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SB 125                                                                                                                        
Senator Therriault moved that the concur message, requesting the                                                                
Senate concur in the House amendment to 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                                                            

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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" thus                                                                
adopting                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
HOUSE CS FOR 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 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"                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
be discharged from the Rules Committee and that the Senate concur in                                                            
the House amendment. Senator Stevens objected.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Senator Stevens moved to divide the question. President Green ruled                                                             
the question divisible.                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
The question being: "Shall the concur message be discharged from the                                                            
Rules Committee?" The roll was taken with the following result:                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
HCS CSSB 125(FIN)                                                                                                               
Discharge from Rules Committee?                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  5   NAYS:  14   EXCUSED:  1   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Bunde, Dyson, Therriault, Wagoner, Wilken                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Cowdery, Davis, Ellis, Elton, Green, Hoffman, Huggins,                                                                   
Kookesh, McGuire, Olson, Stedman, Stevens, Thomas, Wielechowski                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  French                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
and so, the motion failed and the concur message remained in the                                                                
Rules Committee.                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
President Green stated the Senate would advance to citations. Without                                                           
objection, the Senate advanced to: