AS Title 37, Chapter 5: Fiscal Procedures Act

Chapter 05. Fiscal Procedures Act. Article 1. Administration. Sec. 37.05.010. Bond of commissioner of administration. The commissioner of administration, before entering upon official duties, shall execute a good and sufficient bond in the sum of $10,000 payable to the state, conditioned upon the faithful performance of duties imposed by law. The premium on each bond shall be paid in the same manner as other expenses of the department. Sec. 37.05.020. Regulations. The Department of Administration shall adopt regulations for the performance of its powers or duties, the execution of its business, and its relations to and business with other state agencies. Sec. 37.05.030. Financial reports and statements. [Repealed, § 19 ch 6 SLA 1998.] Sec. 37.05.035. Annual state loan reports. Each state agency that makes or purchases a loan shall prepare an annual report of the aggregate of all loans, by type, made or purchased by the state agency during the preceding fiscal year. The report must include the estimated rate of interest that would have been charged if the loan had been made or purchased at prevailing market rates and must include the difference between the return on the loan that would have been realized under that estimated rate of interest and the return on the loans under the interest rate actually charged. In the absence of a prevailing market rate in the state, the state agency shall use a rate that, in the judgment of the agency, is comparable to a prevailing market rate. The report must also include an analysis of the income groups benefited under the loan programs. By January 30 of each year the state agency shall notify the legislature that the report prepared under this section is available. Sec. 37.05.040. Legal custody of records. The commissioner has the legal custody of all records, memoranda, writing, entries, prints, representations, or combinations of them, of any act, transaction, occurrence, or event of the department. Sec. 37.05.050. Federal funds. Federal funds received by an agency shall be deposited in the state treasury and disbursed in the same manner as other state money. Federal funds are subject to the fiscal controls imposed by this chapter, except where federal laws or regulations prevent the funds from being deposited, appropriated, allocated, accounted for, or expended as provided by this chapter and other laws not inconsistent with this chapter. Secs. 37.05.060 — 37.05.120. [Repealed, § 3 ch 188 SLA 1970.] Article 2. Uniform Accounting. Sec. 37.05.130. General powers. The Department of Administration is responsible for all accounts and purchases. Sec. 37.05.140. Accounting system. (a) The Department of Administration shall maintain centralized accounting records that include the general and controlling accounts of the state. The state agencies shall prepare and transmit the documents prescribed by the department and shall submit the reports and statements required in order to carry out this chapter. Statistical or cost accounts related to the control accounts may be maintained by the department or by the agency as determined by the department, after consultation with the head of the agency concerned. Duplicate accounting records may not be maintained, except in the office of the Department of Administration as it directs. (b) [Repealed, § 18 ch 9 SLA 1994.] (c) [Repealed, § 18 ch 9 SLA 1994.] (d) The Department of Administration, after consultation with the head of the agency concerned, may decide not to maintain all or any part of the accounting records for an agency if the department finds that to do so would result in an appreciable loss of federal grant-in-aid funds to defray the administrative costs of maintaining the records. Sec. 37.05.142. Accounting for program receipts. The Department of Administration shall establish and maintain separate accounts by program source for all program receipts that state agencies deposit under AS 37.10.050 or under another statute if the program receipts are exempted by law from the deposit requirements of AS 37.10.050 . Sec. 37.05.144. Appropriations based on program receipts. The annual estimated balance in each account maintained under AS 37.05.142 may be used by the legislature to make appropriations to state agencies to administer the programs generating the program receipts, to implement the laws related to the functions generating the program receipts, or to cover costs associated with the collection of the program receipts. Sec. 37.05.146. Definition of program receipts and non-general fund program receipts. (a) In AS 37.05.142 — 37.05.146 and AS 37.07.080 , “program receipts” means fees, charges, income earned on assets, and other state money received by a state agency in connection with the performance of its functions. Unless otherwise provided in this section, program receipts are accounted for within, and appropriated from, the general fund of the state. (b) The program receipts listed in this subsection are accounted for separately, and appropriations from these program receipts are not made from the unrestricted general fund: (1) federal receipts; (2) University of Alaska receipts ( AS 14.40.491 ); (3) designated program receipts; in this paragraph, “designated program receipts” means money received by the state from a source other than the state or federal government that is restricted to a specific use by the terms of a gift, grant, bequest, or contract; (4) receipts of or from the trust established by AS 37.14.400 — 37.14.450, except reimbursements described in AS 37.14.410 ; (5) [Repealed § 1 ch 62 SLA 2018.] (c) The program receipts of the following are accounted for separately, and appropriations from these program receipts are not made from the unrestricted general fund: (1) highways equipment working capital fund ( AS 44.68.210 ); (2) loan funds; (3) international airports revenue fund ( AS 37.15.430 ); (4) corporate receipts earned or managed by a public corporation of the state; (5) fish and game fund ( AS 16.05.100 ); (6) school fund ( AS 43.50.140 ); (7) training and building fund ( AS 23.20.130 ); (8) retirement funds ( AS 14.25 , AS 22.25 , AS 26.05.222 , AS 39.35 , and former AS 39.37 ); (9) permanent fund (art. IX, sec. 15, Alaska Constitution); (10) public school trust fund ( AS 37.14.110 ); (11) second injury fund ( AS 23.30.040 ); (12) fishermen's fund ( AS 23.35.060 ); (13) FICA administration fund ( AS 39.30.050 ); (14) receipts of the employee benefits program established under AS 39.30.150 — 39.30.180; (15) receipts of the deferred compensation program established under AS 39.45 ; (16) clean air protection fund ( AS 46.14.260 ); (17) receipts of the group insurance programs established under AS 39.30.090 ; (18) mental health trust fund ( AS 37.14.031 ); (19) Alaska children's trust ( AS 37.14.200 ); (20) commercial fisheries test fishing operations ( AS 16.05.050 (a)(14)); (21) Regulatory Commission of Alaska under AS 42.05 , AS 42.06 , and AS 42.08 ; (22) Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission under AS 31.05 ; (23) receipts of the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development under AS 08.01.065 and from fines and penalties collected in licensing and disciplinary actions for occupations under AS 08.01.010 ; (24) receipts from the seafood marketing assessment under AS 16.51.120 — 16.51.170, and receipts of the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute; (25) the administrative cost charge under AS 44.33.113 for the state's role in the federal community development quota program; (26) dive fishery management assessment receipts ( AS 43.76.150 ), salmon fishery assessment receipts ( AS 43.76.220 ), and permit buy-back assessment receipts ( AS 43.76.300 ); (27) process service fees collected by the Department of Public Safety; (28) Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission under AS 16.05.490 , 16.05.530, and AS 16.43 ; (29) receipts of the Alaska Vocational Technical Center; (30) Alaska Pioneers' Home and Alaska Veterans' Home care and support receipts under AS 47.55.030 ; (31) receipts of the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities from tolls charged for use of the Whittier Tunnel; (32) receipts of the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, division of insurance, from license fees and fees for services; (33) receipts of the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development from its functions relating to banking, securities, and corporations; (34) receipts of the Department of Corrections from the electronic prisoner monitoring program under AS 33.30.065 (d); (35) receipts of the Department of Corrections from the operation of community residential centers; (36) receipts of the Alaska Police Standards Council; (37) receipts of the Department of Public Safety from fees for fire and life safety plan checks under AS 18.70.080 (b); (38) receipts of the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities from the measurement standards and commercial vehicle enforcement program; (39) receipts of the Department of Education and Early Development for teacher certification under AS 14.20.020 ; (40) receipts of the Professional Teaching Practices Commission from professional certification fees; (41) receipts of the Department of Corrections from the inmate telephone system; (42) receipts of the Department of Public Safety from the Alaska automated fingerprint system under AS 44.41.025 (b); (43) receipts of the Department of Administration from the boat registration and titling program under AS 05.25.096 ; (44) state land disposal program ( AS 38.04.022 ); (45) shore fisheries development lease program account ( AS 38.05.082 (f)); (46) timber receipts account ( AS 38.05.110 ); (47) workers' safety and compensation administration account ( AS 23.05.067 ); (48) receipts of fees for recording and related services of the Department of Natural Resources ( AS 40.17.030 (a)(10), 40.17.070; AS 44.37.025 (b), 44.37.027(c); AS 45.29.303 (b), 45.29.525, and 45.29.619(b)); (49) receipts described in AS 46.03.482 (b)(1) and (2) received under the commercial passenger vessel environmental compliance program; (50) receipts of the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development for fees for business licenses and license endorsements under AS 43.70 ; (51) receipts of fees for certain inspections deposited under AS 05.20.060 , AS 18.60.360 , 18.60.395, 18.60.800, and AS 18.62.030 in the building safety account created under AS 44.31.025 , and receipts of filing fees deposited under AS 18.60.270 (d) in the building safety account created under AS 44.31.025 ; (52) passenger facility charges collected at state-owned and operated airports under Federal Aviation Administration guidelines; (53) money received by the Department of Environmental Conservation from the inspection of food under AS 17.20 ; (54) fees and other charges received by the Department of Natural Resources under AS 41.21.026 ; (55) application and renewal fees received by the Department of Public Safety under AS 18.65.400 — 18.65.490 for licenses for security guards and security guard agencies; (56) fees received by the Department of Public Safety under AS 18.65.700 — 18.65.790 for the issuance, renewal, and replacement of permits to carry concealed handguns; (57) charges, rentals, and fees for airport or air navigation facility contracts, leases, and other arrangements under AS 02.15.020 and 02.15.090; (58) fees for utility facility permits under AS 02.15.102 , encroachment permits under AS 02.15.106 , utility right-of-way permits under AS 19.25.010 , and utility facility permits under AS 35.10.210 ; (59) recoveries of repair costs for damage to highway fixtures; (60) vehicle registration fees collected under AS 28.10.421 and other fees and charges collected under AS 28.10.441 ; (61) fees for drivers' licenses, drivers' permits, renewals, and driver skills tests collected under AS 28.15.271 ; (62) user fees and other fees collected by the Department of Education and Early Development under AS 14.57.010 ; (63) student tuition and other fees related to schools that are operated by the state and collected under AS 14.07.030 ; (64) receipts of fees for registration and renewal of registration for the sale of business opportunities under AS 45.66.040 ; (65) emission control permit receipts account ( AS 46.14.265 ); (66) workers' compensation benefits guaranty fund ( AS 23.30.082 ); (67) receipts of the Department of Environmental Conservation from the registration of pesticides and broadcast chemicals and the licensing of pesticide applicators under AS 44.46.025 ; (68) proceeds from prison employment, including deductions from prisoner wages for the cost of confinement under AS 33.30.201 (b) and forfeited wages under AS 33.30.201 (e); (69) fees collected under AS 18.74.080 ; (70) civil legal services fund under AS 37.05.590 ; (71) donations to the anatomical gift awareness fund under AS 13.50.150 ; (72) crime victim compensation fund ( AS 18.67.162 ); (73) gifts, donations, and grants received by the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs for the purpose of establishing and maintaining Alaska veterans' cemeteries under AS 26.10.030 and AS 44.35.035 (b); (74) fines imposed and collected under AS 12.55.035 ; (75) the vaccine assessment fund under AS 18.09.230 ; (76) fees collected by the Department of Natural Resources, division of geological and geophysical surveys, under AS 41.08.045 ; (77) the following fees, receipts, income, and monetary recoveries collected by the Department of Health: (A) receipts of the Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics; (B) monetary recoveries of Medicaid expenditures from recipients, third parties, and providers under AS 47 ; (C) the state's share of overpayments collected under AS 47.05.080 ; (D) fees received or collected under AS 44.29.022 for nursing and planning services provided at health centers, genetic screening clinics and specialty clinics, the certification of x-ray machines, the alcohol safety action program, and other public health programs and services; (E) fees received under AS 18.08.080 for the certification or licensure of emergency medical technicians, emergency medical dispatchers, mobile intensive care paramedics, and emergency medical technician instructors; (F) fees received by entities listed under AS 47.32.010 (b); (G) the state's share of child support collections for reimbursement of the cost of the Alaska temporary assistance program as provided under AS 25.27.120 , 25.27.130, and AS 47.27.040 ; and (H) monetary recoveries under AS 09.58 (Alaska Medical Assistance False Claim and Reporting Act); (78) fees collected by the Department of Natural Resources under AS 03.05.010 (d); (79) civil penalties collected under AS 30.30.015 , money received from the sale of vessels under AS 30.30 , and donations and other receipts deposited to the derelict vessel prevention program fund under AS 30.30.096 ; (80) the following fees, receipts, income, and monetary recoveries collected by the Department of Family and Community Services: (A) income received from a state or federal agency for children in foster care under AS 47.14.100 ; (B) fees received by entities listed under AS 47.32.010 (c); (81) Alaska arts and cultural investment fund ( AS 44.27.059 ); (82) fees collected by the Department of Fish and Game under AS 16.10.400 ; (83) fees collected by the Department of Fish and Game under AS 16.12.010 ; (84) gifts, donations, and grants received by the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities under AS 44.42.060 ; (85) revenue from the carbon offset program under AS 38.95.400 — 38.95.499. (86) carbon dioxide storage facility administrative fund ( AS 41.06.160 ); (87) carbon storage closure trust fund ( AS 37.14.850 ). Sec. 37.05.150. Funds and accounts. The accounting system shall be in accordance with accepted principles of governmental (fund) accounting and shall include both budgetary and property accounts. The system must provide records showing at all times by funds, accounts, and other pertinent classifications the amounts appropriated, the estimated revenue, actual revenue or receipts, the amounts available for expenditure, the total expenditures, the unliquidated obligations, actual balances on hand, and the unencumbered balances of appropriations for each state agency. Sec. 37.05.151. [Renumbered as AS 37.05.500 .] Sec. 37.05.152. [Renumbered as AS 37.05.510 .] Sec. 37.05.153. [Renumbered as AS 37.05.520 .] Sec. 37.05.156. [Renumbered as AS 37.05.540 .] Secs. 37.05.157 , 37.05.158. Reserve for capital outlay account; reserve for energy facilities development account. [Repealed, § 62 ch 14 SLA 1987.] Sec. 37.05.159. Reserve for emergency operating expenses account. [Repealed, § 2 ch 58 SLA 1986.] Sec. 37.05.160. Property records. The Department of Administration shall direct the use of inventory records by all state agencies to show all fixed and movable property of the state. The records must be based on a physical inventory and charged with all subsequent purchases and shall be reduced by all property traded in, condemned, or disposed of. The accuracy of the property record shall be verified periodically by actual inspection of the property by the department. The state agencies may be required to take physical inventory of properties annually and at other times as the department directs. Sec. 37.05.165. Petty cash accounts. The Department of Administration shall determine the amount of the petty cash accounts needed by each state agency and inspect the petty cash accounts at least once each year to determine that the total plus amounts of receipts for unreplenished disbursements is equal to the fixed sum of cash set aside. Shortages in petty cash accounts are a personal liability of the responsible head of the agency to whom the account is set aside. The department shall adopt necessary regulations governing use and replenishment of petty cash funds. Sec. 37.05.170. Restrictions on payments and obligations. Payment may not be made and obligations may not be incurred against a fund unless the Department of Administration certifies that its records disclose that there is a sufficient unencumbered balance available in the fund and that an appropriation or expenditure authorization has been made for the purpose for which it is intended to incur the obligation. Sec. 37.05.180. Limitation on payment of warrants. A warrant upon the state treasury may not be paid unless presented at the office of the commissioner of revenue within six months of the date of its issuance. A warrant not presented within that time is presumed abandoned, except where the warrant is for the payment of a permanent fund dividend or a benefit payment or refund under AS 14.25 , AS 22.25 , AS 26.05 , AS 39.30 , AS 39.35 , former AS 39.37 , or AS 39.45 . Money held for an abandoned warrant shall be delivered to the custody of the Department of Revenue to be administered as unclaimed property under AS 34.45 . Sec. 37.05.190. Pre-audit of claims. (a) The Department of Administration shall examine and audit every receipt, account, bill, claim, refund, and demand on the funds in the state treasury arising from activities carried on by state agencies. It shall determine whether or not the obligation is incurred in accordance with laws and regulations adopted under authority of law, and that the amount is correct and is unpaid. (b) The department may not approve for payment an account, bill, claim, refund, or demand on funds in the state treasury unless the claim is ordered by act of the legislature or is contracted against the state by an authorized officer or agent of the state. Sec. 37.05.200. Pre-audit of receipts. The Department of Revenue shall transmit to the Department of Administration copies of receipt documents showing all receipts received by the Department of Revenue. The receipt documents shall be audited, examined, and the amounts entered in the proper accounts in the records of the Department of Administration. The Department of Administration may adopt regulations to establish the system for providing current receipt documents. Sec. 37.05.210. Fiscal reporting and statistics. (a) The Department of Administration shall (1) file with the governor and with the legislative auditor before December 16 of each year a report of the financial transactions of the preceding fiscal year and of the financial condition of the state as of the end of that year, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and audited by the legislative auditor in accordance with generally accepted audit standards, with comments and supplementary data that the Department of Administration considers necessary; this report shall be printed for the information of the legislature and the public and shall be made available to the public on the Internet website established under AS 37.05.215 ; (2) compile statistics necessary for the budget and other statistics required by the governor; (3) file a travel and compensation report with the legislature by January 31 of each year containing detailed information for the previous calendar year of the salaries, per diem, travel expenses, relocation expenses, and any additional allowances for (A) the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the chiefs of staff of the governor and lieutenant governor; (B) the president and vice-president of the University of Alaska and the chancellors of the individual campuses of the university; (C) the commissioners or other executive heads of the principal departments in the executive branch of state government, and the deputy commissioners and division directors in those departments; and (D) the executive heads of public corporations created by law, including the Alaska Railroad Corporation. (b) By January 21 of each year, the University of Alaska and each public corporation shall provide the information related to salaries, per diem, travel expenses, relocation expenses, and any additional allowances to the Department of Administration in the form and manner prescribed by the department. Sec. 37.05.215. State financial transactions Internet website. (a) The Department of Administration shall develop, operate, and maintain a searchable Internet website that is accessible to the public at no cost and that provides financial information available from the central accounting system or the annual financial report prepared and filed under AS 37.05.210 (a)(1), describing (1) unaudited state revenue for the preceding month, including (A) a receipt or deposit by a state agency into a fund or account established within the state treasury; (B) proceeds from taxes received, categorized by source type, including a compulsory contribution imposed by the state for the purpose of financing services; (C) state agency earnings, including amounts collected for sales or services, licenses or permits issued, or otherwise received by a state agency under the agency's regulations; (D) revenue received for the use of state money or property, including interest and lease payments; (E) gifts, donations, and federal receipts; and (F) other revenue; (2) unaudited expenditures for the preceding month, including (A) the name and location of any person to whom payment was made; (B) the amount of the expenditure disbursed; (C) the type of transaction, by account code, including the purpose of the expenditure; (D) other information specified by the Department of Administration; (3) the estimated balances, for the preceding month, of the statutory budget reserve fund ( AS 37.05.540 ), the constitutional budget reserve fund (art. IX, sec. 17, Constitution of the State of Alaska), and the permanent fund earnings reserve account ( AS 37.13.145 ); (4) the amount deposited into the permanent fund under art. IX, sec 15, Constitution of the State of Alaska for the preceding fiscal year; (5) state revenue and expenditures, summarized for the preceding fiscal year, as follows: (A) general fund revenue sources; (B) general fund expenditures categorized by function; (C) general fund expenditures categorized by state agency; (D) general fund expenditures categorized by account; and (E) total general fund revenue versus expenditures; (6) total assets versus liabilities at the end of the fiscal year; and (7) for the preceding 10 years, by fiscal year, the following: (A) the number of full-time, part-time, and temporary employees employed by the state, by state agency; (B) the number of independent contractors engaged by the state, by state agency; (C) the total long-term debt owed by the state, by state agency; (D) total general fund expenditures; and (E) total general fund payroll, by state agency. (b) The Department of Administration shall update the information described in (a)(1) — (3) of this section on the Internet website on a monthly basis and the information described in (a)(4) — (7) of this section on an annual basis. To the extent practicable, information on the website should be sorted by state agency, accounting category, accounting code, recipient, purpose, amount, and date. The Department of Administration shall maintain and store the information required by this section on the website for at least 10 years. (c) The Internet website described in (a) of this section must include (1) at no cost to the public, reference materials to assist the public in understanding the financial information provided on the website, including a description of the accounting codes used by state agencies; (2) a feature that (A) allows users to search for information on the Internet website by keyword and recipient; (B) provides information related to state service procurement contracts, including name, compensation, contract length, and contract type, on a searchable Internet website and a link to the website; and (C) provides information related to independent contractors engaged by the state, by state agency, including name, compensation, contract length, and contract type, on a searchable Internet website and a link to the website; and (3) a link to the Internet website of the legislative audit division. (d) The Department of Revenue and other state agencies, including a state agency that does not use the central accounting system, shall provide information to the Department of Administration that is necessary to comply with the requirements of this section, including a summary of indirect expenditures. The University of Alaska shall annually provide an audited financial report and a statement of its revenues and expenditures to the Department of Administration for inclusion on the Internet website established under (a) of this section. (e) The description required by (a) of this section must include information that relates to the legislature and the judiciary if the information is available from the central accounting system. (f) Nothing in this section requires disclosure of information that is confidential under state or federal law. However, the Department of Administration shall provide aggregated or summarized information describing confidential revenue and expenditures if the aggregated or summarized information continues to protect confidentiality. (g) In this section, (1) “expenditure” means a payment from the state treasury that is greater than $1,000 and that is made as a grant, subgrant, contract, subcontract, loan, lease, cooperative agreement, purchase order, task order, delivery order, or other form of financial transaction; “expenditure” does not include the transfer of money between state agencies, salary and wage payments to state employees, benefit payments to a member or former member of a state retirement system as defined in AS 40.25.151 (e), payment of state or federal assistance to an individual, or payment of a permanent fund dividend; (2) “searchable Internet website” means an Internet website that allows searching, extracting, compiling, and aggregating information from the data available on the website; (3) “state agency” means a department, office, agency, board, commission, public corporation, or other organizational unit of or created under the executive branch of the state government. Article 3. Payment for State Purchases. Sec. 37.05.220. Purchasing agent. [Repealed, § 67 ch 106 SLA 1986. For current provisions see AS 36.30 .] Sec. 37.05.225. [Renumbered as AS 36.30.180 .] Secs. 37.05.230 — 37.05.280. Competitive bids; contracts; leases. [Repealed, § 67 ch 106 SLA 1986. For current provisions, see AS 36.30 .] Sec. 37.05.285. Payment for state purchases. (a) Payment for purchases of goods or services provided a state agency shall be made by a required payment date that is (1) the date on which payment is due under the terms of a contract; or (2) 30 days after receipt of a proper billing for the amount of the payment due, if a date on which payment is due is not established by contract and if the billing contains or is accompanied by documents required by the contract or purchase order. (b) If a seller offers a discount from the amount otherwise due for property or services in exchange for payment within a specified period of time, the state agency may make payment in an amount equal to the discounted price only if payment is made within the specified period of time. (c) If payment for goods or services purchased by the state is not made on or before a required payment date under (a) of this section, the state shall pay interest on the unpaid balance from the required payment date at the rate of 1.5 percent a month, unless an agreement exists between the seller and the state that establishes a lower rate of interest or precludes the charging of interest. If the interest-bearing period of time is either (1) a fraction of a month or (2) one or more full months plus a fraction of a month, the state agency shall pay the same amount of interest for the fraction of a month as it would pay for a full month. (d) This section does not apply (1) if the cost of the goods or services purchased exceeds $500,000; (2) to payment for specific goods or services in dispute after a seller of goods or services receives notice from the state official responsible for authorizing payment for goods and services that the amount of the invoice or quality of specific goods or services is in dispute and stating the reasons for the dispute; the state agency shall pay for the specific goods or services in dispute within 30 days after resolution of the dispute; or (3) to a contract covered by AS 36.90.200 — 36.90.290. (e) Interest paid under (c) of this section shall be charged to the budget of the state agency that purchased the goods or services. (f) In this section, (1) “dispute” means a determination by the state official responsible for authorizing the payments for the purchase of goods or services that the performance or price charged is not in compliance with the terms of the contract or purchase order; (2) payment is considered made on the date when the payment is personally delivered to the seller or agent of the seller or on the date the payment is mailed; (3) “state agency” has the meaning given in AS 37.05.990 and also includes the legislative and judicial branches. Article 4. Risk Management. Sec. 37.05.287. Insurance for state assets. (a) The Department of Administration shall obtain or provide, in an amount and in the form that the department determines to be appropriate, casualty, property, and other insurance for protection of state assets and for the operation of state government. The department may provide for insurance coverage, in whole or in part, through a self-insurance program. (b) The Department of Administration shall annually review the state insurance program to ensure that, to the extent reasonable, adequate insurance coverage or reserves are maintained to satisfy all reasonably foreseeable claims or judgments for which payment may be due under the state insurance program during the next fiscal year. The department shall annually obtain an independent actuarial assessment of the state insurance program. No later than February 1 of each calendar year, the department shall submit to the presiding officers of each house of the legislature a review of the state insurance program, an independent actuarial assessment, and a certified audit of the state insurance catastrophe reserve account. Sec. 37.05.289. State insurance catastrophe reserve account. (a) There is established in the general fund a state insurance catastrophe reserve account consisting of assets appropriated to it by the legislature, assets allocated to the account by the Department of Administration as provided in this section, and amounts deposited into the account as provided in this section. Assets of the account may be used to obtain insurance, to establish reserves for the self-insurance program, and to satisfy claims or judgments arising under the program. Interest earned on money in the account shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue in accordance with AS 37.10.050 . (b) The Department of Administration may allocate to the state insurance catastrophe reserve account, from the appropriations to all state agencies for insurance-related purposes, an amount that the commissioner of administration determines to be necessary to provide an adequate insurance program for the operations of state government. Money remaining in the account at the end of a fiscal year is not a one-year appropriation under AS 37.25.010 and does not lapse, except for amounts determined by the commissioner of administration to be unnecessary to maintain this account at an appropriate level and not to exceed $50,000,000. If the amount necessary to satisfy claims or judgments for which payment may be due under the state insurance program in a fiscal year exceeds the unexpended balance of the amounts allocated to the account, the department may charge an additional amount from the unencumbered balance of any appropriation that is determined by the commissioner of administration to be available for lapse at the end of the fiscal year. (c) The $50,000,000 cap, set in (b) of this section, on money that may be retained in the state insurance catastrophe reserve account applies only to unobligated money in the account at the end of a fiscal year. (d) Amounts received in settlement of insurance claims or as recovery for losses shall be deposited into the state insurance catastrophe reserve account. Sec. 37.05.290. Purpose of chapter. [Repealed, § 67 ch 106 SLA 1986.] Sec. 37.05.300. [Renumbered as AS 37.05.900 .] Sec. 37.05.305. [Renumbered as AS 37.05.910 .] Sec. 37.05.310. [Renumbered as AS 37.05.920 .] Article 5. Administration of Grants. Sec. 37.05.315. Grants to municipalities. (a) When an amount is appropriated or allocated as a grant to a municipality, the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development shall promptly notify the municipality of the availability of the grant. When the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development receives an agreement executed by the municipality that provides that the municipality (1) will spend the grant for the purposes specified in the appropriation or allocation; (2) will allow, on request, an audit by the state of the uses made of the grant; and (3) assures that, to the extent consistent with the purpose of the appropriation or allocation, the facilities and services provided with the grant will be available for the use of the general public, the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development shall pay the grant directly to the municipality. The agreement executed by a municipality under this section shall be on a form furnished by the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development and shall be executed within 60 days after the effective date of the appropriation or allocation. (b) An appropriation or allocation for a grant to a municipality lapses if substantial, ongoing work on the project has not begun within five years after the effective date of the appropriation or allocation. (c) In accepting a grant of money for construction of a public facility, a municipality covenants with the state that it will operate and maintain the facility for the practical life of the facility and that the municipality will not look to the state to operate or maintain the facility or pay for its operation or maintenance. This requirement does not apply to a grant of money for repair or improvement of an existing facility operated or maintained by the state at the time the grant is accepted if the repair or improvement for which the grant is made will not substantially increase the operating or maintenance costs to the state. (d) Not less than 20 percent of a grant shall be paid to a municipality within 10 days of the effective date of the agreement under (a) of this section. The remainder of the grant shall be paid either in monthly installments equal to the amount of grant money the municipality expended in the previous month or in a lump sum as determined by the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development. (e) The Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall require a municipality awarded a grant for a public works project under (a) of this section to comply with the hiring preferences under AS 36.10.150 — 36.10.175 for employment generated by the grant. Sec. 37.05.316. Grants to named recipients. (a) When an amount is appropriated or allocated to a department as a grant under this section for a named recipient that is not a municipality, the department to which the appropriation or allocation is made shall promptly notify the named recipient of the availability of the grant and request the named recipient to submit a proposal to provide the goods or services specified in the appropriation act for which the appropriation or allocation is made. A grant agreement must be executed within 60 days after the effective date of the appropriation or allocation unless the department determines that an award of the grant would not be in the public interest. (b) The Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall require a recipient awarded a grant for a public works project under (a) of this section to comply with the hiring preferences under AS 36.10.150 — 36.10.175 for employment generated by the grant. (c) An appropriation or allocation for a grant to a named recipient that is not a municipality lapses if substantial, ongoing work on the project has not begun within five years after the effective date of the appropriation or allocation. Sec. 37.05.317. Grants to unincorporated communities. (a) When an amount is appropriated or allocated as a grant under this section to an unincorporated community, it shall be disbursed as follows: (1) Within 45 days after the effective date of the appropriation or allocation, the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development shall notify the governing body of the unincorporated community, if any, that a grant is available. (2) The Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development shall determine if there is a qualified incorporated entity in the community area that will agree to receive the grant and administer it, subject to terms generally applicable to private grantees. If there is more than one such entity, the Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development shall select the most qualified and the grant shall be awarded to that incorporated entity for the purposes specified in the appropriation act. However, the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development shall give preference to a nonprofit corporation organized by a community for receipt of the grant. (3) If there is no incorporated entity qualified to receive the grant, the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development shall administer the program as specified in the appropriation act directly or through agents or contractors with whom it may contract in the community area. (b) The Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall require the qualified incorporated entity awarded a grant or agents or contractors with whom the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development contracts under (a) of this section to comply with the requirements of AS 36.10.150 — 36.10.175 for employment generated by the grant or contract if the grant or contract is for a public works project. (c) An appropriation or allocation for a grant to an unincorporated community lapses if substantial, ongoing work on the project has not begun within five years after the effective date of the appropriation or allocation. Sec. 37.05.318. Further regulations prohibited. Notwithstanding AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act), AS 37.07 (Executive Budget Act), and other provisions of this chapter, a state agency may not adopt regulations or impose additional requirements or procedures to implement, interpret, make specific, or otherwise carry out the provisions of AS 37.05.315 — 37.05.317 unless required by the federal government for participation in federal programs. Sec. 37.05.319. [Renumbered as AS 37.05.325 .] Sec. 37.05.320. [Renumbered as AS 37.05.990 .] Sec. 37.05.321. Restriction on use. A grant or earnings from a grant made under AS 37.05.315 — 37.05.317 may not be used for the purpose of influencing legislative action. In this section “influencing legislative action” means promoting, advocating, supporting, modifying, opposing, or delaying or seeking to do the same with respect to any legislative action but does not include the provision or use of information, statistics, studies, or analyses in written or oral form or format. A grant or earnings from a grant made under AS 37.05.315 — 37.05.317 may not be used for purposes of travel in connection with influencing legislative action unless pursuant to a specific request from a legislator or legislative committee. Sec. 37.05.325. Definitions for AS 37.05.315 — 37.05.317. In AS 37.05.315 — 37.05.317, “allocation” and “appropriation” have the meanings given in AS 37.07.120 . Sec. 37.05.330. [Renumbered as AS 37.05.410 .] Sec. 37.05.400. [Renumbered as AS 37.05.990 .] Sec. 37.05.410. [Renumbered as AS 37.05.995 .] Article 6. Special Funds. Sec. 37.05.500. Special funds. (a) The following funds shall be treated for accounting purposes as accounts in the general fund: (1) special revolving fund — surplus property ( AS 44.68.130 (c)); (2) the vocational rehabilitation small business enterprise revolving fund ( AS 23.15.130 ). (b) There shall be created in the general fund for each of the funds designated in (a) of this section a reserve equal to the excess of revenue received by each fund over expenditures made from that fund. Sec. 37.05.510. Working reserve account. (a) There is established in the general fund a working reserve account. The working reserve account consists of amounts appropriated to state agencies for (1) cash payment of accrued leave; (2) cash payment of terminal leave; (3) payment of the employer's contribution for unemployment benefits of former employees; and (4) payment of claims for workers' compensation and general liability. (b) The Department of Administration shall allocate to the working reserve account amounts appropriated to all state agencies for the benefits set out in (a) of this section after the appropriation Act implementing the state operating budget is enacted. The department shall charge the reserve account with all payments for the benefits set out in (a) of this section. If payments for a fiscal year exceed the unexpended balance of appropriations allocated to the account, the department may, except for payments under (a)(4) of this section, pay those benefits by charging the unencumbered balance of any appropriation enacted to finance the payment of employee salaries and benefits that is determined to be available for lapse at the end of the fiscal year. Sec. 37.05.520. Railbelt energy fund. There is established in the general fund the Railbelt energy fund. The fund consists of money appropriated to it by the legislature and interest received on money in the fund. The department of revenue shall manage the fund. The legislature may appropriate money from the fund for programs, projects, and other expenditures to assist in meeting Railbelt energy needs, including projects for retrofitting state-owned buildings and facilities for energy conservation. Sec. 37.05.530. National Petroleum Reserve — Alaska special revenue fund. (a) The National Petroleum Reserve — Alaska special revenue fund is established. The fund consists of all money disbursed to the state by the federal government under 42 U.S.C. 6506a(l) and former 42 U.S.C. 6508 (P.L. 96-514) since December 12, 1980, less the amount deposited in the general fund and expended by the state by general fund appropriations before June 9, 1984. (b) The commissioner of revenue shall manage the National Petroleum Reserve — Alaska special revenue fund. (c) The Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development shall adopt regulations under which municipalities impacted by National Petroleum Reserve — Alaska oil and gas development under 42 U.S.C. 6506a or former 42 U.S.C. 6508 may apply for and be eligible to receive grants to alleviate the impact. The department shall give priority in the allocation of grants to municipalities that are experiencing or will experience the most direct or severe impact from oil and gas development under 42 U.S.C. 6506a or former 42 U.S.C. 6508 within the National Petroleum Reserve — Alaska. The department shall fund all meritorious grant applications out of the money appropriated to it each year. Within 10 days after the convening of each regular session of the legislature, the department shall submit to the legislature a list of all municipalities that have received grants, a list of all municipalities determined by the department to be eligible for further grants, a recommendation of the amount of money to be granted for those additional applications, and written justification of each past and potential grant. (d) It is the intent of the legislature that each year all of the money in the National Petroleum Reserve — Alaska special revenue fund be made available for appropriation by the legislature to municipalities that demonstrate under (c) of this section present impact, or the need to determine or plan for future impact, from oil and gas development under 42 U.S.C. 6506a or former 42 U.S.C. 6508. It is the intent of the legislature that an initial appropriation be made to the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development to cover anticipated impact grants, and that additional funds be made available through supplemental appropriations if the impact is greater than anticipated and the legislature considers the additional grants proposed by the department to be meritorious. (e) A municipality may use the funds received under (d) of this section only for the following activities and services to alleviate the impact of the oil and gas development under 42 U.S.C. 6506a or former 42 U.S.C. 6508 within the National Petroleum Reserve — Alaska: (1) planning; (2) construction, maintenance, and operation of essential public facilities by the municipality; and (3) other necessary public services provided by the municipality. (f) Funds appropriated under (d) of this section may not be used for the retirement of municipal debt. (g) The provisions of this subsection apply to amounts received by the state under 42 U.S.C. 6506a(l) or former 42 U.S.C. 6508, as follows: (1) amounts received and not appropriated for grants to municipalities under (d) of this section shall be deposited at the end of each fiscal year as follows: (A) 25 percent of amounts received by the state during that fiscal year under 42 U.S.C. 6506a(l) or former 42 U.S.C. 6508 to the principal of the Alaska permanent fund;

and (B) .5 percent of amounts received by the state during that fiscal year under 42 U.S.C. 6506a(l) or former 42 U.S.C. 6508 to the public school trust fund ( AS 37.14.110 ); (2) if, after making the grants under (d) of this section, the amounts remaining are insufficient to make payment in full of the deposits required by (1)(A) and (B) of this subsection, the deposits shall be allocated pro rata between the fund deposits; (3) the amounts remaining after the making of the payment of the deposits in full to the Alaska permanent fund and the public school trust fund under (2) of this subsection may be appropriated (A) first, to each of the funds described in (1)(A) and (B) of this subsection to recover amounts not paid to those funds on or after September 1, 2006, because of deficiencies in making the payments required by (2) of this subsection; and (B) after appropriations authorized by (A) of this paragraph, to the power cost equalization and rural electric capitalization fund ( AS 42.45.100 ); (4) the amounts remaining after any appropriation to the power cost equalization and rural electric capitalization fund shall lapse into the general fund for use by the state for the following facilities and services: planning; construction, maintenance, and operation of essential public facilities; and other necessary public services. (h) In making appropriations from the National Petroleum Reserve — Alaska special revenue fund, the legislature shall identify the grants for activities, services, and facilities as capital appropriation items and shall specify the amounts for each item. Notwithstanding other provisions of law and unless expressly provided by the legislature in the appropriation item making the appropriation, an appropriation from the National Petroleum Reserve — Alaska special revenue fund shall, for the purposes of determining the funding sources for the appropriation be treated as though the appropriation takes effect in the fiscal year in which the appropriation passes the legislature. The authorization to expend funds appropriated from the fund shall take effect as otherwise provided by law. Sec. 37.05.540. Budget reserve fund; appropriation limit. (a) There is established as a separate fund in the state treasury the budget reserve fund. The budget reserve fund consists of appropriations to the fund. Money received by the state that is subject to the appropriation limit under (b) of this section and that exceeds that limit, may be appropriated to the budget reserve fund. (b) Except for appropriations to the permanent fund or for Alaska permanent fund dividends, appropriations to the budget reserve fund, appropriations of revenue bond proceeds, appropriations required to pay the principal and interest on general obligation bonds, and appropriations of money received from a nonstate source in trust for a specific purpose, including revenue of a public enterprise or public corporation of the state that issues revenue bonds, appropriations from the mental health trust settlement income account ( AS 37.14.036 ), and appropriations made to the mental health trust fund ( AS 37.14.031 ), appropriations from the treasury made in a fiscal year may not exceed appropriations made in the preceding fiscal year by more than five percent plus the change in population and inflation since the beginning of the preceding fiscal year. For purposes of applying this limit an appropriation is considered to be made in the fiscal year in which it is enacted and a reappropriation remains attributed to the fiscal year in which the original appropriation is enacted. The determination of the change in population for purposes of this subsection shall be based on an annual estimate of population by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development. The determination of the change in inflation for purposes of this subsection shall be based on the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers for Anchorage prepared by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics. The amount of money received by the state that is subject to the appropriation limit includes the balance in the general fund carried forward from the preceding fiscal year. (c) If the legislature determines that the money subject to the appropriation limit received by the state in a fiscal year is less than the maximum permitted to be appropriated under (b) of this section, up to 25 percent of the balance of the budget reserve fund may be appropriated to the general fund. (d) The Department of Revenue shall manage and invest assets of the budget reserve fund in the manner set out for the management and investment of the assets of the general fund under AS 37.10.070 . Income from investment of the budget reserve fund may be appropriated to the fund each year by law. (e) Notwithstanding other provisions of this section, appropriations may be made from the budget reserve fund needed by the governor to meet a disaster. In this subsection, “disaster” has the meaning given in AS 26.23.900 . Sec. 37.05.550. Alaska marine highway system vessel replacement fund. (a) The Alaska marine highway system vessel replacement fund is established as a separate fund in the state treasury. The fund consists of money appropriated to it by the legislature. Money appropriated to the fund does not lapse. The Department of Revenue shall manage the fund. Interest received on money in the fund shall be accounted for separately and may be appropriated into the fund annually. The legislature may appropriate money from the fund for refurbishment of existing state ferry vessels, acquisition of additional state ferry vessels, or replacement of retired or outmoded state ferry vessels. (b) The legislature may appropriate to the fund money received by the state as Alaska marine highway system program receipts or from a settlement or final judicial determination of the Dinkum Sands case (United States v. Alaska) and the North Slope royalty case (State v. Amerada Hess, et al.) and not deposited into the Alaska permanent fund under AS 37.13.010 (a)(1) or (2) or into the public school trust fund under AS 37.14.150 . (c) The Department of Revenue shall prepare a written report, no later than the 10th legislative day of each regular legislative session, regarding the earnings of the Alaska marine highway system vessel replacement fund during the prior fiscal year and projected earnings of the Alaska marine highway system vessel replacement fund for the current fiscal year and the next fiscal year. The Department of Revenue shall notify the legislature that the report is available. Sec. 37.05.555. University of Alaska building fund. (a) The University of Alaska building fund is created as a special account in the general fund. The fund consists of (1) payments made to the University of Alaska by a public or private occupant of a covered building under an agreement with the University of Alaska for costs of the occupant's use and occupancy of building space; and (2) appropriations to the fund. (b) The legislature may appropriate, annually and under AS 37.07 (Executive Budget Act), amounts from the University of Alaska building fund to the University of Alaska to pay the costs of use, management, operation, maintenance, and depreciation related to space in covered buildings managed under an agreement with the University of Alaska. (c) Appropriations to the University of Alaska building fund are not one-year appropriations and do not lapse under AS 37.25.010 . (d) The unexpended and unobligated balance of an appropriation from the University of Alaska building fund lapses into the University of Alaska building fund at the end of the fiscal year for which it was appropriated. (e) Nothing in this section exempts money deposited into the University of Alaska building fund from the requirements of AS 37.07 (Executive Budget Act) or dedicates that money for a specific purpose. (f) In this section, “covered building” means a building owned by the University of Alaska and designated by the Board of Regents as a covered building. Sec. 37.05.560. Educational facilities maintenance and construction fund. (a) The educational facilities maintenance and construction fund is established as a separate fund in the general fund. The fund consists of all money appropriated to it. (b) The educational facilities maintenance and construction fund shall be invested by the Department of Revenue so as to yield competitive market rates, as provided in AS 37.10.071 . Money in the fund may be appropriated (1) to finance the design, construction, and maintenance of public school facilities; and (2) for maintenance of University of Alaska facilities. (c) Appropriations from the education facilities maintenance and construction fund are subject to AS 14.11.008 . Sec. 37.05.565. Alaska capital income fund. (a) There is established in the general fund the Alaska capital income fund consisting of money deposited to the fund under AS 37.13.145 (d) and of appropriations to the fund. The fund shall be invested by the Department of Revenue to yield competitive market rates as provided in AS 37.10.071 . Income earned on money in the fund may be appropriated to the fund. (b) Money may be appropriated from the Alaska capital income fund for state facilities preventive or deferred maintenance, including replacement of parts, systems, or components, or other activities needed to preserve or maintain state assets, and to cover annual debt service and reserves for debt service on bonds authorized by state law. Nothing in this subsection creates a dedicated fund. Sec. 37.05.570. Alaska public building fund. (a) There is created as a special account in the general fund the Alaska public building fund into which shall be deposited (1) payments made to the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities by a public or private occupant of a covered building under an agreement with the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities for costs of the occupant's use and occupancy of building space; and (2) appropriations to the Alaska public building fund. (b) On an annual basis and under AS 37.07 (Executive Budget Act), the legislature may appropriate amounts from the Alaska public building fund to the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities to pay use, management, operation, maintenance, and depreciation costs related to space of covered buildings managed under an agreement with the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities. (c) Appropriations to the Alaska public building fund are not one-year appropriations and do not lapse under AS 37.25.010 . (d) The unexpended and unobligated balance of an appropriation from the Alaska public building fund lapses into the Alaska public building fund at the end of the fiscal year for which it was appropriated. (e) Nothing in this section exempts money deposited into the Alaska public building fund from the requirements of AS 37.07 (Executive Budget Act) or dedicates that money for a specific purpose. (f) In this section, “covered building” means any building owned by the state for which the responsibility for operation, maintenance, and management has been assigned to the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities. Sec. 37.05.580. Tobacco use education and cessation fund. (a) There is created as a special account in the general fund the tobacco use education and cessation fund into which shall be deposited 20 percent annually of the revenue derived from the settlement of State of Alaska v. Philip Morris, Incorporated, et al, No. 1JU-97-915 CI (Alaska Super. 1997). The purpose of the tobacco use education and cessation fund is to provide a source to finance the comprehensive smoking education, tobacco use prevention, and tobacco control program authorized by AS 44.29.020 (a)(12). (b) The legislature may make appropriations from the tobacco use education and cessation fund for the comprehensive smoking education, tobacco use prevention, and tobacco control program established under AS 44.29.020 (a)(12). (c) Nothing in this section creates a dedicated fund. Sec. 37.05.590. Civil legal services fund. The civil legal services fund is established as a special account in the general fund. The fund consists of appropriations to it. Annually, the legislature may appropriate to the fund only from amounts deposited into the general fund of the state under AS 09.17.020 (j) and an amount from the general fund that is up to 10 percent of the filing fees received by the Alaska Court System during the previous closed fiscal year. The legislature may make appropriations from the fund to organizations that provide civil legal services to low-income individuals. Nothing in this section creates a dedicated fund. In this section, “low-income individual” means an individual with an income equal to or less than 125 percent of the most recent federal poverty guidelines for Alaska set by the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Sec. 37.05.600. Alaska veterans' cemetery fund. (a) There is created as a special account in the general fund the Alaska veterans' cemetery fund into which shall be deposited appropriations to the Alaska veterans' cemetery fund. (b) Beginning with the appropriations for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, on an annual basis and under AS 37.07 (Executive Budget Act), the legislature may appropriate amounts from the Alaska veterans' cemetery fund to the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Alaska veterans' cemeteries established under AS 44.35.035 . (c) Appropriations to the Alaska veterans' cemetery fund are not one-year appropriations and do not lapse under AS 37.25.010 . (d) The unexpended and unobligated balance of an appropriation from the Alaska veterans' cemetery fund lapses into the Alaska veterans' cemetery fund at the end of the fiscal year for which it was appropriated. (e) Nothing in this section exempts money deposited into the Alaska veterans' cemetery fund from the requirements of AS 37.07 (Executive Budget Act) or dedicates that money for a specific purpose. Sec. 37.05.610. Alaska affordable energy fund. (a) The Alaska affordable energy fund is created as a special account in the general fund. The fund consists of the amount determined and deposited in the fund under (b) of this section and interest earned on the fund balance. The purpose of the fund is to provide a source from which the legislature may appropriate money to develop infrastructure to deliver energy to areas of the state that are not expected to have or do not have direct access to a North Slope natural gas pipeline. (b) The amount to be deposited in (a) of this section is 20 percent of the revenue received from the state's royalty gas transported in an Alaska liquefied natural gas project that remains after the payment to the Alaska permanent fund under AS 37.13.010 . (c) The legislature may make appropriations from the Alaska affordable energy fund for the purpose described in (a) of this section. (d) Nothing in this section creates a dedicated fund. (e) In this section, (1) “Alaska liquefied natural gas project” has the meaning given in AS 31.25.390 ; (2) “North Slope natural gas pipeline” has the meaning given in AS 42.06.630 . Article 7. Miscellaneous Provisions. Sec. 37.05.800. Restriction on use of state money for residential contracting. (a) The state may not grant or loan money or purchase a loan for the construction or alteration of a privately-owned residential structure of one to four units unless the grant or loan requires the construction or alteration to be undertaken by a residential contractor with an endorsement issued under AS 08.18 . In this subsection, “alteration” means changes that have a value greater than 25 percent of the value of the structure being altered. (b) The restriction of (a) of this section does not apply to a state loan or grant or purchase of a loan made for work described in AS 08.18.161 that is exempt from the requirements of AS 08.18 . Article 8. General Provisions. Sec. 37.05.900. Interpretation of chapter. This chapter shall be construed as supplemental to all other state laws not in conflict with it. If a section or part of a section of this chapter is in conflict with federal requirements for a program for which federal grant-in-aid funds are available, the section or part to the extent of the conflict is inoperative. Sec. 37.05.910. Applicability to University of Alaska. The commissioner of administration may delegate the performance of the functions under this chapter as they relate to the university to the Board of Regents of the University of Alaska and set out the criteria and guidelines which shall be followed. The commissioner shall direct necessary stipulations and exercise monitoring responsibility for conformance through the Board of Regents of the University of Alaska. Sec. 37.05.920. Fiscal year. The fiscal year of the state begins on July 1 of each year and ends at midnight on the following June 30. The accounts of the Department of Administration, the Department of Revenue, and all other state officers whose accounts are in any way connected with the treasury shall be kept, and all duties performed with reference to the beginning and ending of the fiscal year. Sec. 37.05.990. Definitions for chapter. In this chapter, (1) “fiscal year,” “budget year,” “accounting year,” or similar term means a year beginning on July 1 of one calendar year and ending on June 30 of the following calendar year; (2) “state agency,” “agency,” “department,” or similar term means a department, office, institution, board, commission, bureau, division, or other administrative unit forming the state government, and includes the Alaska Pioneers' Home, the Alaska Veterans' Home, and the University of Alaska. Sec. 37.05.995. Short title. This chapter may be cited as the Fiscal Procedures Act.