04/27/2006 09:00 AM House COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS
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ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
HOUSE COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS STANDING COMMITTEE
April 27, 2006
9:09 a.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Representative Kurt Olson, Co-Chair
Representative Bill Thomas, Co-Chair
Representative Gabrielle LeDoux
Representative Mark Neuman
Representative Sharon Cissna
Representative Woodie Salmon
MEMBERS ABSENT
Representative Pete Kott
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 171(FIN)(efd fld)
"An Act amending the National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska special
revenue fund; and establishing the Special Legislative Oil and
Gas NPR-A Development Impact Review Committee and defining its
powers and duties."
- MOVED HCS CSSB 171(CRA) OUT OF COMMITTEE
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION
BILL: SB 171
SHORT TITLE: NPR-A COMMUNITY GRANT PROGRAM
SPONSOR(s): SENATOR(s) WILKEN
04/12/05 (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
04/12/05 (S) CRA, FIN
04/20/05 (S) CRA AT 1:30 PM BELTZ 211
04/20/05 (S) Heard & Held
04/20/05 (S) MINUTE(CRA)
04/22/05 (S) CRA AT 1:30 PM BELTZ 211
04/22/05 (S) Moved SB 171 Out of Committee
04/22/05 (S) MINUTE(CRA)
04/25/05 (S) CRA RPT 3DP
04/25/05 (S) DP: STEVENS G, WAGONER, STEDMAN
04/26/05 (S) FIN AT 9:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
04/26/05 (S) Heard & Held
04/26/05 (S) MINUTE(FIN)
01/26/06 (S) FIN AT 9:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
01/26/06 (S) Heard & Held
01/26/06 (S) MINUTE(FIN)
02/01/06 (S) FIN RPT CS FORTHCOMING 4DP 2DNP
02/01/06 (S) DP: WILKEN, GREEN, BUNDE, DYSON
02/01/06 (S) DNP: HOFFMAN, OLSON
02/01/06 (S) FIN AT 9:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
02/01/06 (S) Moved CSSB 171(FIN) Out of Committee
02/01/06 (S) MINUTE(FIN)
02/03/06 (S) FIN CS RECEIVED TECH
TITLE CHANGE
02/16/06 (S) ENGROSSED
03/01/06 (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H)
03/01/06 (S) VERSION: CSSB 171(FIN)(EFD FLD)
03/01/06 (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
03/01/06 (H) CRA, FIN
03/28/06 (H) CRA AT 8:00 AM CAPITOL 124
03/28/06 (H) Heard & Held
03/28/06 (H) MINUTE(CRA)
03/30/06 (H) CRA AT 8:00 AM CAPITOL 124
03/30/06 (H) Heard & Held
03/30/06 (H) MINUTE(CRA)
04/27/06 (H) CRA AT 9:00 AM CAPITOL 124
WITNESS REGISTER
SENATOR GARY WILKEN
Alaska State Legislature
Juneau, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: Spoke as the sponsor of SB 171.
DENNIS ROPER, Special Assistant
to Mayor Itta
Government and External Affairs/Resource Development
North Slope Borough
POSITION STATEMENT: Related that although the North Slope
Borough opposes SB 171, it can live with Version V.
ACTION NARRATIVE
CO-CHAIR BILL THOMAS called the House Community and Regional
Affairs Standing Committee meeting to order at 9:09:11 AM.
Representatives Thomas, Olson, LeDoux, Neuman, Cissna, and
Salmon were present at the call to order.
SB 171-NPR-A COMMUNITY GRANT PROGRAM
CO-CHAIR THOMAS announced that the only order of business would
be CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 171(FIN)(efd fld), "An Act amending
the National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska special revenue fund;
and establishing the Special Legislative Oil and Gas NPR-A
Development Impact Review Committee and defining its powers and
duties."
9:09:35 AM
CO-CHAIR OLSON moved to adopt Version 24-LS0785\V, Chenoweth,
4/26/06, as the working document. There being no objection,
Version V was before the committee.
9:09:54 AM
CO-CHAIR OLSON related that there have been several meetings
between the North Slope Borough, the sponsor, the co-chairs of
this committee, the President of the Senate, and the
Administration, which has led to Version V that hopefully
everyone can agree to move on to the next committee of referral.
9:10:38 AM
SENATOR GARY WILKEN, Alaska State Legislature, sponsor, said
that the struggle remains with regard to the legislature's
involvement. With that in mind and the lateness of the session,
the component regarding judging the grants and evaluating the
funding was eliminated. Version V does maintain the concept of
the permanent fund and the need to follow federal law in regard
to how the grants will be satisfied. Furthermore, the permanent
fund will be calculated on the gross rather than the net that's
left. Any deficiency will follow one year to another in order
to follow the constitutional obligation to include rents and
royalties in the permanent fund. He related that next year
he'll continue to work on the concepts on which no agreement was
reached. He pointed out the change in the title and the
elimination of the legislative intent. Senator Wilken then
directed the committee's attention to page 3, lines 6-7, where
the terms "activities" and "capital" were inserted
respectively.
9:14:13 AM
CO-CHAIR OLSON said he is willing to continue to work with the
sponsor on the remaining issues.
9:14:25 AM
REPRESENTATIVE NEUMAN thanked the sponsor for his work and
recognized the conciliation on both sides of this issue.
9:15:33 AM
CO-CHAIR THOMAS, upon determining no one wished to testify,
closed public testimony.
9:15:43 AM
CO-CHAIR OLSON moved to report Version 24-LS0785\V, Chenoweth,
4/26/06, out of committee with individual recommendations and
the accompanying fiscal notes.
REPRESENTATIVE CISSNA objected.
9:15:58 AM
REPRESENTATIVE CISSNA recalled the years during which she worked
for Native corporations when she tried to help the shareholders
understand how the Western economy fit the Native economy. She
then recalled the testimony from prior hearings indicating that
development is removing people from their community and ability
to feed their families. There is a true impact, she opined.
She opined that to address this matter thoughtfully would take
time, but that's difficult due to the turnover in the
legislature and the lack of knowledge of the areas impacted by
this development.
9:19:48 AM
REPRESENTATIVE LEDOUX related her observation that no one is
present from the North Slope Borough to testify. Therefore, she
questioned if that means that Version V isn't problematic for
that area.
9:20:13 AM
DENNIS ROPER, Special Assistant to Mayor Itta, Government and
External Affairs/Resource Development, North Slope Borough,
began by assuring the committee that the North Slope Borough has
followed this issue closely. He then related his appreciation
of the efforts of the co-chairs and others. However, the North
Slope Borough never felt SB 171 was necessary because the
Department of Commerce, Community, & Economic Development
(DCCED) has performed a good job in managing the grants. Mr.
Roper said that there's no question that the subsistence
lifestyle is the heart of this issue. Still, as much as the
North Slope Borough opposes SB 171, it can live with Version V.
9:22:55 AM
REPRESENTATIVE NEUMAN commented that the different views in the
legislature make it stronger. He related his belief that there
is room for development, which can be accomplished in an
appropriate fashion. Furthermore, development has led to many
of the services available in communities, such as fire and
emergency services. He also related his belief that care is
being taken to address/minimize environmental impact when
developing.
9:24:46 AM
A roll call vote was taken. Representatives LeDoux, Neuman,
Salmon, Olson, and Thomas voted in favor of reporting Version
24-LS0785\V, Chenoweth, 4/26/06, out of committee.
Representative Cissna voted against it. Therefore, HCS CSSB
171(CRA) was reported out of the House Community and Regional
Affairs Standing Committee by a vote of 5-1.
9:25:12 AM
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business before the committee, the House
Community and Regional Affairs Standing Committee meeting was
adjourned at 9:25 a.m.
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