Legislature(2007 - 2008)
2008-08-05 House Journal
Full Journal pdf2008-08-05 House Journal Page 3319 HB 4001 The following, which was advanced to third reading from the August 4, 2008, calendar (page 3309), was read the third time: CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 4001(FIN) "An Act making supplemental appropriations, capital appropriations, and other appropriations; making appropriations to capitalize funds; and providing for an effective date." Representative Kerttula moved and asked unanimous consent that CSHB 4001(FIN) be returned to second reading for the specific purpose of considering Amendment No. 1. There being no objection, it was so ordered. The Speaker stated that, without objection, CSHB 4001(FIN) would be returned to second reading for all amendments. 2008-08-05 House Journal Page 3320 Amendment No. 1 was offered by Representatives Holmes, Kerttula, Gara, Cissna, Doll, Kawasaki, Buch, Gruenberg, Edgmon, Gardner, Nelson, Guttenberg, Salmon, and Crawford: Page 3, following line 14: Insert a new bill section to read: "* Sec. 9. FUND TRANSFER. (a) The sum of $150,000,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the renewable energy grant fund (AS 42.45.045(a)). (b) It is the intent of the legislature that the (1) $50,000,000 a year mentioned in sec. 1(b), ch. 31, SLA 2008, is a guideline and not a cap on appropriations to the renewable energy grant fund (AS 42.45.045); and (2) Alaska Energy Authority may consider qualified projects that cost more than $50,000,000." Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Page 3, line 15: Delete "and 5(b)" Insert "5(b), and 9(a)" Page 3, following line 22: Insert a new bill section to read: "* Sec. 13. Section 9(a) of this Act takes effect July 1, 2009." Renumber the following bill section accordingly. Page 3, line 23: Delete "This" Insert "Except as provided in sec. 13 of this Act, this" Representative Kerttula moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 1 be adopted. Representative Chenault objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 1 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: 2008-08-05 House Journal Page 3321 CSHB 4001(FIN) Second Reading Amendment No. 1 YEAS: 14 NAYS: 23 EXCUSED: 3 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Buch, Cissna, Crawford, Doll, Edgmon, Gara, Gardner, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Holmes, Kawasaki, Kerttula, Nelson, Salmon Nays: Chenault, Coghill, Dahlstrom, Doogan, Fairclough, Foster, Gatto, Harris, Hawker, Johansen, Johnson, Keller, Kelly, Lynn, Meyer, Neuman, Olson, Ramras, Roses, Seaton, Stoltze, Thomas, Wilson Excused: Joule, LeDoux, Samuels And so, Amendment No. 1 was not adopted. Amendment No. 2 was offered by Representatives Gara, Salmon, Kerttula, Gruenberg, and Gardner: Page 3, following line 14: Insert a new bill section to read: "* Sec. 9. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES. The amount necessary to fund the dollar value of a community heating cost point at $170 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Health and Social Services, public assistance energy assistance program, for heating assistance for low- income households for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009." Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Representative Gara moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 2 be adopted. Representative Meyer objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 2 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: 2008-08-05 House Journal Page 3322 CSHB 4001(FIN) Second Reading Amendment No. 2 YEAS: 15 NAYS: 22 EXCUSED: 3 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Buch, Cissna, Crawford, Doll, Doogan, Edgmon, Gara, Gardner, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Holmes, Kawasaki, Kerttula, Nelson, Salmon Nays: Chenault, Coghill, Dahlstrom, Fairclough, Foster, Gatto, Harris, Hawker, Johansen, Johnson, Keller, Kelly, Lynn, Meyer, Neuman, Olson, Ramras, Roses, Seaton, Stoltze, Thomas, Wilson Excused: Joule, LeDoux, Samuels And so, Amendment No. 2 was not adopted. Amendment No. 3 was offered by Representatives Crawford and Gardner: Page 2, following line 7: Insert a new subsection to read: "(c) The sum of $2,000,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Alaska Energy Authority for environmental, engineering, and related feasibility studies for the Chakachamna hydroelectric project." Page 3, line 17, following "secs. 1(b),": Delete "2(c)," Representative Crawford moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 3 be adopted. Representative Meyer objected. Amendment to Amendment No. 3 was offered by Representative Gruenberg: Delete "Delete" Insert "Insert" 2008-08-05 House Journal Page 3323 Representative Gruenberg moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment to Amendment No. 3 be adopted. There being no objection, it was so ordered. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 3 as amended be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 4001(FIN) Second Reading Amendment No. 3 as amended YEAS: 12 NAYS: 22 EXCUSED: 3 ABSENT: 3 Yeas: Buch, Cissna, Crawford, Doll, Doogan, Edgmon, Gara, Gardner, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Holmes, Kerttula Nays: Chenault, Coghill, Dahlstrom, Fairclough, Foster, Gatto, Harris, Hawker, Johansen, Johnson, Keller, Lynn, Meyer, Neuman, Olson, Ramras, Roses, Salmon, Seaton, Stoltze, Thomas, Wilson Excused: Joule, LeDoux, Samuels Absent: Kawasaki, Kelly, Nelson And so, Amendment No. 3 as amended was not adopted. Representative Coghill moved and asked unanimous consent that Representative Nelson be excused from a call of the House until 10:00 p.m., today. There being no objection, it was so ordered. Amendment No. 4 was offered by Representatives Crawford and Gardner: Page 3, following line 14: Insert a new bill section to read: "* Sec. 9. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, COMMUNITY, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. The sum of $3,750,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development for payment as a grant under AS 37.05.315 to the Municipality of Anchorage for construction of a gas to energy power plant at the Anchorage Regional Landfill." Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. 2008-08-05 House Journal Page 3324 Representative Crawford moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 4 be adopted. Representative Hawker objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 4 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 4001(FIN) Second Reading Amendment No. 4 YEAS: 12 NAYS: 24 EXCUSED: 4 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Buch, Cissna, Crawford, Doll, Doogan, Edgmon, Gara, Gardner, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Holmes, Kerttula Nays: Chenault, Coghill, Dahlstrom, Fairclough, Foster, Gatto, Harris, Hawker, Johansen, Johnson, Kawasaki, Keller, Kelly, Lynn, Meyer, Neuman, Olson, Ramras, Roses, Salmon, Seaton, Stoltze, Thomas, Wilson Excused: Joule, LeDoux, Nelson, Samuels And so, Amendment No. 4 was not adopted. Amendment No. 5 was offered by Representative Cissna: Page 2, following line 16: Insert a new bill section to read: "* Sec. 5. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, COMMUNITY, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. The sum of $270,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Division of Community Advocacy for payment of a high-risk residence weatherization and crisis preparation program." Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Representative Cissna moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 5 be adopted. There was objection. 2008-08-05 House Journal Page 3325 The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 5 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 4001(FIN) Second Reading Amendment No. 5 YEAS: 12 NAYS: 22 EXCUSED: 4 ABSENT: 2 Yeas: Buch, Cissna, Crawford, Doll, Doogan, Edgmon, Gara, Gardner, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Kerttula, Salmon Nays: Chenault, Coghill, Dahlstrom, Fairclough, Gatto, Harris, Hawker, Johansen, Johnson, Kawasaki, Keller, Kelly, Lynn, Meyer, Neuman, Olson, Ramras, Roses, Seaton, Stoltze, Thomas, Wilson Excused: Joule, LeDoux, Nelson, Samuels Absent: Foster, Holmes And so, Amendment No. 5 was not adopted. Amendment No. 6 was offered by Representatives Buch, Doll, and Guttenberg: Page 3, following line 14: Insert new bill sections to read: "* Sec. 9. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. The sum of $5,300,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, business services, for the career and technical education grant program for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009. * Sec. 10. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, COMMUNITY, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. The sum of $2,287,500 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development for payment as a grant under AS 37.05.316 to the Alaska Works Partnership for acquisition of pipeline training equipment and materials. * Sec. 11. UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA. The sum of $1,072,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the University of Alaska for acquisition of surface machinery simulators." Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. 2008-08-05 House Journal Page 3326 Page 3, line 17: Delete "and 8" Insert "8, 10, and 11" Representative Buch moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 6 be adopted. Representative Coghill objected. **The presence of Representative Nelson, who was excused (page 3323), was noted. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 6 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 4001(FIN) Second Reading Amendment No. 6 YEAS: 16 NAYS: 21 EXCUSED: 3 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Buch, Cissna, Crawford, Doll, Doogan, Edgmon, Foster, Gara, Gardner, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Holmes, Kawasaki, Kerttula, Nelson, Salmon Nays: Chenault, Coghill, Dahlstrom, Fairclough, Gatto, Harris, Hawker, Johansen, Johnson, Keller, Kelly, Lynn, Meyer, Neuman, Olson, Ramras, Roses, Seaton, Stoltze, Thomas, Wilson Excused: Joule, LeDoux, Samuels And so, Amendment No. 6 was not adopted. CSHB 4001(FIN) was automatically in third reading. The question being: "Shall CSHB 4001(FIN) pass the House?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 4001(FIN) Third Reading Final Passage YEAS: 34 NAYS: 3 EXCUSED: 3 ABSENT: 0 2008-08-05 House Journal Page 3327 Yeas: Buch, Chenault, Cissna, Coghill, Dahlstrom, Doll, Edgmon, Fairclough, Foster, Gara, Gardner, Gatto, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Harris, Hawker, Johansen, Johnson, Kawasaki, Keller, Kelly, Kerttula, Lynn, Meyer, Nelson, Neuman, Olson, Ramras, Roses, Salmon, Seaton, Stoltze, Thomas, Wilson Nays: Crawford, Doogan, Holmes Excused: Joule, LeDoux, Samuels And so, CSHB 4001(FIN) passed the House. Representative Coghill 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 4001(FIN) was referred to the Chief Clerk for engrossment.