(a) The information services fund is established as an internal services fund in the Department of Administration. The fund consists of money appropriated to it, money transferred to the department by political subdivisions and state agencies as reimbursement for information services provided by the department, and the proceeds from the sale of surplus or other assets of the department used for information services.
Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 44.21.045
Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
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.
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
(b) Money transferred to the department by a political subdivision or state agency for information services for a fiscal year that exceeds the appropriation to the department for information services provided to the political subdivision or state agency for that fiscal year constitutes program receipts that are subject to the procedures of Alaska Stat. § 37.07.080(h).(c) Except as provided in (b) of this section, money in the fund established under (a) of this section may be expended only in accordance with legislative appropriations. Money appropriated to the fund may be used for
(1) the costs of the commissioner in carrying out the commissioner’s duties under Alaska Stat. § 44.21.350 – 44.21.390, including the costs of performing reviews and studies considered necessary by the commissioner under Alaska Stat. § 44.21.350;(2) necessary expenses of providing information services to political subdivisions and state agencies;(3) additions, replacements, or improvement of capital equipment for information services; requests by the department for capital equipment expenditures shall be included in the budget submitted by the governor to the legislature under Alaska Stat. Chapter 37.07; and(4) other purposes as specified in an appropriation to the fund.(d) The department may charge and collect fees and surcharges for information services provided by it to agencies and political subdivisions of the state. The department shall maintain cost accounting records to support rates and billings for information services provided by the department. The department shall submit a report on the operation of the fund to the governor at the time of submission of the departmental budget and notify the legislature that the report is available.(e) A state agency that receives information services from the department shall include in its annual budget, as an identifiable item, its expected fees and surcharges for information services provided by the Department of Administration.(f) Fees and surcharges for information services of the department are subject to annual review and approval by the commissioner of the department.(g) In this section, “information services” includes automatic data processing services provided under Alaska Stat. § 44.21.150 – 44.21.170 and telecommunications services and operations described in Alaska Stat. § 44.21.305 – 44.21.330.
