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HB 155                                                                                                                        
The Finance Committee considered:                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
     HOUSE BILL NO. 155                                                                                                         
     "An Act relating to fees charged by the commercial fisheries entry                                                         
     commission; repealing an exploration incentive credit; amending                                                            
     the calculation of adjusted gross income for purposes of the tax on                                                        
     gambling activities aboard large passenger vessels; repealing the                                                          
     amount that may be deducted from the motor fuel tax to cover the                                                           
     expense of accounting and filing for the monthly tax return;                                                               
     repealing a provision allowing an investigation expense under the                                                          
     Alaska Small Loans Act to be in place of a fee required under the                                                          
     Alaska Business License Act; repealing the amount that may be                                                              
     deducted from the tobacco excise tax to cover the expense of                                                               
     accounting and filing for the monthly tax return; repealing the                                                            
     discount on cigarette tax stamps provided as compensation for                                                              
     affixing the stamps to packages; repealing the amount that may be                                                          

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     deducted from a tire fee remittance to cover the expense of                                                                
     accounting and filing for the quarterly fee return; and providing                                                          
     for an effective date."                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
     CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 155(FIN)                                                                                             
     "An Act repealing an exploration incentive credit; amending the                                                            
     calculation of adjusted gross income for purposes of the tax on                                                            
     gambling activities aboard large passenger vessels; repealing the                                                          
     amount that may be deducted from the motor fuel tax to cover the                                                           
     expense of accounting and filing for the monthly tax return;                                                               
     repealing a provision allowing an investigation expense under the                                                          
     Alaska Small Loans Act to be in place of a fee required under the                                                          
     Alaska Business License Act; repealing the amount that may be                                                              
     deducted from the tobacco excise tax to cover the expense of                                                               
     accounting and filing for the monthly tax return; repealing the                                                            
     discount on cigarette tax stamps provided as compensation for                                                              
     affixing the stamps to packages; and providing for an effective                                                            
     date."                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
The report was signed by Representative Thompson, Co-chair, with                                                                
the following individual recommendations:                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Do pass (6):  Edgmon, Gattis, Wilson, Pruitt, Saddler, Thompson                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
No recommendation (2):  Munoz, Guttenberg                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal note(s) apply to CSHB 155(FIN):                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
1.  Indeterminate, House Finance Committee/Dept. of Revenue                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
HB 155 was referred to the Rules Committee for placement on the                                                                 
calendar.