AK HB172

State may accept donations for public purposes, with the Department of Administration maintaining records of donation amounts, dates, donor intent, and receiving agencies, except law enforcement agencies cannot accept donations.

Donations must be deposited in the general fund and can be appropriated by the legislature based on donor intent, with donations including donor intent accounted for separately as designated program receipts.

Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend applicants can direct contributions of $25, $50, $75, $100, or more (in $50 increments) to state agencies, municipalities, municipal agencies, the crime victim compensation fund, the peace officer and firefighter survivors' fund, or eligible organizations.

Municipalities and municipal agencies must apply separately to be listed on the permanent fund dividend contribution list, and are subject to the same $250 application fee and seven percent coordination fee structure as other eligible organizations.

Department of Revenue must withhold seven percent coordination fees from contributions received by organizations, municipalities, municipal agencies, and university campuses, with fees used to cover administrative costs.