HB 2002 Summary

• Appropriates $21,691,800 in operating expenditures for fiscal year 2020, with the Department of Corrections receiving the largest allocation of $21.7 million for population management and health services at correctional facilities.

• Appropriates $131,301,329 in capital projects and grants, with major allocations including $89.2 million for Department of Transportation/Public Facilities (largely federal program matching funds), $12.1 million for village safe water and wastewater infrastructure, and $7.4 million to the Alaska Travel Industry Association.

• Appropriates $2,540,000 from the general fund to the Department of Corrections for renovation and relocation of the Mental Health Unit and detoxification facilities at Hiland Mountain Correctional Center for fiscal year 2019.

• Reappropriates $1,058,962 in unexpended funds from a 2010 Department of Public Safety appropriation for maintenance and renovation of rural trooper housing.

• Takes effect immediately; appropriations for Corrections facility renovation and a related provision are retroactive to June 30, 2019.