(a) Each year, a person operating an in-state natural gas pipeline under this chapter shall pay to the commission a regulatory cost charge if the pipeline for which the charge is assessed is subject to this chapter and the commission has taken action on the pipeline or certificate under this chapter during the prior fiscal year. The amount of the regulatory cost charge may not exceed the sum of the following percentages of gross revenue derived from operations in the state:

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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 42.08.380

  • action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(1) 0.7 percent to fund the operations of the commission; and
(2) 0.17 percent to fund operations of the public advocacy function under Alaska Stat. § 42.04.070(c) and Alaska Stat. § 44.23.020(e) in the Department of Law.
(b) The commission shall by regulation establish a method to determine annually the amount of the regulatory cost charge that will apply to a pipeline regulated under this chapter. If the amount the commission expects to collect under (a) of this section, Alaska Stat. § 42.05.254(a), and Alaska Stat. § 42.06.286(a) exceeds the authorized budgets of the commission and the Department of Law public advocacy function under Alaska Stat. § 42.04.070(c) and Alaska Stat. § 44.23.020(e), the commission shall, by order, reduce the percentage determined under a regulation adopted under this subsection so that the total amount of the fees collected approximately equals the authorized budgets of the commission and the Department of Law public advocacy function under Alaska Stat. § 42.04.070(c) and Alaska Stat. § 44.23.020(e) for the fiscal year.
(c) The commission shall administer the charge imposed under this section. The Department of Revenue shall collect and enforce the charge imposed under this section. The Department of Administration shall identify the amount of the operating budgets of the commission and the Department of Law public advocacy function under Alaska Stat. § 42.04.070(c) and Alaska Stat. § 44.23.020(e) that lapses into the general fund each year. The legislature may appropriate an amount equal to the lapsed amount to the commission and to the Department of Law public advocacy function under Alaska Stat. § 42.04.070(c) and Alaska Stat. § 44.23.020(e) for operating costs for the next fiscal year. If the legislature does so, the commission shall reduce the total regulatory cost charge collected for that fiscal year by a comparable amount.
(d) The commission may adopt regulations under Alaska Stat. Chapter 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) necessary to administer this section, including procedures and requirements for reporting information and a requirement for paying the regulatory cost charge in quarterly payments. The Department of Revenue may adopt regulations under Alaska Stat. Chapter 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) for investigating the accuracy of filed information and for collecting required payments.
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