Legislature(2011 - 2012)HOUSE FINANCE 519
04/12/2012 09:00 AM House FINANCE
| Audio | Topic |
|---|---|
| Start | |
| SB137 | |
| SB19 | |
| SB135 | |
| Adjourn |
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
| + | SB 137 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | SB 19 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | SB 135 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | SB 23 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | SB 119 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | SCR 24 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | SB 160 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | TELECONFERENCED |
HOUSE FINANCE COMMITTEE
April 12, 2012
9:57 a.m.
9:57:59 AM
CALL TO ORDER
Co-Chair Stoltze called the House Finance Committee meeting
to order at 9:57 a.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Representative Bill Stoltze, Co-Chair
Representative Bill Thomas Jr., Co-Chair
Representative Anna Fairclough, Vice-Chair
Representative Mia Costello
Representative Mike Doogan
Representative Bryce Edgmon
Representative Les Gara
Representative David Guttenberg
Representative Reggie Joule
Representative Mark Neuman
Representative Tammie Wilson
MEMBERS ABSENT
None
ALSO PRESENT
Senator Bettye Davis, Sponsor; Katya Wassillie, Intern,
Senator Bettye Davis; Kate Burkhart, Executive Director,
Statewide Suicide Prevention Council, Department of Health
and Social Services; Joe Michel, Staff, Representative Bill
Stoltze; Kristen Peterson, Staff, Senator Hollis French;
Genevieve Wojtusik, Staff, Senator Lesil McGuire; Joe
Michel, Staff, Representative Bill Stoltze; Sue Wright,
Staff, Representative Mike Chenault; Lila Hobbs, Staff,
Senator Hollis French; Karen Foster, Self, Anchorage.
PRESENT VIA TELECONFERENCE
Jean Mischel, Attorney, Legislative Legal Services,
Legislative Affairs Agency; James Biela, Field Advocate and
Board Member, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention-
Alaska; Clark Flatt, President and Chief Executive Officer,
The Jason Foundation, Henderson, Tennessee; Sharon Strutz-
Norton, Board Member, State Suicide Prevention Council,
Homer; Nancy Hull, Owner, Alaska Motorcycle Adventures,
Palmer.
SUMMARY
CSSB 19(FIN)
PASSENGER VEHICLE RENTAL TAX
CSSB 19(FIN) was HEARD and HELD in committee for
further consideration.
CSSB 23(FIN)
FILM PRODUCTION TAX CREDIT/AUDITS
CSSB 23(FIN) was SCHEDULED but not HEARD.
SCR 24 COMMISSION ON 100TH ANNIV. OF LEGISLATURE
SCR 24 was SCHEDULED but not HEARD.
CSSB 119(L&C)
ATHLETIC TRAINERS
CSSB 119(L&C) was SCHEDULED but not HEARD.
CSSB 135(JUD)
CONTINUANCES IN CRIMINAL TRIALS; VICTIMS
HCS CSSB 135(FIN) was REPORTED out of committee
with a "do pass" recommendation and with three
new zero fiscal notes from the Court System, the
Legislature, and the Department of Corrections,
two new zero fiscal notes from the Department of
Administration, and one previously published
indeterminate fiscal note: FN4 (SFIN/LAW).
SB 137 SUICIDE AWARENESS & PREVENTION TRAINING
HCSSB 137(FIN) was REPORTED out of committee with
a "do pass" recommendation and with one
previously published zero fiscal note: FN2
(DEED).
CSSB 160(FIN)
BUDGET: CAPITAL
CSSB 160(FIN) was SCHEDULED but not HEARD.
SENATE BILL NO. 137
"An Act requiring suicide awareness and prevention
training for certain school personnel."
9:59:00 AM
AT EASE
10:00:50 AM
RECONVENED
10:00:53 AM
Vice-Chair Fairclough MOVED to ADOPT the proposed committee
substitute for SB 137, Work Draft 27-LS0994\D (Mischel,
4/11/12) as a working document.
Co-Chair Stoltze OBJECTED for the purpose of discussion.
Vice-Chair Fairclough explained the changes in the new
committee substitute (CS) and drew the committee's
attention to page 1, line 9 of the bill, where legislative
intent language had been inserted; furthermore, on page 2,
line 21, a sunset provision was added that would repeal the
act on July 1, 2016.
Co-Chair Stoltze interjected that the bill's sunset was
structured to initiate a review of the program, rather than
an automatic repeal.
Co-Chair Stoltze WITHDREW his OBJECTION. There being NO
further OBJECTION, Work Draft 27-LS0994\D was ADOPTED.
SENATOR BETTYE DAVIS, SPONSOR, communicated that she had no
problems with the proposed CS. She explained that the bill
required annual mandatory youth suicide awareness and
prevention training for teachers, administrators,
counselors, and specialists employed by the school district
for grades 7 through 12. She related that the training was
important because Alaska had the nation's highest rate of
suicide per capita, specifically among teenagers, young
men, and Alaska Natives. She detailed that education
awareness was the key to suicide prevention; training
teachers to recognize the signs of at risk youth and
learning how to intervene had been proven to help reduce
teen suicides in many other states. The bill provided
specific immunity to teachers and school districts for acts
of omission while performing the duties authorized under
Section 3, subsections (c) and (d) of the legislation. She
stressed that SB 137 had bipartisan support, as well as
broad support in the health and education communities. She
highlighted the zero fiscal note and asked the committee to
support the legislation in order to help reduce the
"epidemic" of youth suicide that was devastating families
and communities throughout the state.
Co-Chair Stoltze pointed out that the legislative
internship program was a very important educational program
and welcomed an intern from Senator Davis's office.
10:03:58 AM
KATYA WASSILLIE, INTERN, SENATOR BETTYE DAVIS, discussed
the relevance of the bill to rural Alaska. During her
experience as a student in rural Alaska, she had observed
the closeness between the students and teachers. She
believed the close relationship between students and
teachers was unique in rural Alaska because the teachers
were part of a small community and had interactions with
students that were much different than in urban settings;
teachers in rural Alaska spent time with students in school
programs after the school day had ended, as well as during
community events. She concluded that teachers in rural
settings were in a good position to notice when a student
was showing potential signs of suicide.
Representative Gara thanked the sponsor for bringing the
bill forward and told a relevant personal story about a
friend who had lost a child to suicide. He believed that
teacher and counselor intervention and education would help
save lives. He thought that there were members of the
committee who were directly affected by the issue.
Representative Costello discussed a former student who had
lost a sibling to suicide. She believed that the bill
worked to address a significant problem in the state, but
wondered whether there were concerns related to increasing
training requirements for teachers. She added that creating
small learning environments within larger school settings
would allow a close relationship to form between students
and teachers and would result in benefits far beyond the
academics. She stressed the importance of providing
opportunities for teachers to get to know their students.
Senator Davis replied that the teachers union was very
supportive of the bill and did not see it as an added
training burden; teachers would be allowed to do the
training at their own leisure. She emphasized that the bill
was not only intended for teachers, but was also inclusive
of all school employees who interacted with students. She
offered that she had not heard any objections to the bill
and reiterated that there were not any concerns regarding
an increased training burden. She observed that the
legislation was only part of the answer to the suicide
problem in Alaska.
10:08:15 AM
Co-Chair Stoltze related a personal story. He agreed that
it was important to reach other school staff and that the
custodian often had a good and trusting relationship with
students.
Representative Wilson supported the bill, but believed the
Department of Education and Early Development (DEED) should
provide a list of all of the training requirements on
school district staff. She commented that she was pleased
that the bill allowed school employees to complete the
training online, rather than requiring an in-service to do
so.
Vice-Chair Fairclough pointed out for the record that on
page 2, line 6 of the bill, the use of the title
"commissioner" was referring to the commissioner of DEED
and noted that the bill did not explicitly state which
commissioner it was referencing. Senator Davis responded
that the bill was referencing the commissioner of DEED.
Vice-Chair Fairclough wondered where exactly in the state
statutes the legislation would be inserted and observed
that the only reference code that she could see was on page
2, line 18 of the bill.
JEAN MISCHEL, ATTORNEY, LEGISLATIVE LEGAL SERVICES,
LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS AGENCY (via teleconference), explained
that due to the sunset provision, which gave the
legislation an effective date of less than five years, the
law was considered to be temporary. The law would not have
a place in statutes, but would reside in the session laws
as temporary law, unless the legislature voted to extend
the program. She added that legal services could clarify
the use of the terms "department" and "commissioner" on
page 2, line 18.
JAMES BIELA, FIELD ADVOCATE AND BOARD MEMBER, AMERICAN
FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION-ALASKA (via
teleconference), vocalized the foundation's support for the
legislation. He urged the committee to pass the bill and he
related that he was assigned to five villages and worked
with families, students, and school personnel on suicide
prevention. He discussed that teachers and school employees
were the main contact for students and were often the first
to identify at risk students. He relayed that teachers
often referred students to him when they noticed a sudden
behavior change, but that teachers sometimes felt
uninformed on the signs of suicide. He mentioned a case in
which a teacher had not been interested in suicide
training, but subsequent to the training, the teacher had
used the acquired knowledge to identify and help save the
life of a student on the verge of suicide. He discussed
other trainings that were conducted in his area that were
done at no cost to the district. The More Than Sad and
Signs of Suicide programs were also accessed annually by
the school districts. He stressed that increased trainings
would prevent further deaths and related that the most
recent suicide had been the past weekend, when a young man
took his life in Bethel. He encouraged the committee to
pass the legislation.
10:14:42 AM
CLARK FLATT, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, THE
JASON FOUNDATION, HENDERSON, TENNESSEE (via
teleconference), testified in support of the bill. He
explained that the legislation had been named after his son
and was also known as the Jason Flat Act. He expressed that
the legislation was very important. The act had first been
passed in Tennessee in 2007 and recently, Utah had become
the eighth state to pass the legislation. He detailed that
a marked annual reduction in youth suicide rates was
visible in Tennessee and compared that reduction to the
rising rates in other areas. He discussed the value of
equipping teachers with the information and knowledge to
help identify and refer students that were at risk for
suicide within the school system. He stated the 2009 and
2011 Youth Risk Behavioral Survey showed that Alaska
continued to increase in "those" statistics and commended
the state for its work on the issue.
SHARON STRUTZ-NORTON, BOARD MEMBER, STATE SUICIDE
PREVENTION COUNCIL, HOMER (via teleconference), spoke in
favor of the bill. She relayed that the bill was needed to
address suicide prevention in the school system. She
discussed that youths had shared stories at local health
fairs about themselves or friends who had contemplated
suicide. She believed that teachers, counselors, nurses,
coaches, and janitors were in a prime position to detect
behavioral changes, seek appropriate assistance, and refer
to resources; however, prevention training was needed to
provide the knowledge, confidence, and direction to help
the individuals know how to handle the situation. She
pointed out that the bill did not have a cost associated
with it and that many free educational resources existed.
She urged the committee's support of the legislation.
KATE BURKHART, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, STATEWIDE SUICIDE
PREVENTION COUNCIL, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL
SERVICES, expressed the council's full support of the
legislation. She detailed that the bill fit within the
council's recommended statewide plan for the upcoming five
years, which would require training for all school
personnel; she believed that the bill was a great start.
Co-Chair Thomas CLOSED public testimony.
10:19:34 AM
AT EASE
10:19:41 AM
RECONVENED
Vice-Chair Fairclough pointed to the zero fiscal note from
the Department of Education and Early Development.
10:20:18 AM
Vice-Chair Fairclough MOVED to report HCSSB 137(FIN) out of
committee with individual recommendations and the
accompanying fiscal note. There being NO OBJECTION, it was
so ordered.
10:20:31 AM
HCSSB 137(FIN) was REPORTED out of committee with a "do
pass" recommendation and with a previously published zero
fiscal note: FN2 (DEED).
10:20:36 AM
AT EASE
10:21:39 AM
RECONVENED
Co-Chair Stoltze stated that the committee intended recess
and continue with the meeting later in the day.
10:22:18 AM
RECESSED
5:32:20 PM
RECONVENED
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 19(FIN)
"An Act specifying the vehicle rental tax for
motorcycles and motor-driven cycles; and providing for
an effective date."
5:33:31 PM
Vice-Chair Fairclough MOVED to ADOPT the proposed committee
substitute for CSSB 19, Work Draft 27-LS0157\B (Luckhaupt,
4/10/12) as a working document.
Co-Chair Stoltze OBJECTED for the purpose of discussion.
JOE MICHEL, STAFF, REPRESENTATIVE BILL STOLTZE, remarked on
two major changes in the House CS that incorporated SB 26
into the legislation. Section 1 was added to the CS;
Section 1 continued to page 2, line 21. On page 3, line 31,
Section 7 was added. On page 4, Sections 8 and 9 were
added.
Co-Chair Stoltze WITHDREW his OBJECTION. There being NO
further OBJECTION, Work Draft 27-LS0157\B was ADOPTED.
KRISTEN PETERSON, STAFF, SENATOR HOLLIS FRENCH, extended
the sponsor's apologies for being unable to attend in
person. She explained that motorcycles and motor driven
cycles were currently subject to the Passenger Vehicle
Rental Tax, which was 10 percent of the total fees and
costs that were charged for the rental of a passenger
vehicle; the tax was found in AS 43.52.010 and 43.52.020.
The CS for SB 19 would reduce the tax on motorcycles and
motor driven cycles to 3 percent, bringing it in line with
the tax on recreation vehicles, motorhomes, and campers
that was located in AS 43.53.030 and 43.53.040. She offered
that in 2003, the Alaska Legislature had passed the Vehicle
Rental Tax on passenger vehicles without having discussion
on the motorcycle rental businesses. She observed that
making an exception for a seasonal rental business had
already been done when the Vehicle Rental Tax was first
imposed, as motorhomes were given a lower rate of 3
percent. In 2008, the Department of Revenue (DOR)
discovered the existence of motorcycle rental businesses in
Alaska and notified the businesses that the 10 percent
rental tax would be collected. She related that with
Alaska's short summers and the cost of winter storage, the
businesses in question had found it more difficult to make
a profit when a 10 percent tax was added to the total. She
concluded that the bill was designed to help small Alaskan
businesses that had clients who were independent travelers,
which visited other small businesses in Alaska. The bill
had an immediate effective date to coincide with the
upcoming summer tourist season.
GENEVIEVE WOJTUSIK, STAFF, SENATOR LESIL MCGUIRE, noted
that the Senator's office was hoping to combine SB 26 with
SB 19. She explained that Section 1 of the new CS set
special registration fees for alternative fuel vehicles;
the legislation would impose a $20 biannual registration
fee for electric, alternative fuel, or compressed natural
gas (CNG) vehicles, rather than requiring the normal
registration fees. The sunset date of the SB 26 portion of
the new CS was in 2015 and was found in Section 7 of the
legislation. She concluded that the legislation represented
a trial program and that although the state did not have
many electric vehicles, the sponsor wanted to reward the
businesses that did have them.
5:39:14 PM
Representative Doogan inquired if both the sponsors of the
new CS were happy with the changes to the legislation. Ms.
Peterson responded in the affirmative.
Vice-Chair Fairclough discussed a fiscal note from DOR and
a fiscal note from the Department of Administration. She
pointed to the DOR fiscal note and mentioned that the
note's "change in revenues" section showed an expected
decrease of $8,400 each year from FY 13 through FY 18
NANCY HULL, OWNER, ALASKA MOTORCYCLE ADVENTURES, PALMER
(via teleconference), supported the bill and related that
her company was in its 19th summer of renting motorcycles
in Alaska. She indicated that there were unintended
consequences to the present tax and that her business had a
very limited operating season of about 90 days. She stated
that her average rental rate was $200 per day, per
motorcycle and that a customer renting for 10 days resulted
in a tax of $200. She explained that the current tax became
very punitive when a couple or a father and son rented two
motorcycles and were taxed $400 for 10 days of rental;
furthermore, there was no cap on the amount that could be
taxed. She stated that in order offset the high vehicle
rental taxes, her customers were choosing to rent for fewer
days or travel to different locations outside of Alaska.
She shared that her customers were able to get to the very
remote locations of Alaska because the vehicles that her
business used were capable of getting there. She offered
that because her customers were not in an RV, they required
services such as hotel rooms, meals, etc. She indicated a
preference to eliminate the tax altogether, rather than
reducing it to 3 percent and stated that the tax collected
from the state's four existing rental businesses would only
represent about $15,000 per year and was a very small
amount.["Four existing rental businesses" was made in
reference to seasonal rental businesses that rented
motorcycles.] She mentioned that the Harley Davidson rental
business in Anchorage was not expected rent after 2012 and
that Alaska would only have three seasonal motorcycles
businesses 2013. She questioned whether it was worth the
state's effort for DOR to track three or four businesses,
given the small amount of taxes that would be collected;
she reiterated that she would like the tax repealed.
Co-Chair Stoltze CLOSED public testimony.
5:46:17 PM
AT EASE
5:47:03 PM
RECONVENED
Co-Chair Stoltze communicated that the intent of the
committee was to repeal the 3 percent tax that was in the
bill.
Representative Costello offered a Conceptual Amendment on
behalf of the House Finance Committee to repeal the 3
percent rental tax that was mentioned in the bill.
Representative Gara clarified that the Conceptual Amendment
was repealing the 3 percent tax on motorcycles, not
recreational vehicles.
Co-Chair Stoltze stated that the committee's intent was to
repeal the 3 percent rental tax on motorcycles, but that
the bill would be brought back at a later date in order to
make sure the changes were done appropriately.
Ms. Peterson commented that the original version bill,
which excluded the motor cycle rental businesses, would
amend AS 43.52.099; she pointed out that this statute
housed the exceptions to the Alaska Vehicle Rental Tax. Co-
Chair Stoltze responded that intent of the committee was
made clear and that the changes would be done right.
5:49:29 PM
CSSB 19(FIN) was HEARD and HELD in committee for further
consideration.
5:49:33 PM
AT EASE
5:50:40 PM
RECONVENED
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 135(JUD)
"An Act relating to the rights of crime victims;
relating to the duties of prosecuting attorneys; and
amending Rule 45, Alaska Rules of Criminal Procedure."
5:50:50 PM
Vice-Chair Fairclough MOVED to ADOPT the proposed committee
substitute for SB 135(FIN), Work Draft 27-LS0966\I
(Gardner, 4/11/12) as a working document.
Co-Chair Stoltze OBJECTED for the purpose of discussion.
JOE MICHEL, STAFF, REPRESENTATIVE BILL STOLTZE, outlined
the additions in the proposed CS. He detailed that on page
4, Section 3 had been included; Sections 4, 5, and 6 were
likewise added to the legislation. He concluded that
Sections 7, 8, and 9 were part of the original bill that
had entered the committee.
SUE WRIGHT, STAFF, REPRESENTATIVE MIKE CHENAULT, explained
that the CS basically merged HB 221 into SB 135; HB 221
dealt with court appointed council. Page 4, line 25 of the
bill added financial resources and "adds a little teeth" to
what people swear to in court when they were asking for
court appointed council. Page 5, line 14 described the
change to the court rule, which was Rule 39.1 subsection
(e). Page 5, line 19 specified that people who lied when
asking for appointed council were subject to penalties for
perjury. She added that the merging allowed for courts to
go back and make sure that the financial statements that
were signed were correct and enforceable. She expressed
appreciation for the cooperation on the bill. She observed
that the CS had been delivered to her about 5 minutes prior
to the meeting and offered her apologies if she misstated
anything.
5:55:11 PM
Co-Chair Stoltze emphasized that he had been working with
Speaker Chenault's office for quite some time on the
legislation and stated that he did not want the public to
be under the impression that the speaker's office had just
received the CS. Ms. Wright responded that she had been
absent from the office and that someone else had been
working on the bill. She clarified that she had just
personally received the CS.
Co-Chair Stoltze commented that the committee had a
thorough process, which had not been shortened during the
formulation of the legislation. He inquired if the
presumption in the bill was that someone would be provided
an attorney during arraignment and would have to verify
their financial ability at a later date. Ms. Wright
responded in the affirmative.
Co-Chair Stoltze requested Vice-Chair Fairclough to share
her contributions to the measure. Vice-Chair Fairclough
replied that the Office of Victims' Rights (OVR) was
reviewed and it was discovered that its pay scale was
frozen at Step A. She related that it was difficult for
someone to stay in an office and be stuck at a particular
pay level, while other staff was advancing. She had
proposed to Senator French's and Co-Chair Stoltze's offices
that the restrictions on that particular level be lifted;
the level would stay at a pay grade 26, but the change
would allow OVR, based on the employee's number of years of
service, to move across the states pay scale.
Co-Chair Stoltze inquired if the changes to OVR arose from
discussions by the Victims Advocate Selection Committee.
Vice-Chair Fairclough responded that she had brought the
suggestion to his attention.
Co-Chair Stoltze observed that the discussions regarding
OVR were conducted in executive sessions and that there
probably was an issue with confidentiality regarding the
specifics of the discussion. Vice-Chair Fairclough
responded that earlier in the day, she had discussed the
change to OVR with Senator French, who also had served on
the Victims Advocate Selection Committee.
Co-Chair Stoltze clarified for the record that the process
to change the OVR pay scale did not arise arbitrarily, but
that it had come from discussions during the selection
process.
Co-Chair Stoltze WITHDREW his OBJECTION. There being NO
further OBJECTION, Work Draft 27-LS0966\I was ADOPTED.
LILA HOBBS, STAFF, SENATOR HOLLIS FRENCH, stated that
Article 1, Section 24 of the Alaska State Constitution
housed the entitled rights of crime victims and that the
amendment that had added those rights had passed by an
overwhelming majority, when it had gone before Alaskan
voters in 1994; included in those rights was a guarantee
that crime victims would have the right to a timely
disposition of the case following the arrest of the
accused. She offered that it had been 18 years since the
constitutional amendment had passed and that the promise of
timely disposition was often not kept, particularly with
the most serious cases. Delays in the trials of cases, also
known as continuances, could go on for years. She shared
that SB 135 required prosecutors and judges to consider a
victims right to a timely disposition of their case, when
making decisions on allowing continuances; the bill also
insured that victims were notified of any requests or
motions that could substantially delay the speedy
prosecution of their case. She mentioned that repeated
delays in cases prevented the victims from reaching
emotional, physical, and financial closure; furthermore,
delays in prosecution could also affect the availability of
witnesses, the victim's ability to recall details, and
could create other impediments to a successful trial. She
concluded that the legislation would guarantee a victims
right to a timely resolution in the court system. She
concluded that the bill was widely supported from
organizations such as the Victims for Justice, the OVR, the
Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault,
Standing Together Against Rape, the Alaska Peace Officers
Association, as well as Karen Foster, who was the mother of
Bonnie Craig.
5:59:35 PM
KAREN FOSTER, SELF, ANCHORAGE, shared that her daughter,
Bonnie Craig, was murdered and that it had taken almost 17
years before the person responsible was convicted. She
discussed the incredible tragedy and hardship of having her
daughter murdered, as well as having to wait almost five
years for a conviction after the defendant was identified.
She stated that her family was "re-victimized" by the state
of Alaska. Bonnie's killer was identified though a DNA
match in November of 2006, but it took almost two years
before a trial date was set on September of 2008. She
stated that her family had endured six trail dates and
related how difficult the process for everyone. She
mentioned that she had written a letter to the committee
and expressed a desire that the members would all read it.
She stated that the system was financially, physically,
mentally, and spiritually difficult on families;
furthermore, there was nowhere else to turn to while
families were enduring the wait. She shared that more than
once, her family had talked to the judge regarding the
defense attorney's repeated continuation requests; the
continuations had wasting two years of the family's and the
state's time. She urged the committee to deal with the
issue of timely dispositions and emphasized that she did
not want anyone else to go through what her family had. She
requested that the committee consider the victims and give
judges the opportunity to consider the victims as well.
Co-Chair Stoltze CLOSED public testimony.
Vice-Chair Fairclough discussed six fiscal notes. She
addressed the fiscal note from the Department of Law and
related that it was currently indeterminate because the
Senate did not feel that there was adequate supporting
documentation for a new full-time position.
6:06:10 PM
Vice-Chair Fairclough MOVED to report HCS CSSB 135(FIN) out
of committee with individual recommendations and the
accompanying fiscal notes. There being NO OBJECTION, it was
so ordered.
6:06:26 PM
HCS CSSB 135(FIN) was REPORTED out of committee with a "do
pass" recommendation and with three new zero fiscal notes
from the Court System, the Legislature, and the Department
of Corrections, two new zero notes from the Department of
Administration, and one previously published indeterminate
fiscal note: FN4 (SFIN/LAW).
Co-Chair Stoltze noted that he was glad to work on another
victims' rights bill and that he had conducted previous
work on the issue.
6:07:18 PM
AT EASE
6:08:15 PM
RECONVENED
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 23(FIN)
"An Act relating to transferable film production tax
credits and film production tax credit certificates;
requiring the legislative audit division to audit the
Alaska film production incentive program; and
providing for an effective date by amending the
effective dates of secs. 3 and 4, ch. 63, SLA 2008."
CSSB 23(FIN) was SCHEDULED but not HEARD.
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 24
Establishing the Alaska Legislative Celebration
Commission to organize events to commemorate the 100th
anniversary of the first convening of the legislative
branch of government in Alaska.
SCR 24 was SCHEDULED but not HEARD.
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 119(L&C)
"An Act relating to athletic trainers."
CSSB 119(L&C) was SCHEDULED but not HEARD.
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 160(FIN)
"An Act making and amending appropriations, including
capital appropriations, supplemental appropriations,
and other appropriations; making appropriations to
capitalize funds; and providing for an effective
date."
CSSB 160(FIN) was SCHEDULED but not HEARD.
ADJOURNMENT
6:08:43 PM
The meeting was adjourned at 6:08 p.m.