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HB 2                                                                         
A message dated May 22, 1998, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
CONFERENCE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 2                                            
"An Act requiring, for purposes of permanent fund dividend                    
eligibility, an individual to have been  physically  present  in the           

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HB 2                                                                         
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."                                              
                                                                               
Chapter No. 44, SLA 1998                                                      
Effective Date:  See Chapter