Alaska SB 56: An Act extending the January 15, 2021, governor's declaration of a public health disaster emergency in response to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic; providing for a financing plan; making temporary changes to state law in response to the COVID-19 outbreak in the following areas: occupational and professional licensing, practice, and billing; telehealth; fingerprinting requirements for health care providers; charitable gaming and online ticket sales; access to federal stabilization funds; wills; unfair or deceptive trade practices; and meetings of shareholders; and providing for an effective date.

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SENATE BILL NO. 56

IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA

THIRTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION

BY THE SENATE RULES COMMITTEE BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR

Introduced: 1/24/25
Referred: Finance

A BILL

FOR AN ACT ENTITLED

"An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses of state 1
government and for certain programs; capitalizing funds; amending appropriations; 2
making supplemental appropriations; making reappropriations; making appropriations 3
under art. IX, sec. 17(c), Constitution of the State of Alaska, from the constitutional 4
budget reserve fund; and providing for an effective date." 5
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 6
(SECTION 1 OF THIS ACT BEGINS ON PAGE 2)7

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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 2026 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, 2025 and ending June 30, 2026, unless otherwise indicated. 4
At the discretion of the Office of Management and Budget, up to $5,000,000 may be 5
transferred among appropriations within a department to address agency annual facility 6
operations, annual maintenance and repair, and periodic renewal and replacement of public 7
buildings and facilities as outlined in AS 37.07.020(e). 8
Appropriation General Other 9
Allocations Items Funds Funds 10
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* * * * * Department of Administration * * * * * 12
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Centralized Administrative Services 106,034,000 12,092,200 93,941,800 14
The amount appropriated by this appropriation includes the unexpended and unobligated 15
balance on June 30, 2025, of inter-agency receipts collected in the Department of 16
Administration's federally approved cost allocation plans. 17
Office of Administrative 3,540,100 18
Hearings 19
Facilities Rent Non-State 1,131,800 20
Owned 21
Office of the Commissioner 1,743,100 22
Administrative Services 3,217,600 23
Finance 25,085,400 24
The amount allocated for Finance includes the unexpended and unobligated balance on 25
June 30, 2025, of program receipts from credit card rebates. 26
Personnel 13,076,900 27
The amount allocated for the Division of Personnel for the Americans with Disabilities Act 28
includes the unexpended and unobligated balance on June 30, 2025, of inter-agency receipts 29
collected for cost allocation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. 30
Retirement and Benefits 22,522,700 31

1 Appropriation General Other
2 Allocations Items Funds Funds
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Of the amount appropriated in this allocation, up to $500,000 of budget authority may be 3
transferred between the following fund codes: Group Health and Life Benefits Fund 1017, 4
Public Employees Retirement Trust Fund 1029, Teachers Retirement Trust Fund 1034, 5
Judicial Retirement System 1042, National Guard Retirement System 1045. 6
Health Plans Administration 35,678,900 7
Labor Agreements 37,500 8
Miscellaneous Items 9
Shared Services of Alaska 17,295,900 9,325,400 7,970,500 10
The amount appropriated by this appropriation includes the unexpended and unobligated 11
balance on June 30, 2025, of inter-agency receipts and general fund program receipts 12
collected in the Department of Administration's federally approved cost allocation plans, 13
which includes receipts collected by Shared Services of Alaska in connection with its debt 14
collection activities. 15
Office of Procurement and 4,805,300 16
Property Management 17
Accounting 10,106,600 18
Print Services 2,384,000 19
State Facilities Maintenance and 506,200 506,200 20
Operations 21
Facilities Rent State 506,200 22
Owned 23
Public Communications Services 879,500 779,500 100,000 24
Satellite Infrastructure 879,500 25
Office of Information Technology 64,602,800 64,602,800 26
Helpdesk & Enterprise 4,896,300 27
Support 28
Information Technology 5,487,800 29
Strategic Support 30
Licensing, Infrastructure & 44,088,300 31
Servers 32
Chief Information Officer 10,130,400 33

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2 Allocations Items Funds Funds
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Risk Management 35,157,700 35,157,700 3
Risk Management 35,157,700 4
The amount appropriated by this appropriation includes the unexpended and unobligated 5
balance on June 30, 2025, of inter-agency receipts collected in the Department of 6
Administration's federally approved cost allocation plan. 7
Legal and Advocacy Services 83,419,300 81,498,500 1,920,800 8
Office of Public Advocacy 40,612,100 9
Public Defender Agency 42,807,200 10
Alaska Public Offices Commission 1,272,500 1,272,500 11
Alaska Public Offices 1,272,500 12
Commission 13
Motor Vehicles 20,903,200 20,313,000 590,200 14
Motor Vehicles 20,903,200 15
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* * * * * Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic