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High oil prices put Port of Alaska, school repairs on track for $26 million in state money
High oil prices have put $26 million in state projects on track to be funded, money that would go to the Port of Alaska, school repairs, two University of Alaska campuses and court security.
Lawmakers made the money depend on North Slope crude averaging at least $80 a barrel from July through December. Four months in, it averaged $97, and the group Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets puts it at $99 as of Tuesday. Prices would have to average under about $47 in November and December to miss the mark. Federal forecasters expect Brent, a global benchmark, to stay near $100 through December.
Lawmakers described the list on the House floor in May:
$10 million for the Port of Alaska in Anchorage, on top of $15 million already in the budget;
$10.65 million for school major maintenance;
$3.25 million for University of Alaska Southeast and University of Alaska Anchorage projects;
$2 million for court security.
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About Alaska Department of Revenue
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The Alaska Department of Revenue (DOR) is the state agency that collects Alaska's taxes and administers the Permanent Fund Dividend. Its divisions include the Tax Division, the Treasury Division, the Permanent Fund Dividend Division and Child Support Services.
The department collects oil and gas production and property taxes along with taxes on mining, motor fuel and tobacco. Its revenue forecasts, built on the price of a barrel of oil, set the starting point for the state budget, and a change in oil prices moves the treasury's balance directly. Its economists model how proposed tax changes would work, including the tax structure for the proposed Alaska LNG pipeline.
DOR presents that analysis to legislative committees such as Senate Finance, and lawmakers set its own budget through the appropriations process. Tax disputes it pursues can reach the Alaska Supreme Court, and the excise taxes owed by marijuana businesses connect it to the state's licensing boards.
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