1996-05-06                     Senate Journal                      Page 4098
HB 4                                                                         
Senator Halford moved and asked unanimous consent that CS FOR                  
HOUSE BILL NO. 4(STA)(title am) An Act allowing, for the                       
purposes of permanent fund dividend eligibility, an individual to              
accompany, as the spouse or minor or disabled dependent, another               
eligible resident who is absent for vocational, professional, or other         
specific education for which a comparable program is not reasonably            
available in the state, for secondary or postsecondary education, for          
military service, for medical treatment, for service in the Congress           
or in the Peace Corps, or for other reasons that the commissioner of           
revenue may establish by regulation; requiring, for the purposes of            
permanent fund dividend eligibility, an individual who is not                  
physically present in the state to maintain and demonstrate at all             
times an intent to return to the state to remain permanently;  relating        
to the eligibility for 1992, 1993, and 1994 permanent fund dividends           
of certain spouses and dependents of eligible applicants; relating to          
appeal periods for certain 1994 permanent fund dividends; and                  
providing for an effective date be taken up.  Without objection, the           
bill was read the second time.