2010-04-17                     House Journal                      Page 2411
HCR 32                                                                                                                        
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 32 by the House                                                                                 
Finance Committee:                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                

2010-04-17                     House Journal                      Page 2412
     Suspending Rules 24(c), 35, 41(b), and 42(e), Uniform Rules of                                                             
     the Alaska State Legislature, concerning Senate Bill No. 312,                                                              
     relating to the deposit of the proceeds of the tax on gambling                                                             
     operations aboard certain commercial passenger vessels into the                                                            
     general fund; providing for a reduction in the excise tax to $34.50                                                        
     for a passenger for each voyage on a commercial passenger                                                                  
     vessel; describing the passengers that are subject to the excise tax                                                       
     and liable for the payment of the tax; providing for a reduction in                                                        
     the state excise tax imposed on a passenger traveling on a                                                                 
     commercial passenger vessel by the amount of tax on a passenger                                                            
     traveling on a commercial passenger vessel imposed by a                                                                    
     municipality under a law enacted before December 17, 2007;                                                                 
     authorizing appropriations from the commercial vessel passenger                                                            
     tax account to the first seven ports of call in the state and for costs                                                    
     associated with commercial passenger vessels and the passengers                                                            
     on board; limiting the use of funds appropriated from the                                                                  
     commercial passenger vessel tax account to expenditures related                                                            
     to port facilities, harbor infrastructure, other services provided to                                                      
     the commercial passenger vessels and the passengers on board                                                               
     those vessels and certain other purposes; repealing the regional                                                           
     cruise ship impact fund; relating to the administration of the                                                             
     excise tax by the Department of Revenue and regulations required                                                           
     to be adopted; requiring a report from the Department of                                                                   
     Commerce, Community, and Economic Development relating to                                                                  
     safely and efficiently hosting passengers; defining 'voyage' for                                                           
     purposes of the excise tax; and relating to municipal levies on a                                                          
     passenger on a commercial passenger vessel.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
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