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2015-04-20 House Journal

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SB 26                                                                                                                         
The following, which was not taken up on the April 19, 2015, calendar                                                           
(page 1091), was read the third time:                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 26(FIN)                                                                                 
    "An Act making and amending appropriations, including capital                                                               
    appropriations, supplemental appropriations, reappropriations, and                                                          
    other appropriations; making appropriations to capitalize funds;                                                            
    and providing for an effective date."                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Representative Gara moved and asked unanimous consent that HCS                                                                  
CSSB 26(FIN) 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, HCS CSSB 26(FIN) would                                                              
be returned to second reading for all amendments.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 1 was offered  by Representatives Gara, Kito,                                                                      
Josephson, Kawasaki, Claman, Gruenberg, and Drummond:                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Page 32, before line 1:                                                                                                         
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"* Sec. 10. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the                                                                       
legislature to appropriate education funds at the same level as would                                                           
be distributed through the foundation formula under AS 14.17.410 to                                                             
keep school funding even with the fiscal year 2015 education                                                                    

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appropriation, including the one-time funds appropriated by sec. 32(b)                                                          
and (c), ch. 18, SLA 2014, adjusted for inflation."                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Renumber the following bill sections accordingly.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
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    "(c)  The sum of $32,243,700 is appropriated from the general                                                               
fund to the Department of Education and Early Development to be                                                                 
distributed as state aid to school districts according to the average                                                           
daily membership for each district adjusted under                                                                               
AS 14.17.410(b)(1)(A) - (D) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016.                                                           
    (d)  The sum of $37,000,000 is appropriated from the general fund                                                           
to the Department of Education and Early Development to be                                                                      
distributed as state aid to school districts according to the average                                                           
daily membership for each district adjusted under                                                                               
AS 14.17.410(b)(1)(A) - (D) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016.                                                           
    (e)  The amount necessary to fund the base student allocation at                                                            
$5,880 under AS 14.17.470 is appropriated from the general fund to                                                              
the Department of Education and Early Development for the fiscal                                                                
year ending June 30, 2016."                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
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31, 32, 34(a), 37(a), and 38(b)"                                                                                                
    Insert "secs. 17, 24(2), 25, 26(b), 26(d), 28(a), 28(d), 29(a), 30(b),                                                      
32, 33, 35(a), 38(a), and 39(b)"                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                

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    Insert "Sections 10, 26, 27, 28(a), 28(b), 28(d), 29(a), 29(b), 30 -                                                        
40, 42, and 44"                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
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Representative Gara moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                      
Amendment No. 1 be adopted.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
There was objection.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Representative Johnson moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                   
Amendment No. 1 be tabled.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
There was objection.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Representative Johnson moved and asked unanimous consent to                                                                     
withdraw the motion to table Amendment No. 1.  There being no                                                                   
objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Representative Gara offered Amendment to Amendment No. 1:                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Delete                                                                                                                          
 "(e)  The amount necessary to fund the base student allocation at                                                              
$5,880 under AS 14.17.470 is appropriated from the general fund to                                                              

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the Department of Education and Early Development for the fiscal                                                                
year ending June 30, 2016."                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Representative Gara moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                      
Amendment to Amendment No. 1 be adopted.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
There was objection.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Representative Gara moved and asked unanimous consent to withdraw                                                               
Amendment to Amendment No. 1 and Amendment No. 1.  There                                                                        
being no objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 2 was offered  by Representatives Gara, Josephson,                                                                 
Kawasaki, Claman, Gruenberg, Kito, Tarr, and Drummond:                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
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Representative Gara moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                      
Amendment No. 2 be adopted.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Representative Thompson objected.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 2 be adopted?"  The roll                                                              
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
HCS CSSB 26(FIN)                                                                                                                
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 2                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  13   NAYS:  25   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  2                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Claman, Drummond, Gara, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Josephson,                                                                
Kawasaki, Kito, Kreiss-Tomkins, Ortiz, Tarr, Tuck, Wool                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Chenault, Edgmon, Foster, Gattis, Hawker, Herron, Hughes,                                                                
Johnson, Keller, LeDoux, Lynn, Millett, Munoz, Nageak, Neuman,                                                                  
Olson, Pruitt, Saddler, Seaton, Stutes, Talerico, Thompson, Tilton,                                                             
Vazquez, Wilson                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Absent:  Colver, Reinbold                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 2 was not adopted.                                                                                        

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Amendment No. 3 was offered  by Representatives Josephson,                                                                       
Kawasaki, Claman, Gruenberg, Kito, Tarr, Drummond, and Gara:                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
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Page 14, line 27:                                                                                                               
    Delete "84,920,000"                                                                                                         
    Insert "109,920,000"                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Page 60, following line 31:                                                                                                     
 Insert new subsections to read:                                                                                                
 "(e)  The unexpended and unobligated balances of the                                                                           
appropriations made in sec. 4, ch. 16, SLA 2013, page 105, lines 22 -                                                           
24, and sec. 4, ch. 18, SLA 2014, page 87, lines 10 - 11, lapse into the                                                        
general fund on June 30, 2015.                                                                                                  
 (f)  The unexpended and unobligated balance of the appropriation                                                               
made in sec. 1, ch. 16, SLA 2013, page 12, lines 20 - 25, lapses into                                                           
the general fund on June 30, 2015."                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
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Representative Josephson moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                 
Amendment No. 3 be adopted.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Representative Munoz objected.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 3 be adopted?"  The roll                                                              
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
HCS CSSB 26(FIN)                                                                                                                
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 3                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  13   NAYS:  27   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                              
                                                                                                                                

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Yeas:  Claman, Drummond, Gara, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Josephson,                                                                
Kawasaki, Kito, Kreiss-Tomkins, Ortiz, Tarr, Tuck, Wool                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Chenault, Colver, Edgmon, Foster, Gattis, Hawker, Herron,                                                                
Hughes, Johnson, Keller, LeDoux, Lynn, Millett, Munoz, Nageak,                                                                  
Neuman, Olson, Pruitt, Reinbold, Saddler, Seaton, Stutes, Talerico,                                                             
Thompson, Tilton, Vazquez, Wilson                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 3 was not adopted.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 4 was offered  by Representatives Guttenberg,                                                                      
Josephson, Wool, Kawasaki, Gara, Claman, Gruenberg, Kito, and                                                                   
Drummond:                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Page 51, following line 1:                                                                                                      
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"* Sec. 40. UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA. The unexpended and                                                                          
unobligated balances, not to exceed $8,000,000, of the appropriations                                                           
made in sec. 4, ch. 16, SLA 2013, page 105, lines 22 - 24 (Department                                                           
of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, Alaska                                                                        
Energy Authority, energy generation projects, Susitna-Watana                                                                    
hydroelectric project - $95,200,000) and sec. 4, ch. 18, SLA 2014,                                                              
page 87, lines 10 - 11 (Department of Commerce, Community, and                                                                  
Economic Development, Alaska Energy Authority, Susitna-Watana                                                                   
hydroelectric project - $20,000,000) are reappropriated to the                                                                  
University of Alaska for continuing construction on the UAF                                                                     
engineering building."                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Renumber the following bill sections accordingly.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
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Representative Guttenberg moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                
Amendment No. 4 be adopted.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Representative Wilson objected.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 4 be adopted?"  The roll                                                              
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
HCS CSSB 26(FIN)                                                                                                                
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 4                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  13   NAYS:  27   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Claman, Drummond, Gara, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Josephson,                                                                
Kawasaki, Kito, Kreiss-Tomkins, Ortiz, Tarr, Tuck, Wool                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Chenault, Colver, Edgmon, Foster, Gattis, Hawker, Herron,                                                                
Hughes, Johnson, Keller, LeDoux, Lynn, Millett, Munoz, Nageak,                                                                  
Neuman, Olson, Pruitt, Reinbold, Saddler, Seaton, Stutes, Talerico,                                                             
Thompson, Tilton, Vazquez, Wilson                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 4 was not adopted.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 5 was offered  by Representatives Claman, Josephson,                                                               
Drummond, and Gruenberg:                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
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    "(d)  The sum of $1,500,000 is appropriated from the general fund                                                           
to the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic                                                                          
Development for payment as a grant under AS 37.05.315 to the                                                                    
Municipality of Anchorage for repair and replacement of aging                                                                   
pedestrian bridges along major greenbelt trails."                                                                               
                                                                                                                                

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Representative Claman moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                    
Amendment No. 5 be adopted.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
There was objection.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Representative Claman moved and asked unanimous consent to                                                                      
withdraw Amendment No. 5.  There being no objection, it was so                                                                  
ordered.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 6 was offered  by Representative Thompson:                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
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Representative Thompson moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                  
Amendment No. 6 be adopted.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Objection was heard and withdrawn.  There being no further objection,                                                           
Amendment No. 6 was adopted.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 7 was offered  by Representative Kito:                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
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Renumber the following paragraphs accordingly.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
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    "(c)  The unexpended and unobligated balance, estimated to be                                                               
$166,867, of the appropriation made in sec. 1, ch. 17, SLA 2012, page                                                           
113, lines 30 - 32, and allocated on page 114, lines 5 - 6, as amended                                                          
by sec. 14(b), ch. 18, SLA 2014 (Department of Environmental                                                                    
Conservation, municipal water, sewage, and solid waste facilities                                                               
grants, Haines, Barnett and Tower Road water tank replacement and                                                               
infrastructure improvements - $699,143) is reappropriated to the                                                                
Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development                                                                     
for payment as a grant under AS 37.05.315 to the Haines Borough for                                                             
upgrades to the wastewater treatment facility."                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Representative Kito moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                      
Amendment No. 7 be adopted.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Representative Thompson objected.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 7 be adopted?"  The roll                                                              
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
HCS CSSB 26(FIN) am H                                                                                                           
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 7                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  13   NAYS:  27   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Claman, Drummond, Gara, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Josephson,                                                                
Kawasaki, Kito, Kreiss-Tomkins, Ortiz, Tarr, Tuck, Wool                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Chenault, Colver, Edgmon, Foster, Gattis, Hawker, Herron,                                                                
Hughes, Johnson, Keller, LeDoux, Lynn, Millett, Munoz, Nageak,                                                                  
Neuman, Olson, Pruitt, Reinbold, Saddler, Seaton, Stutes, Talerico,                                                             
Thompson, Tilton, Vazquez, Wilson                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 7 was not adopted.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                

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HCS CSSB 26(FIN) am H is automatically in third reading.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
The Speaker stated that, without objection, HCS CSSB 26(FIN) am H                                                               
would be held to tomorrow's calendar.