1988-55 Urging the Legislature to Pass a Supplemental Appropriation for Full Funding of the Raw Fish ProgramBy: Mayor Selby
Introduced: 9/15/88
Adopted: 9/15/88
KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
RESOLUTION NO. 88-55-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;
Wand
WHEREAS, the State of Alaska has never returned the full amount
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to the municipalities that is provided in the statutes; and
WHEREAS, the amount due to the Kodiak Island Borough as
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:computed by the State Department of Revenue was $1,156,268 and the state
;returned the amount of $809,388, (a shortfall of some $346,880); and
WHEREAS, the amount of shortfall is almost a full mill of property
i,tax assessment to the people of the Kodiak Island Borough; and
WHEREAS, the tax paid by the local processors for the 1987 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 15th DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1988.
Kodiak Island Borough
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ATTEST:
Resolution No. 88-55-R
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