Legislature(1999 - 2000)
03/09/1999 05:05 PM House RLS
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HOUSE RULES STANDING COMMITTEE
March 9, 1999
5:05 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Representative John Cowdery, Chairman
Representative Brian Porter
Representative Joe Green
Representative Ethan Berkowitz
Representative Reggie Joule
MEMBERS ABSENT
Representative Gail Phillips
Representative Pete Kott
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
HOUSE BILL NO. 76
"An Act relating to an exemption from and deferral of payment on
municipal taxes on deteriorated property; and providing for an
effective date."
- MOVED CSHB 76(RLS) OUT OF COMMITTEE
(* First public hearing)
PREVIOUS ACTION
BILL: HB 76
SHORT TITLE: MUNICIPAL TAXES ON DETERIORATED PROPERTY
SPONSOR(S): REPRESENTATIVES(S) HALCRO, Dyson
Jrn-Date Jrn-Page Action
2/03/99 132 (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRAL(S)
2/03/99 132 (H) COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS
2/05/99 147 (H) COSPONSOR(S): DYSON
2/25/99 (H) CRA AT 8:00 AM CAPITOL 124
2/25/99 (H) MOVED CSHB 76(CRA) OUT OF COMMITTEE
2/26/99 321 (H) CRA RPT CS(CRA) 4DP 2NR
2/26/99 321 (H) DP: HALCRO, HARRIS, MURKOWSKI, DYSON;
2/26/99 321 (H) NR: JOULE, KOOKESH
2/26/99 321 (H) ZERO FISCAL NOTE (CRA)
2/26/99 321 (H) REFERRED TO RLS
3/09/99 (H) RLS AT 5:00 PM CAPITOL 120
WITNESS REGISTER
REPRESENTATIVE HALCRO
Alaska State Legislature
Capitol Building, Room 418
Juneau, Alaska 99801
Telephone: (907) 465-4939
POSITION STATEMENT: Testified as Sponsor of HB 76.
ACTION NARRATIVE
TAPE 99-3, SIDE A
Number 0001
CHAIRMAN JOHN COWDERY called the House Rules Standing Committee
meeting to order at 5:05 p.m. Members present at the call to order
were Representatives Cowdery, Porter, Green, Berkowitz and Joule.
Representatives Phillips and Kott were absent.
HB 76-MUNICIPAL TAXES ON DETERIORATED PROPERTY
Number 030
CHAIRMAN COWDERY announced that the only order of business before
the committee was HOUSE BILL NO. 76, "An Act relating to an
exemption from and deferral of payment on municipal taxes on
deteriorated property; and providing for an effective date."
REPRESENTATIVE PORTER moved to adopt the proposed CS, Version
LS0410\G Cook dated 3/8/99, as the working document before the
committee. There being no objection, it was so ordered.
Number 0080
REPRESENTATIVE HALCRO, Sponsor of HB 76, Alaska State Legislature,
informed the committee that last year HB 399 was passed which
allowed municipal governments to exempt or defer payment of
municipal taxes on deteriorated properties. Since that time the
Anchorage Municipality requested some technical changes in order to
clarify some ambiguities in the statute. The changes achieve the
following: clarify that a municipality may partially or totally
exempt a deteriorated property from property taxes, provides that
the exemption may begin any time or after substantial
rehabilatation begins, and prohibits an exemption and a deferral
being in place at the same time.
REPRESENTATIVE HALCRO noted that the Senate has amended SB 54, its
version of HB 76, in the Senate Community & Regional Affairs
Committee. The changes made in the Senate are technical as well
and copies of the amendment are included in the committee packet.
The Senate inserted language indicating that the amount deferred
each year is a lien on that property for that year which affords
some protection to the city. Per the concern of an assessor in
Kodiak, the language ". An ordinance adopted under this subsection
must include specific eligibility requirements and require a
written application for each exemption or deferral" was inserted in
order to create a structure for those communities such as Kodiak
that do not currently have written rules to implement deferrals or
exemptions.
Number 0259
REPRESENTATIVE BERKOWITZ asked if Anchorage, since this bill is
essentially concerning the McKay Building, has an ordinance that
would comply.
REPRESENTATIVE HALCRO replied yes, municipal ordinance 98-135 which
provides a vehicle for property tax deferrals.
REPRESENTATIVE GREEN asked if Representative Halcro had heard from
other municipalities on this legislation.
REPRESENTATIVE HALCRO informed the committee that when HB 76 was
heard in House Community & Regional Affairs Committee, only Steve
Van Sant, the State Assessor, testified. Mr. Van Sant recommended
some language changes which were adopted.
REPRESENTATIVE BERKOWITZ informed the committee that he interpreted
"written" to include electronically transmited.
Number 0385
REPRESENTATIVE PORTER moved to report CSHB 76, Version G, out of
committee with individual recommendations. There being no
objection, it was so ordered. Therefore, CSHB 76(RLS) moved out of
committee.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business before the committee, the House
Rules Standing Committee meeting was adjourned at 5:10 p.m.
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