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2011-04-11 House Journal

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2011-04-11                     House Journal                      Page 0922
HB 160                                                                                                                        
The following, which was moved to the bottom of the calendar (page                                                              
905), was read the second time:                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
     HOUSE BILL NO. 160                                                                                                         
     "An Act establishing and relating to the Alaska visitor industry                                                           
     investment fund; relating to matching funds for state tourism                                                              
     marketing contracts with qualified trade associations; and                                                                 
     providing for an effective date."                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
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 FN1: (CED)                                                             575                                                     
 FIN RPT CS(FIN) NT 9DP 2NR                                             868                                                     
 FN2: ZERO(REV)                                                         869                                                     
 FN3: (H.FIN/CED)                                                       869                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Representative Austerman moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                 
the following committee substitute be adopted in lieu of the original                                                           
bill:                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
     CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 160(FIN)                                                                                             
     "An Act relating to state tourism marketing contracts with                                                                 
     qualified trade associations and to tourism marketing campaigns;                                                           
     and providing for an effective date."                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
There being no objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 1 was offered  by Representatives Herron, Thomas,                                                                  
and Costello:                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                

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"* Sec. 7. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by                                                            
adding a new section to read:                                                                                                   
     ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS. Notwithstanding AS 44.33.125(a),                                                                      
as amended by sec. 2 of this Act, if a qualified trade association                                                              
satisfies its obligation to pay 50 percent of the state money used for                                                          
costs of the marketing campaign described in a tourism marketing                                                                
contract entered into under AS 44.33.125(a), as amended by sec. 2 of                                                            
this Act, if the 50 percent is equal to or greater than $3,000,000, and if                                                      
the qualified trade association offers to amend the contract for a larger                                                       
amount and to pay an amount in addition to the 50 percent it has                                                                
already paid, the state may amend the contract to increase the amount                                                           
of the contract by an amount that is equal to four times the additional                                                         
amount offered by the qualified trade association. If the contract is                                                           
amended under this section, the state shall pay three times the                                                                 
additional amount paid by the qualified trade association, except that                                                          
the additional amount paid by the qualified trade association may not                                                           
exceed $1,500,000, and the amount by which the contract is amended                                                              
under this section may not exceed $6,000,000. However, even with the                                                            
additional payment by the state under this section, the state money                                                             
used for the contract may not exceed $12,000,000. The provisions of                                                             
this section may be used only one time. In this section, "qualified trade                                                       
association" has the meaning given in AS 44.33.125(j).                                                                          
   * Sec. 8. Section 7 of this Act is repealed July 1, 2012."                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Renumber the following bill section accordingly.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Representative Herron moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                    
Amendment No. 1 be adopted.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Representative Doogan objected.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 1 be adopted?"  The roll                                                              
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 160(FIN)                                                                                                                   
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 1                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  37   NAYS:  2   EXCUSED:  1   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                

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Yeas:  Austerman, Chenault, Cissna, Costello, Dick, Edgmon, Feige,                                                              
Foster, Gardner, Gatto, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Hawker, Herron,                                                                  
Holmes, Johansen, Johnson, Joule, Kawasaki, Keller, Kerttula, Lynn,                                                             
Miller, Millett, Munoz, Neuman, Olson, Petersen, Pruitt, Saddler,                                                               
Seaton, Stoltze, Thomas, Thompson, Tuck, P.Wilson, T.Wilson                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Doogan, Gara                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  Fairclough                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 1 was adopted.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 2 was offered  by Representatives Kerttula and                                                                     
Kawasaki:                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
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            "(2)  the qualified trade association shall select                                                                 
                  (A)  one member from each of the four judicial                                                                
         districts and two members from the public; at least two of                                                             
         those members shall be from tourism entities that employ                                                               
         fewer than 50 employees, at least one of those members shall                                                           
         be from a tourism entity that employs more than 50 but not                                                             
         more than 250 employees, and at least one of those members                                                             
         shall be from a tourism entity that employs more than 250                                                              
         employees;                                                                                                             
                  (B)  two members who primarily do business in                                                                 
         tourism lodging;                                                                                                       

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                  (C)  two members who primarily do business in                                                                 
         tourism transportation; and                                                                                            
                  (D)  two members who primarily do business in                                                                 
         tourism activities other than lodging and transportation;                                                             
              (3)  the qualified trade association shall select the                                                             
     members under (2) of this subsection and determine the lengths of                                                          
     the terms of the members selected under (2) of this subsection                                                             
     according to the qualified trade association's bylaws or, if the                                                           
     qualified trade association is not an entity that has bylaws, the                                                          
     rules for the internal governance of the qualified association."                                                          
                                                                                                                                
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Representative Kerttula moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                  
Amendment No. 2 be adopted.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Representative Thomas objected.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
**The presence of Representative Fairclough was noted.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 2 be adopted?"  The roll                                                              
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 160(FIN) am                                                                                                                
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 2                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  14   NAYS:  26   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                              
                                                                                                                                

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Yeas:  Austerman, Cissna, Doogan, Gara, Gardner, Gruenberg,                                                                     
Guttenberg, Holmes, Kawasaki, Kerttula, Lynn, Miller, Petersen, Tuck                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Chenault, Costello, Dick, Edgmon, Fairclough, Feige, Foster,                                                             
Gatto, Hawker, Herron, Johansen, Johnson, Joule, Keller, Millett,                                                               
Munoz, Neuman, Olson, Pruitt, Saddler, Seaton, Stoltze, Thomas,                                                                 
Thompson, P.Wilson, T.Wilson                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 2 was not adopted.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Representative Austerman moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                 
CSHB 160(FIN) am be considered engrossed, advanced to third                                                                     
reading, and placed on final passage.  There being no objection, it was                                                         
so ordered.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 160(FIN) am was read the third time.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall CSHB 160(FIN) am pass the House?"  The                                                              
roll was taken with the following result:                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 160(FIN) am                                                                                                                
Third Reading                                                                                                                   
Final Passage                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  36   NAYS:  4   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Austerman, Chenault, Costello, Dick, Edgmon, Fairclough,                                                                 
Feige, Foster, Gardner, Gatto, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Herron,                                                                   
Holmes, Johansen, Johnson, Joule, Kawasaki, Keller, Kerttula, Lynn,                                                             
Miller, Millett, Munoz, Neuman, Olson, Petersen, Pruitt, Saddler,                                                               
Seaton, Stoltze, Thomas, Thompson, Tuck, P.Wilson, T.Wilson                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Cissna, Doogan, Gara, Hawker                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
And so, CSHB 160(FIN) am passed the House.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Representative Austerman moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                 
the roll call on the passage of the bill be considered the roll call on the                                                     
effective date clause.  There being no objection, it was so ordered.                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 160(FIN) am was referred to the Chief Clerk for engrossment.