1987-55 Urging the Legislature to Pass a Supplemental Appropriation for Full Funding of the Raw Fish Tax Program.KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
RESOLUTION NO. 87 -55 -R
A RESOLUTION OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH ASSEMBLY URGING THE
LEGISLATURE TO PASS A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FOR FULL FUNDING OF THE RAW
FISH TAX PROGRAM.
WHEREAS, under the provision of AS 43.75.130 the Kodiak Island
Borough annually receives a significant return of raw fish tax revenues; and
WHEREAS, the amount of these revenues, as provided in the statute,
is based on the actual raw fish taxes collected from local processors; and
WHEREAS, the State of Alaska has never returned the full amount to
the municipalities that is provided in the statutes; and
WHEREAS, the amount due to the Kodiak Island Borough as computed by
the State Department of Revenue was $937,233.99 and the state returned the
amount of $871,703, (a shortfall of some $65,500); and
WHEREAS, the tax paid by the local processors for 1986 season
exceeded that of any prior year; and
WHEREAS, the state legislature did not appropriate a sufficient
amount to return the true amount due.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Kodiak Island Borough
Assembly urges the legislature to pass a supplemental appropriation to fully
fund the raw fish tax program and promptly remit the balance due the Kodiak
Island Borough and all other municipalities.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 1 day of October , 1987 by the
Kodiak Island Borough Assembly.
KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
By
By
ding Officer