2017-04-07                     House Journal                      Page 0897
The Department of Labor and Workforce Development (DOLWD)                                                                       
Unemployment Insurance program is required by federal law to use                                                                
the treasury offset program to recover certain unemployment                                                                     
compensation or risk loss of federal funding - over $22 million.                                                                
AS 23.20.486 authorizes DOLWD to participate in the federal offset                                                              
program, which includes confidential tax information subject to the                                                             
safeguard requirements. DOLWD is currently working on                                                                           
programming and testing and expects to begin participation in the                                                               
program in the spring of 2017. The Alaska unemployment                                                                          
compensation program estimates it will collect an estimated $300,000                                                            
to $400,000 annually through the offset program.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
To ensure continued access to federal tax information, the bill creates                                                         
a new chapter in AS 39 for establishing State personnel procedures for                                                          
State employees who access certain federal tax information. The bill                                                            
also creates a new section in AS 30.36, establishing similar procedures                                                         
for State contractors who access certain federal tax information. Those                                                         
procedures include fingerprinting and an FBI national criminal history                                                          
record check. Last, the bill amends AS 12.62.400 by adding a new                                                                
subsection authorizing the Department of Public Safety to submit the                                                            
fingerprints to the FBI and obtain a national criminal history record                                                           
check.                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
I urge your prompt and favorable action on this measure.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Sincerely,                                                                                                                      
/s/                                                                                                                             
Bill Walker                                                                                                                     
Governor"                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
                  CONSIDERATION OF THE DAILY CALENDAR                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
                     SECOND READING OF HOUSE BILLS                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
HB 31                                                                                                                         
The following was read the second time:                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 31                                                                                                           
    "An Act requiring the Department of Public Safety to develop a                                                              
    tracking system and collection and processing protocol for sexual