04/03/2006 12:00 PM House CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON SB 232

12:09:34 PM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 232(FIN)                                                                                            
     "An Act making  appropriations, supplemental appropriations,                                                               
     and  capital  appropriations;  amending  appropriations  and                                                               
     funding sources; making  appropriations to capitalize funds;                                                               
     and providing for an effective date."                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 232(FIN) am H                                                                          
     "An Act making  appropriations, supplemental appropriations,                                                               
     and  capital  appropriations;  amending  appropriations  and                                                               
     funding sources; making  appropriations to capitalize funds;                                                               
     and providing for an effective date."                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
12:10:43 PM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
DAVID TEAL,  Director, Division of Legislative  Finance, reported                                                               
a  typographical error  to Section  12. FUND  SOURCE CHANGES,  on                                                               
page 12,  line 9  of HCS  CS SB  232(FIN) am  H, relating  to the                                                               
Commercial  Fisheries  Entry  Commission  Receipts,  fund  source                                                               
1201. The  "total" amount should  reflect the  "operating" amount                                                               
and read: $3,038,800.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Senator  Wilken requested  motions for  appointment of  the chair                                                               
and vice-chair.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
12:11:39 PM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Representative  Chenault  offered  a motion  to  appoint  Senator                                                               
Wilken to serve as presiding chair of the Conference Committee.                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
There  was   no  objection  and  Senator   Wilken  was  appointed                                                               
presiding chair.                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
12:11:49 PM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Chair Wilken offered a motion  to appoint Representative Chenault                                                               
to serve as presiding vice-chair of the Conference Committee.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
There was no objection and  Representative Chenault was appointed                                                               
presiding vice-chair.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
12:12:05 PM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Chair Wilken provided  a statement of rules  and guidelines under                                                               
which the Conference Committee would  operate. Both the House and                                                               
Senate budget process allowed for  public testimony. That portion                                                               
of the  process is not  concluded; the Conference  Committee will                                                               
not be accepting  public testimony. Unless invited  by the Chair,                                                               
only  members  of  the  Conference Committee  may  take  part  in                                                               
discussion.  David   Teal,  Director,  Division   of  Legislative                                                               
Finance was invited to sit at the table.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Chair Wilken  informed that the  Division of  Legislative Finance                                                               
has been directed  to prepare the "bill  comparison", which would                                                               
be utilized.  This comparison summarizes the  differences between                                                               
the  two versions  of the  bills that  are the  subject of  these                                                               
committee discussions and are located in the Internet.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Chair  Wilken  announced  that  the  Conference  Committee  would                                                               
operate  under  Uniform Rule  42  [copy  provided.] Adopting  any                                                               
motion or  taking any action  would require a majority  vote from                                                               
each body.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
12:13:18 PM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Representative Chenault  offered a  motion to adopt  the language                                                               
passed by the  House of Representatives in HCS CS  SB 232(FIN) am                                                               
H on all  items of Section 1  - 19, except Sections  5, 6(e), and                                                               
15.                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Wilken  objected  to  explain  Section  5  appropriates                                                               
$500,000 general funds to the  Arctic Winter Games Grant; Section                                                               
6(e) appropriates $500,000 general  funds for emergency bulk fuel                                                               
loans  to   small  communities;   and  Section   15  appropriates                                                               
$3,320,000 general funds to the Power Cost Equalization program.                                                                
                                                                                                                                
12:13:46 PM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
There was no objection and the motion was ADOPTED.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
12:13:52 PM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Representative Chenault  moved for  adoption of a  drafted letter                                                               
addressed to the  President of the Senate and the  Speaker of the                                                               
House requesting  limited powers of free  conference for Sections                                                               
5, 6(e) and 15.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
12:14:04 PM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
There was no objection and the motion was ADOPTED.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
12:14:16 PM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair   Wilken  announced   the  Conference   Committee  would                                                               
reconvene once the limited powers were granted.