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1994-05-08 House Journal

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1994-05-08                     House Journal                      Page 4202
SB 215                                                                       
The following, which was advanced to third reading from the May 7,             
1994, calendar (page 4154), was read the third time:                           
                                                                               
                                                                               
HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 215(FIN) am H                             
"An Act relating to oil and hazardous substances; redesignating the           
oil and hazardous substance release response fund and relating to              
it; repealing the Citizens' Oversight Council on Oil and Other                 
Hazardous Substances and the authority in law by which marine                  
highway vessels may be designed and constructed to aid in oil and              
hazardous substance spill cleanup in state marine water using                  
money in the oil and hazardous substance release response fund                 
and repealing the authority of the Department of Environmental                 
Conservation to levy and collect fees for review of certain                    
submissions related to oil; altering requirements applicable to liens          
for recovery of state expenditures related to oil or hazardous                 
substances; terminating the nickel-per-barrel oil conservation                 
surcharge; levying and collecting two new oil surcharges; and                  
providing for the suspension and reimposition of one of the new                
surcharges."                                                                   
                                                                               

1994-05-08                     House Journal                      Page 4203
SB 215                                                                       
Representative Phillips moved and asked unanimous consent that HCS             
CSSB 215(FIN) am H be returned to second reading for the specific              
purpose of considering Amendment No. 9.  There being no objection,             
it was so ordered.                                                             
                                                                               
Amendment No. 9 was offered  by Representatives Phillips and Ulmer:             
                                                                               
Page 26, line 26, through page 27, line 6:                                     
	Delete all material and insert:                                               
   "* Sec. 45.  CONDITIONAL SUSPENSION OF SURCHARGE                          
IMPOSED BY AS43.55.201 - 43.55.231.  In addition to the                        
circumstances set out in AS43.55.231, the surcharge authorized by              
AS43.55.201 is not levied on and after the effective date of this              
section and until June30, 1995, if                                             
		(1)  the Eighteenth Alaska State Legislature does not, during                
the Second Regular Session or during any special session held before           
the effective date of this section, appropriate the unexpended and             
unobligated balance, as of the day before the effective date of this           
section, of the former oil and hazardous substance release response            
fund, to the oil and hazardous substance release prevention and                
response fund; the appropriation required by this paragraph must be            
allocated as follows:                                                          
		(A)  $5,000,000 to the prevention account established in                    
AS46.08.010(a)(1), as amended by sec. 21 of this Act; and                      
		(B)  the remainder to the response account established by                   
AS46.08.010(a)(2), as amended by sec.21 of this Act; or                        
		(2)  the governor vetoes or reduces any of the amounts                       
appropriated or allocated under (1) of this section."                          
                                                                               
Representative Phillips moved and asked unanimous consent that                 
Amendment No. 9 be adopted.  There being no objection, it was so               
ordered.                                                                       
                                                                               
The question being:  "Shall HCS CSSB 215(FIN) am H  pass the                   
House?"  The roll was taken with the following result:                         
                                                                               
HCS CSSB 215(FIN) am H                                                         
Third Reading                                                                  
Final Passage                                                                  
YEAS:  24   NAYS:  12   EXCUSED:  2   ABSENT:  2                             

1994-05-08                     House Journal                      Page 4204
SB 215                                                                       
Yeas:  Barnes, Bunde, B.Davis, G.Davis, Foster, Green, Hanley,                 
Hudson, James, Kott, Larson, Martin, Mulder, Nordlund, Olberg,                 
Parnell, Phillips, Porter, Sanders, Therriault, Toohey, Vezey, Williams,       
Willis                                                                         
                                                                               
Nays:  Brice, Brown, Davidson, Davies, Finkelstein, Grussendorf,               
Hoffman, Mackie, Moses, Nicholia, Sitton, Ulmer                                
                                                                               
Excused:  MacLean, Navarre                                                     
                                                                               
Absent:  Carney, Menard                                                        
                                                                               
And so, HCS CSSB 215(FIN) am H passed the House.                               
                                                                               
Representative Mackie gave notice of reconsideration of his vote on            
HCS CSSB 215(FIN) am H.