05/04/2004 01:21 PM House RLS

SB 136-MUNICIPAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR ROKEBERG announced  that the first order  of business would                                                               
be CS  FOR SENATE  BILL NO.  136(FIN) am, "An  Act relating  to a                                                               
mandatory  property tax  exemption for  certain private  property                                                               
interests  on military  bases or  installations;  relating to  an                                                               
optional  exclusion  or  exemption from  municipal  taxation  for                                                               
residential property; relating to  an exemption from and deferral                                                               
of  municipal property  taxes on  certain  types of  deteriorated                                                               
property; and providing for an effective date."                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
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MARY  JACKSON,  Staff to  Senator  Thomas  Wagoner, Alaska  State                                                               
Legislature, informed the committee that  the companion to SB 136                                                               
is  HB  241, which  has  been  through  the House  State  Affairs                                                               
Standing  Committee and  the House  Finance Committee.   However,                                                               
there  are a  couple of  differences  between the  two pieces  of                                                               
legislation.    She directed  the  committee's  attention to  the                                                               
committee  packet,  which  includes  a  document  explaining  the                                                               
Senate floor amendments  to [CSSB 136(FIN)].   She explained that                                                               
[the  Senate floor  amendment] created  an exemption  for private                                                               
entities that  construct military  bases, if that  private entity                                                               
enters  into an  agreement for  payment in  lieu of  taxes.   The                                                               
intention  is  to avoid  duplicative  taxes.   Currently,  [these                                                               
private entities]   pay a payment in lieu of taxes and a tax.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  ROKEBERG, upon  determining  that no  one  else wished  to                                                               
testify  and that  there were  no questions,  inquired as  to the                                                               
will of the committee.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
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REPRESENTATIVE BERKOWITZ moved to report  CSSB 136(FIN) am out of                                                               
committee  with individual  recommendations and  the accompanying                                                               
zero fiscal  note.   There being no  objection, CSSB  136(FIN) am                                                               
was reported from the House Rules Standing Committee.