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2007-11-16 Senate Journal

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2007-11-16                     Senate Journal                      Page 1556
HB 2001                                                                                                                       
President Green stated in accordance with Uniform Rule 43(b),                                                                   
engrossment would be waived on SENATE CS FOR HOUSE BILL                                                                         
NO. 2001(FIN) am S.                                                                                                             
HB 2001                                                                                                                       
Senator Stevens requested that the reconsideration on SENATE CS                                                                 
FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 2001(FIN) am S "An Act relating to                                                                    
the production tax on oil and gas and to conservation surcharges on                                                             
oil; providing a limit on the amount of tax that may be levied on the                                                           
production of certain gas that is produced outside of the Cook Inlet                                                            
sedimentary basin; relating to the sharing between agencies of certain                                                          
information relating to the production tax and to oil and gas or gas                                                            
only leases; expanding the period in which the Department of Revenue                                                            
may assess the amount of oil and gas production tax and conservation                                                            
surcharges; relating to state oil and gas audit masters; relating to oil                                                        
and gas auditors and certain oil and gas auditor supervisors;                                                                   
establishing an oil and gas tax credit fund and authorizing payment                                                             
from that fund; making conforming amendments; and providing for an                                                              
effective date" be taken up. The bill was before the Senate on                                                                  
reconsideration.                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Senator Stevens moved and asked unanimous consent that the bill be                                                              
returned to second reading for the purpose of rescinding action on                                                              
Amendment No. 17. Without objection, the bill was in second reading.                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Senator Stevens moved and asked unanimous consent that the Senate                                                               
rescind its action in adopting Amendment No. 17. Without objection,                                                             
it was so ordered.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 17 was before the Senate.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Senator Stevens moved and asked unanimous consent for the adoption                                                              
of the following amendment to Amendment No. 17:                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, line 11:                                                                                                                
 Delete "2007"                                                                                                              
 Insert "2008"                                                                                                              

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There being no objection, Amendment No. 17 was amended.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Senator Stevens moved and asked unanimous consent for the adoption                                                              
of Amendment No. 17 as amended. Without objection, Amendment                                                                    
No. 17 as amended was adopted.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 2001(FIN) am S was                                                                          
automatically in third reading on reconsideration.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Senator Stevens moved and asked unanimous consent that the bill be                                                              
returned to second reading for the purpose of rescinding action on                                                              
Amendment No. 3. Without objection, the bill was in second reading.                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Senator Stevens moved and asked unanimous consent that the Senate                                                               
rescind its action in adopting Amendment No. 3. Without objection, it                                                           
was so ordered.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 3 was before the Senate.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Senator Stevens moved and asked unanimous consent for the adoption                                                              
of the following amendment to Amendment No. 3:                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Page 3 of Amendment No. 3, following line 18:                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
 Insert "Page 49, line 30, following "2006":                                                                                    
          Insert ", and a regulation adopted by the Department of                                                               
     Revenue to implement, interpret, make specific, or otherwise carry                                                         
     out AS 43.55.165(k) and (l), as enacted by sec. 57 of this Act, may                                                        
     apply retroactively to January 1, 2007"                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
          "Page 50, following line 18:                                                                                          
          Insert "(b) AS 43.55.165(k) and (l), enacted by sec. 57 of this                                                       
     Act, are retroactive to January 1, 2007. "                                                                                 
          Reletter the following subsections of section 68.                                                                     
          Page 50, line 19, following "(b)":                                                                                    
          Insert "and (c) ""                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
There being no objection, Amendment No. 3 was amended.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                

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Senator Stevens moved for the adoption of Amendment No. 3 as                                                                    
amended. Senator McGuire objected.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Senator Stedman called the Senate. The call was satisfied.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 3 as amended be                                                                        
adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result:                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
SCS CSHB 2001(FIN) am S                                                                                                         
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 3 as amended                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  12   NAYS:  7   EXCUSED:  1   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Davis, Dyson, Ellis, Elton, French, Kookesh, Olson, Therriault,                                                          
Thomas, Wagoner, Wielechowski, Wilken                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Bunde, Green, Hoffman, Huggins, McGuire, Stedman, Stevens                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  Cowdery                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
and so, Amendment No. 3 as amended was adopted.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 2001(FIN) am S was                                                                          
automatically in third reading on reconsideration.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Senator Stevens moved and asked unanimous consent that the bill be                                                              
returned to second reading for the purpose of rescinding action on                                                              
Amendment No. 2-A. Without objection, the bill was in second                                                                    
reading.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Senator Stevens moved and asked unanimous consent that the Senate                                                               
rescind its action in adopting Amendment No. 2-A. Without objection,                                                            
it was so ordered.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 2-A was before the Senate.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Senator Stevens moved and asked unanimous consent for the adoption                                                              
of the following amendment to Amendment No. 2-A:                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, line 7 following "incurred"                                                                                             
 Delete: "in the state"                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
There being no objection, Amendment No. 2-A was amended.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                

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Senator Stevens moved and asked unanimous consent for the adoption                                                              
of Amendment No. 2-A as amended. Without objection, Amendment                                                                   
No. 2-A as amended was adopted.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 2001(FIN) am S was                                                                          
automatically in third reading on reconsideration.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
President Green stated the reconsideration of SENATE CS FOR CS                                                                  
FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 2001(FIN) am S would be held on the                                                                          
Secretary's desk. Without objection, it was so ordered.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Senator Stevens moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                                                      
reconsideration of SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO.                                                                          
2001(FIN) am S, which had been held on the Secretary's desk, be                                                                 
brought up at this time. Without objection, it was so ordered.                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Senator Stevens moved and asked unanimous consent that the bill be                                                              
returned to second reading for the purpose of rescinding action on                                                              
Amendment No. 1. Without objection, the bill was in second reading.                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Senator Stevens moved and asked unanimous consent that the Senate                                                               
rescind its action in adopting Amendment No. 1. Without objection, it                                                           
was so ordered.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 1 was before the Senate.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Senator Stevens moved and asked unanimous consent for the adoption                                                              
of the following amendment to Amendment No. 1:                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Page 4 of Amendment No. 1, following line 9:                                                                                    
 Insert "Page 38, line 12, following "AS 43.55.170;":                                                                           
  Insert "this subparagraph does not apply to gas subject to                                                                
AS 43.55.011(o);"                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
 Page 38, line 20, following "AS 43.55.170;":                                                                                   
 Insert "this subparagraph does not apply to gas subject to AS                                                              
43.55.011(o);"                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
 Page 39, line 3, following AS 43.55.170":                                                                                      
 Insert "; (E) gas produced during a month from a lease or                                                                  
property outside the Cook Inlet sedimentary basin and used in the                                                           
state is the gross value at the point of production of that gas                                                             
taxable under AS 43.55.011(e) and produced by the producer from                                                             

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that lease or property, less 1/12 of the producer's lease                                                                   
expenditures under AS 43.55.165 for the calendar year applicable                                                            
to that gas produced by the producer from that lease or property,                                                           
as adjusted under AS 43.55.170"                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
There being no objection, Amendment No. 1 was amended.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Senator Stevens moved and asked unanimous consent for the adoption                                                              
of Amendment No. 1 as amended. Without objection, Amendment                                                                     
No. 1 as amended was adopted.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 2001(FIN) am S was                                                                          
automatically in third reading on reconsideration.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The question to be reconsidered: "Shall SENATE CS FOR CS FOR                                                                    
HOUSE BILL NO. 2001(FIN) am S "An Act relating to the                                                                           
production tax on oil and gas and to conservation surcharges on oil;                                                            
providing a limit on the amount of tax that may be levied on the                                                                
production of certain gas that is produced outside of the Cook Inlet                                                            
sedimentary basin; relating to the sharing between agencies of certain                                                          
information relating to the production tax and to oil and gas or gas                                                            
only leases; expanding the period in which the Department of Revenue                                                            
may assess the amount of oil and gas production tax and conservation                                                            
surcharges; relating to state oil and gas audit masters; relating to oil                                                        
and gas auditors and certain oil and gas auditor supervisors;                                                                   
establishing an oil and gas tax credit fund and authorizing payment                                                             
from that fund; making conforming amendments; and providing for an                                                              
effective date" pass the Senate?" The roll was taken with the following                                                         
result:                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
SCS CSHB 2001(FIN) am S                                                                                                         
Third Reading - On Reconsideration                                                                                              
Effective Dates                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  14   NAYS:  5   EXCUSED:  1   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Davis, Dyson, Ellis, Elton, French, Kookesh, McGuire, Olson,                                                             
Stevens, Therriault, Thomas, Wagoner, Wielechowski, Wilken                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Bunde, Green, Hoffman, Huggins, Stedman                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  Cowdery                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
and so, SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 2001(FIN)                                                                           
am S passed the Senate on reconsideration.                                                                                      

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Senator Stevens moved and asked unanimous consent that the vote on                                                              
the passage of the bill be considered the vote on the effective date                                                            
clauses. Without objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 2001(FIN) am S was                                                                          
referred to the Secretary for transmittal to the House with copies of                                                           
certified amendments attached (engrossment waived Page 1556).