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2008-03-17 House Journal

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2008-03-17                     House Journal                      Page 2310
HJR 28                                                                                                                        
The following was read the second time:                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 28                                                                                               
    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of                                                                  
    Alaska relating to the production tax revenue fund, dedicating a                                                            
    portion of the petroleum production tax to the fund, and limiting                                                           
    appropriations from the fund.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
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Representative Samuels moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                                               
following committee substitute be adopted in lieu of the original                                                               
resolution:                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
    CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 28(FIN)                                                                                   
    Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska                                                             
    relating to the budget reserve fund, and to appropriations to and                                                           

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    transfers from the fund; and dedicating a portion of the petroleum                                                          
    production tax to the fund.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
There being no objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 1 was offered  by Representative Gara:                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, lines 1 - 3 (title amendment):                                                                                          
    Delete all material and insert:                                                                                             
    "Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of                                                             
Alaska making a deposit to the budget reserve fund."                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, line 5, through page 2, line 18:                                                                                        
    Delete all material.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Page 2, line 19:                                                                                                                
    Delete "Sec. 3"                                                                                                           
    Insert "Section 1"                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Renumber the following resolution sections accordingly.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Page 2, lines 21 - 23:                                                                                                          
    Delete all material and insert:                                                                                             
         "Section 30. Deposit to the Budget Reserve Fund. Before                                                              
    July 1, 2009, an amount shall be deposited to the budget reserve                                                            
    fund (art. IX, sec. 17) that is equal to $6,000,000,000 minus the                                                           
    amounts appropriated to the budget reserve fund (art. IX, sec. 17)                                                          
    during fiscal years 2008 and 2009."                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Page 2, line 24:                                                                                                                
    Delete all material.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Renumber the following resolution section accordingly.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Page 2, line 25:                                                                                                                
    Delete "amendments"                                                                                                         
    Insert "amendment"                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                

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Representative Gara moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                      
Amendment No. 1 be adopted.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Representative Samuels objected.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 1 be adopted?"  The roll                                                              
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CSHJR 28(FIN)                                                                                                                   
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 1                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  1   NAYS:  33   EXCUSED:  1   ABSENT:  5                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Gara                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Buch, Chenault, Coghill, Crawford, Dahlstrom, Doogan,                                                                    
Edgmon, Fairclough, Gardner, Gatto, Harris, Hawker, Holmes,                                                                     
Johansen, Johnson, Joule, Keller, Kelly, Kerttula, LeDoux, Lynn,                                                                
Meyer, Nelson, Neuman, Olson, Ramras, Roses, Salmon, Samuels,                                                                   
Seaton, Stoltze, Thomas, Wilson                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  Foster                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Absent:  Cissna, Doll, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Kawasaki                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 1 was not adopted.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Representative Samuels moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                   
CSHJR 28(FIN) be considered engrossed, advanced to third reading,                                                               
and placed on final passage.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
There was objection.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CSHJR 28(FIN) will advance to third reading on tomorrow's calendar.