00CS FOR SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 23(RLS)                                                                       
01 Suspending Uniform Rules 24(c), 35, 41(b), and 42(e) of the Alaska State                                                
02 Legislature concerning House Bill No. 2, relating to the permanent fund dividend                                        
03 program.                                                                                                                
04 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                              
05  That under Rule 54 of the Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature, the                                           
06 provisions of Rules 24(c), 35, 41(b), and 42(e) of the Uniform Rules, regarding changes to the                          
07 title of a bill, are suspended in consideration of House Bill No. 2, so that the title is "An Act                       
08 requiring, for purposes of permanent fund dividend eligibility, an individual to have been                              
09 physically present in the state for at least 72 consecutive hours during the prior two years before                     
10 the current dividend year; relating, for purposes of permanent fund dividend eligibility, to                            
11 allowable absences for secondary and postsecondary education on a full-time basis, vocational,                          
12 professional, or other education on a full-time basis when a comparable program is not                                  
13 reasonably available in the state, serving on active duty as a member of the armed forces of the                        
14 United States, receiving continuous medical treatment or convalescing if the treatment or                               

01 convalescence is not based on a need for climatic change, providing care for certain relatives                          
02 with critical life-threatening illnesses, providing care for certain terminally ill relatives, settling                 
03 the estates of certain relatives, serving as a member of the United States Congress, serving on                         
04 the staff of a member from this state of the United States Congress, serving as an employee of                          
05 the state, participating in a teacher exchange program sponsored by the state, participating on                         
06 a United States national athletic team as an eligible athlete, serving in the Peace Corps or as a                       
07 volunteer in the Federal Emergency Management Agency, serving in the Foreign Service of the                             
08 United States, accompanying certain ill minors, accompanying another eligible resident who is                           
09 absent for an allowable reason as the spouse, minor dependent, or disabled dependent of the                             
10 eligible resident, or for any reason consistent with an individual's intent to remain a state                           
11 resident; prohibiting, for purposes of permanent fund dividend eligibility, an individual from                          
12 claiming an allowable absence unless the individual was a resident for at least six consecutive                         
13 months immediately before leaving the state; making ineligible, for purposes of permanent fund                          
14 dividend eligibility, certain individuals who are absent for more than 180 days during each of                          
15 10 qualifying years; relating to the definition of state 'resident' for purposes of permanent fund                      
16 dividend eligibility and requiring a state resident to have the intent to remain indefinitely;                          
17 relating to the qualifying year and defining that term for purposes of the permanent fund                               
18 dividend program; relating to the eligibility for 1998 permanent fund dividends of certain                              
19 spouses and dependents of eligible individuals; and providing for an effective date."