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HB 2                                                                         
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 2(FIN) BY THE HOUSE FINANCE                              
COMMITTEE, entitled:                                                           
                                                                               
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         

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HB 2                                                                         
service; medical treatment; service in the Congress or in the peace            
corps; to care for the individuals terminally ill parent, spouse,              
sibling, child, or stepchild; for up to 220 days to settle the estate of       
the individuals 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 speciality 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.                                               
                                                                               
was read the first time and referred to the State Affairs and Finance          
Committees.