Sec. 37.05.570. - Alaska public building fund. - Alaska Statutes

(a) There is created as a special account in the general fund the Alaska public building fund into which shall be deposited

(1) payments made to the Department of Administration by a public or private occupant of a covered building under an agreement with the Department of Administration for costs of the occupant's use and occupancy of building space; and

(2) appropriations to the Alaska public building fund.

(b) Beginning with the appropriations for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, on an annual basis and under AS 37.07 (Executive Budget Act), the legislature may appropriate amounts from the Alaska public building fund to the Department of Administration to pay use, management, operation, maintenance, and depreciation costs related to space of covered buildings managed under an agreement with the Department of Administration.

(c) Appropriations to the Alaska public building fund are not one-year appropriations and do not lapse under AS 37.25.010 .

(d) The unexpended and unobligated balance of an appropriation from the Alaska public building fund lapses into the Alaska public building fund at the end of the fiscal year for which it was appropriated.

(e) Nothing in this section exempts money deposited into the Alaska public building fund from the requirements of AS 37.07 (Executive Budget Act) or dedicates that money for a specific purpose.

(f) In this section, "covered building" means any building owned by the state for which the responsibility for operation, maintenance, and management has been assigned to the Department of Administration.