Alaska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Alaska Senate Bill SB84 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 02/05/2025

                             
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 SENATE BILL NO. 84 
 
IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA 
 
THIRTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION 
 
BY THE SENATE RULES COMMITTEE BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR 
 
Introduced:  2/5/25 
Referred:  Finance  
 
 
A BILL 
 
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED 
 
"An Act making supplemental appropriations, reappropriations, and other 1 
appropriations; amending appropriations; capitalizing funds; repealing appropriations; 2 
and providing for an effective date." 3 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 4 
(SECTION 1 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON PAGE 2)5   
 
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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 2025 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, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025, unless otherwise indicated. 4 
        Appropriation General Other 5 
       Allocations Items F	unds Funds 6 
* * * * *                                         * * * * * 7 
* * * * * Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development * * * * * 8 
* * * * *                                         * * * * * 9 
Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation  30,000 30,000 10 
 Commission 11 
 Alaska Oil and Gas  30,000 12 
 Conservation Commission 13 
* * * * *            * * * * * 14 
* * * * * Department of Corrections * * * * * 15 
* * * * *            * * * * * 16 
Population Management 4,100,000 4,100,000  17 
 Institution Director's Office 3,905,000 18 
 Regional and Community  195,000 19 
  Jails 20 
* * * * *                           * * * * * 21 
* * * * * Department of Education and Early Development * * * * * 22 
* * * * *                           * * * * * 23 
Student Financial Aid Programs 975,000 975,000  24 
 Alaska Performance  650,000 25 
 Scholarship Awards 26 
 Alaska Education Grants 325,000 27 
* * * * *            * * * * * 28 
* * * * * Department of Fish and Game * * * * * 29 
* * * * *            * * * * * 30 
Subsistence Research & Monitoring 50,000 50,000 31  1 Appropriation General Other 
2 Allocations Items Funds Funds 
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 State Subsistence  50,000 3 
 Research 4 
* * * * *            * * * * * 5 
* * * * * Department of Health * * * * * 6 
* * * * *            * * * * * 7 
Behavioral Health 3,100,000 3,100,000 8 
 Behavioral Health  3,100,000 9 
 Treatment and Recovery  10 
  Grants 11 
Public Assistance 5,000,000 5,000,000 12 
 Energy Assistance  5,000,000 13 
  Program 14 
Medicaid Services 228,599,000 14,200,000 214,399,000 15 
 Medicaid Services 228,599,000 16 
* * * * *                           * * * * * 17 
* * * * * Department of Labor and Workforce Development * * * * * 18 
* * * * *                           * * * * * 19 
Alaska Vocational Technical Center 888,600 888,600  20 
 Alaska Vocational  888,600 21 
 Technical Center 22 
* * * * *             * * * * * 23 
* * * * * Department of Natural Resources * * * * * 24 
* * * * *             * * * * * 25 
Agriculture 3,200,000 3,200,000 26 
 Agricultural Development 3,200,000 27 
* * * * *            * * * * * 28 
* * * * * Department of Revenue * * * * * 29 
* * * * *            * * * * * 30 
Taxation and Treasury 536,200 536,200 31 
 Alaska Retirement  512,900 32 
 Management Board 33  1 Appropriation General Other 
2 Allocations Items Funds Funds 
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 Permanent Fund Dividend  23,300 3 
 Division 4 
* * * * *                                * * * * * 5 
* * * * * Department of Transportation and Public Facilities * * * * * 6 
* * * * *                                * * * * * 7 
Highways, Aviation and Facilities 620,400 620,400 8 
 Central Region Highways  165,700 9 
 and Aviation 10 
 Northern Region Highways  454,700 11 
 and Aviation 12 
* * * * *            * * * * * 13 
* * * * * University of Alaska * * * * * 14 
* * * * *            * * * * * 15 
University of Alaska 133,010,000 -28,600,000 161,610,000 16 
 Systemwide Services 15,520,000 17 
 Anchorage Campus 2,790,000 18 
 Fairbanks Campus 114,480,000 19 
 Juneau Campus 220,000 20 
* * * * *            * * * * * 21 
* * * * * Judiciary * * * * * 22 
* * * * *            * * * * * 23 
Alaska Court System   24 
 Trial Courts 0 25 
(SECTION 2 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON THE NEXT PAGE) 26   
 
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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 Commerce, Community, and Economic Development 4 
 1002 Federal Receipts  30,000 5 
     * * * Total Agency Funding * * *  $30,000 6 
Department of Corrections 7 
 1004 Unrestricted General Fund Receipts  4,100,000 8 
     * * * Total Agency Funding * * *  $4,100,000 9 
Department of Education and Early Development 10 
 1226 Alaska Higher Education Investment Fund  975,000 11 
     * * * Total Agency Funding * * *  $975,000 12 
Department of Fish and Game 13 
 1108 Statutory Designated Program Receipts  50,000 14 
     * * * Total Agency Funding * * *  $50,000 15 
Department of Health 16 
 1002 Federal Receipts  222,499,000 17 
 1003 General Fund Match  14,200,000 18 
     * * * Total Agency Funding * * *  $236,699,000 19 
Department of Labor and Workforce Development 20 
 1004 Unrestricted General Fund Receipts  888,600 21 
     * * * Total Agency Funding * * *  $888,600 22 
Department of Natural Resources 23 
 1002 Federal Receipts  3,200,000 24 
     * * * Total Agency Funding * * *  $3,200,000 25 
Department of Revenue 26 
 1017 Group Health and Life Benefits Fund  182,000 27 
 1029 Public Employees Retirement Trust Fund  203,000 28 
 1034 Teachers Retirement Trust Fund  116,800 29 
 1042 Judicial Retirement System  11,100 30 
 1050 Permanent Fund Dividend Fund  23,300 31   
 
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     * * * Total Agency Funding * * *  $536,200 1 
Department of Transportation and Public Facilities 2 
 1244 Rural Airport Receipts  620,400 3 
     * * * Total Agency Funding * * *  $620,400 4 
University of Alaska 5 
 1048 University of Alaska Restricted Receipts  -28,600,000 6 
 1108 Statutory Designated Program Receipts  79,110,000 7 
 1174 University of Alaska Intra-Agency Transfers  82,500,000 8 
     * * * Total Agency Funding * * *  $133,010,000 9 
Judiciary 10 
 1004 Unrestricted General Fund Receipts  10,586,300 11 
 1271 ARPA Revenue Replacement  -10,586,300 12 
     * * * Total Agency Funding * * *  $0 13 
* * * Total Budget * * *  $380,109,200 14 
(SECTION 3 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON THE NEXT PAGE) 15   
 
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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 14,200,000 5 
 1004 Unrestricted General Fund Receipts 15,574,900 6 
 1271 ARPA Revenue Replacement -10,586,300 7 
 * * * Total Unrestricted General Funds * * *  $19,188,600 8 
Designated General Funds 9 
 1048 University of Alaska Restricted Receipts -28,600,000 10 
 1226 Alaska Higher Education Investment Fund 975,000 11 
 * * * Total Designated General Funds * * *  $-27,625,000 12 
Other Non-Duplicated Funds 13 
 1017 Group Health and Life Benefits Fund 182,000 14 
 1029 Public Employees Retirement Trust Fund 203,000 15 
 1034 Teachers Retirement Trust Fund 116,800 16 
 1042 Judicial Retirement System 11,100 17 
 1108 Statutory Designated Program Receipts 79,160,000 18 
 1244 Rural Airport Receipts 620,400 19 
 * * * Total Other Non-Duplicated Funds * * *  $80,293,300 20 
Other Duplicated Funds 21 
 1050 Permanent Fund Dividend Fund 23,300 22 
 1174 University of Alaska Intra-Agency Transfers 82,500,000 23 
 * * * Total Other Duplicated Funds * * *  $82,523,300 24 
Federal Receipts 25 
 1002 Federal Receipts 225,729,000 26 
 * * * Total Federal Receipts * * *  $225,729,000 27 
* * * Total Budget * * *  $380,109,200 28 
(SECTION 4 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON THE NEXT PAGE) 29   
 
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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 
* * * * *                                         * * * * * 6 
* * * * * Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development * * * * * 7 
* * * * *                                         * * * * * 8 
Administrative Systems Updates (HD 1- 628,700 628,700 9 
 40) 10 
Leased Warehouse Repairs and  100,000 100,000 11 
 Improvements (HD 1-40) 12 
Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation  4,277,767 4,277,767  13 
 Commission Risk Based Data  14 
 Management System Upgrade (HD 1-40) 15 
Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation  40,000,000 40,000,000 16 
 Commission Orphaned Well Performance  17 
 Grants (HD 1-40) 18 
Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation  25,000,000 25,000,000 19 
 Commission Orphaned Well Formula  20 
 Grants (HD 1-40) 21 
* * * * *                          * * * * * 22 
* * * * * Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs * * * * * 23 
* * * * *                          * * * * * 24 
Flood Mitigation for Acquisition of High  2,500,000 2,500,000 25 
 Hazard Areas in the Matanuska-Susitna  26 
 Borough (HD 9-24) 27 
* * * * *             * * * * * 28 
* * * * * Department of Natural Resources * * * * * 29 
* * * * *             * * * * * 30 
National Recreational Trails Federal Grant  600,000 600,000 31  1 Appropriation General Other 
2 Allocations Items Funds Funds 
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 Program (HD 1-40) 3 
* * * * *                                * * * * * 4 
* * * * * Department of Transportation and Public Facilities * * * * * 5 
* * * * *                                * * * * * 6 
Alaska Marine Highway System Vessel  6,500,000 6,500,000  7 
 Overhaul, Annual Certification and  8 
 Shoreside Facilities Rehabilitation (HD 1-40) 9 
(SECTION 5 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON THE NEXT PAGE) 10   
 
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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  65,000,000 5 
 1162 Alaska Oil & Gas Conservation Commission   4,277,767 6 
 Receipts 7 
 1219 Emerging Energy Technology Fund  728,700 8 
     * * * Total Agency Funding * * *  $70,006,467 9 
Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs 10 
 1002 Federal Receipts  2,500,000 11 
     * * * Total Agency Funding * * *  $2,500,000 12 
Department of Natural Resources 13 
 1002 Federal Receipts  600,000 14 
     * * * Total Agency Funding * * *  $600,000 15 
Department of Transportation and Public Facilities 16 
 1076 Alaska Marine Highway System Fund  6,500,000 17 
     * * * Total Agency Funding * * *  $6,500,000 18 
* * * Total Budget * * *  $79,606,467 19 
(SECTION 6 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON THE NEXT PAGE) 20   
 
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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 
 * * * Total Unrestricted General Funds * * *  $0 5 
Designated General Funds 6 
 1076 Alaska Marine Highway System Fund 6,500,000 7 
 1162 Alaska Oil & Gas Conservation Commission  4,277,767 8 
 Receipts 9 
 * * * Total Designated General Funds * * *  $10,777,767 10 
Other Non-Duplicated Funds 11 
 * * * Total Other Non-Duplicated Funds * * *  $0 12 
Other Duplicated Funds 13 
 1219 Emerging Energy Technology Fund 728,700 14 
 * * * Total Other Duplicated Funds * * *  $728,700 15 
Federal Receipts 16 
 1002 Federal Receipts 68,100,000 17 
 * * * Total Federal Receipts * * *  $68,100,000 18 
* * * Total Budget * * *  $79,606,467 19 
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   * Sec. 7. ALASKA HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION. (a) Section 14(b), ch. 1, 1 
SSSLA 2021, as amended by sec. 20, ch. 1, FSSLA 2023, and sec. 11(a), ch. 7, SLA 2024, is 2 
amended to read: 3 
(b)  The amount of federal receipts received for the support of rental relief, 4 
homeless programs, or other housing programs provided under federal stimulus 5 
legislation, estimated to be $131,000,000 [$127,000,000], is appropriated to the 6 
Alaska Housing Finance Corporation for that purpose for the fiscal years ending 7 
June 30, 2021, June 30, 2022, June 30, 2023, June 30, 2024, [AND] June 30, 2025, 8 
and June 30, 2026. 9 
(b)  Section 60(g), ch. 11, SLA 2022, as amended by sec. 11(b), ch. 7, SLA 2024, is 10 
amended to read: 11 
(g) Designated program receipts under AS 37.05.146(b)(3) received by the 12 
Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, estimated to be $40,000,000, for administration 13 
of housing and energy programs on behalf of a municipality, tribal housing authority, 14 
or other third party are appropriated to the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation for 15 
the fiscal years ending June 30, 2023, June 30, 2024, [AND] June 30, 2025, and 16 
June 30, 2026. 17 
   * Sec. 8. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. Section 60(d), ch. 1, SSSLA 2021, as amended by 18 
secs. 23(b) and 67(x), ch. 11, SLA 2022, is amended to read: 19 
(d) The sum of $40,000,000 is appropriated from federal receipts received 20 
from sec. 9901, P.L. 117-2 (Subtitle M—Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery 21 
Funds, American Rescue Plan Act of 2021) to the Department of Health, division of 22 
public health, emergency programs, for responding to public health matters arising 23 
from COVID-19 for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2023, June 30, 2024, [AND] 24 
June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026, and June 30, 2027. 25 
   * Sec. 9. DEPARTMENT OF LAW.  (a)  The sum of $4,000,000 is appropriated from the 26 
general fund to the Department of Law, civil division, special litigation and appeals, for the 27 
purpose of ongoing litigation brought by A Better Childhood Inc., for the fiscal years ending 28 
June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026, and June 30, 2027.  29 
(b)  The sum of $2,756,227 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of 30 
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and settlements against the state for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025. 1 
   * Sec. 10. OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR. The unexpended and unobligated balance on 2 
June 30, 2025, of the Alaska capital income fund (AS 37.05.565) is appropriated to the Office 3 
of the Governor for statewide critical deferred maintenance, renovation, and repair. 4 
   * Sec. 11. DEBT AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.  (a) Section 47(g), ch. 7, SLA 2024, is 5 
amended to read: 6 
(g)  The following amounts are appropriated to the state bond committee from 7 
the specified sources, and for the stated purposes, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 8 
2025: 9 
(1) the amount necessary for payment of debt service and accrued 10 
interest on outstanding State of Alaska general obligation bonds, series 2010A, 11 
estimated to be $0 [$2,229,468], from the amount received from the United States 12 
Treasury as a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Build 13 
America Bond credit payments due on the series 2010A general obligation bonds; 14 
(2) the amount necessary for payment of debt service and accrued 15 
interest on outstanding State of Alaska general obligation bonds, series 2010A, after 16 
the payment made in (1) of this subsection, estimated to be $0 [$6,754,939], from the 17 
general fund for that purpose; 18 
(3) the amount necessary for payment of debt service and accrued 19 
interest on outstanding State of Alaska general obligation bonds, series 2010B, 20 
estimated to be $2,259,773, from the amount received from the United States Treasury 21 
as a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Qualified School 22 
Construction Bond interest subsidy payments due on the series 2010B general 23 
obligation bonds; 24 
(4) the amount necessary for payment of debt service and accrued 25 
interest on outstanding State of Alaska general obligation bonds, series 2010B, after 26 
the payment made in (3) of this subsection, estimated to be $2,403,900, from the 27 
general fund for that purpose; 28 
(5) the amount necessary for payment of debt service and accrued 29 
interest on outstanding State of Alaska general obligation bonds, series 2013A, 30 
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as a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Qualified School 1 
Construction Bond interest subsidy payments due on the series 2013A general 2 
obligation bonds; 3 
(6) the amount necessary for payment of debt service and accrued 4 
interest on outstanding State of Alaska general obligation bonds, series 2013A, after 5 
the payments made in (5) of this subsection, estimated to be $460,839, from the 6 
general fund for that purpose; 7 
(7) the amount necessary for payment of debt service and accrued 8 
interest on outstanding State of Alaska general obligation bonds, series 2015B, 9 
estimated to be $11,461,500 [$11,966,500], from the general fund for that purpose; 10 
(8) the amount necessary for payment of debt service and accrued 11 
interest on outstanding State of Alaska general obligation bonds, series 2016A, 12 
estimated to be $9,358,000 [$10,381,125], from the general fund for that purpose; 13 
(9) the amount necessary for payment of debt service and accrued 14 
interest on outstanding State of Alaska general obligation bonds, series 2016B, 15 
estimated to be $9,579,375 [$10,304,125], from the general fund for that purpose; 16 
(10)  the sum of $511,245 from the investment earnings on the bond 17 
proceeds deposited in the capital project funds for the series 2020A general obligation 18 
bonds, for payment of debt service and accrued interest on outstanding State of Alaska 19 
general obligation bonds, series 2020A; 20 
(11) the amount necessary for payment of debt service and accrued 21 
interest on outstanding State of Alaska general obligation bonds, series 2020A, after 22 
the payment made in (10) of this subsection, estimated to be $6,526,505, from the 23 
general fund for that purpose; 24 
(12) the amount necessary for payment of debt service and accrued 25 
interest on outstanding State of Alaska general obligation bonds, series 2023A, 26 
estimated to be $18,384,000, from the general fund for that purpose; 27 
(13)  the amount necessary for payment of trustee fees on outstanding 28 
State of Alaska general obligation bonds, series 2010A, 2010B, 2013A, 2015B, 29 
2016A, 2016B, 2020A, and 2023A, estimated to be $3,450, from the general fund for 30 
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(14)  the amount necessary for the purpose of authorizing payment to 1 
the United States Treasury for arbitrage rebate and payment of tax penalties on 2 
outstanding State of Alaska general obligation bonds, estimated to be $50,000, from 3 
the general fund for that purpose; 4 
(15) if the proceeds of state general obligation bonds issued are 5 
temporarily insufficient to cover costs incurred on projects approved for funding with 6 
these proceeds, the amount necessary to prevent this cash deficiency, from the general 7 
fund, contingent on repayment to the general fund as soon as additional state general 8 
obligation bond proceeds have been received by the state; and 9 
(16)  if the amount necessary for payment of debt service and accrued 10 
interest on outstanding State of Alaska general obligation bonds exceeds the amounts 11 
appropriated in this subsection, the additional amount necessary to pay the obligations, 12 
from the general fund for that purpose; 13 
(17)  the amount necessary for payment of debt service and 14 
accrued interest on outstanding State of Alaska general obligation bonds, series 15 
2024A, estimated to be $3,623,467, from the general fund for that purpose; 16 
(18)  the amount necessary for payment of debt service and 17 
accrued interest on outstanding State of Alaska general obligation bonds, series 18 
2024B, estimated to be $1,912,228, from the general fund for that purpose. 19 
   * Sec. 12. FUND CAPITALIZATION. The unexpended and unobligated balance, estimated 20 
to be $3,000,000, of the appropriation made in sec. 4, ch. 7, SLA 2020, page 9, lines 20 - 21 21 
(Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, earthquake relief - federally ineligible 22 
costs - $3,000,000), is reappropriated to the disaster relief fund (AS 26.23.300). 23 
   * Sec. 13.  Section 1, ch. 8, SLA 2024, page 14, lines 5 - 7, is repealed. 24 
   * Sec. 14. LAPSE OF APPROPRIATIONS. (a) The appropriation made in sec. 12 of this 25 
Act is for the capitalization of a fund and does not lapse.  26 
(b)  The appropriations made in secs. 4 and 10 of this Act are for capital projects and 27 
lapse under AS 37.25.020. 28 
   * Sec. 15. RETROACTIVITY. If this Act takes effect after June 30, 2025, this Act is 29 
retroactive to July 1, 2024. 30 
   * Sec. 16.  This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c). 31