Legislature(2007 - 2008)
2008-06-06 House Journal
Full Journal pdf2008-06-06 House Journal Page 3079 HOUSE JOURNAL ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE THIRD SPECIAL SESSION Juneau, Alaska Friday June 6, 2008 Fourth Day Pursuant to adjournment the House was called to order by Speaker Harris at 9:03 a.m. The following members were present for the technical session: Representatives Harris, Coghill, Guttenberg, Kerttula, and Samuels. MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR HB 121 A message dated June 4, 2008, was received stating the Governor signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing: SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 121(FIN)(efd fld) "An Act relating to release of information in individual workers' compensation records." Chapter No. 61, SLA 2008 Effective Date: September 2, 2008 HB 268 A message dated June 4, 2008, was received stating the Governor signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing: 2008-06-06 House Journal Page 3080 HOUSE BILL NO. 268 "An Act relating to damaging a vehicle on public land by starting a fire or causing an explosion." Chapter No. 68, SLA 2008 Effective Date: September 2, 2008 HB 294 A message dated June 4, 2008, was received stating the Governor signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing: SENATE CS FOR CS FOR SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 294(FIN) am S "An Act establishing the Alaska Marine Transportation Advisory Board and setting out its powers and duties; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date." Chapter No. 62, SLA 2008 Effective Date: June 5, 2008 HB 331 A message dated June 4, 2008, was received stating the Governor signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing: CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 331(L&C) "An Act relating to motor vehicle insurance, license suspensions, and notices relating to motor vehicles and notices relating to driver's licenses." Chapter No. 74, SLA 2008 Effective Date: September 2, 2008 SB 8 A message dated June 4, 2008, was received stating the Governor signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing: 2008-06-06 House Journal Page 3081 CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 8(FIN) "An Act relating to a mental health patient's right to choose the gender of hospital staff providing intimate care to the mental health patient and to the duties of hospital staff in caring for patients receiving mental health treatment." Chapter No. 59, SLA 2008 Effective Date: September 2, 2008 SB 57 A message dated June 4, 2008, was received stating the Governor signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing: CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 57(RES) "An Act relating to fishing, hunting, and trapping in marine park units of the Alaska state park system, amending the area within designated marine park units of the Alaska state park system, and adding marine park units to the Alaska state park system." Chapter No. 52, SLA 2008 Effective Date: September 2, 2008 SB 101 A message dated June 4, 2008, was received stating the Governor signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing: HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 101(JUD) "An Act relating to private professional conservators, private and public guardians, and court hearings on the issue of incapacity; and establishing uniform adult guardianship and conservator jurisdiction and procedures." Chapter No. 53, SLA 2008 Effective Date: September 2, 2008 SB 119 A message dated June 4, 2008, was received stating the Governor signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing: 2008-06-06 House Journal Page 3082 HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 119(FIN) "An Act relating to grant programs to support libraries." Chapter No. 55, SLA 2008 Effective Date: September 2, 2008 SB 158 A message dated June 4, 2008, was received stating the Governor signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing: SENATE BILL NO. 158 "An Act designating the bridge on the George Parks Highway directly north of the Alaska Native Veterans' Honor Bridge as the Shirley Demientieff Memorial Bridge." Chapter No. 54, SLA 2008 Effective Date: September 2, 2008 SB 164 A message dated June 4, 2008, was received stating the Governor signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing: CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 164(JUD) "An Act relating to disclosures required for the sale of a used motor vehicle, including a trailer, by a motor vehicle dealer." Chapter No. 56, SLA 2008 Effective Date: September 2, 2008 SB 170 A message dated June 4, 2008, was received stating the Governor signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing: CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 170(FIN) "An Act requiring that health care insurers offer insurance coverage for well-baby exams." 2008-06-06 House Journal Page 3083 Chapter No. 57, SLA 2008 Effective Date: September 2, 2008 SB 211 A message dated June 4, 2008, was received stating the Governor signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing: HOUSE CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 211(JUD) "An Act relating to an aggravating factor at sentencing concerning the knowledge of the defendant regarding the vulnerability or incapability of resistance of the victim due to homelessness." Chapter No. 58, SLA 2008 Effective Date: September 2, 2008 SB 229 A message dated June 4, 2008, was received stating the Governor signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing: SENATE BILL NO. 229 "An Act relating to the Tanana Valley State Forest and to assignment of certain forest land to the Minto Flats State Game Refuge; and providing for an effective date." Chapter No. 65, SLA 2008 Effective Date: July 1, 2008 SB 230 A message dated June 4, 2008, was received stating the Governor signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing: HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL NO. 230(FIN) "An Act establishing the film office in the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development; creating a 2008-06-06 House Journal Page 3084 transferable tax credit applicable to certain film production expenditures incurred in the state; and providing for an effective date." Chapter No. 63, SLA 2008 Effective Date: See Chapter SB 231 A message dated June 4, 2008, was received stating the Governor signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing: HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 231(FIN) "An Act relating to powers of the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation involving homelessness, housing retention, and transition from dependency on low-cost housing; and providing for an effective date." Chapter No. 60, SLA 2008 Effective Date: July 1, 2008 SB 241 A message dated June 4, 2008, was received stating the Governor signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing: HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 241(HES) "An Act relating to a report to the legislature on teacher preparation, retention, and recruitment by the Board of Regents of the University of Alaska; and providing for an effective date." Chapter No. 71, SLA 2008 Effective Date: See Chapter SB 254 A message dated June 4, 2008, was received stating the Governor signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing: 2008-06-06 House Journal Page 3085 HOUSE CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 254(FIN)(efd am H) "An Act extending the termination date of the Alaska regional economic assistance program; extending the termination date for the authority of the Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission to maintain a vessel-based limited entry fisheries system for the weathervane scallop and Bering Sea hair crab fisheries; providing for an effective date by amending the effective date under sec. 28, ch. 137, SLA 2002; and providing for an effective date." Chapter No. 69, SLA 2008 Effective Date: June 5, 2008 SB 255 A message dated June 4, 2008, was received stating the Governor signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing: SENATE BILL NO. 255 am H(reengrossed) "An Act relating to refunding of certain outstanding bonds issued by the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority concerning the Snettisham hydroelectric project and related assets; relating to a municipal tax exemption for certain assets and projects of the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority; providing for an effective date by amending an effective date in sec. 3, ch. 117, SLA 2000, as amended by sec. 2, ch. 74, SLA 2003; and providing for an effective date." Chapter No. 67, SLA 2008 Effective Date: See Chapter SB 263 A message dated June 4, 2008, was received stating the Governor signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing: CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 263(L&C) "An Act relating to the State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors; and relating to an exemption for persons authorized by the Department of Public Safety who are engaged in the design of fire detection and suppression systems 2008-06-06 House Journal Page 3086 from registration as architects, engineers, land surveyors, or landscape architects." Chapter No. 66, SLA 2008 Effective Date: September 2, 2008 SB 285 A message dated June 4, 2008, was received stating the Governor signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing: HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 285(HES) "An Act relating to the power and duties of the Department of Education and Early Development for improving instructional practices in school districts; and providing for an effective date." Chapter No. 70, SLA 2008 Effective Date: June 5, 2008 SB 289 A message dated June 4, 2008, was received stating the Governor signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing: SENATE BILL NO. 289 "An Act relating to home energy conservation and weatherization for purposes of certain programs of the Alaska Housing and Finance Corporation." Chapter No. 73, SLA 2008 Effective Date: September 2, 2008 SB 303 A message dated June 4, 2008, was received stating the Governor signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing: HOUSE CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 303(FIN) "An Act relating to certain grants awarded by the Department of Environmental Conservation." 2008-06-06 House Journal Page 3087 Chapter No. 72, SLA 2008 Effective Date: September 2, 2008 SB 305 A message dated June 4, 2008, was received stating the Governor signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing: SENATE BILL NO. 305 "An Act relating to recorking, sealing, or packaging of wine served with a meal and removal of recorked, sealed, or packaged wine from licensed premises." Chapter No. 64, SLA 2008 Effective Date: September 2, 2008 ENROLLMENT HB 19 The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk, President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 3:11 p.m., June 4, 2008: SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 19(JUD)(efd am S) "An Act relating to ignition interlock devices; to limited driver's license privileges; to ignition interlock limited driver's license privileges; and providing for an effective date." HB 50 The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk, President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 2:46 p.m., June 5, 2008: CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 50(JUD) "An Act relating to the Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children; establishing an interstate commission for the placement 2008-06-06 House Journal Page 3088 of children; amending Rules 4 and 24(b), Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure; and providing for an effective date." HB 65 The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk, President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 2:46 p.m., June 5, 2008, with a manifest error memorandum (page 3025): SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 65(FIN) am S "An Act relating to breaches of security involving personal information, credit report and credit score security freezes, protection of social security numbers, care of records, disposal of records, identity theft, credit cards, and debit cards, disclosure of the names and addresses of permanent fund dividend applicants, and to the jurisdiction of the office of administrative hearings; amending Rules 60 and 82, Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure; and providing for an effective date." HB 92 The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk, President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 3:11 p.m., June 4, 2008: HOUSE BILL NO. 92 "An Act removing the victims' advocate and the staff of the office of victims' rights from the jurisdiction of the office of the ombudsman in the legislative branch." HB 252 The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk, President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 4:10 p.m., June 5, 2008: CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 252(STA) "An Act requiring paid leave from employment for organ and bone marrow donation." 2008-06-06 House Journal Page 3089 HB 281 The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk, President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 3:11 p.m., June 4, 2008, with a manifest error memorandum (page 3018): SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 281(FIN) "An Act requiring candidates to disclose certain information about all contributors under AS 15.13; relating to the preservation of records required to be kept by candidates, groups, nongroup entities, or persons under AS 15.13; relating to records required to be kept by certain lobbyists and persons who employ, retain, or contract for the services of lobbyists; relating to complaints filed with the Select Committee on Legislative Ethics; relating to administrative complaints filed with the Alaska Public Offices Commission; relating to the statute of limitations for civil actions brought under AS 39.50; extending the statute of limitations for prosecutions of violations of the Alaska Election Code; and providing for an effective date." HB 285 The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk, President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 2:46 p.m., June 5, 2008: CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 285(CRA) "An Act relating to an optional exemption from municipal property taxes for residences of widows and widowers of certain members of the armed forces of the United States." HB 286 The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk, President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 3:26 p.m., June 4, 2008: SENATE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 286(JUD) "An Act relating to impersonating a public servant." 2008-06-06 House Journal Page 3090 HB 295 The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk, President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 3:11 p.m., June 4, 2008: HOUSE BILL NO. 295 "An Act relating to the filing or recording of documents and records with the Department of Natural Resources, to the inspection and copying of filed and recorded documents, and to the filing of secured transaction records under the Uniform Commercial Code; and providing for an effective date." HB 296 The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk, President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 3:11 p.m., June 4, 2008: HOUSE BILL NO. 296 "An Act extending the termination date of the Board of Parole; and providing for an effective date." HB 305 The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk, President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 3:11 p.m., June 4, 2008: SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 305(JUD) "An Act relating to campaign fund raising during a regular or special legislative session; and providing for an effective date." HB 307 The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk, President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 10:36 a.m., June 5, 2008, with a manifest error memorandum (page 3016): 2008-06-06 House Journal Page 3091 SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 307(JUD) am S "An Act relating to cruelty to animals and promoting an exhibition of fighting animals; and penalizing certain misdemeanor assaults as felonies." HB 320 The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk, President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 3:11 p.m., June 4, 2008: CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 320(FIN) "An Act relating to search and rescue training and search and rescue parties; requiring certain search and rescue volunteers to be considered state employees for purposes of workers' compensation coverage; and allowing political subdivisions to elect to provide workers' compensation insurance coverage for search and rescue personnel." HB 334 The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk, President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 8:29 a.m., June 6, 2008: HOUSE BILL NO. 334 "An Act extending the termination date of the Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault; and providing for an effective date." HB 344 The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk, President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 8:29 a.m., June 6, 2008: HOUSE BILL NO. 344 "An Act relating to distribution of the Alaska Administrative Code and Alaska Administrative Register; and providing for an effective date." 2008-06-06 House Journal Page 3092 HB 351 The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk, President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 2:46 p.m., June 5, 2008: CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 351(JUD) "An Act relating to submission of fingerprints by applicants for a concealed handgun permit; and providing for an effective date." HB 366 The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk, President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 10:36 a.m., June 5, 2008, with a manifest error memorandum (page 3013): HOUSE BILL NO. 366 am "An Act relating to an exemption from public disclosure of certain appropriations from the dividend fund; relating to execution upon permanent fund dividends by civilian process servers using electronic procedures; amending Rule 89, Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure; and providing for an effective date." HB 368 The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk, President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 3:11 p.m., June 4, 2008, with a manifest error memorandum (page 3014): SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 368(STA) am S "An Act relating to allowing legislators and legislative employees to accept certain gifts from lobbyists, to clarifying the Legislative Ethics Act as it relates to legislative volunteers and educational trainees, to reducing the frequency of publication of summaries by the Select Committee on Legislative Ethics, and to revising procedures and fines related to the late filing of disclosures required by the Legislative Ethics Act; amending prohibitions in the Regulation of Lobbying Act on gifts to a legislator or legislative employee." 2008-06-06 House Journal Page 3093 HB 373 The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk, President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 3:11 p.m., June 4, 2008: SENATE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 373(FIN) "An Act relating to school construction and maintenance grants; extending specified public school bond debt reimbursement; and providing for an effective date." HB 383 The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk, President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 2:46 p.m., June 5, 2008: CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 383(L&C) "An Act establishing an exemption from the dentist licensing exam for certain persons." HB 400 The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk, President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 3:11 p.m., June 4, 2008: HOUSE BILL NO. 400 "An Act relating to a person who seeks medical assistance for a person experiencing a drug overdose." HB 419 The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk, President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 3:11 p.m., June 4, 2008: SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 419(FIN) "An Act relating to state lease-purchases of equipment and other personal property; and providing for an effective date." 2008-06-06 House Journal Page 3094 ANNOUNCEMENTS House committee schedules are published daily under separate cover. ADJOURNMENT Representative Samuels moved and asked unanimous consent that the House adjourn until 9:00 a.m., June 10, 2008. There being no objection, the House adjourned at 9:04 a.m. Suzi Lowell Chief Clerk