Legislature(2007 - 2008)SENATE FINANCE 532
03/31/2008 09:00 AM Senate FINANCE
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| HB260 | |
| HB330 | |
| SB221 | |
| Adjourn |
* first hearing in first committee of referral
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| += | HB 260 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | HB 330 | TELECONFERENCED | |
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| = | SB 221 | ||
SENATE BILL NO. 221
"An Act making appropriations, including capital
appropriations, supplemental appropriations, and
appropriations to capitalize funds; and providing for
an effective date."
Co-Chair Hoffman MOVED to ADOPT Committee Substitute 25-
GS2007\K as a working document before this Committee.
Co-Chair Stedman OBJECTED for discussion purposes.
10:00:56 AM
MILES BAKER, STAFF, SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE, remarked that
the primary difference structurally from the last committee
substitute is the addition of the remaining slow track
supplemental FY 08 items. He mentioned the addition of items
from the Governor's FY 09 capital submission and Legislative
re-appropriation requests.
Section 1, Page 2, slow track supplemental operating
items for FY 08.
Section 4, Page 6, supplemental capital items.
Section 7, Page 10-17, prior committee substitute
capital projects to enhance public safety, separating
them from the capital budget.
Section 10, Page 18-59, regular section of the FY 09
capital budget requests.
10:04:05 AM
Mr. Baker continued with:
Section 10, Page 59, Line 24, for school construction.
Department of Education section which includes a major
maintenance grant in prior bill.
Section 10, Page 61, begins the capital projects for
agencies.
Section 10, Page 84, an addition to this committee
substitute for court system appropriations. All of the
Alaska Court System FY 09 capital requests submitted by
Governor. Increased the Anchorage Campus project from
the Governor's request to $8 million, an additional $4
million.
10:06:18 AM
Mr. Baker continued with:
Section 11 and 12, Page 86-89, totals of the previous
sections.
Section 13, Page 90, no changes in this section.
Section 13, Page 94 starts the language section of the
bill. He highlighted that some of the language is part
of the governor's slow track supplemental.
Section 43, Page 103 added a transferred $55,000 from
to the Life Alaska Donor Services.
Section 44, Page 103, line 19 added the handout from
the Department of Education and Early development for
energy relief.
10:09:08 AM
Mr. Baker continued with:
Section 47, Page 104 added FY 09 operating language for
the Marine Highway for Kodiak service.
Section 48, Page 104, added two deposits to retirement
systems to pay off unfunded liabilities for the
judicial retirement and the National Guard.
Section 49, additional deposit of $400 million to the
Capital Budget Reserve.
Section 24, Page 97, subsection C-D, Line 22, deposit
of $25 million to Marine Highway stabilization system
fund.
Section 24, Line 24, subsection D, FY 08 surplus being
deposited into the Marine Highway vessel replacement
fund.
Mr. Baker stated these were the principle sectional changes.
10:12:13 AM
Mr. Baker mentioned that additions since the previous
Committee Substitute were:
The Department of Health and Social Services, for the
Pioneer Home, the Youth Center and Health center
deferred maintenance across the state.
Department of Education addition for the deferred
maintenance at the Mt. Edgecumbe High School.
Department of Commerce addition of the Kodiak launch
facility.
National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA) grant
program, Section 26, Page 98 added in the language
section how that money will be appropriated.
Department of Administration included the Palmer Office
Building.
Department of Transportation addition of the Marine
Highway vessel overhaul and deferred maintenance items.
The harbor transfer program, the Chignik Lagoon airport
repairs, the Trunk road in the Mat-Su valley and the
South Denali access road.
Department of Public Safety addition of the full amount
for deferred maintenance.
10:15:20 AM
Mr. Baker continued listing:
Department of Natural Resources addition of the state
parks sanitation and safety project, emergency repair
items, fire fighting equipment, and the last phase of
the energy inventory project.
Department of Revenue addition for the child support
services division computer upgrade project.
University addition of $15.4 million deferred statewide
for certain campuses.
10:16:59 AM
Mr. Baker revealed a total dollar amount in the new
committee substitute totals $1.782 billion for a $214
million increase over the last Committee Substitute.
Co-Chair Stedman WITHDREW his objection. There being NO
OBJECTION, Committee Substitute 25,GS2007\K, Kane, 3/31/08
was adopted as the working document before this Committee.
SB 221 was HEARD and HELD in Committee for further
consideration.
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