2008-02-25                     House Journal                      Page 2071
    participation in, the defined benefit plans of those systems;                                                               
    relating to recovery of an award of damages or other recovery by                                                            
    those systems; relating to employer contributions to the health                                                             
    reimbursement arrangement plan; relating to participation in the                                                            
    public employees' defined contribution plan by certain elected                                                              
    officials; making conforming amendments; and providing for an                                                               
    effective date."                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
and                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
    CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 125(FIN)                                                                                             
    "An Act relating to the accounting and payment of contributions                                                             
    under the retirement plans of the Public Employees' Retirement                                                              
    System of Alaska and the Teachers' Retirement System, to                                                                    
    calculations of contributions under those retirement plans, and to                                                          
    participation in, and termination of and amendments to                                                                      
    participation in, the defined benefit plans of those systems;                                                               
    relating to employer contributions to the health reimbursement                                                              
    arrangement plan; making conforming amendments; and                                                                         
    providing for an effective date."                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The letter further stated that the President appointed the following                                                            
members to a Free Conference Committee to meet with a like                                                                      
committee from the House to consider the above bills:                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
    Senator Stedman, Chair                                                                                                      
    Senator Stevens                                                                                                             
    Senator Wilken                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The House members of the Free Conference Committee are                                                                          
Representatives Chenault (Chair), Hawker, and Crawford (page 2053).                                                             
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                     REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
HJR 31                                                                                                                        
The Resources Committee considered: