1993 Alaska Statutes
TITLE 46 WATER, AIR, ENERGY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
Chapter 46.08 OIL AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE RELEASES
Section 46.08.020 FINANCING OF THE FUND.
(a) The legislature may appropriate from the following sources to the fund:
(1) money received from federal, state, or other sources or from a private donor;
(2) money recovered or otherwise received from parties responsible for the containment and cleanup of oil or a hazardous substance at a specific site, but excluding funds from performance bonds and other forms of financial responsibility held in escrow pending satisfactory performance of a privately financed response action;
(3) fines, penalties, or damages recovered under AS 46.08.005 - 46.08.080 or other law for costs incurred by the state as a result of the release or threatened release of oil or a hazardous substance.
(b) Money received by the state under (a)(2) and (a)(3) of this section shall be deposited in the general fund and credited to a special account called the "oil and hazardous substance release mitigation account." The legislature may annually appropriate to the fund from this account a sum equal to the amount received under (a)(2) and (a)(3) of this section during the calendar year preceding the legislative session in which the appropriations are to be made.
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