Legislature(1995 - 1996)
1995-04-19 House Journal
Full Journal pdf1995-04-19 House Journal Page 1367 HB 207 The following was read the second time: HOUSE BILL NO. 207 "An Act relating to adjustments to royalty reserved to the state to encourage otherwise uneconomic production of oil and gas; relating to the depositing of royalties and royalty sale proceeds in the Alaska permanent fund; and providing for an effective date." with the: Journal Page O&G RPT CS(O&G) NEW TITLE 4DP 1NR 2AM 848 O&G LETTER OF INTENT 849 INDETERMINATE FISCAL NOTE (REV) 849 FISCAL NOTE (DNR) 3/8/95 850 ZERO FISCAL NOTE (REV) 2/27/95 850 RES RPT CS(RES) NEW TITLE 4DP 2NR 1AM 994 ZERO FISCAL NOTE (REV) 2/27/95 994 FIN RPT CS(FIN) NEW TITLE 7DP 1AM 1343 FISCAL NOTE (DNR) 3/8/95 1344 INDETERMINATE FISCAL NOTE (REV) 3/22/95 1344 ZERO FISCAL NOTE (REV) 2/27/95 1344 Representative Vezey moved and asked unanimous consent that the following committee substitute be adopted in lieu of the original bill: 1995-04-19 House Journal Page 1368 HB 207 CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 207(FIN) "An Act relating to adjustments to royalty reserved to the state to encourage otherwise uneconomic production of oil and gas; and providing for an effective date." There being no objection, it was so ordered. Amendment No. 1 was offered by Representative Rokeberg: Page 4, line 1, insert a new paragraph to read: "(8) shall offer to appear before the Legislative Budget and Audit Committe on a day that is not earlier than 10 days and not later than 20 days after giving public notice under (7) of this subsection, to provide the committee a review of the commissioner's preliminary findings and determination on the royalty reduction application and administrative process; if the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee accepts the commissioner's offer, the committee shall give notice to all members of the legislature of the committee's meeting. Renumber the following paragraphs accordingly. Representative Rokeberg moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 1 be adopted. Representative Brice objected. Representative Barnes rose to a point of order and cited Section 101(5) of Mason's Manual. The Speaker indicated the point was well taken. Representative Brown placed a call of the House. The call was satisfied. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 1 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: 1995-04-19 House Journal Page 1369 HB207 CSHB 207(FIN) Second Reading Amendment No. 1 YEAS: 20 NAYS: 17 EXCUSED: 3 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Austerman, Brown, Bunde, Davies, Finkelstein, Green, Grussendorf, Hanley, Kohring, Kott, Kubina, Masek, Ogan, Phillips, Porter, Robinson, Rokeberg, Toohey, Vezey, Willis Nays: Barnes, Brice, G.Davis, Elton, Foster, Ivan, James, Kelly, Mackie, MacLean, Martin, Moses, Mulder, Nicholia, Sanders, Therriault, Williams Excused: B.Davis, Navarre, Parnell And so, Amendment No. 1 was adopted. Amendment No. 2 was offered by Representatives Brown and Therriault: Page 4, following line 21, insert a new paragraph to read: "(C) transmit a copy of the final findings and determination to the lessee; Page 4, line 23, after "decision": Insert "and" Page 4, line 24: Delete "(10) shall" Page 4, lines 25 and 26: Delete all material. Reletter the following subparagraphs accordingly. 1995-04-19 House Journal Page 1370 HB 207 Representative Brown moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 2 be adopted. Objection was heard and withdrawn. There being no further objection, Amendment No. 2 was adopted. Amendment No. 3 was offered by Representatives Brown and Therriault: Page 1, line 10, following "REGULATIONS TO": Insert "ALLOW REDUCTION" Delete "allow reduction" Following "TO]", insert "provide for modification" Page 2, line 17: Delete "reduction of" Insert "[REDUCTION OF]" Page 2, line 17, after "royalty": Insert "modification" Page 2, line 18, following "requesting the": Insert "change" Delete "reduction" Insert "[REDUCTION]" Page 2, line 19: Delete "reduction" Insert "modification" 1995-04-19 House Journal Page 1371 HB 207 Representative Brown moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 3 be adopted. Objection was heard and withdrawn. There being no further objection, Amendment No. 3 was adopted. Amendment No. 4 was offered by Representative Davies: Page 3, line 17, after "(B)": Insert "except as provided in (11) of this subsection," Page 4, following line 29: Insert a new paragraph to read: "(11) shall, notwithstanding AS 38.05.035(a)(9) and (5)(B) of this subsection, make available to a legislative committee, on request of the person who chairs the committee, all information and data obtained by the commissioner and considered by the commissioner in making the final findings and determination; a legislative committee to which the legislators, whether or not members of the committee, to whom the information and data are provided under this paragraph shall maintain the confidentiality of information obtained by the commissioner that is otherwise made confidential by law;" Renumber the following paragraph accordingly. Representative Davies moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 4 be adopted. Representative James objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 4 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 207(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 4 YEAS: 6 NAYS: 29 EXCUSED: 3 ABSENT: 2 1995-04-19 House Journal Page 1372 HB 207 Yeas: Brown, Davies, Finkelstein, Grussendorf, Nicholia, Robinson Nays: Austerman, Barnes, Brice, Bunde, G.Davis, Elton, Foster, Green, Hanley, Ivan, James, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, Kubina, Mackie, MacLean, Martin, Masek, Moses, Mulder, Ogan, Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Therriault, Toohey, Vezey, Willis Excused: B.Davis, Navarre, Parnell Absent: Sanders, Williams And so, Amendment No. 4 was not adopted. The House stood at ease at 12:14 p.m.