Legislature(1995 - 1996)
1996-02-07 House Journal
Full Journal pdf1996-02-07 House Journal Page 2650 HB 212 The following was read the second time: HOUSE BILL NO. 212 An Act relating to the management and sale of state timber and relating to the administration of forest land and classification of state land. with the: Journal Page STA RPT 1DP 4NR 1AM 844 2 FISCAL NOTES (DEC, F&G) 845 ZERO FISCAL NOTE (DNR) 845 RES RPT CS(RES) 6DP 3AM 2518 FISCAL NOTE (F&G) 2519 1996-02-07 House Journal Page 2651 HB 212 2 ZERO FISCAL NOTES (DNR, DEC) 2519 FIN RPT CS(FIN) 6DP 2AM 2598 FISCAL NOTE (F&G) 2598 ZERO FISCAL NOTE (DEC) 2598 ZERO FISCAL NOTE (DNR) 1/24/96 2598 The Rules Committee submitted the following fiscal note: Fiscal note, Dept. of Natural Resources, 2/7/96 Representative Vezey moved and asked unanimous consent that the following committee substitute be adopted in lieu of the original bill: CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 212(FIN) (same title) There being no objection, it was so ordered. Amendment No. 1 was offered by Representative Davies: Page 3, line 20: Delete Sales of 160 acres or less Insert Sales under 500,000 board feet Page 3, line 22, following section.: Insert The Department shall advertise these sales in acreage. Representative Davies moved and asked unanimous consent Amendment No. 1 be adopted. Representative James objected. The question being: Shall Amendment No. 1 be adopted? The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 212(FIN) Second Reading Amendment No. 1 YEAS: 9 NAYS: 23 EXCUSED: 5 ABSENT: 3 1996-02-07 House Journal Page 2652 HB 212 Yeas: Brice, Brown, Davies, Elton, Finkelstein, Grussendorf, Kubina, Navarre, Willis Nays: Austerman, Bunde, G.Davis, Foster, Green, Hanley, Ivan, James, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, Martin, Moses, Mulder, Ogan, Parnell, Phillips, Rokeberg, Sanders, Therriault, Toohey, Vezey, Williams Excused: Barnes, B.Davis, Long, Porter, Robinson Absent: Mackie, Masek, Nicholia And so, Amendment No. 1 was not adopted. Amendment No. 2 was offered by Representative Davies: Page 3, following line 19 through line 22: Delete all material. Insert (c) The requirements of this section do not apply to sales of less than 160 acres provided the total of sales each year under this paragraph in each region established by the commissioner under AS 41.17.080(c) does not exceed 10 percent of the timber sold in the region. ªTHE DEPARTMENT MAY ADOPT REGULATIONS EXEMPTING SMALL AND EMERGENCY SALES FROM THE REQUIREMENT OF THIS SECTION.ß Representative Davies moved and asked unanimous consent Amendment No. 2 be adopted. Representative James objected. The question being: Shall Amendment No. 2 be adopted? The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 212(FIN) Second Reading Amendment No. 2 YEAS: 10 NAYS: 24 EXCUSED: 5 ABSENT: 1 Yeas: Brice, Brown, Davies, Elton, Finkelstein, Grussendorf, Kubina, Navarre, Nicholia, Willis 1996-02-07 House Journal Page 2653 HB 212 Nays: Austerman, Bunde, G.Davis, Foster, Green, Hanley, Ivan, James, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, Martin, Masek, Moses, Mulder, Ogan, Parnell, Phillips, Rokeberg, Sanders, Therriault, Toohey, Vezey, Williams Excused: Barnes, B.Davis, Long, Porter, Robinson Absent: Mackie And so, Amendment No. 2 was not adopted. HB 212 Amendment No. 3 was offered by Representative Davies: Page 4, line 13: Delete management Representative Davies moved and asked unanimous consent Amendment No. 3 be adopted. Representative James objected. The question being: Shall Amendment No. 3 be adopted? The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 212(FIN) Second Reading Amendment No. 3 YEAS: 8 NAYS: 23 EXCUSED: 6 ABSENT: 3 1996-02-07 House Journal Page 2654 HB 212 Yeas: Brown, Davies, Elton, Finkelstein, Kubina, Navarre, Nicholia, Willis Nays: Austerman, Brice, Bunde, G.Davis, Grussendorf, Hanley, James, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, Martin, Masek, Moses, Mulder, Ogan, Parnell, Phillips, Rokeberg, Sanders, Therriault, Toohey, Vezey, Williams Excused: Barnes, B.Davis, Long, Mackie, Porter, Robinson Absent: Foster, Green, Ivan And so, Amendment No. 3 was not adopted. Amendment No. 4 was offered by Representative Brice: Page 1, line 6: Delete "10" Insert "20" Representative Brice 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 212(FIN) Second Reading Amendment No. 4 YEAS: 6 NAYS: 24 EXCUSED: 6 ABSENT: 4 Yeas: Brice, Hanley, Kelly, Mulder, Therriault, Vezey Nays: Austerman, Brown, Bunde, Davies, G.Davis, Elton, Finkelstein, Grussendorf, James, Kohring, Kott, Kubina, Martin, Masek, Moses, Navarre, Ogan, Parnell, Phillips, Rokeberg, Sanders, Toohey, Williams, Willis 1996-02-07 House Journal Page 2655 HB 212 Excused: Barnes, B.Davis, Long, Mackie, Porter, Robinson Absent: Foster, Green, Ivan, Nicholia And so, Amendment No. 4 was not adopted. Amendment No. 5 was offered by Representative Brice: Page 3, line 20: Delete "160" Insert "240" Representative Brice moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 5 be adopted. Representative James objected. The question being: Shall Amendment No. 5 be adopted? The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 212(FIN) Second Reading Amendment No. 5 YEAS: 5 NAYS: 26 EXCUSED: 6 ABSENT: 3 Yeas: Brice, Foster, Mulder, Sanders, Vezey Nays: Austerman, Brown, Bunde, Davies, G.Davis, Elton, Finkelstein, Grussendorf, Hanley, James, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, Kubina, Masek, Moses, Navarre, Nicholia, Ogan, Parnell, Phillips, Rokeberg, Therriault, Toohey, Williams, Willis Excused: Barnes, B.Davis, Long, Mackie, Porter, Robinson Absent: Green, Ivan, Martin And so, Amendment No. 5 was not adopted. Amendment No. 6 was offered by Representative Brice: 1996-02-07 House Journal Page 2656 HB 212 Page 1, line 14, through page 2, line 1: Delete ", describing the immediate and long-term effects of individual and collective forest activities on the timber base and on other resources and uses" Insert "ªDESCRIBING THE IMMEDIATE AND LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE FOREST ACTIVITIES ON THE TIMBER BASE AND ON OTHER RESOURCES AND USESß" Representative Brice moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 6 be adopted. Representative James objected. The question being: Shall Amendment No. 6 be adopted? The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 212(FIN) Second Reading Amendment No. 6 YEAS: 5 NAYS: 28 EXCUSED: 6 ABSENT: 1 Yeas: Brice, Kelly, Mulder, Therriault, Vezey Nays: Austerman, Brown, Bunde, Davies, G.Davis, Elton, Finkelstein, Foster, Grussendorf, Hanley, Ivan, James, Kohring, Kott, Kubina, Martin, Masek, Moses, Navarre, Nicholia, Ogan, Parnell, Phillips, Rokeberg, Sanders, Toohey, Williams, Willis Excused: Barnes, B.Davis, Long, Mackie, Porter, Robinson Absent: Green And so, Amendment No. 6 was not adopted. Amendment No. 7 was offered by Representative Brice: Page 4, lines 17 - 21: Delete all material. 1996-02-07 House Journal Page 2657 HB 212 Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Page 5, following line 5: Insert a new bill section to read: "* Sec. 9. AS 41.17.220 is amended by adding new subsections to read: (b) In managing a state forest, the commissioner shall (1) allow for the fullest possible access to, and use of, natural resources, including timber, game, fish, and minerals; (2) maintain forest growth at a high level of productivity; and (3) restrict public use of the land and its resources only when necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. (c) In a state forest, the commercial harvest of timber may not be found to be an incompatible use or otherwise restricted unless the commissioner documents the finding with scientific data that clearly justifies the finding or clearly demonstrates the benefit of the restriction." Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Representative Brice moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 7 be adopted. Representative James objected. The question being: Shall Amendment No. 7 be adopted? The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 212(FIN) Second Reading Amendment No. 7 YEAS: 6 NAYS: 27 EXCUSED: 6 ABSENT: 1 Yeas: Brice, Kott, Kubina, Mulder, Therriault, Vezey Nays: Austerman, Brown, Bunde, Davies, G.Davis, Elton, Finkelstein, Foster, Grussendorf, Hanley, Ivan, James, Kelly, Kohring, Martin, Masek, Moses, Navarre, Nicholia, Ogan, Parnell, Phillips, Rokeberg, Sanders, Toohey, Williams, Willis 1996-02-07 House Journal Page 2658 HB 212 Excused: Barnes, B.Davis, Long, Mackie, Porter, Robinson Absent: Green And so, Amendment No. 7 was not adopted. Amendment No. 8 was offered by Representative Brice: Page 4, line 13: Delete provides for Insert secures Representative Brice moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 8 be adopted. Representative James objected. The question being: Shall Amendment No. 8 be adopted? The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 212(FIN) Second Reading Amendment No. 8 YEAS: 3 NAYS: 31 EXCUSED: 6 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Brice, Mulder, Vezey Nays: Austerman, Brown, Bunde, Davies, G.Davis, Elton, Finkelstein, Foster, Green, Grussendorf, Hanley, Ivan, James, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, Kubina, Martin, Masek, Moses, Navarre, Nicholia, Ogan, Parnell, Phillips, Rokeberg, Sanders, Therriault, Toohey, Williams, Willis Excused: Barnes, B.Davis, Long, Mackie, Porter, Robinson And so, Amendment No. 8 was not adopted. 1996-02-07 House Journal Page 2659 HB 212 Amendment No. 9 was offered by Representative Davies: Page 5, following line 19, through line 24: Delete all material. Page 5, line 25: Delete *Sec. 12. Insert *Sec. 11. Representative Davies moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 9 be adopted. Representative James objected. The question being: Shall Amendment No. 9 be adopted? The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 212(FIN) Second Reading Amendment No. 9 YEAS: 7 NAYS: 27 EXCUSED: 6 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Brown, Davies, Elton, Finkelstein, Grussendorf, Navarre, Willis Nays: Austerman, Brice, Bunde, G.Davis, Foster, Green, Hanley, Ivan, James, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, Kubina, Martin, Masek, Moses, Mulder, Nicholia, Ogan, Parnell, Phillips, Rokeberg, Sanders, Therriault, Toohey, Vezey, Williams Excused: Barnes, B.Davis, Long, Mackie, Porter, Robinson And so, Amendment No. 9 was not adopted. Amendment No. 10 was offered by Representative Finkelstein: Page 4, following line 8, through line 16: Delete all material. 1996-02-07 House Journal Page 2660 HB 212 Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Representative Finkelstein moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 10 be adopted. Representative James objected. The question being: Shall Amendment No. 10 be adopted? The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 212(FIN) Second Reading Amendment No. 10 YEAS: 10 NAYS: 24 EXCUSED: 6 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Brice, Brown, Davies, Elton, Finkelstein, Grussendorf, Kubina, Navarre, Nicholia, Willis Nays: Austerman, Bunde, G.Davis, Foster, Green, Hanley, Ivan, James, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, Martin, Masek, Moses, Mulder, Ogan, Parnell, Phillips, Rokeberg, Sanders, Therriault, Toohey, Vezey, Williams Excused: Barnes, B.Davis, Long, Mackie, Porter, Robinson And so, Amendment No. 10 was not adopted. The Speaker stated that CSHB 212(FIN) will be in third reading on the February 9, 1996, calendar.