Legislature(2005 - 2006)
2006-04-21 House Journal
Full Journal pdf2006-04-21 House Journal Page 3258 HB 273 The following, which was held from the April 20, 2006, calendar (page 3229), was read the second time: HOUSE BILL NO. 273 "An Act relating to the dividends of individuals claiming allowable absences; and providing for an effective date." with the: Journal Page STA RPT CS(STA) NT 5DP 1DNP 1NR 2379 FN1: ZERO(REV) 2380 FIN RPT CS(FIN) NT 2DP 3NR 2AM 2554 2006-04-21 House Journal Page 3259 FN2: (REV) 2554 RLS RPT CS(RLS) NT 1DP 3NR 2AM 2768 FN2: (REV) 2768 Representative Coghill moved and asked unanimous consent that the following committee substitute be adopted in lieu of the original bill: CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 273(RLS) "An Act relating to the dividends of certain individuals claiming allowable absences; and providing for an effective date." There being no objection, it was so ordered. Amendment No. 1 was not offered. Amendment No. 2 was offered by Representative Berkowitz: Page 3, following line 17: Insert a new paragraph to read: "(14) serving in Antarctica with or through the United States Antarctic Program;" Renumber the following paragraphs accordingly. Representative Berkowitz moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 2 be adopted. There was objection. Amendment to Amendment No. 2 was offered by Representative Meyer: Following "Antarctica": Insert "except South Orkney Islands and South Georgia" Representative Meyer moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment to Amendment No. 2 be adopted. Representative Berkowitz objected. 2006-04-21 House Journal Page 3260 Representative Meyer moved and asked unanimous consent to withdraw Amendment to Amendment No. 2. There being no objection, it was so ordered. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 2 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 273(RLS) Second Reading Amendment No. 2 YEAS: 15 NAYS: 20 EXCUSED: 4 ABSENT: 1 Yeas: Berkowitz, Cissna, Crawford, Dahlstrom, Elkins, Foster, Gara, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Joule, Kerttula, Kohring, Kott, Lynn, Thomas Nays: Coghill, Gardner, Gatto, Harris, Hawker, Holm, Kelly, LeDoux, Meyer, Moses, Neuman, Olson, Ramras, Rokeberg, Salmon, Samuels, Seaton, Stoltze, Weyhrauch, Wilson Excused: Anderson, Chenault, Kapsner, McGuire Absent: Croft And so, Amendment No. 2 was not adopted. Amendment No. 3 was offered by Representatives Kerttula, Weyhrauch, and Joule: Page 4, line 19: Delete "for the year immediately following the" Insert "the dividends for the two years immediately following that" Page 4, line 24: Delete "the current" Insert "that current" Page 4, line 26: Delete "the" Insert "that" 2006-04-21 House Journal Page 3261 Representative Kerttula moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 3 be adopted. Objection was heard and withdrawn. There being no further objection, Amendment No. 3 was adopted. Amendment No. 4 was offered by Representatives Lynn and Dahlstrom: Page 2, following line 11: Insert a new bill section to read: "* Sec. 2. AS 43.23.005(f) is amended to read: (f) The requirement of (a)(4) of this section does not apply to an individual who is absent from the state under AS 43.23.008(a)(3) if the individual was eligible during the qualifying year for hostile fire or imminent danger pay while serving on active duty as a member of the armed forces of the United States. The requirement of (a)(4) of this section does not apply to an individual who is absent from the state under AS 43.23.008(a)(3) if the individual was serving on active duty during all or part of the qualifying year outside of the United States or was accompanying an individual who was serving on active duty outside of the United States. The commissioner may waive the requirement of (a)(4) of this section for an individual absent from the state (1) in a time of national military emergency under military orders while serving in the armed forces of the United States, or for the spouse and dependents of that individual; or (2) while in the custody of the Department of Health and Social Services in accordance with a court order under AS 47.10 or AS 47.12 and placed outside of the state by the Department of Health and Social Services for purposes of medical or behavioral treatment." Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Page 4, line 2: Delete "(e)" Insert "(e) - (g)" 2006-04-21 House Journal Page 3262 Page 4, following line 27: Insert new subsections to read: "(f) The dividend of an individual claiming an allowable absence under AS 43.23.008(a)(3) shall be paid to the individual under AS 43.23.055(2). However, payments under this subsection may be made to the individual only for a period not to exceed four consecutive years, except that the four-year period is extended to include additional consecutive years if the individual was eligible during each of the additional applicable qualifying years for hostile fire or imminent danger pay while serving on active duty as a member of the armed forces of the United States. (g) This subsection does not apply to an absence under 43.23.008(a)(1) or (2) if the absence is for postsecondary education, including undergraduate or graduate college, professional, or vocational education, and the individual maintained during the qualifying year at least a C grade point average or its equivalent." Representative Lynn moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 4 be adopted. Representative Weyhrauch objected. Amendment to Amendment No. 4 was offered by Representative Gruenberg: Following "(g)": Delete "subsection" Insert "section" Representative Gruenberg moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment to Amendment No. 4 be adopted. There being no objection, it was so ordered. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 4 as amended be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 273(RLS) am Second Reading Amendment No. 4 as amended YEAS: 23 NAYS: 13 EXCUSED: 4 ABSENT: 0 2006-04-21 House Journal Page 3263 Yeas: Berkowitz, Cissna, Crawford, Croft, Dahlstrom, Elkins, Foster, Gara, Gardner, Gatto, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Holm, Kerttula, Kott, LeDoux, Lynn, Olson, Ramras, Salmon, Stoltze, Thomas, Wilson Nays: Coghill, Harris, Hawker, Joule, Kelly, Kohring, Meyer, Moses, Neuman, Rokeberg, Samuels, Seaton, Weyhrauch Excused: Anderson, Chenault, Kapsner, McGuire And so, Amendment No. 4 as amended was adopted. Representative Coghill moved and asked unanimous consent that CSHB 273(RLS) am be considered engrossed, advanced to third reading, and placed on final passage. There was objection. CSHB 273(RLS) am will advance to third reading on the April 24, 2006, calendar.