Legislature(2003 - 2004)
2004-06-24 House Journal
Full Journal pdf2004-06-24 House Journal Page 4480 SB 1001 The following was read the second time: SENATE BILL NO. 1001 "An Act relating to taxes on cigarettes and tobacco products, to tax stamps on cigarettes, to forfeiture of cigarettes and of property used in the manufacture, transportation, possession, or sale of unstamped cigarettes, to accounting for and use of part of the proceeds of the additional cigarette tax, and to licenses and licensees under the Cigarette Tax Act; relating to unfair cigarette sales; and providing for an effective date." with the: Journal Page FIN RPT HCS(FIN) NT 2DP 2DNP 6NR 1AM 4478 FN4: ZERO(H.FIN/VARIOUS DEPTS) 4479 Representative Coghill moved and asked unanimous consent that the following committee substitute be adopted in lieu of the original bill: HOUSE CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 1001(FIN) "An Act relating to restrictions on shipping or transporting cigarettes; relating to taxes on cigarettes and tobacco products, to tax stamps on cigarettes, to forfeiture of cigarettes and of property used in the manufacture, transportation, facilitation of transportation, possession, offering for sale, or sale of unstamped cigarettes, to accounting for and use of part of the proceeds of the additional cigarette tax, and to licenses and licensees under the 2004-06-24 House Journal Page 4481 Cigarette Tax Act; relating to unfair cigarette sales; relating to supersedeas bonds in certain tobacco-related litigation; amending Rules 204 and 205, Alaska Rules of Appellate Procedure; and providing for an effective date." There being no objection, it was so ordered. Amendment No. 1 was offered by Representatives Williams and Meyer: Page 5, line 18: Delete "June 30, 2004" Insert "December 31, 2004" Page 15, line 7: Delete "June 30, 2004" Insert "December 31, 2004" Representative Williams moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 1 be adopted. There being no objection, it was so ordered. Amendment No. 2 was offered by Representative Harris: Page 1, line 7, following "litigation;" (title amendment): Insert "relating to the tobacco Master Settlement Agreement;" Page 14, line 20: Insert a new bill sections to read: * Section 38. AS 45.53.020(b) is amended to read: (b) A tobacco product manufacturer that places money into escrow under (a)(2) of this section is entitled to receive the interest or other appreciation on such money as earned. Such money itself shall be released from escrow only under the following circumstances: (1) to pay a judgment or settlement on a released claim brought against such tobacco product manufacturer by this state or a releasing party located or residing in this state; the funds shall be released from escrow under this paragraph in the order in which they were placed into escrow and only to the extent and at the time 2004-06-24 House Journal Page 4482 necessary to make payments required under the judgment or settlement; (2) to the extent that the tobacco product manufacturer establishes that the amount that it was required to place into escrow on account of units sold in the state in a particular year was greater than the Master Settlement Agreement payments, as determined under sec. IX(i) of the Master Settlement Agreement, including, after final determination of all adjustments, payments that the manufacturer would have been required to make on account of those units had it been a participating manufacturer [STATE'S ALLOCABLE SHARE OF THE TOTAL PAYMENTS THAT THE MANUFACTURER WOULD HAVE BEEN REQUIRED TO MAKE IN THAT YEAR UNDER THE MASTER SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT HAD IT BEEN A PARTICIPATING MANUFACTURER, AS SUCH PAYMENTS ARE DETERMINED UNDER SEC. IX(i)(2) OF THE MASTER SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND BEFORE ANY OF THE ADJUSTMENTS OR OFFSETS DESCRIBED IN SEC. IX(i)(3) OF THAT AGREEMENT OTHER THAN THE INFLATION ADJUSTMENT], the excess shall be released from escrow and revert back to that tobacco product manufacturer; or (3) to the extent not released from escrow under (1) or (2) of this subsection [SUBSECTIONS], funds placed into escrow shall be released from escrow and revert back to the tobacco product manufacturer 25 years after the date on which they were placed into escrow. * Sec. 39. AS 45.53.020(b) is repealed and reenacted to read: (b) A tobacco product manufacturer that places money into escrow under (a)(2) of this section is entitled to receive the interest or other appreciation on such money as earned. Such money itself shall be released from escrow only under the following circumstances: (1) to pay a judgment or settlement on a released claim brought against such tobacco product manufacturer by this state or a releasing party located or residing in this state; the funds shall be released from escrow under this paragraph in the order in which they were placed into escrow and only to the extent and at the time necessary to make payments required under the judgment or settlement; 2004-06-24 House Journal Page 4483 (2) to the extent not released from escrow under (1) of this subsection, funds placed into escrow shall be released from escrow and revert back to the tobacco product manufacturer 25 years after the date on which they were placed into escrow. * Sec. 40. AS 45.53.020(b) is repealed and reenacted to read: (b) A tobacco product manufacturer that places money into escrow under (a)(2) of this section is entitled to receive the interest or other appreciation on such money as earned. Such money itself shall be released from escrow only under the following circumstances: (1) to pay a judgment or settlement on a released claim brought against such tobacco product manufacturer by this state or a releasing party located or residing in this state; the funds shall be released from escrow under this paragraph in the order in which they were placed into escrow and only to the extent and at the time necessary to make payments required under the judgment or settlement; (2) to the extent that the tobacco product manufacturer establishes that the amount that it was required to place into escrow in a particular year was greater than the state's allocable share of the total payments that the manufacturer would have been required to make in that year under the master settlement agreement had it been a participating manufacturer, as such payments are determined under sec. IX(i)(2) of the master settlement agreement and before any of the adjustments or offsets described in sec. IX(i)(3) of that agreement other than the inflation adjustment, the excess shall be released from escrow and revert back to that tobacco product manufacturer; or (3) to the extent not released from escrow under (1) or (2) of this subsection, funds placed into escrow shall be released from escrow and revert back to the tobacco product manufacturer 25 years after the date on which they were placed into escrow. Page 15, line 30: Insert a new bill section to read: * Sec. 48. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to read: CONDITIONAL EFFECT. (a) Section 2 of this Act takes effect only if AS 45.53.020(b)(2), as amended in sec. 1 of this Act, is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional. 2004-06-24 House Journal Page 4484 (b) Section 3 of this Act takes effect only if AS 45.53.020(b)(2), as amended in sec. 1 and in sec. 2 of this Act, are held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional. Page 16, line 4: Insert new bill sections to read: * Sec. 50. Section 1 of this Act takes effect July 1, 2004. * Sec. 51. If sec. 2 of this Act takes effect under sec. 4(a) of this Act, it takes effect on the day after the date of a final order or decision by a court of competent jurisdiction holding AS 45.53.020(b)(2), as amended in sec. 1 of this Act, to be unconstitutional. * Sec. 52. If sec. 3 of this Act takes effect under sec. 4(b) of this Act, it takes effect on the day after the date of a final order or decision by a court of competent jurisdiction holding AS 45.53.020(b)(2), as amended in sec. 2 of this Act, to be unconstitutional. Renumber the following sections accordingly. Representative Harris moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 2 be adopted. There being no objection, it was so ordered and the new title follows: HOUSE CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 1001(FIN) am H "An Act relating to restrictions on shipping or transporting cigarettes; relating to taxes on cigarettes and tobacco products, to tax stamps on cigarettes, to forfeiture of cigarettes and of property used in the manufacture, transportation, facilitation of transportation, possession, offering for sale, or sale of unstamped cigarettes, to accounting for and use of part of the proceeds of the additional cigarette tax, and to licenses and licensees under the Cigarette Tax Act; relating to unfair cigarette sales; relating to supersedeas bonds in certain tobacco-related litigation; relating to the tobacco product Master Settlement Agreement; amending Rules 204 and 205, Alaska Rules of Appellate Procedure; and providing for an effective date." Representative Coghill moved and asked unanimous consent that HCS SB 1001(FIN) am H be considered engrossed, advanced to third reading, and placed on final passage. There being no objection, it was so ordered. 2004-06-24 House Journal Page 4485 HCS SB 1001(FIN) am H was read the third time. The question being: "Shall HCS SB 1001(FIN) am H pass the House?" The roll was taken with the following result: HCS SB 1001(FIN) am H Third Reading Final Passage YEAS: 23 NAYS: 15 EXCUSED: 2 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Anderson, Berkowitz, Cissna, Crawford, Croft, Dahlstrom, Gara, Gatto, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Harris, Hawker, Joule, Kapsner, Kerttula, Kookesh, McGuire, Meyer, Morgan, Rokeberg, Samuels, Seaton, Weyhrauch Nays: Chenault, Coghill, Fate, Foster, Holm, Kohring, Kott, Lynn, Masek, Moses, Ogg, Stepovich, Stoltze, Williams, Wolf Excused: Heinze, Wilson And so, HCS SB 1001(FIN) am H passed the House. Representative Coghill moved the effective date clauses. The question being: "Shall the effective date clauses be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: HCS SB 1001(FIN) am H Third Reading Effective Dates YEAS: 38 NAYS: 0 EXCUSED: 2 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Anderson, Berkowitz, Chenault, Cissna, Coghill, Crawford, Croft, Dahlstrom, Fate, Foster, Gara, Gatto, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Harris, Hawker, Holm, Joule, Kapsner, Kerttula, Kohring, Kookesh, Kott, Lynn, Masek, McGuire, Meyer, Morgan, Moses, Ogg, Rokeberg, Samuels, Seaton, Stepovich, Stoltze, Weyhrauch, Williams, Wolf Excused: Heinze, Wilson Gara changed from "Nay" to "Yea". And so, the effective date clauses were adopted. 2004-06-24 House Journal Page 4486 Representative Coghill moved the court rule changes. The question being: "Shall the court rule changes be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: HCS SB 1001(FIN) am H Third Reading Court Rules YEAS: 31 NAYS: 7 EXCUSED: 2 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Anderson, Chenault, Cissna, Coghill, Crawford, Dahlstrom, Fate, Foster, Gatto, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Harris, Hawker, Holm, Joule, Kapsner, Kerttula, Kookesh, Kott, Lynn, McGuire, Meyer, Morgan, Moses, Rokeberg, Samuels, Seaton, Stepovich, Weyhrauch, Williams, Wolf Nays: Berkowitz, Croft, Gara, Kohring, Masek, Ogg, Stoltze Excused: Heinze, Wilson Croft changed from "Yea" to "Nay". Ogg changed from "Yea" to "Nay". And so, the court rule changes were adopted. In accordance with Rule 43(b) of the Uniform Rules, the Speaker waived engrossment of HCS SB 1001(FIN) am H, and it was referred to the Chief Clerk and transmitted to the Senate with copies of certified amendments attached.