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HB 52                                                                                                                         
The following, which was held from the February 20, 2013, calendar                                                              
(page 332), was before the House in third reading:                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 52 am                                                                                                        
    "An Act relating to allowable absences from the state for purposes                                                          
    of eligibility for permanent fund dividends; and providing for an                                                           
    effective date."                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Representative Gara moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                      
HB 52 am be returned to second reading for the specific purpose of                                                              
considering Amendment No. 3.  There being no objection, it was so                                                               
ordered.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 3 was offered  by Representative Gara:                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Page 4, following line 10:                                                                                                      
    Insert a new subsection to read:                                                                                            
         "(g)  After an otherwise eligible individual has been absent                                                           
    from the state as allowed under AS 43.23.008(a)(1)-(16) for more                                                            
    than 180 days in each of the 10 preceding qualifying years, the                                                             
    department shall hold the dividend in trust for the individual. The                                                         
    department shall pay the amount held in trust to the individual                                                             
    when the individual has been present in the state for at least 250                                                          
    days in a qualifying year."                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Representative Gara moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                      
Amendment No. 3 be adopted.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Representative Feige objected.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 3 be adopted?"  The roll                                                              
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                

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HB 52 am                                                                                                                        
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 3                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  7   NAYS:  29   EXCUSED:  4   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Drummond, Gara, Gruenberg, Josephson, Kreiss-Tomkins,                                                                    
Tarr, Tuck                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Austerman, Chenault, Costello, Edgmon, Feige, Foster, Gattis,                                                            
Hawker, Herron, Higgins, Holmes, Hughes, Isaacson, Johnson, Keller,                                                             
LeDoux, Lynn, Millett, Munoz, Nageak, Olson, Pruitt, Reinbold,                                                                  
Saddler, Seaton, Stoltze, Thompson, P.Wilson, T.Wilson                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  Guttenberg, Kawasaki, Kerttula, Neuman                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 3 was not adopted.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
HB 52 am was automatically in third reading.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall HB 52 am pass the House?"  The roll was                                                             
taken with the following result:                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
HB 52 am                                                                                                                        
Third Reading                                                                                                                   
Final Passage                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  30   NAYS:  6   EXCUSED:  4   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Austerman, Chenault, Costello, Edgmon, Feige, Foster, Gattis,                                                            
Gruenberg, Hawker, Herron, Higgins, Holmes, Hughes, Isaacson,                                                                   
Johnson, Josephson, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeDoux, Lynn, Millett, Munoz,                                                               
Nageak, Olson, Pruitt, Reinbold, Saddler, Tarr, Thompson, P.Wilson,                                                             
T.Wilson                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Drummond, Gara, Keller, Seaton, Stoltze, Tuck                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  Guttenberg, Kawasaki, Kerttula, Neuman                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
And so, HB 52 am passed the House.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Representative Pruitt 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.                                                            
                                                                                                                                

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HB 52 am was referred to the Chief Clerk for engrossment.