(a) There is established in the state general fund the oil and hazardous substance release prevention and response fund. The fund shall be administered by the commissioner. The fund is composed of two accounts,

Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 46.08.010

  • 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
(1) the oil and hazardous substance release prevention account;
(2) the oil and hazardous substance release response account.
(b) Money from an appropriation made to an account in the fund remaining in that account at the end of a fiscal year does not lapse and remains available for expenditure in successive fiscal years.
(c) The fund shall be used for actual expenses incurred under Alaska Stat. § 46.08.040. Except as provided in Alaska Stat. § 46.08.040(a)(2)(D) for the acquisition, repair, or improvement of assets as preparedness measures, the fund may not be used for capital improvements.
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