Legislature(1997 - 1998)
1998-04-18 House Journal
Full Journal pdf1998-04-18 House Journal Page 3097 HB 2 Representative Porter moved and asked unanimous consent that the House consider the Senate message (page 3067) on the following at this time: CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 2(FIN) "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 any of the following reasons: vocational, professional, or other specific education for which a comparable program is not reasonably available in the state; secondary or postsecondary education; military service; medical treatment; service in the Congress or in the peace corps; to care for the individual's terminally ill parent, spouse, sibling, child, or stepchild; for up to 220 days to settle the estate of the individual's deceased parent, spouse, sibling, child, or stepchild; to care for a parent, spouse, sibling, child, or stepchild with a critical life-threatening illness whose treatment plan, as recommended by the attending physician, requires travel outside of the state for treatment at a medical specialty complex; or other reasons that the commissioner of revenue may establish by regulation; requiring, for the purposes of permanent fund dividend eligibility, a state resident to have the intent to remain indefinitely; relating to the eligibility for 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997 permanent fund dividends of certain spouses and dependents of eligible applicants; and providing for an effective date." 1998-04-18 House Journal Page 3098 HB 2 and SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 2(FIN) am S "An Act requiring, for purposes of permanent fund dividend eligibility, an individual to have been physically present in the state for at least 72 consecutive hours during the prior two years before the current dividend year; relating, for purposes of permanent fund dividend eligibility, to allowable absences for secondary and postsecondary education on a full-time basis, vocational, professional, or other education on a full-time basis when a comparable program is not reasonably available in the state, serving on active duty as a member of the armed forces of the United States, receiving continuous medical treatment or convalescing if the treatment or convalescence is not based on a need for climatic change, providing care for certain relatives with critical life-threatening illnesses, providing care for certain terminally ill relatives, settling the estates of certain relatives, serving as a member of the United States Congress, serving on the staff of a member from this state of the United States Congress, serving as an employee of the state, accompanying certain ill minors, accompanying another eligible resident who is absent for an allowable reason as the spouse, minor dependent, or disabled dependent of the eligible resident, or for any reason consistent with an individual's intent to remain a state resident; prohibiting, for purposes of permanent fund dividend eligibility, an individual from claiming an allowable absence unless the individual was a resident for at least six consecutive months immediately before leaving the state; making ineligible, for purposes of permanent fund dividend eligibility, certain individuals who are absent for more than 180 days during each of 10 qualifying years; relating to the definition of state 'resident' for purposes of permanent fund dividend eligibility and requiring a state resident to have the intent to remain indefinitely; relating to the qualifying year and defining that term for purposes of the permanent fund dividend program; relating to the eligibility for 1998 permanent fund dividends of certain spouses and dependents of eligible individuals; and providing for an effective date." Title change to be authorized by SCR 23 am. 1998-04-18 House Journal Page 3099 HB 2 Representative Porter moved that the House concur in the Senate amendment to CSHB 2(FIN), thus adopting SCS CSHB 2(FIN) am S, and recommended that the members vote no. The question being: Shall the House concur in the Senate amendment to CSHB 2(FIN)? The roll was taken with the following result: SCS CSHB 2(FIN) am S Concur YEAS: 2 NAYS: 33 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 5 Yeas: Ogan, Vezey Nays: Austerman, Barnes, Berkowitz, Brice, Bunde, Cowdery, Davies, Davis, Dyson, Elton, Foster, Green, Grussendorf, Hodgins, Hudson, Ivan, James, Joule, Kelly, Kemplen, Kohring, Kott, Kubina, Martin, Masek, Mulder, Nicholia, Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Ryan, Therriault, Williams Absent: Croft, Hanley, Kookesh, Moses, Sanders And so, the House failed to concur in the Senate amendment, thus failing to adopt SCS CSHB 2(FIN) am S. The Chief Clerk was instructed to so notify the Senate and respectfully request it to recede.