2013-02-20                     House Journal                      Page 0331
HB 52                                                                                                                         
The following, which was read the third time and returned to the Rules                                                          
Committee (page 181), was again before the House in third reading:                                                              
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 52                                                                                                           
    "An Act relating to allowable absences from the state for purposes                                                          
    of eligibility for permanent fund dividends; and providing for an                                                           
    effective date."                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Representative Gruenberg moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                 
HB 52 be returned to second reading for the specific purpose of                                                                 
considering Amendment No. 1.  There being no objection, it was so                                                               
ordered.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
The Speaker stated that, without objection, HB 52 would be returned                                                             
to second reading for Amendment Nos. 1 and 2.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 1 was offered  by Representatives Gruenberg, Feige,                                                                
and Gara:                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Page 3, lines 17 - 18:                                                                                                          
    Delete "documentation to the department that establishes, by clear                                                          
and convincing evidence,"                                                                                                       
    Insert "clear and convincing evidence to the department"                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Page 3, line 23, following "consider":                                                                                          
    Insert "all relevant factors, including"                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Representative Gruenberg moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                 
Amendment No. 1 be adopted.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Objection was heard and withdrawn.  There being no further objection,                                                           
Amendment No. 1 was adopted.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 2 was offered  by Representatives Gara and Kerttula:                                                               
                                                                                                                                

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Page 4, following line 10:                                                                                                      
    Insert a new subsection to read:                                                                                            
         "(g)  After an otherwise eligible individual has been absent                                                           
    from the state for more than 180 days in each of the related 10                                                             
    qualifying years, the department shall hold the dividend in trust                                                           
    for the individual. When the individual has been present in the                                                             
    state for at least 180 days in a qualifying year, the department                                                            
    shall pay the amount held in trust to the individual. The dividends                                                         
    held in trust shall earn interest at a rate equal to the increase, if                                                       
    any, in the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers for the                                                            
    Anchorage metropolitan area compiled by the Bureau of Labor                                                                 
    Statistics, United States Department of Labor."                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Representative Gara moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                      
Amendment No. 2 be adopted.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Representative Saddler objected.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Representative Kerttula moved and asked unanimous consent that she                                                              
be allowed to abstain from voting because of a conflict of interest.                                                            
Objection was heard, and Representative Kerttula was required to                                                                
vote.                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Representative Gara moved and asked unanimous consent to withdraw                                                               
Amendment No. 2.  There being no objection, it was so ordered.                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
HB 52 am was automatically in third reading.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
The Speaker stated that, without objection, HB 52 am will be held to                                                            
the February 25, 2013, calendar.