04/02/2015 08:00 AM House COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS
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ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
HOUSE COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS STANDING COMMITTEE
April 2, 2015
8:09 a.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Representative Cathy Tilton, Chair
Representative Paul Seaton, Vice Chair
Representative Shelley Hughes
Representative Benjamin Nageak
Representative Lora Reinbold
Representative Harriet Drummond
Representative Dan Ortiz
MEMBERS ABSENT
All members present
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 19(CRA)
"An Act relating to road service area boundary changes."
- MOVED CSSB 19(CRA) OUT OF COMMITTEE
HOUSE BILL NO. 118
"An Act adopting the Municipal Property Assessed Clean Energy
Act; authorizing municipalities to establish programs to impose
assessments for energy improvements in regions designated by
municipalities; imposing fees; and providing for an effective
date."
- MOVED CSHB 118(CRA) OUT OF COMMITTEE
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION
BILL: SB 19
SHORT TITLE: BOUNDARIES OF ROAD SERVICE AREAS
SPONSOR(s): SENATOR(s) COGHILL
01/21/15 (S) PREFILE RELEASED 1/16/15
01/21/15 (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
01/21/15 (S) CRA
03/05/15 (S) CRA AT 3:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
03/05/15 (S) Heard & Held
03/05/15 (S) MINUTE(CRA)
03/12/15 (S) CRA AT 3:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
03/12/15 (S) Moved CSSB 19(CRA) Out of Committee
03/12/15 (S) MINUTE(CRA)
03/16/15 (S) CRA RPT CS 4DP SAME TITLE
03/16/15 (S) DP: BISHOP, STEDMAN, HOFFMAN, EGAN
03/18/15 (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H)
03/18/15 (S) VERSION: CSSB 19(CRA)
03/20/15 (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
03/20/15 (H) CRA
03/24/15 (H) CRA AT 8:00 AM BARNES 124
03/24/15 (H) Heard & Held
03/24/15 (H) MINUTE(CRA)
04/02/15 (H) CRA AT 8:00 AM BARNES 124
BILL: HB 118
SHORT TITLE: MUNI ENERGY IMPROVEMNT ASSESSMNTS/BONDS
SPONSOR(s): RULES BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR
02/18/15 (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
02/18/15 (H) ENE, CRA, FIN
03/05/15 (H) ENE AT 10:15 AM CAPITOL 106
03/05/15 (H) Heard & Held
03/05/15 (H) MINUTE(ENE)
03/17/15 (H) ENE AT 10:15 AM CAPITOL 17
03/17/15 (H) Heard & Held
03/17/15 (H) MINUTE(ENE)
03/24/15 (H) CRA AT 8:00 AM BARNES 124
03/24/15 (H) <Pending Referral>
03/24/15 (H) ENE AT 10:15 AM CAPITOL 17
03/24/15 (H) Moved CSHB 118(ENE) Out of Committee
03/24/15 (H) MINUTE(ENE)
03/25/15 (H) ENE RPT CS(ENE) 7DP
03/25/15 (H) DP: CLAMAN, TALERICO, TILTON, NAGEAK,
WOOL, VAZQUEZ, COLVER
03/26/15 (H) CRA AT 8:00 AM BARNES 124
03/26/15 (H) Heard & Held
03/26/15 (H) MINUTE(CRA)
03/28/15 (H) CRA AT 10:00 AM BARNES 124
03/28/15 (H) Heard & Held
03/28/15 (H) MINUTE(CRA)
03/31/15 (H) CRA AT 8:00 AM BARNES 124
03/31/15 (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
04/02/15 (H) CRA AT 8:00 AM BARNES 124
WITNESS REGISTER
RYNIEVVA MOSS, Staff
Senator John Coghill
Alaska State Legislature
Juneau, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: Presented SB 19 on behalf of the sponsor,
Senator Coghill.
GENE THERRIAULT, Deputy Director
Energy Policy, Alaska Energy Authority (AEA)
Department of Commerce, Community & Economic Development (DCCED)
Anchorage, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: Explained amendments to CSHB 118(ENE).
ACTION NARRATIVE
8:09:19 AM
CHAIR CATHY TILTON called the House Community and Regional
Affairs Standing Committee meeting to order at 8:09 a.m.
Representatives Hughes, Nageak, Reinbold, Ortiz, Drummond,
Seaton, and Tilton were present at the call to order.
SB 19-BOUNDARIES OF ROAD SERVICE AREAS
8:10:02 AM
CHAIR TILTON announced that the first order of business would be
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 19(CRA), "An Act relating to road service
area boundary changes."
8:10:21 AM
RYNIEVVA MOSS, Staff, Senator John Coghill, Alaska State
Legislature, speaking on behalf of Senator Coghill, sponsor,
explained that CSSB 19(CRA) proposes changes to the road service
area statutes per the request of the Fairbanks North Star
Borough. The proposed changes allow the borough assembly
without a vote of the parcels involved with the road service to
do the following: consolidate a parcel split between two
service areas into the service area that has access to the
parcel; incorporate an entire parcel when a parcel is partially
in a service area, but the parcel has to have access only
through the service area.
8:11:45 AM
REPRESENTATIVE SEATON moved to report CSSB 19(CRA) out of
committee with individual recommendations and the accompanying
fiscal notes. There being no objection, CSSB 19(CRA) was
reported from the House Community and Regional Affairs Standing
Committee.
8:12:29 AM
The committee took an at ease from 8:12 a.m. to 8:15 a.m.
HB 118-MUNI ENERGY IMPROVEMNT ASSESSMNTS/BONDS
8:15:26 AM
CHAIR TILTON announced that the final order of business would be
HOUSE BILL NO. 118, "An Act adopting the Municipal Property
Assessed Clean Energy Act; authorizing municipalities to
establish programs to impose assessments for energy improvements
in regions designated by municipalities; imposing fees; and
providing for an effective date." [CSHB 118(ENE) is before the
committee.]
8:15:53 AM
CHAIR TILTON moved that the committee adopt Amendment 1, labeled
29-GH102\H.1, Shutts, 4/1/15, which read:
Page 1, following line 7:
Insert new bill sections to read:
"* Sec. 2. AS 29.35.200(b) is amended to read:
(b) A first class borough may by ordinance
exercise the following powers on an areawide basis:
(1) provide transportation systems;
(2) provide water pollution control;
(3) provide air pollution control in
accordance with AS 46.14.400;
(4) license day care facilities;
(5) license, impound, and dispose of
animals;
(6) establish an energy improvement
assessment program under AS 29.49.
* Sec. 3. AS 29.35.210(b) is amended to read:
(b) A second class borough may by ordinance
exercise the following powers on an areawide basis:
(1) provide transportation systems;
(2) license, impound, and dispose of
animals;
(3) provide air pollution control under
AS 46.14.400;
(4) provide water pollution control;
(5) license day care facilities;
(6) establish an energy improvement
assessment program under AS 29.49."
Renumber the following bill sections accordingly.
REPRESENTATIVE SEATON objected for discussion purposes.
8:16:12 AM
GENE THERRIAULT, Deputy Director, Energy Policy, Alaska Energy
Authority (AEA), Department of Commerce, Community & Economic
Development (DCCED), explained that Amendment 1 would provide
clear authority to first and second class boroughs to adopt a
Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing mechanism
areawide. The change merely adds to the list of things first
and second class boroughs can do areawide.
8:17:16 AM
REPRESENTATIVE HUGHES related her understanding that cities can
already do this by ordinance, that is areawide within city
boundaries.
MR. THERRIAULT said he believes that is correct.
8:17:31 AM
REPRESENTATIVE SEATON removed his objection.
There being no further objection, Amendment 1 was adopted.
8:17:45 AM
REPRESENTATIVE HUGHES moved that the committee adopt
[Conceptual] Amendment 2, labeled 3/16/2015, Macsalka, which
read:
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Delete "regions designated by"
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Delete "a region designated under this chapter"
Insert "the municipality"
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Delete "in a region designated under this
chapter"
Insert "located in the municipality"
Page 3, lines 7 - 15:
Delete all material and insert:
"Sec. 29.49.050. Applicability of program.
(a) A program established by a borough under this
chapter shall apply on an areawide basis.
(1) The governing body of a city
located within a borough that establishes a program
under this chapter may, by ordinance, opt out of
participation in the borough's program. A city that
opts out of the program shall forward a copy of the
ordinance to the borough within 30 days after adoption
of the ordinance.
(2) A city that opts out of
participation in a program established by a borough
may opt back into the borough's program by ordinance.
(b) A program established by a city under this
chapter shall apply throughout the 1 entire geographic
boundaries of the city.
(c) If a borough establishes a program under
this chapter after a city within the borough
establishes a program under this chapter, the borough
succeeds to all rights, powers, duties, assets, and
liabilities of the city existing under the city's
program.
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Delete all material.
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Insert "(D)"
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Delete "(F)"
Insert "(E)"
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Delete "(G)"
Insert "(F)"
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Delete "(H)"
Insert "(G)"
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Delete "(I)"
Insert "(H)"
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Delete all material.
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Delete "(2)"
Insert "(1)"
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Delete "(3)"
Insert "(2)"
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Delete "(4)"
Insert "(3)"
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Delete "(5)"
Insert "(4)"
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Delete "(6)"
Insert "(5)"
Page 8, lines 21 - 22:
Delete all material and insert:
"(1) payments of contractual assessments on
property benefited under this chapter;"
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Delete "region"
Insert "program"
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Delete "region"
Insert "municipality"
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Delete "region"
Insert "municipality"
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Delete all material.
CHAIR TILTON objected for discussion purposes.
8:17:59 AM
REPRESENTATIVE HUGHES informed the committee that after working
with Mr. Therriault and speaking with the Matanuska-Susitna
Borough mayor, it seemed appropriate to address the concern of
choosing winners and losers by picking regions. The amendment
will allow cities to opt out if they so choose.
MR. THERRIAULT explained that the impact of [Conceptual]
Amendment 2 is that the government would no longer have the
power to apply PACE in a sub region of the borough or the city
but rather would have to be the entire area. Therefore,
language referring to the designation of a region has been
removed and now refers to it being areawide. In the case in
which a city within a borough wants to opt out, they can do so
by passage of an ordinance. The language in [Conceptual]
Amendment 2 also provides the city assembly the ability to opt
in later. He then explained that the language on page 2, lines
3-5, of [Conceptual] Amendment 2 addresses a situation in which
a city within a borough decides to allow PACE financing within
its boundaries and then the borough later wants to allow PACE
financing as well. In such a situation, the borough would
assume the city program and take on the city's program
obligations. The remainder of [Conceptual] Amendment 2 is
conforming language.
8:20:57 AM
REPRESENTATIVE HUGHES said that [Conceptual] Amendment 2 would
follow the principle as embodied in [HB 146] in which tax
exemptions would be areawide.
8:21:21 AM
The committee took a brief at ease.
8:22:42 AM
REPRESENTATIVE HUGHES clarified that Amendment 2 is conceptual.
8:22:57 AM
CHAIR TILTON withdrew her objection.
There being no further objection, Conceptual Amendment 2 was
adopted.
8:23:33 AM
REPRESENTATIVE SEATON moved to report CSHB 118, Version 29-
GH1021\H, Shutts, 3/25/15, as amended, out of committee with
individual recommendations and the accompanying zero fiscal
note. There being no objection, CSHB 118(CRA) was reported from
the House Community and Regional Affairs Standing Committee.
8:24:08 AM
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business before the committee, the House
Community and Regional Affairs Standing Committee meeting was
adjourned at 8:24 a.m.
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