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HB 71                                                                                                                         
The following report was received and distributed at 3:20 p.m.,                                                                 
February 19, 2014:                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                

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                                                           February 19, 2014                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Mr. President:                                                                                                                  
Mr. Speaker:                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
The Free Conference Committee considered SENATE CS FOR CS                                                                       
FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 71(FIN) and CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO.                                                                            
71(FIN) and recommends                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
          FREE CONFERENCE CS FOR HOUSE BILL                                                                                     
          NO. 71 "An Act relating to a vessel-based                                                                             
          commercial fisheries limited entry system for the                                                                     
          Bering Sea hair crab fishery; requiring the                                                                           
          Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission to report                                                                       
          biennially on the vessel-based limited entry fisheries                                                                
          system for the Bering Sea hair crab fishery;                                                                          
          establishing the Alaska regional economic assistance                                                                  
          program; requiring the Department of Commerce,                                                                        
          Community, and Economic Development to compile                                                                        
          an annual report to the legislature regarding statewide                                                               
          and regional economic development projects and                                                                        
          regional development organizations; and providing                                                                     
          for an effective date."                                                                                               
          (Title Change SCR 9)                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
be adopted.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal information was published today:                                                                           
 Fiscal Note No. 5, Department of Commerce, Community and                                                                       
  Economic Development                                                                                                          
 Fiscal Note No. 6, zero, Department of Fish and Game                                                                           
 Fiscal Note No. 7, zero, Department of Fish and Game                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Signing the report: Senator Dunleavy, Chair, Senators Giessel,                                                                  
Wielechowski; Representative Hawker, Chair, Representative Olson.                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Senator Coghill moved that the Senate adopt the Conference                                                                      
Committee Report.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                

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The question being: "Shall the Senate adopt the Conference                                                                      
Committee Report?" The roll was taken with the following result:                                                                
                                                                                                                                
FCCS HB 71                                                                                                                      
Shall the Senate Adopt the Conference                                                                                           
Committee Report?    Effective Dates                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  19   NAYS:  0   EXCUSED:  1   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Bishop, Coghill, Dunleavy, Dyson, Egan, Ellis, Fairclough,                                                               
French, Gardner, Giessel, Hoffman, Huggins, Kelly, McGuire, Meyer,                                                              
Micciche, Olson, Stedman, Wielechowski                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  Stevens                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
and so, the report was adopted, thus adopting:                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
            FREE CONFERENCE CS FOR HOUSE BILL                                                                                   
            NO. 71 "An Act relating to a vessel-based                                                                           
            commercial fisheries limited entry system for                                                                       
            the Bering Sea hair crab fishery; requiring the                                                                     
            Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission to                                                                            
            report biennially on the vessel-based limited                                                                       
            entry fisheries system for the Bering Sea hair                                                                      
            crab fishery; establishing the Alaska regional                                                                      
            economic assistance program; requiring the                                                                          
            Department of Commerce, Community, and                                                                              
            Economic Development to compile an annual                                                                           
            report to the legislature regarding statewide and                                                                   
            regional economic development projects and                                                                          
            regional development organizations; and                                                                             
            providing for an effective date."                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Senator Coghill moved and asked unanimous consent that the vote on                                                              
the adoption of the Conference Committee Report be considered the                                                               
vote on the effective date clauses. Without objection, it was so                                                                
ordered.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
The Secretary was requested to notify the House.