Legislature(2015 - 2016)CAPITOL 120

04/17/2015 04:00 PM House RULES

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04:02:52 PM Start
04:03:11 PM SJR16
04:06:23 PM Adjourn
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+ SB 39 REPEAL FILM PRODUCTION TAX CREDIT TELECONFERENCED
<Bill Hearing Canceled>
+ SJR 16 ARCTIC ECONOMIC COUNCIL TELECONFERENCED
Moved HCS CSSJR 16(RLS) Out of Committee
+ Bills Previously Heard/Scheduled TELECONFERENCED
                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
                 HOUSE RULES STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                               
                         April 17, 2015                                                                                         
                           4:02 p.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Representative Craig Johnson, Chair                                                                                             
Representative Kurt Olson, Vice Chair                                                                                           
Representative Mike Hawker                                                                                                      
Representative Bob Herron                                                                                                       
Representative Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Representative Mike Chenault                                                                                                    
Representative Chris Tuck                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CS FOR SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 16(ARC)                                                                                      
Expressing  support  for  the Arctic  Economic  Council  and  the                                                               
United  States  Arctic  Economic Council  delegation;  requesting                                                               
that the  United States Congress  express support for  the Arctic                                                               
Economic Council,  for the chair  of the Arctic  Economic Council                                                               
to be  a resident  of this  state, and for  the structure  of the                                                               
Arctic Economic Council leadership to  mirror the rotation of the                                                               
chair  of  the  Arctic  Council; and  urging  the  United  States                                                               
Congress to  empower residents  of the state  as partners  in the                                                               
Arctic Economic Council.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
     - MOVED HCS CSSJR 16(RLS) OUT OF COMMITTEE                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL NO. 39(L&C)                                                                                
"An Act repealing  the film production tax  credit; providing for                                                               
an effective date by repealing the  effective dates of secs. 31 -                                                               
33, ch. 51, SLA 2012; and providing for an effective date."                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
     - BILL HEARING CANCELED                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
BILL: SJR 16                                                                                                                  
SHORT TITLE: ARCTIC ECONOMIC COUNCIL                                                                                            
SPONSOR(s): SENATOR(s) MCGUIRE                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
02/25/15       (S)       READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS                                                                        
02/25/15       (S)       ARC                                                                                                    
03/19/15       (S)       ARC AT 11:15 AM BUTROVICH 205                                                                          
03/19/15       (S)       Moved  CSSJR 16(ARC) Out of Committee                                                                  
03/19/15       (S)       MINUTE(ARC)                                                                                            
03/20/15       (S)       ARC RPT CS  4DP  NEW TITLE                                                                             
03/20/15       (S)       DP: MCGUIRE, GIESSEL, OLSON, STEVENS                                                                   
04/01/15       (S)       TRANSMITTED TO (H)                                                                                     
04/01/15       (S)       VERSION: CSSJR 16(ARC)                                                                                 
04/02/15       (H)       READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS                                                                        
04/02/15       (H)       EDA                                                                                                    
04/02/15       (H)       EDA AT 11:45 AM BARNES 124                                                                             
04/02/15       (H)       -- Meeting Rescheduled to 4/6/15 --                                                                    
04/06/15       (H)       EDA AT 8:30 AM BARNES 124                                                                              
04/06/15       (H)       -- Meeting Rescheduled to 4/7/15 --                                                                    
04/07/15       (H)       EDA AT 9:00 AM BARNES 124                                                                              
04/07/15       (H)       Moved CSSJR 16(ARC) Out of Committee                                                                   
04/07/15       (H)       MINUTE(EDA)                                                                                            
04/08/15       (H)       EDA RPT 4DP                                                                                            
04/08/15       (H)       DP: TILTON, STUTES, ORTIZ, HERRON                                                                      
04/17/15       (H)       RLS AT 4:00 PM CAPITOL 120                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
WITNESS REGISTER                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
ROBERT ERVINE, Staff                                                                                                            
Representative Johnson                                                                                                          
Alaska State Legislature                                                                                                        
Juneau, Alaska                                                                                                                  
POSITION STATEMENT:  Explained the changes embodied in Amendment                                                              
1 to CSSJR 16(ARC).                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
DONALD BULLOCK, Staff                                                                                                           
House Majority                                                                                                                  
Representative Mike Chenault                                                                                                    
Alaska State Legislature                                                                                                        
Juneau, Alaska                                                                                                                  
POSITION STATEMENT:  Testified on Amendment 1 to CSSJR 16(ARC).                                                               
                                                                                                                                
JESSE LOGAN, Staff                                                                                                              
Senator Lesil McGuire                                                                                                           
Alaska State Legislature                                                                                                        
Juneau, Alaska                                                                                                                  
POSITION STATEMENT:  Testified that Senator McGuire views                                                                     
Amendment 1 to CSSJR 16(ARC) as a friendly amendment.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
ACTION NARRATIVE                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
4:02:52 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  CRAIG JOHNSON  called the  House Rules  Standing Committee                                                             
meeting to  order at  4:02 p.m.   Representatives  Olson, Hawker,                                                               
Herron, Kreiss-Tomkins, and  Johnson were present at  the call to                                                               
order.                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
                 SJR 16-ARCTIC ECONOMIC COUNCIL                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
4:03:11 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR JOHNSON announced that the  only order of business would be                                                               
CS FOR  SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION  NO. 16(ARC),  Expressing support                                                               
for  the Arctic  Economic Council  and the  United States  Arctic                                                               
Economic Council  delegation; requesting  that the  United States                                                               
Congress  express support  for the  Arctic Economic  Council, for                                                               
the chair  of the  Arctic Economic  Council to  be a  resident of                                                               
this state, and for the  structure of the Arctic Economic Council                                                               
leadership  to mirror  the rotation  of the  chair of  the Arctic                                                               
Council;  and  urging  the  United  States  Congress  to  empower                                                               
residents  of  the  state  as partners  in  the  Arctic  Economic                                                               
Council.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
4:03:28 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  OLSON moved  to  adopt Amendment  1, labeled  29-                                                               
LS0605\H.3, Nauman, 4/17/15, which read:                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
     Page 1, lines 5 - 6:                                                                                                       
          Delete "urging the United States Congress to                                                                        
     empower residents of the state as partners in"                                                                           
          Insert "encouraging the United States Congress to                                                                   
       cooperate with the state on matters related to and                                                                     
     under consideration by"                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
     Page 4, lines 8 - 9:                                                                                                       
          Delete "urges the United States Congress to                                                                           
     empower residents of the state as partners in"                                                                             
          Insert "encourages the United States Congress to                                                                      
        cooperate closely with the state on all matters                                                                         
     related to and under consideration by"                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR JOHNSON objected for discussion purposes.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
4:04:03 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
ROBERT  ERVINE,  Staff,   Representative  Johnson,  Alaska  State                                                               
Legislature, explained that Amendment  1 removes the last resolve                                                               
that  urges Congress  to  empower residents  as  partners in  the                                                               
Arctic  Economic  Council  and  replaces it  with  language  that                                                               
encourages  Congress  to  cooperate  with the  state  on  matters                                                               
related to the Arctic Economic  Council.  Amendment 1, he further                                                               
explained, also includes a technical conforming title change.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
4:04:30 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
DONALD  BULLOCK,  Staff,   House  Majority,  Representative  Mike                                                               
Chenault, Alaska  State Legislature, related that  the purpose of                                                               
Amendment  1 is  clarify that  the  state speaks  with one  voice                                                               
regarding  international   issues  that  relate  to   the  Arctic                                                               
Council.    Therefore,  Amendment   1  changes  the  language  of                                                               
CSSJR 16(ARC)  to encourage  Congress to  cooperate closely  with                                                               
the state  on all matters  related to and under  consideration by                                                               
the Arctic Economic Council.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
4:05:19 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
JESSE  LOGAN,   Staff,  Senator   Lesil  McGuire,   Alaska  State                                                               
Legislature, speaking on behalf  of the sponsor, Senator McGuire,                                                               
informed the committee that Senator  McGuire views Amendment 1 as                                                               
a friendly amendment.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
4:05:31 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR JOHNSON  opened public testimony.   He then inquired  as to                                                               
whether anyone wished to testify.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
4:05:44 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  JOHNSON withdrew  his  objection to  Amendment  1.   There                                                               
being no further objection, Amendment 1 was adopted.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR JOHNSON, upon determining no  one wished to testify, closed                                                               
public testimony.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
4:05:54 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  HERRON,  speaking  as  the  chair  of  the  House                                                               
Special Committee  on Economic  Development, Tourism,  and Arctic                                                               
Policy, noted his support for Amendment 1.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
4:06:06 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE OLSON  moved to report CSSJR  16(ARC), as amended,                                                               
out  of   committee  with  individual  recommendations   and  the                                                               
accompanying  zero  fiscal  note.    There  being  no  objection,                                                               
HCS CSSJR  16(RLS) was  reported  from the  House Rules  Standing                                                               
Committee.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
4:06:23 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
There being no further business before the committee, the House                                                                 
Rules Standing Committee meeting was adjourned at 4:06 p.m.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                

Document Name Date/Time Subjects
SJR 16.W.PDF HRLS 4/17/2015 4:00:00 PM
SJR 16
SJR 16.ARC.H.PDF HRLS 4/17/2015 4:00:00 PM
SJR 16
SJR 16.ARC.FN.PDF HRLS 4/17/2015 4:00:00 PM
SJR 16
SJR 16 Sponsor Statement.pdf HRLS 4/17/2015 4:00:00 PM
SJR 16
SJR 16 Amend. 29-LS0605.H3.pdf HRLS 4/17/2015 4:00:00 PM
SJR 16