * * * * * 14
* * * * * Department of Natural Resources * * * * * 15
* * * * * * * * * * 16
Administration & Support Services 433,000 433,000 17
Facilities 433,000 18
Fire Suppression, Land & Water 95,390,000 95,390,000 19
Resources 20
Fire Suppression 1,390,000 21
Preparedness 22
Fire Suppression Activity 94,000,000 23
* * * * * * * * * * 24
* * * * * Department of Public Safety * * * * * 25
* * * * * * * * * * 26
Alaska State Troopers 1,632,300 1,632,300 27
Rural Trooper Housing 390,000 28
Alaska State Trooper 765,000 29
Detachments 30
Alaska Bureau of 39,800 31
Investigation 32
Aircraft Section 400,000 33 1 Appropriation General Other
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Alaska Wildlife Troopers 37,500 3
Statewide Support 570,500 570,500 4
Training Academy 190,000 5
Laboratory Services 380,500 6
* * * * * * * * * * 7
* * * * * Department of Revenue * * * * * 8
* * * * * * * * * * 9
Child Support Enforcement 594,700 208,100 386,600 10
Child Support Enforcement 594,700 11
Division 12
* * * * * * * * * * 13
* * * * * Department of Transportation and Public Facilities * * * * * 14
* * * * * * * * * * 15
Highways, Aviation and Facilities 5,759,500 5,935,500 -176,000 16
Northern Region Facilities 174,000 17
Traffic Signal Management 479,800 18
Central Region Highways 1,175,600 19
and Aviation 20
Northern Region Highways 1,055,100 21
and Aviation 22
Southcoast Region 0 23
Highways and Aviation 24
Whittier Access and 2,875,000 25
Tunnel 26
International Airports 2,358,800 2,358,800 27
International Airport 1,736,000 28
Systems Office 29
Anchorage Airport Safety 622,800 30
* * * * * * * * * * 31
* * * * * Judiciary * * * * * 32
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2 Allocations Items Funds Funds
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Alaska Court System 135,000 135,000 3
Trial Courts 40,000 4
Administration and Support 95,000 5
Therapeutic Courts 105,000 105,000 6
Therapeutic Courts 105,000 7
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* Sec. 2. The following sets out the funding by agency for the appropriations made in sec. 1 1
of this Act. 2
Funding Source Amount 3
Department of Administration 4
1004 Unrestricted General Fund Receipts 525,000 5
1007 Interagency Receipts -525,000 6
* * * Total Agency Funding * * * $0 7
Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development 8
1002 Federal Receipts 50,000 9
* * * Total Agency Funding * * * $50,000 10
Department of Corrections 11
1002 Federal Receipts -7,960,000 12
1004 Unrestricted General Fund Receipts 39,437,400 13
1005 General Fund/Program Receipts 375,000 14
* * * Total Agency Funding * * * $31,852,400 15
Department of Education and Early Development 16
1004 Unrestricted General Fund Receipts 481,400 17
1007 Interagency Receipts -201,800 18
* * * Total Agency Funding * * * $279,600 19
Department of Family and Community Services 20
1108 Statutory Designated Program Receipts 1,000,000 21
* * * Total Agency Funding * * * $1,000,000 22
Department of Fish and Game 23
1004 Unrestricted General Fund Receipts 35,000 24
1061 Capital Improvement Project Receipts 210,000 25
1108 Statutory Designated Program Receipts 400,000 26
* * * Total Agency Funding * * * $645,000 27
Department of Health 28
1002 Federal Receipts 1,300,300 29
1003 General Fund Match 7,721,100 30
* * * Total Agency Funding * * * $9,021,400 31
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Department of Labor and Workforce Development 1
1004 Unrestricted General Fund Receipts 518,600 2
1054 State Employment & Training Program 1,388,700 3
* * * Total Agency Funding * * * $1,907,300 4
Department of Natural Resources 5
1004 Unrestricted General Fund Receipts 95,823,000 6
* * * Total Agency Funding * * * $95,823,000 7
Department of Public Safety 8
1004 Unrestricted General Fund Receipts 2,202,800 9
* * * Total Agency Funding * * * $2,202,800 10
Department of Revenue 11
1002 Federal Receipts 386,600 12
1003 General Fund Match 199,100 13
1004 Unrestricted General Fund Receipts 9,000 14
* * * Total Agency Funding * * * $594,700 15
Department of Transportation and Public Facilities 16
1004 Unrestricted General Fund Receipts 5,935,500 17
1027 International Airports Revenue Fund 2,008,800 18
1244 Rural Airport Receipts 174,000 19
* * * Total Agency Funding * * * $8,118,300 20
Judiciary 21
1002 Federal Receipts 240,000 22
* * * Total Agency Funding * * * $240,000 23
* * * Total Budget * * * $151,734,500 24
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* Sec. 3. The following sets out the statewide funding for the appropriations made in sec. 1 1
of this Act. 2
Funding Source Amount 3
Unrestricted General Funds 4
1003 General Fund Match 7,920,200 5
1004 Unrestricted General Fund Receipts 144,967,700 6
* * * Total Unrestricted General Funds * * * $152,887,900 7
Designated General Funds 8
1005 General Fund/Program Receipts 375,000 9
1054 State Employment & Training Program 1,388,700 10
* * * Total Designated General Funds * * * $1,763,700 11
Other Non-Duplicated Funds 12
1027 International Airports Revenue Fund 2,008,800 13
1108 Statutory Designated Program Receipts 1,400,000 14
1244 Rural Airport Receipts 174,000 15
* * * Total Other Non-Duplicated Funds * * * $3,582,800 16
Other Duplicated Funds 17
1007 Interagency Receipts -726,800 18
1061 Capital Improvement Project Receipts 210,000 19
* * * Total Other Duplicated Funds * * * $-516,800 20
Federal Receipts 21
1002 Federal Receipts -5,983,100 22
* * * Total Federal Receipts * * * $-5,983,100 23
* * * Total Budget * * * $151,734,500 24
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* Sec. 4. The following appropriations are for capital projects and grants from the general 1
fund or other funds as set out in sec. 5 of this Act by funding source to the agencies named for 2
the purposes expressed. They lapse under AS 37.25.020, unless otherwise noted. 3
Appropriation General Other 4
Allocations Items F unds Funds 5
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* * * * * Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development * * * * * 7
* * * * * * * * * * 8
HUD Community Development Block 38,493,000 38,493,000 9
Grant - Disaster Recovery Program (HD 1- 10
40) 11
Alaska Energy Authority - Defense 3,000,000 3,000,000 12
Community Infrastructure Pilot Program 13
(HD 1-40) 14
Division of Insurance - Health Plan 6,000,000 6,000,000 15
Utilization Database (HPUD) (HD 1-40) 16
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* * * * * Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs * * * * * 18
* * * * * * * * * * 19
National Guard Counterdrug Support (HD 150,000 150,000 20
1-40) 21
State and Local Cybersecurity Grant 22
Fund Change (HD 1-40) 23
* * * * * * * * * * 24
* * * * * Department of Transportation and Public Facilities * * * * * 25
* * * * * * * * * * 26
Alaska Marine Highway System Vessel 3,300,000 3,300,000 27
Overhaul, Annual Certification and 28
Shoreside Facilities Rehabilitation (HD 1-40) 29
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* Sec. 5. The following sets out the funding by agency for the appropriations made in sec. 4 1
of this Act. 2
Funding Source Amount 3
Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development 4
1002 Federal Receipts 41,493,000 5
1156 Receipt Supported Services 6,000,000 6
* * * Total Agency Funding * * * $47,493,000 7
Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs 8
1002 Federal Receipts 150,000 9
1003 General Fund Match 375,800 10
1005 General Fund/Program Receipts -375,800 11
* * * Total Agency Funding * * * $150,000 12
Department of Transportation and Public Facilities 13
1076 Alaska Marine Highway System Fund 3,300,000 14
* * * Total Agency Funding * * * $3,300,000 15
* * * Total Budget * * * $50,943,000 16
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* Sec. 6. The following sets out the statewide funding for the appropriations made in sec. 4 1
of this Act. 2
Funding Source Amount 3
Unrestricted General Funds 4
1003 General Fund Match 375,800 5
* * * Total Unrestricted General Funds * * * $375,800 6
Designated General Funds 7
1005 General Fund/Program Receipts -375,800 8
1076 Alaska Marine Highway System Fund 3,300,000 9
1156 Receipt Supported Services 6,000,000 10
* * * Total Designated General Funds * * * $8,924,200 11
Other Non-Duplicated Funds 12
* * * Total Other Non-Duplicated Funds * * * $0 13
Other Duplicated Funds 14
* * * Total Other Duplicated Funds * * * $0 15
Federal Receipts 16
1002 Federal Receipts 41,643,000 17
* * * Total Federal Receipts * * * $41,643,000 18
* * * Total Budget * * * $50,943,000 19
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* Sec. 7. SUPPLEMENTAL ALASKA HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION. (a) 1
Section 14(b), ch. 1, SSSLA 2021, is amended to read: 2
(b) The amount of federal receipts received for the support of rental relief, 3
homeless programs, or other housing programs provided under federal stimulus 4
legislation, estimated to be $127,000,000, is appropriated to the Alaska Housing 5
Finance Corporation for that purpose for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2021, 6
June 30, 2022, June 30, 2023, [AND] June 30, 2024, and June 30, 2025. 7
(b) Section 60(g), ch. 11, SLA 2022, is amended to read: 8
(g) Designated program receipts under AS 37.05.146(b)(3) received by the 9
Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, estimated to be $40,000,000, for administration 10
of housing and energy programs on behalf of a municipality, tribal housing authority, 11
or other third party are appropriated to the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation for 12
the fiscal years ending June 30, 2023, [AND] June 30, 2024, and June 30, 2025.
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* Sec. 8. SUPPLEMENTAL DEPARTMENT OF HEAL TH. (a) Section 67(b), ch. 11, 14
SLA 2022, is amended to read: 15
(b) The unexpended and unobligated balance of the appropriation made in sec. 16
18(c), ch. 1, SSSLA 2021, page 115, lines 1 - 3 (Department of Health and Social 17
Services, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funding for 18
COVID-19 testing), as amended by sec. 59(a)(1) of this Act, is reappropriated to the 19
Department of Health for United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 20
funding for COVID-19 testing for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2023, [AND] 21
June 30, 2024, June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026, and June 30, 2027. 22
(b) Section 67(c), ch. 11, SLA 2022, is amended to read: 23
(c) The unexpended and unobligated balance of the appropriation made in sec. 24
18(c), ch. 1, SSSLA 2021, page 115, lines 4 - 6 (Department of Health and Social 25
Services, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funding for 26
COVID-19 vaccination activities), as amended by sec. 59(a)(2) of this Act, is 27
reappropriated to the Department of Health for United States Centers for Disease 28
Control and Prevention funding for COVID-19 vaccination activities for the fiscal 29
years ending June 30, 2023, [AND] June 30, 2024, and June 30, 2025. 30
(c) Section 67(d), ch. 11, SLA 2022, is amended to read: 31 33-GH2028\A
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(d) The unexpended and unobligated balance of the appropriation made in sec. 1
18(d), ch. 1, SSSLA 2021, page 115, line 13 (Department of Health and Social 2
Services, child care block grant), as amended by sec. 59(a)(3) of this Act, is 3
reappropriated to the Department of Health for child care block grants for the fiscal 4
years ending June 30, 2023, [AND] June 30, 2024, and June 30, 2025. 5
(d) Section 67(j), ch. 11, SLA 2022, is amended to read: 6
(j) The unexpended and unobligated balance of the appropriation made in sec. 7
18(e), ch. 1, SSSLA 2021, page 115, line 28 (Department of Health and Social 8
Services, mental health treatment funding), as amended by sec. 59(a)(9) of this Act, is 9
reappropriated to the Department of Health for mental health treatment funding for the 10
fiscal years ending June 30, 2023, [AND] June 30, 2024, June 30, 2025, and June 30, 11
2026. 12
(e) Section 67(k), ch. 11, SLA 2022, is amended to read: 13
(k) The unexpended and unobligated balance of the appropriation made in sec. 14
18(e), ch. 1, SSSLA 2021, page 115, lines 29 - 30 (Department of Health and Social 15
Services, senior and disabilities services community-based grants), as amended by sec. 16
59(a)(10) of this Act, is reappropriated to the Department of Health for senior and 17
disabilities services community-based grants for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2023, 18
[AND] June 30, 2024, and June 30, 2025. 19
(f) Section 67(l), ch. 11, SLA 2022, is amended to read: 20
(l) The unexpended and unobligated balance of the appropriation made in sec. 21
18(e), ch. 1, SSSLA 2021, page 115, line 31, through page 116, line 1 (Department of 22
Health and Social Services, special supplemental nutrition program for women, 23
infants, and children benefit improvements), as amended by sec. 59(a)(11) of this Act, 24
is reappropriated to the Department of Health for special supplemental nutrition 25
program for women, infants, and children benefit improvements for the fiscal years 26
ending June 30, 2023, [AND] June 30, 2024, June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026, June 30, 27
2027, and June 30, 2028. 28
(g) Section 67(m), ch. 11, SLA 2022, is amended to read: 29
(m) The unexpended and unobligated balance of the appropriation made in sec. 30
18(e), ch. 1, SSSLA 2021, page 116, line 2 (Department of Health and Social 31 33-GH2028\A
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Services, substance abuse block grant funding), as amended by sec. 59(a)(12) of this 1
Act, is reappropriated to the Department of Health for substance abuse block grant 2
funding for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2023, [AND] June 30, 2024, June 30, 3
2025, and June 30, 2026. 4
(h) Section 67(n), ch. 11, SLA 2022, is amended to read: 5
(n) The unexpended and unobligated balance of the appropriation made in sec. 6
18(e), ch. 1, SSSLA 2021, page 116, lines 3 - 4 (Department of Health and Social 7
Services, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funding for 8
COVID-19 testing), as amended by sec. 59(a)(13) of this Act, is reappropriated to the 9
Department of Health for United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 10
funding for COVID-19 testing for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2023, [AND] 11
June 30, 2024, and June 30, 2025. 12
(i) Section 67(o), ch. 11, SLA 2022, is amended to read: 13
(o) The unexpended and unobligated balance of the appropriation made in sec. 14
18(e), ch. 1, SSSLA 2021, page 116, lines 5 - 7 (Department of Health and Social 15
Services, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for COVID-19 16
vaccination activities), as amended by sec. 59(a)(14) of this Act, is reappropriated to 17
the Department of Health for United States Centers for Disease Control and 18
Prevention for COVID-19 vaccination activities for the fiscal years ending June 30, 19
2023, [AND] June 30, 2024, and June 30, 2025. 20
(j) Section 67(p), ch. 11, SLA 2022, is amended to read: 21
(p) The unexpended and unobligated balance of the appropriation made in sec. 22
18(f), ch. 1, SSSLA 2021 (Department of Health and Social Services, building 23
epidemiology and laboratory capacity), as amended by sec. 59(a)(15) of this Act, is 24
reappropriated to the Department of Health for building epidemiology and laboratory 25
capacity for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2023, [AND] June 30, 2024, June 30, 26
2025, June 30, 2026, June 30, 2027, and June 30, 2028. 27
(k) Section 67(r), ch. 11, SLA 2022, is amended to read: 28
(r) The unexpended and unobligated balance of the appropriation made in sec. 29
18(h), ch. 1, SSSLA 2021, page 116, line 30 (Department of Health and Social 30
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59(a)(17) of this Act, is reappropriated to the Department of Health for building 1
epidemiology and laboratory capacity for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2023, 2
[AND] June 30, 2024, June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026, and June 30, 2027. 3
(l) Section 67(t), ch. 11, SLA 2022, is amended to read: 4
(t) The unexpended and unobligated balance of the appropriation made in sec. 5
60(c), ch. 1, SSSLA 2021 (Department of Health and Social Services, division of 6
public health, emergency programs, responding to and mitigating the risk of a 7
COVID-19 outbreak in the state), as amended by sec. 59(a)(23) of this Act, is 8
reappropriated to the Department of Health for responding to and mitigating the risk of 9
a COVID-19 outbreak in the state for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2023, [AND] 10
June 30, 2024, June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026, and June 30, 2027. 11
(m) Section 67(u), ch. 11, SLA 2022, is amended to read: 12
(u) The unexpended and unobligated balance of the appropriation made in sec. 13
13(a), ch. 1, TSSLA 2021 (Department of Health and Social Services, division of 14
public health, emergency programs, detect and mitigate COVID-19 in confinement 15
facilities), as amended by sec. 59(a)(24) of this Act, is reappropriated to the 16
Department of Health for detecting and mitigating COVID-19 in confinement 17
facilities for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2023, [AND] June 30, 2024, and June 18
30, 2025. 19
(n) Section 67(v), ch. 11, SLA 2022, is amended to read: 20
(v) The unexpended and unobligated balance, not to exceed $50,222,500, of 21
the appropriation made in sec. 13(b), ch. 1, TSSLA 2021 (Department of Health and 22
Social Services, division of public health, emergency programs, mitigate and respond 23
to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19)), as amended by sec. 59(b) of this Act, 24
is reappropriated to the Department of Health for mitigating and responding to the 25
novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2023, 26
June 30, 2024, [AND] June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026, and June 30, 2027. 27
(o) Section 67(w), ch. 11, SLA 2022, is amended to read: 28
(w) The unexpended and unobligated balance of the appropriation made in 29
sec. 13(c), ch. 1, TSSLA 2021 (Department of Health and Social Services, senior and 30
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support, and transportation services and expanding access to COVID-19 vaccines to 1
seniors and individuals with disabilities), as amended by sec. 59(a)(25) of this Act, is 2
reappropriated to the Department of Health for supporting home-delivered meals to 3
seniors, family caregiver support, and transportation services and expanding access to 4
COVID-19 vaccines to seniors and individuals with disabilities for the fiscal years 5
ending June 30, 2023, [AND] June 30, 2024, and June 30, 2025. 6
(p) Section 62(c), ch. 1, FSSLA 2023, is amended to read: 7
(c) The amount necessary, not to exceed $210,400, to satisfy the federal 8
temporary assistance to needy families program state maintenance of effort 9
requirement for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2024, [AND] June 30, 2025, and 10
June 30, 2026, is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Health, 11
public assistance, for the Alaska temporary assistance program for the fiscal years 12
ending June 30, 2024, [AND] June 30, 2025, and June 30, 2026. 13
(q) Section 62(d), ch. 1, FSSLA 2023, is amended to read: 14
(d) The amount necessary, not to exceed $2,807,400, to satisfy the federal 15
temporary assistance to needy families program state maintenance of effort 16
requirement for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2024, [AND] June 30, 2025, and 17
June 30, 2026, is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Health, 18
public assistance, for tribal assistance programs under AS 47.27.200 and 47.27.300 for 19
the fiscal years ending June 30, 2024, [AND] June 30, 2025, and June 30, 2026. 20
* Sec. 9. SUPPLEMENTAL DEPARTMENT OF LAW. The sum of $889,000 is 21
appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Law, civil division, deputy attorney 22
general's office, for the purpose of paying judgments and settlements against the state for the 23
fiscal year ending June 30, 2024. 24
* Sec. 10. SUPPLEMENTAL DEPARTMENT OF PUBL IC SAFETY. Section 27(a), ch. 25
1, FSSLA 2023, is amended to read: 26
(a) The sum of $900,000 is appropriated from general fund program receipts 27
collected under AS 44.41.025(b) to the Department of Public Safety for criminal 28
justice information system updates and improvements for the fiscal years ending 29
June 30, 2023, [AND] June 30, 2024, and June 30, 2025. 30
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made in secs. 59(c) - (e), ch. 1, FSSLA 2023, the unexpended and unobligated balance of any 1
appropriation that is determined to be available for lapse at the end of the fiscal year ending 2
June 30, 2024, not to exceed $5,000,000, is appropriated to the Office of the Governor, office 3
of management and budget, to support the cost of central services agencies that provide 4
services under AS 37.07.080(e)(2) in the fiscal years ending June 30, 2024, and June 30, 5
2025, if collectable receipts from approved central services cost allocation methods under 6
AS 37.07.080(e)(2)(B) fall short of the amounts appropriated in this Act. 7
* Sec. 12. SUPPLEMENTAL DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC 8
FACILITIES: CAPITAL. The unexpended and unobligated balances, estimated to be a total 9
of $344,978, of the following appropriations are reappropriated to the Department of 10
Transportation and Public Facilities for responding to emergency weather, catastrophic 11
events, and unforeseen critical maintenance needs: 12
(1) sec. 100, ch. 2, FSSLA 1999, page 63, lines 18 - 19, and allocated on page 13
63, line 20, as amended by sec. 50(a)(34), ch. 30, SLA 2007, sec. 18(a)(20), ch. 14, SLA 14
2009, and sec. 21(m)(3), ch. 1, TSSLA 2017 (Department of Transportation and Public 15
Facilities, community transportation program, CTP state match), estimated balance of 16
$12,177; 17
(2) sec. 1, ch. 135, SLA 2000, page 29, lines 23 - 25, and allocated on page 18
29, line 26, as amended by sec. 21(m)(6), ch. 1, TSSLA 2017 (Department of Transportation 19
and Public Facilities, Anchorage metropolitan area transportation study (AMATS) projects, 20
AMATS state match), estimated balance of $36; 21
(3) sec. 1, ch. 135, SLA 2000, page 31, lines 16 - 17, and allocated on page 22
31, line 18, as amended by sec. 21(m)(7), ch. 1, TSSLA 2017, sec. 12(a)(1), ch. 8, SLA 2020, 23
and sec. 41(a)(1), ch. 1, FSSLA 2023 (Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, 24
community transportation program construction, CTP state match), estimated balance of 25
$2,354; 26
(4) sec. 4, ch. 3, FSSLA 2005, page 97, lines 20 - 21, and allocated on page 27
98, lines 19 - 22, as amended by sec. 33(c), ch. 29, SLA 2008, sec. 43(r), ch. 18, SLA 2014, 28
and sec. 26(e)(5), ch. 19, SLA 2018 (Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, 29
Congestion, mitigation and safety initiative, Kodiak - Rezanof Drive rehabilitation lighting 30
and intersection safety improvements), estimated balance of $1,705; 31 33-GH2028\A
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(5) sec. 1, ch. 3, FSSLA 2005, page 67, lines 32 - 33, as amended by sec. 35, 1
ch. 18, SLA 2014, page 116 (Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, Kenai - 2
Jones Stub Road rehabilitation), estimated balance of $142; 3
(6) sec. 1, ch. 82, SLA 2006, page 107, line 12, and allocated on page 107, 4
line 26, as amended by sec. 20(k), ch. 30, SLA 2007, secs. 14(b)(1), 21(d)(1), and 21(e), ch. 1, 5
TSSLA 2017, and sec. 26(i)(1), ch. 19, SLA 2018 (Department of Transportation and Public 6
Facilities, transportation initiative, Juneau access), estimated balance of $298,517; 7
(7) sec. 13, ch. 29, SLA 2008, page 158, lines 17 - 20, (Department of 8
Transportation and Public Facilities, Alaska Marine Highway System - Vessel and terminal 9
overhaul and rehabilitation - $9,900,000), estimated balance of $1,879; 10
(8) sec. 1, ch. 5, FSSLA 2011, page 102, line 13, and allocated on page 103, 11
lines 5 - 6, (Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, statewide federal programs, 12
public transit programs sate match - $1,500,000), estimated balance of $1,041; 13
(9) sec. 1, ch. 16, SLA 2013, page 78, line 20, and allocated on page 78, lines 14
27 - 28 (Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, safety, statewide anti-icing 15
program - $400,000), estimated balance of $3,162; 16
(10) sec. 1, ch. 16, SLA 2013, page 80, lines 10 - 12 (Department of 17
Transportation and Public Facilities, Community Harbor and Transfer Program 18
(AS 35.10.120) - $2,000,000), estimated balance of $13,552; 19
(11) sec. 1, ch. 16, SLA 2013, page 80, lines 16 - 18 (Department of 20
Transportation and Public Facilities, statewide digital mapping initiative / elevation 21
component - $3,000,000), estimated balance of $1,034; 22
(12) sec. 14, ch. 19, SLA 2018, page 28 (Department of Transportation and 23
Public Facilities, Knik-Goose Bay Road reconstruction, Vine Road to Settlers Bay Drive 24
Project), estimated balance of $9,379. 25
* Sec. 13. SUPPLEMENTAL UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA. Section 74, ch. 11, SLA 2022, 26
is amended to read: 27
Sec. 74. UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA. The sum of $29,800,000 is 28
appropriated from the general fund to the University of Alaska for responding to the 29
negative economic impacts of COVID-19 for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2023, 30
[AND] June 30, 2024, June 30, 2025, and June 30, 2026, for the following purposes
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and in the following amounts: 1
PURPOSE AMOUNT 2
University of Alaska drone program $10,000,000 3
Critical minerals and rare earth elements 7,800,000 4
research and development 5
Heavy oil recovery method 5,000,000 6
research and development 7
Mariculture research and development 7,000,000 8
* Sec. 14. SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM FUNDING. The sum of $375,000 9
is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Administration to pay benefit 10
payments to eligible members and survivors of eligible members earned under the elected 11
public officers' retirement system for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024. 12
* Sec. 15. LAPSE OF APPROPRIATIONS. (a) The appropriation made in sec. 14 of this 13
Act is for the capitalization of a fund and does not lapse. 14
(b) The appropriations made in secs. 4 and 12 of this Act are for capital projects and 15
lapse under AS 37.25.020. 16
* Sec. 16. RETROACTIVITY. If this Act takes effect after June 30, 2024, this Act is 17
retroactive to July 1, 2023. 18
* Sec. 17. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c). 19