Legislature(1993 - 1994)

04/24/1993 10:00 AM Senate CRA

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          SENATE COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE                        
                         April 24, 1993                                        
                           10:00 a.m.                                          
                                                                               
                                                                               
  MEMBERS PRESENT                                                              
                                                                               
  Senator Randy Phillips, Chairman                                             
  Senator Loren Leman                                                          
  Senator Al Adams                                                             
  Senator Fred Zharoff                                                         
                                                                               
  MEMBERS ABSENT                                                               
                                                                               
  Senator Robin Taylor, Vice Chairman                                          
                                                                               
  COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                           
                                                                               
  HOUSE BILL NO. 180 am                                                        
  "An Act  relating  to  the  residential  housing  inspection                 
  requirements of the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation."                     
                                                                               
  HOUSE BILL NO. 89                                                            
  "An Act revising  the law on borough  assembly apportionment                 
  as recommended by the revisor of statutes; and providing for                 
  an effective date."                                                          
                                                                               
  SENATE BILL NO. 78                                                           
  "An  Act relating  to  deadlines for  action  on funding  of                 
  public education; and providing for an effective date."                      
                                                                               
  SENATE BILL NO. 191                                                          
  "An Act relating to municipal  property tax limitations; and                 
  providing for an effective date."                                            
                                                                               
  SENATE BILL NO. 164                                                          
  "An    Act    relating    to     municipal    incorporation,                 
  reclassification, and dissolution."                                          
                                                                               
  PREVIOUS SENATE COMMITTEE ACTION                                             
                                                                               
  HB 180 - See Community & Regional Affairs minutes dated                      
           4/22/93.                                                            
                                                                               
  HB  89 - See Community & Regional Affairs minutes                            
           dated 4/22/93.                                                      
                                                                               
  SB  78 - See Community & Regional Affairs minutes                            
           dated 4/22/93.                                                      
                                                                               
  SB 191 - See Community & Regional Affairs minutes                            
           dated 4/22/93.                                                      
                                                                               
  SB 164 - See Community & Regional Affairs minutes                            
                                                                               
                                                                               
           dated 3/30/93, 4/13/93, 4/20/93, 4/22/93.                           
                                                                               
  WITNESS REGISTER                                                             
                                                                               
  Dave Harding, Staff to Representative Eileen                                 
    MacLean                                                                    
  State Capitol                                                                
  Juneau, AK 99801-1182                                                        
  POSITION STATEMENT:  Offered information on HB 180                           
                                                                               
  Leslie Ridle, Staff to Senator Suzanne Little                                
  State Capitol                                                                
  Juneau, AK 99801-1182                                                        
  POSITION STATEMENT:  Present to answer questions                             
                       on SB 78                                                
                                                                               
  Carol Carrol, Staff to Senator Jay Kerttula                                  
  State Capitol                                                                
  Juneau, AK 99801-1182                                                        
  POSITION STATEMENT:  Offered information on SB 191                           
                                                                               
  ACTION NARRATIVE                                                             
                                                                               
  TAPE 93-25, SIDE A                                                           
                                                                               
  Number 001                                                                   
  The Senate Community & Regional Affairs Committee was called                 
  to  order  by Chairman  Randy  Phillips  at 10:00  a.m.   He                 
  brought HB  180  am (AHFC  HOUSING INSPECTION  REQUIREMENTS)                 
  before the committee as the first order of business.                         
                                                                               
  SENATOR  ADAMS  moved  that  HB  180  am be  passed  out  of                 
  committee with  individual recommendations.   SENATOR  LEMAN                 
  objected for the purpose of considering a proposed amendment                 
  requested by the Kenai Builders' Association.  SENATOR ADAMS                 
  withdrew his motion.                                                         
                                                                               
  DAVID  HARDING,  staff  to  Representative  Eileen  MacLean,                 
  related that  the Alaska  State Homebuilders,  the Anchorage                 
  Home Builders, and several rural homebuilders are in support                 
  of the legislation without the amendment.                                    
                                                                               
  Number 110                                                                   
                                                                               
  SENATOR  RANDY  PHILLIPS called  for  a  hand  vote  on  the                 
  adoption of Amendment  No. 1.    Senator Phillips voted  for                 
  the amendment and  Senators Zharoff,  Leman and Adams  voted                 
  against  the  amendment.    Amendment  No.  1  failed  to be                 
  adopted.                                                                     
                                                                               
  Number 122                                                                   
                                                                               
  SENATOR ADAMS moved that HB 180 am be moved out of committee                 
                                                                               
                                                                               
  with individual recommendations.   Hearing no objection,  it                 
  was so ordered.                                                              
  SENATOR  RANDY  PHILLIPS  brought HB  89  (BOROUGH  ASSEMBLY                 
  APPORTIONMENT)  before  the  committee  and  asked  for  the                 
  pleasure of the committee.                                                   
                                                                               
  Number 130                                                                   
                                                                               
  SENATOR LEMAN  moved that  HB 89  and the  accompanying zero                 
  fiscal  note  be  passed out  of  committee  with individual                 
  recommendations.  Hearing no objection, it was so ordered.                   
  SENATOR  RANDY  PHILLIPS  introduced  SB  78 (DEADLINES  FOR                 
  FUNDING EDUCATION) as the next order of business.                            
                                                                               
  LESLIE  RIDLE,  staff  to  Senator  Little, was  present  to                 
  respond to questions.                                                        
                                                                               
  Number 170                                                                   
                                                                               
  SENATOR ZHAROFF moved that SB 78  be passed out of committee                 
  with individual  recommendations.  Hearing  no objection, it                 
  was so ordered.                                                              
  SENATOR RANDY  PHILLIPS brought  SB 191 (MUNICIPAL  PROPERTY                 
  TAX LIMITATIONS) before the committee and directed attention                 
  to a proposed committee substitute.                                          
                                                                               
  SENATOR  LEMAN  moved  that  CSSB   191  (CRA)  be  adopted.                 
  SENATORS ZHAROFF and ADAMS objected.                                         
                                                                               
  Number 215                                                                   
                                                                               
  CAROL  CARROL,  staff  to  Senator  Jay Kerttula,  said  her                 
  understanding  is  that   the  committee  substitute  allows                 
  municipalities  to  exempt   certain  other  entities   from                 
  property  tax,  such  as  mobile  home  parks,  recreational                 
  vehicle  parks,  parking   lots,  real  property  used   for                 
  greenbelts,  and the  difference between  improvements  to a                 
  historical  building and the  assessed valuation  that would                 
  add to the assessed valuation of  a building beforehand.  It                 
  also  makes  the local  assessor  bear the  burden  of proof                 
  instead of the individual taxpayer if they have some kind of                 
  conflict with the assessed value.   She stated that  Senator                 
  Kerttula  does  not   have  a  position  on   the  committee                 
  substitute.                                                                  
                                                                               
  Number 232                                                                   
                                                                               
  SENATOR RANDY PHILLIPS suggested  that because the committee                 
                                                                               
                                                                               
  substitute was recommended  by Senator Taylor and  he chairs                 
  the  Judiciary  Committee, which  is  the next  committee of                 
  referral, the  bill and  the draft  committee substitute  be                 
  sent to that committee for further consideration.                            
                                                                               
  SENATOR LEMAN  withdrew his motion  to adopt CSSB  191 (CRA)                 
  and  then  moved  to  pass  SB  191 out  of  committee  with                 
  individual recommendations.  Hearing no objection, it was so                 
  ordered.                                                                     
                                                                               
  SENATOR  RANDY  PHILLIPS  noted  for  the  record  that  the                 
  concerns that Senator Taylor has and that he wanted added to                 
  this bill can be offered in the Judiciary Committee.                         
  SENATOR   RANDY   PHILLIPS   brought    SB   164   MUNICIPAL                 
  INCORPORATION,  RECLASSIFICATION,  DISSOLUTION)  before  the                 
  committee and directed attention to the most recent draft of                 
  a  committee  substitute,  which  had  been adopted  by  the                 
  committee as a working document at a previous hearing.                       
                                                                               
  SENATOR LEMAN  moved that  CSSB  164(CRA) be  passed out  of                 
  committee  with  individual  recommendations.    Hearing  no                 
  objection, it was so ordered.                                                
  There  being  no   further  business  to  come   before  the                 
  committee, the meeting was adjourned at 10:19 a.m.                           

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