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SENATE BILL NO. 167
IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA
THIRTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION
BY SENATOR KAWASAKI
Introduced: 4/10/25
Referred: State Affairs, Judiciary
A BILL
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED
"An Act relating to a permanent fund dividend for an individual whose conviction has 1
been vacated, reversed, or dismissed; and relating to the calculation of the value of the 2
permanent fund dividend by including payment to individuals eligible for a permanent 3
fund dividend because of a conviction that has been vacated, reversed, or dismissed." 4
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 5
* Section 1. AS 43.23.005 is amended by adding new subsections to read: 6
(i) An individual who was ineligible to receive a permanent fund dividend for 7
a dividend year under (d) of this section because of a conviction is eligible to receive 8
the permanent fund dividend for each year the individual was ineligible if the 9
individual's conviction is vacated or reversed, and 10
(1) the charges on which the conviction was based are later dismissed; 11
or 12
(2) the individual is retried and found not guilty. 13
(j) To receive a permanent fund dividend under (i) of this section, the 14 34-LS0491\A
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individual shall apply for the permanent fund dividend not later than one year after the 1
dismissal or not guilty finding under (i) of this section. 2
* Sec. 2. AS 43.23.025(a) is amended to read: 3
(a) By October 1 of each year, the commissioner shall determine the value of 4
each permanent fund dividend for that year by 5
(1) determining the total amount available for dividend payments, 6
which equals 7
(A) the amount of income of the Alaska permanent fund 8
transferred to the dividend fund under AS 37.13.145(b) during the current year; 9
(B) plus the unexpended and unobligated balances of prior 10
fiscal year appropriations that lapse into the dividend fund under 11
AS 43.23.045(d); 12
(C) less the amount necessary to pay prior year dividends from 13
the dividend fund in the current year under AS 43.23.005(h) and (i), 14
43.23.021, and 43.23.055(3) and (7); 15
(D) less the amount necessary to pay dividends from the 16
dividend fund due to eligible applicants who, as determined by the department, 17
filed for a previous year's dividend by the filing deadline but who were not 18
included in a previous year's dividend computation; 19
(E) less appropriations from the dividend fund during the 20
current year, including amounts to pay costs of administering the dividend 21
program and the hold harmless provisions of AS 43.23.240; 22
(2) determining the number of individuals eligible to receive a 23
dividend payment for the current year and the number of estates and successors 24
eligible to receive a dividend payment for the current year under AS 43.23.005(h); and 25
(3) dividing the amount determined under (1) of this subsection by the 26
amount determined under (2) of this subsection. 27
* Sec. 3. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 28
read: 29
TRANSITION. Notwithstanding the time limit for applying for a permanent fund 30
dividend under AS 43.23.005(j), added by sec. 1 of this Act, an individual who is eligible 31 34-LS0491\A
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under AS 43.23.005(i), added by sec. 1 of this Act, and whose dismissal or not guilty finding 1
occurred before the effective date of this Act, shall apply for a permanent fund dividend under 2
AS 43.23.005(j), added by sec. 1 of this Act, not later than one year after the effective date of 3
this Act. 4