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2007-04-26 House Journal

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2007-04-26                     House Journal                      Page 0940
HB 238                                                                                                                        
The following was read the second time:                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 238                                                                                                          
    "An Act relating to the response account of the oil and hazardous                                                           
    substance release prevention and response fund; and providing for                                                           
    an effective date."                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
with the:                                                   Journal Page                                                        
                                                                                                                                
 FIN RPT CS(FIN) 7DP 2NR                                              904                                                       
 FN1: ZERO(ADM)                                                       905                                                       
 FN2: INDETERMINATE(DEC)                                              905                                                       
 FN3: (REV)                                                           905                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Representative Samuels moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                                               
following committee substitute be adopted in lieu of the original bill:                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 238(FIN)                                                                                              
    (same title)                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
There being no objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 1 was offered  by Representatives Gara, Crawford,                                                                  
and Kawasaki:                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, line 2, following "fund" (title amendment):                                                                           
 Insert "and to the surcharge on oil production available for                                                                 
appropriation to the oil and hazardous substance release                                                                      
prevention account of the oil and hazardous substance release                                                                 
prevention and response fund"                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Page 2, following line 8:                                                                                                       
 Insert a new bill section to read:                                                                                             
   "* Sec. 2. AS 43.55.300(a) is amended to read:                                                                             

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     (a)  Every producer of oil shall pay a surcharge of $.06 [$.04]                                                        
    per barrel of oil produced from each lease or property in the state,                                                        
    less any oil the ownership or right to which is exempt from                                                                 
    taxation."                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Renumber the following bill sections accordingly.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Page 2, line 31:                                                                                                                
 Delete "sec. 3"                                                                                                                
 Insert "sec. 4"                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Representative Gara moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                      
Amendment No. 1 be adopted.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Representative Meyer objected.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Representative Meyer moved and asked unanimous consent that he be                                                               
allowed to abstain from voting because of a conflict of interest.                                                               
Objection was heard, and Representative Meyer was required to vote.                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Representative Gara moved and asked unanimous consent to withdraw                                                               
Amendment No. 1.  There being no objection, it was so ordered.                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Representative Samuels moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                   
CSHB 238(FIN) be considered engrossed, advanced to third reading,                                                               
and placed on final passage.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Objection was heard and withdrawn.  There being no further objection,                                                           
it was so ordered.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 238(FIN) was read the third time.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall CSHB 238(FIN) pass the House?"  The                                                                 
roll was taken with the following result:                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 238(FIN)                                                                                                                   
Third Reading                                                                                                                   
Final Passage                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  36   NAYS:  0   EXCUSED:  4   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                

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Yeas:  Buch, Chenault, Cissna, Coghill, Crawford, Dahlstrom, Doll,                                                              
Doogan, Edgmon, Fairclough, Foster, Gara, Gardner, Gatto,                                                                       
Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Harris, Hawker, Holmes, Johansen, Johnson,                                                               
Joule, Kawasaki, Kelly, LeDoux, Lynn, Meyer, Nelson, Neuman,                                                                    
Olson, Ramras, Salmon, Samuels, Seaton, Stoltze, Thomas                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  Kerttula, Kohring, Roses, Wilson                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
And so, CSHB 238(FIN) passed the House.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Representative Samuels moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                                               
roll call on the passage of the bill be considered the roll call on the                                                         
effective date clause.  There being no objection, it was so ordered.                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 238(FIN) was referred to the Chief Clerk for engrossment.