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HB 256                                                                                                                        
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 256(FIN) "An Act                                                                            
making appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses of                                                            
state government and for certain programs; capitalizing funds;                                                                  
amending appropriations; repealing appropriations; making                                                                       
supplemental appropriations; and providing for an effective date" was                                                           
read the third time.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Senator Gardner moved that the bill be returned to second reading for                                                           
the purpose of a specific amendment, that being Amendment No. 1.                                                                
Without objection, the bill was returned to second reading.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
President Meyer stated the bill would remain in second reading for all                                                          
amendments offered today. There being no objection, it was so                                                                   
ordered.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Senators Gardner, Egan, Ellis, Wielechowski offered Amendment                                                                   
No. 1 :                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
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Pre-Kindergarten                         2,000,000                                                                              
 Grants                                                                                                                         
Statewide Mentoring                      1,500,000                                                                              
 Program"                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
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     "(b) The unexpended and unobligated general fund balances of the                                                           
following appropriations, estimated to be a total of $21,506,293, lapse                                                         
into the general fund on June 30, 2016:                                                                                         

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          (1)  sec. 1, ch. 82, SLA 2003, page 44, line 31, and allocated                                                        
on page 49, lines 24 - 26 (Department of Transportation and Public                                                              
Facilities, surface transportation program, Knik Arm Crossing                                                                   
environmental impact statement - $33,600,000);                                                                                  
          (2)  sec. 7, ch. 43, SLA 2010, page 38, line 11, and allocated                                                        
on page 38, lines 12 - 14 (Department of Transportation and Public                                                              
Facilities, roads to resources, Ambler mining district access planning,                                                         
design and engineering - $4,000,000);                                                                                           
          (3)  sec. 1, ch. 5, FSSLA 2011, page 101, line 25, and                                                                
allocated on page 101, lines 28 - 29 (Department of Transportation and                                                          
Public Facilities, roads to resources, Ambler mining district -                                                                 
$1,250,000);                                                                                                                    
          (4)  sec. 1, ch. 17, SLA 2012, page 133, line 28, and allocated                                                       
on page 133, lines 29 - 30 (Department of Transportation and Public                                                             
Facilities, roads to resources, Ambler mining district - $4,000,000);                                                           
          (5)  sec. 1, ch. 16, SLA 2013, page 3, lines 28 - 31                                                                  
(Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development,                                                                   
Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, Ambler mining                                                               
district access - $8,500,000);                                                                                                  
          (6)  sec. 4, ch. 16, SLA 2013, page 105, lines 20 - 24                                                                
(Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development,                                                                   
Alaska Energy Authority, energy generation projects, Susitna-Watana                                                             
hydroelectric project - $95,200,000);                                                                                           
          (7)  sec. 1, ch. 18, SLA 2014, page 3, lines 16 - 18                                                                  
(Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development,                                                                   
Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, Ambler mining                                                               
district access project - $8,500,000);                                                                                          
          (8)  sec. 1, ch. 18, SLA 2014, page 63, line 4, and allocated on                                                      
page 63, lines 12 - 13 (Department of Transportation and Public                                                                 
Facilities, economic development, Knik Arm bridge project                                                                       
development - $55,000,000);                                                                                                     
          (9)  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)."                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
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Senator Gardner moved for the adoption of Amendment No. 1.                                                                      
Senator Coghill objected.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 1 be adopted?" The roll                                                                
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
SCS CSHB 256(FIN)                                                                                                               
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 1?                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  4   NAYS:  16   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Egan, Ellis, Gardner, Wielechowski                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Bishop, Coghill, Costello, Dunleavy, Giessel, Hoffman,                                                                   
Huggins, Kelly, MacKinnon, McGuire, Meyer, Micciche, Olson,                                                                     
Stedman, Stevens, Stoltze                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
and so, Amendment No. 1 failed.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Senators Gardner, Egan, Ellis, Wielechowski offered Amendment                                                                   
No. 2 :                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
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                                "ALLOCATIONS                                                                                    
Public Broadcasting -                    2,681,000                                                                              
 Radio"                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
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     "(b)  The unexpended and unobligated general fund balances of                                                              
the following appropriations, estimated to be a total of $11,029,074,                                                           
lapse into the general fund on June 30, 2016:                                                                                   

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          (1)  sec. 10, ch. 43, SLA 2010, page 99, lines 24 - 26                                                                
(Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Port MacKenzie expansion - $750,000);                                                               
          (2)  sec. 10, ch. 43, SLA 2010, page 99, lines 27 - 31                                                                
(Matanuska-Susitna Borough, rail extension to Port MacKenzie from                                                               
the Alaska Railroad main line - $35,000,000);                                                                                   
          (3)  sec. 1, ch. 5, FSSLA 2011, page 37, lines 28 - 30                                                                
(Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Port MacKenzie rail extension -                                                                     
$30,000,000);                                                                                                                   
          (4) sec. 1, ch. 17, SLA 2012, page 32, lines 28 - 30                                                                  
(Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Port MacKenzie rail extension -                                                                     
$23,500,000);                                                                                                                   
          (5) sec. 1, ch. 16, SLA 2013, page 21, lines 10 - 12                                                                  
(Matanuska-Susitna Borough, rail extension to Port MacKenzie -                                                                  
$25,000,000);                                                                                                                   
          (6) sec. 1, ch. 18, SLA 2014, page 14, lines 3 - 4 (Matanuska-                                                        
Susitna Borough, rail extension to Port MacKenzie - $13,000,000).                                                               
     (c) The unexpended and unobligated general fund balances of the                                                            
following appropriations, estimated to be a total of $2,313,287, lapse                                                          
into the general fund on June 30, 2016:                                                                                         
          (1)  sec. 2(a), ch. 50, SLA 1997 (Alaska Aerospace                                                                    
Development Corporation, Kodiak Launch Complex - $5,000,000);                                                                   
          (2) sec. 2(b), ch. 50, SLA 1997 (Alaska Aerospace                                                                     
Development Corporation, Kodiak Launch Complex - $23,000,000);                                                                  
          (3)  sec. 9(a), ch. 2, FSSLA 1999 (Alaska Aerospace                                                                   
Development Corporation, Kodiak Launch Complex);                                                                                
          (4)  sec. 1, ch. 82, SLA 2003, page 3, lines 15 - 16                                                                  
(Department of Community and Economic Development, Kodiak                                                                       
launch site infrastructure - $38,000,000);                                                                                      
          (5)  sec. 1, ch. 3, FSSLA 2005, page 3, lines 27 - 28                                                                 
(Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development,                                                                   
Kodiak launch site infrastructure - $36,000,000);                                                                               
          (6)  sec. 1, ch. 82, SLA 2006, page 3, lines 30 - 31                                                                  
(Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development,                                                                   
Kodiak Launch Complex infrastructure - $15,000,000);                                                                            
          (7)  sec. 4, ch. 30, SLA 2007, page 84, lines 31 - 32                                                                 
(Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development,                                                                   
Kodiak Launch Complex infrastructure - $15,000,000);                                                                            
          (8)  sec. 13, ch. 29, SLA 2008, page 88, lines 9 - 10                                                                 
(Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development,                                                                   
Kodiak Launch Complex infrastructure - $17,500,000);                                                                            

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          (9)  sec. 1, ch. 15, SLA 2009, page 3, lines 9 -10 (Department                                                        
of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, Kodiak                                                                        
Launch Complex infrastructure - $17,500,000);                                                                                   
          (10)  sec. 7, ch. 43, SLA 2010, page 19, lines 9 - 12                                                                 
(Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development,                                                                   
Alaska Aerospace Corporation, Kodiak Launch Complex                                                                             
sustainability - $4,000,000);                                                                                                   
          (11)  sec 31, ch. 5, FSSLA 2011 (Department of Military and                                                           
Veterans' Affairs, sustained maintenance and operations of the Alaska                                                           
Aerospace Corporation and the Kodiak Launch Complex -                                                                           
$4,000,000)."                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
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Senator Gardner moved for the adoption of Amendment No. 2.                                                                      
Senator MacKinnon objected.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 2 be adopted?" The roll                                                                
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
SCS CSHB 256(FIN)                                                                                                               
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 2?                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  4   NAYS:  16   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Egan, Ellis, Gardner, Wielechowski                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Bishop, Coghill, Costello, Dunleavy, Giessel, Hoffman,                                                                   
Huggins, Kelly, MacKinnon, McGuire, Meyer, Micciche, Olson,                                                                     
Stedman, Stevens, Stoltze                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
and so, Amendment No. 2 failed.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Senators Ellis, Egan, Gardner, Wielechowski offered Amendment                                                                   
No. 3 :                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
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     "(f)  It is the intent of the legislature that, notwithstanding                                                            
AS 43.55.024, the Department of Revenue not pay a producer a tax                                                                
credit in the amount specified in this subsection for each barrel of oil                                                        
taxable under AS 43.55.011(e) that does not meet any of the criteria in                                                         
AS 43.55.160(f) or (g) and that is produced during a calendar year                                                              
after December 31, 2013, from a lease or property within a unit or                                                              
nonunitized reservoir that has cumulatively produced 400,000,000                                                                
barrels of oil by the close of the most recent calendar year and from                                                           
which the average daily production of oil from the unit or nonunitized                                                          
reservoir during the most recent calendar year exceeded 20,000                                                                  
barrels. The amount of the tax credit for a barrel of taxable oil subject                                                       
to this subsection produced during a month of the calendar year is                                                              
          (1)  $8 for each barrel of taxable oil if the average gross value                                                     
at the point of production for the month is less than $80 a barrel;                                                             
          (2)  $7 for each barrel of taxable oil if the average gross value                                                     
at the point of production for the month is greater than or equal to $80                                                        
a barrel, but less than $90 a barrel;                                                                                           
          (3)  $6 for each barrel of taxable oil if the average gross value                                                     
at the point of production for the month is greater than or equal to $90                                                        
a barrel, but less than $100 a barrel;                                                                                          
          (4)  $5 for each barrel of taxable oil if the average gross value                                                     
at the point of production for the month is greater than or equal to                                                            
$100 a barrel, but less than $110 a barrel;                                                                                     
          (5)  $4 for each barrel of taxable oil if the average gross value                                                     
at the point of production for the month is greater than or equal to                                                            
$110 a barrel, but less than $120 a barrel;                                                                                     
          (6)  $3 for each barrel of taxable oil if the average gross value                                                     
at the point of production for the month is greater than or equal to                                                            
$120 a barrel, but less than $130 a barrel;                                                                                     

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          (7)  $2 for each barrel of taxable oil if the average gross value                                                     
at the point of production for the month is greater than or equal to                                                            
$130 a barrel, but less than $140 a barrel;                                                                                     
          (8)  $1 for each barrel of taxable oil if the average gross value                                                     
at the point of production for the month is greater than or equal to                                                            
$140 a barrel, but less than $150 a barrel.                                                                                     
     (g)  It is the intent of the legislature to limit the eligibility of the                                                   
refinery tax credit provided under AS 43.20.053 to in-state refineries                                                          
that are headquartered in the state and are at least 51 percent owned by                                                        
state residents."                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
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Senator Ellis moved for the adoption of Amendment No. 3. Senator                                                                
Kelly objected.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 3 be adopted?" The roll                                                                
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
SCS CSHB 256(FIN)                                                                                                               
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 3?                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  4   NAYS:  16   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Egan, Ellis, Gardner, Wielechowski                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Bishop, Coghill, Costello, Dunleavy, Giessel, Hoffman,                                                                   
Huggins, Kelly, MacKinnon, McGuire, Meyer, Micciche, Olson,                                                                     
Stedman, Stevens, Stoltze                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
and so, Amendment No. 3 failed.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Senators Egan, Ellis, Gardner, Wielechowski offered Amendment                                                                   
No. 4 :                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
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 "(l) The sum of $6,000,000 is appropriated from the general fund                                                               
to the community revenue sharing fund (AS 29.60.850)."                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
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be $18,852,256, of the appropriation made in sec. 1, ch. 16, SLA 2013,                                                          
page 12, lines 20 - 25 (Anchorage, U-Med district northern access -                                                             
$20,000,000) is repealed.                                                                                                       
 (b)"                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Senator Egan moved for the adoption of Amendment No. 4. Senator                                                                 
MacKinnon objected.                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Senator Stevens moved to divide the question, then moved and asked                                                              
unanimous consent to withdraw his motion. There being no objection,                                                             
the motion was withdrawn.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 4 be adopted?" The roll                                                                
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                

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SCS CSHB 256(FIN)                                                                                                               
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 4?                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  6   NAYS:  13   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  1                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Egan, Ellis, Gardner, Stedman, Stevens, Wielechowski                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Bishop, Coghill, Costello, Dunleavy, Giessel, Hoffman,                                                                   
Huggins, Kelly, MacKinnon, McGuire, Meyer, Micciche, Stoltze                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Absent:  Olson                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
and so, Amendment No. 4 failed.