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State of Alaska
                                                              Fiscal Note
                                                                                                Bill Version:                     CSSSSB 155(RES)
 2020 Legislative Session
                                                                                                Fiscal Note Number:               1
                                                                                                (S) Publish Date:                 2/24/2020
 Identifier:        CSSB155 DNR-MLW-2-19-20                                      Department:        Department of Natural Resources
 Title:             EXPLORATION & MINING RIGHTS; ANNUAL                          Appropriation: Fire Suppression, Land & Water Resources
                    LABOR                                                        Allocation:        Mining, Land & Water
 Sponsor:           BISHOP                                                       OMB Component Number:               3002
 Requester: Senate Resources
 Expenditures/Revenues
 Note: Amounts do not include inflation unless otherwise noted below.                                                                   (Thousands of Dollars)
                                                 Included in
                                    FY2021       Governor's
                                Appropriation      FY2021                                              Out-Year Cost Estimates
                                  Requested       Request
 OPERATING EXPENDITURES               FY 2021        FY 2021       FY 2022                        FY 2023           FY 2024             FY 2025        FY 2026
 Personal Services                       148.7                        148.7                         148.7             148.7               148.7          148.7
 Travel
 Services
 Commodities                              28.0                         18.0                           18.0                 18.0             18.0           18.0
 Capital Outlay
 Grants & Benefits
 Miscellaneous
 Total Operating                         176.7            0.0         166.7                          166.7             166.7              166.7           166.7
 Fund Source (Operating Only)
 1005 GF/Prgm (DGF)                              176.7                            166.7              166.7             166.7              166.7           166.7
 Total                                           176.7              0.0           166.7              166.7             166.7              166.7           166.7
 Positions
 Full-time                                          2.0                                 2.0             2.0                 2.0              2.0             2.0
 Part-time
 Temporary
 Change in Revenues
 None
 Total                                              0.0             0.0                 0.0             0.0                 0.0              0.0             0.0
 Estimated SUPPLEMENTAL (FY2020) cost:                                     0.0                (separate supplemental appropriation required)
 Estimated CAPITAL (FY2021) cost:                                          0.0                (separate capital appropriation required)
 Does the bill create or modify a new fund or account?       No
 (Supplemental/Capital/New Fund - discuss reasons and fund source(s) in analysis section)
 ASSOCIATED REGULATIONS
 Does the bill direct, or will the bill result in, regulation changes adopted by your agency?                   Yes
 If yes, by what date are the regulations to be adopted, amended or repealed?                                   03/30/21
 Why this fiscal note differs from previous version/comments:
 Reduction in number of additional staff is requested. The fund source has appropriately been identified as Designated General Funds
 (DGF) versus Undesignated General Funds (UGF). In FY2019 the Division of Mining, Land and Water (DMLW) generated over $5.4M
 in DGF revenues from mining activities.
 Prepared By:                Marty Parsons, Director                                                                  Phone:          (907)269-8625
 Division:                   Mining, Land and Water                                                                   Date:           02/19/2020
 Approved By:                Raquel Solomon-Gross, Administrative Services Director                                   Date:           02/19/20
 Agency:                     Office of Management and Budget
Printed 2/24/2020                                                         Page 1 of 2                                                          Control Code: UBGQE
                                                                                                      CSSSSB 155(RES) - Fiscal Note 1
                                                 FISCAL NOTE ANALYSIS
STATE OF ALASKA                                                                  BILL NO. CSSB 155
2020 LEGISLATIVE SESSION
Analysis
   SB 155 amends who, and which entities, may obtain and hold exploration and mining rights. It allows an unqualified
   person or one that may become unqualified to cure their defect in qualification, or transfer the interest to a qualified
   person.
   The bill changes the requirements for a mining location on state selected land, providing that a mining claim on state
   selected land may be located only by or with the written and recorded permission of any holder of the unpatented federal
   mining claim.
   The bill provides for a transition period in which the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will adopt regulations
   consistent with the changes in this bill, and states that DNR may not declare a mining claim, leasehold location, or
   prospecting site abandoned under AS 38.05.265.
   To implement this act DNR will need 2 additional Natural Resource Specialist I's to research deficiencies in qualifications of
   mining right holders and annual labor affidavits, review deficiency assertions, issue written notices, adjudicate whether
   cures to these deficiencies have been made, issue decisions including whether or not a mining rights are voided or
   invalidated.
   As the bill will require DNR to adopt new regulations and assume additional obligations, DNR anticipates the bill will
   require the following expenditures.
   Personnel Cost- $148.7 total annually
   Mineral Properties Management, Staff
   PERSONAL SERVICES COST - $148.7 total annually
   Two Natural Resource Specialists (NRS) I (range 14) at $74.35/year for a total of $148.7
   TRAVEL - $0.0 total
   COMMODITIES - $28.0 in FY21 ($10.0 + $13.0 + $5.0); $18.0 annually in FY22 and beyond ($13.0 +$5.0)
   Commodity costs include:
                 $5.0 for each position for initial office set up in FY21 (2 positions x $5.0 =$10.0 total).
                 $6.5 annually for office space, telephones, core service charges and related expenses for the new
                 positions in FY21 and beyond (2 positions x $6.5 =$13.0 total).
                 Supplies are budgeted at $5.0 per year total.
(Revised 10/22/19 OMB/LFD)                                                                                          Page 2 of 2
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Statutes affected: 
SB0155A, AM SB 155, introduced 01/21/2020: 38.05.190, 38.05.185, 38.05.275, 38.05.210, 38.05.195, 38.05.200, 38.05.235, 38.05.215, 38.05.240, 27.19.030, 38.05.265, 38.05.212, 38.05.245, 38.05.252
SB0155B, AM SSSB 155, introduced 02/03/2020: 38.05.190, 38.05.185, 38.05.275, 38.05.210, 38.05.195, 38.05.200, 38.05.235, 38.05.215, 38.05.240, 27.19.030, 38.05.265, 38.05.212, 38.05.245, 38.05.252, 38.05.270
SB0155C, AM CSSSSB 155(RES), introduced 02/24/2020: 38.05.190, 38.05.185, 38.05.275, 38.05.195, 38.05.200, 38.05.210, 38.05.235, 38.05.215, 38.05.265, 38.05.240, 27.19.030, 38.05.212, 38.05.245, 38.05.252, 38.05.270
SB0155Z, AM Enrolled SB 155, introduced 03/26/2020: 38.05.190, 38.05.185, 38.05.275, 38.05.195, 38.05.200, 38.05.210, 38.05.235, 38.05.215, 38.05.265, 38.05.240, 27.19.030, 38.05.212, 38.05.245, 38.05.252, 38.05.270