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1997-05-10 House Journal

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1997-05-10                     House Journal                      Page 1817
SB 154                                                                       
The following was read the second time:                                        
                                                                               
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 154(FIN) am                                            
"An Act making statutory changes that will be repealed on July 1,             
1999, relating to paternity determination and child support; making            
statutory changes that will be repealed on July 1, 1999, relating to           
reporting of and access to financial or other information for child            
support purposes; making statutory changes that will be repealed               
on July 1, 1999, to laws relating to occupational licenses,                    
crewmember fishing licenses, drivers' licenses, and other permits,             
certificates, or other authorizations issued by the state, other than          
recreational fishing and hunting licenses, to facilitate                       
administration of child support laws; making statutory changes that            
will be repealed on July 1, 1999, relating to immunity from civil              
liability for good faith compliance with reporting or other                    
requirements for child support purposes; making statutory changes              
that will be repealed on July 1, 1999, relating to voiding                     
fraudulent transfers and to penalties for noncompliance with orders            
for child support purposes; making statutory changes that will be              
repealed on July 1, 1999, providing that an obligor will be                    
considered to be in substantial compliance with a support order or             
payment schedule if a court determines that the obligor is making              
the best efforts possible to have no arrearages; making statutory              
changes that will be repealed on July 1, 1999, providing that the              
authority of a tribunal to order that service be given to a party by           
first class mail applies to subsequent child support enforcement               
efforts by the agency with respect to that party; making statutory             
changes that will be repealed on July 1, 1999, allowing a party                
aggrieved by an order of nondisclosure of information relating to              
a party or a child in a child support proceeding to contest that               
order in a hearing when the order was based on an ex parte                     
finding of risk; retaining existing law relating to the duty of                
employers and labor unions to provide employment and                           
compensation reports to the child support enforcement agency;                  
making statutory changes that will be repealed on July 1, 1999,                
requiring that administrative subpoenas of the child support                   
enforcement agency be served in the manner provided for service                
of liens by the agency; making statutory changes that will be                  
repealed on July 1, 1999, requiring that administrative orders to              
withhold and deliver be served by the child support enforcement                
agency  ectronically or  in  the  manner  provided  for  service  of           

1997-05-10                     House Journal                      Page 1818
 SB 154                                                                      
liens by the agency; retaining existing law with respect to whether           
a lien arising under the child support laws of another state shall be          
given full faith and credit in this state; making statutory changes            
that will be repealed on July 1, 1999, allowing the child support              
enforcement agency of this or another state, but not any other                 
person, to serve a copy of certain liens relating to child support at          
any time after recording of the lien; making statutory changes that            
will be repealed on July 1, 1999, allowing the periodic                        
modification of child support orders without a showing of a                    
material change in circumstances but only if the order was not                 
modified in the three years preceding the periodic modification;               
making statutory changes that will be repealed on July 1, 1999,                
modifying the duties of the child support enforcement agency but               
not authorizing the agency to enter into contracts or agreements               
with contractors to perform some or all of the function of the                 
agency's disbursement unit; reenacting and reinstating existing                
laws relating to child support and paternity determination upon the            
repeal of the changes made by this law on July 1, 1999; amending               
Rules 4, 5, 35, 52, 58, 78, 90.1, and 90.3, Alaska Rules of Civil              
Procedure; amending Rule 901, Alaska Rules of Evidence;                        
amending Rules 3 and 5, Alaska Bar Association Rules; repealing                
the effective date of sec. 45, ch. 107, SLA 1996; and providing for            
an effective date."                                                            
                                                                               
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Representative Porter moved and asked unanimous consent that                   
CSSB154(FIN) am be considered engrossed, advanced to third reading             
and placed on final passage.  There being no objection, it was so              
ordered.                                                                       
                                                                               
CSSB 154(FIN) am was read the third time.                                      
                                                                               
                                                                               
The question being:  "Shall CSSB 154(FIN) am pass the House?"  The             
roll was taken with the following result:                                      

1997-05-10                     House Journal                      Page 1819
SB 154                                                                       
                                                                               
CSSB 154(FIN) am                                                               
Third Reading                                                                  
Final Passage                                                                  
                                                                               
YEAS:  24   NAYS:  15   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  1                             
                                                                               
Yeas:  Berkowitz, Brice, Bunde, Cowdery, Croft, Davies, Davis, Elton,          
Foster, Green, Grussendorf, Hanley, Hodgins, Hudson, Ivan, Joule,              
Kubina, Martin, Mulder, Nicholia, Phillips, Porter, Therriault, Williams       
                                                                               
Nays:  Austerman, Barnes, Dyson, James, Kelly, Kemplen, Kohring,               
Kookesh, Kott, Masek, Ogan, Rokeberg, Ryan, Sanders, Vezey                     
                                                                               
Absent:  Moses                                                                 
                                                                               
And so, CSSB 154(FIN) am passed the House.                                     
                                                                               
                                                                               
Representative Porter moved the court rule changes.                            
                                                                               
The question being:  "Shall the court rule changes be adopted?"  The           
roll was taken with the following result:                                      
                                                                               
CSSB 154(FIN) am                                                               
Third Reading                                                                  
Court Rule                                                                     
                                                                               
YEAS:  30   NAYS:  9   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  1                              
                                                                               
Yeas:  Austerman, Berkowitz, Brice, Bunde, Cowdery, Croft, Davies,             
Davis, Elton, Foster, Green, Grussendorf, Hanley, Hodgins, Hudson,             
Ivan, Joule, Kelly, Kookesh, Kott, Kubina, Martin, Mulder, Nicholia,           
Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Therriault, Vezey, Williams                        
                                                                               
Nays:  Barnes, Dyson, James, Kemplen, Kohring, Masek, Ogan, Ryan,              
Sanders                                                                        
                                                                               
Absent:  Moses                                                                 
                                                                               
And so, the court rule changes were adopted.                                   
                                                                               
                                                                               

1997-05-10                     House Journal                      Page 1820
SB 154                                                                       
Representative Porter moved and asked unanimous consent that the roll          
call on the court rule changes be considered the roll call on the              
effective date clause.  There being no objection, it was so ordered.           
                                                                               
Representative Ryan gave notice of reconsideration of his vote on              
CSSB 154(FIN) am.                                                              
                                                                               
The Speaker stated that, without objection, the House would recess to          
5:30 p.m.; and so, the House recessed at 4:08 p.m.