Sec. 44.88.088. - Payment of dividend to state.

(a) The authority shall adopt a policy for payment of a dividend to the state each fiscal year. The amount of the dividend for a fiscal year may not be less than 25 percent nor more than 50 percent of the net income of the authority for the base fiscal year. In no event, however, shall the dividend for a fiscal year exceed the total unrestricted net income of the authority for the base fiscal year. The dividend for a fiscal year shall be made available by the authority before the end of that fiscal year. The authority shall notify the commissioner of revenue when the dividend for a fiscal year is available for appropriation.

(b) In this section,

(1) "base fiscal year" means the fiscal year ending two years before the end of the fiscal year in which the payment is made;

(2) "net income" means the authority's change in net assets as set out in the audited financial statements of the authority for the base fiscal year, excluding amounts attributable to intergovernmental transfers, capital contributions, grants, or impairment losses on development projects financed under AS 44.88.172 ;

(3) "unrestricted net income" means the authority's unrestricted change in net assets as set out in the audited financial statements of the authority for the base fiscal year, excluding amounts attributable to intergovernmental transfers, capital contributions, grants, or impairment losses on development projects financed under AS 44.88.172 .