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2005-05-02 House Journal

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2005-05-02                     House Journal                      Page 1434
SB 141                                                                                            
The Finance Committee has again considered (page 1420):                                             
                                                                                                    
     CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 141(FIN)                                                                
     "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                                    
     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                                

2005-05-02                     House Journal                      Page 1435
     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 recommends it be replaced with a forthcoming House Finance                                      
Committee substitute.                                                                               
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
The report was signed by Representatives Meyer and Chenault, Co-                                    
chairs, with the following individual recommendations:                                              
                                                                                                    
Do pass (3):  Foster, Kelly, Chenault                                                               
                                                                                                    
No recommendation (4):  Holm, Stoltze, Moses, Meyer                                                 
                                                                                                    
Amend (1):  Hawker                                                                                  
                                                                                                    
The following fiscal note(s) apply to HCS CSSB 141(FIN):                                            
                                                                                                    
1.   Fiscal, Dept. of Administration                                                                
3.   Fiscal, Dept. of Revenue                                                                       
4.   Fiscal, Dept. of Revenue                                                                       
5.   Fiscal, Dept. of Revenue                                                                       
6.   Fiscal, Dept. of Revenue                                                                       
7.   Fiscal, Dept. of Revenue                                                                       
9.   Zero, House Finance Committee/Dept. of Administration                                          
11. Fiscal, Dept. of Administration                                                                 
                                                                                                    
Representative Berkowitz moved and asked unanimous consent that                                     
the House Finance Committee analysis, which applies to HCS CSSB
141(FIN), be replaced with an analysis by the Actuarial Service                                     
Company.                                                                                            
                                                                                                    
There was objection.                                                                                
                                                                                                    
The question being:  "Shall the House Finance Committee analysis,                                   
which applies to HCS CSSB 141(FIN), be replaced with an analysis                                    
by the Actuarial Service Company?"  The roll was taken with the                                     
following result:                                                                                   

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Replace Finance Committee Fiscal Analysis with                                                      
Actuarial Service Company Analysis for HCS CSSB 141(FIN)                                            
                                                                                                    
YEAS:  15   NAYS:  25   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                  
                                                                                                    
Yeas:  Berkowitz, Cissna, Crawford, Dahlstrom, Gara, Gruenberg,                                     
Guttenberg, Hawker, Joule, Kapsner, Kerttula, Kott, LeDoux, Moses,                                  
Salmon                                                                                              
                                                                                                    
Nays:  Anderson, Chenault, Coghill, Croft, Elkins, Foster, Gardner,                                 
Gatto, Harris, Holm, Kelly, Kohring, Lynn, McGuire, Meyer,                                          
Neuman, Olson, Ramras, Rokeberg, Samuels, Seaton, Stoltze,                                          
Thomas, Weyhrauch, Wilson                                                                           
                                                                                                    
And so, the motion failed.                                                                          
                                                                                                    
CSSB 141(FIN) was referred to the Rules Committee for placement on                                  
the calendar.