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SB 141                                                                                            
A message dated May 7, 2005, was read stating the Senate has failed                                 
to concur in the House amendment to CSSB 141(FIN), namely:                                          
                                                                                                    
            HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 141(FIN) am H                                      
    "An Act relating to the teachers' and public employees' retirement                              
    systems and creating defined contribution and health                                            
    reimbursement plans for members of the teachers' retirement                                     
    system and the public employees' retirement system who are first                                
    hired after July 1, 2005; relating to university retirement                                     
    programs; establishing the Alaska Retirement Management Board                                   
    to replace the Alaska State Pension Investment Board, the Alaska                                
    Teachers' Retirement Board, and the Public Employees'                                           
    Retirement Board; adding appeals of the decisions of the                                        
    administrator of the teachers' and public employees' retirement                                 
    systems to the jurisdiction of the office of administrative hearings;                           
    providing for nonvested members of the teachers' retirement                                     

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    system defined benefit plans to transfer into the teachers'                                     
    retirement system defined contribution plan and for nonvested                                   
    members of the public employees' retirement system defined                                      
    benefit plans to transfer into the public employees' retirement                                 
    system defined contribution plan; providing for political                                       
    subdivisions and public organizations to request to participate in                              
    the public employees' defined contribution retirement plan; and                                 
    providing for an effective date."                                                               
                                                                                                    
and respectfully requests the House to recede from its amendment.                                   
                                                                                                    
In the event the House fails to recede, the President appointed the                                 
following members to a Conference Committee to meet with a like                                     
committee from the House to consider the bills:                                                     
                                                                                                    
 Senator Green, Chair                                                                               
 Senator Seekins                                                                                    
 Senator Olson                                                                                      
SB 141                                                                                            
Representative Coghill moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                   
House consider the Senate message at this time.  There being no                                     
objection, it was so ordered.                                                                       
                                                                                                    
Representative Coghill moved that the House recede from its                                         
amendment to CSSB 141(FIN), namely HCS CSSB 141(FIN) am H,                                          
and recommended that the members vote no.                                                           
                                                                                                    
The question being:  "Shall the House recede from its amendment to                                  
CSSB 141(FIN)?"  The roll was taken with the following result:                                      
                                                                                                    
HCS CSSB 141(FIN) am H                                                                              
Recede                                                                                              
                                                                                                    
YEAS:  0   NAYS:  37   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  3                                                   
                                                                                                    
Nays:  Anderson, Berkowitz, Chenault, Cissna, Coghill, Crawford,                                    
Croft, Dahlstrom, Elkins, Foster, Gara, Gardner, Gatto, Gruenberg,                                  
Guttenberg, Harris, Hawker, Holm, Joule, Kapsner, Kelly, Kerttula,                                  
Kohring, Kott, LeDoux, Lynn, McGuire, Neuman, Olson, Ramras,                                        
Rokeberg, Salmon, Samuels, Seaton, Stoltze, Weyhrauch, Wilson                                       

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Absent:  Meyer, Moses, Thomas                                                                       
                                                                                                    
And so, the House failed to recede.                                                                 
                                                                                                    
The Speaker appointed the following members to a Conference                                         
Committee to meet with a like committee from the Senate to consider                                 
the above bills:                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
 Representative Seaton                                                                              
 Representative Weyhrauch                                                                           
 Representative Crawford                                                                            
                                                                                                    
The Chief Clerk notified the Senate.