The special session of the Alaska Legislature ended May 14 with the Senate accepting the House version of the capital budget bill (SB46).

The bill will now be transmitted to Gov. Sean Parnell. The governor has 20 working days (excluding Sundays) to review the bill after he receives it to either approve it or exercise his line-item veto power.

The capital bill includes the following general fund items (which would be paid for from the state treasury), as well as receipt authority (which allows the university to accept money from other sources): changes from the Senate version which are related to UA are included in bold:

• $37.5 million GF for deferred maintenance


• $2 million GF for annual renewal and repurposing (R&R)


• $204,000 GF for Juneau Campus Mining Workforce Development (Senate version included $154,000)


• $34 million GF for the UAA Sports Arena (Senate version included $17 million)


• $4 million GF for UAS Banfield Hall Dormitory Addition


• $200,000 for University Honors College Student Support


• $1.8 million for Kenai Peninsula College Student Housing


• $2.5 million for UAA Shootout Partnership


• $30 million in federal receipt authority for capital projects.


• $100 million is included in revenue bond authority for the University of Alaska to issue bonds for deferred maintenance.

The latest version of the capital budget is available online — the section about the university begins on page 117.

The Legislature approved the operating budget earlier in the special session.