Legislature(1995 - 1996)
04/26/1996 01:37 PM Senate CRA
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SENATE COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
April 26, 1996
1:37 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Senator John Torgerson, Chairman
Senator Randy Phillips, Vice Chairman
Senator Tim Kelly
Senator Fred Zharoff
Senator Lyman Hoffman
MEMBERS ABSENT
All members present
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
CS FOR HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 26(FIN) am
Relating to creation of the Public Inebriate Task Force.
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 192(FIN) am
"An Act relating to housing assistance provided by the Alaska
Housing Finance Corporation and to its rural housing programs, to
the corporation's supplemental housing development grants to
regional housing authorities, and to housing programs of regional
housing authorities; permitting regional housing authorities to
make, originate, and service loans for the purchase and development
of residential housing; and amending the definitions of `rural' and
`small community' as applied in various housing programs."
PREVIOUS SENATE COMMITTEE ACTION
HCR 26 - No previous action to record.
HB 192 - See State Affairs minutes dated 4/11/96 and Community &
Regional Affairs minutes dated 4/22/96.
WITNESS REGISTER
John Bittney
Alaska Housing Finance Corporation
P.O. Box 101020
Anchorage, AK 99510-1020
POSITION STATEMENT: AHFC neutral on HB 192
Bryce Edgmon, Staff to Representative Richard Foster
State Capitol
Juneau, AK 99801-1182
POSITION STATEMENT: Sponsor supports amendment to HB 192
Tom Wright, Staff to Represenative Ivan Ivan
State Capitol
Juneau, AK 99801-1182
POSITION STATEMENT: Offered information on HCR 26
ACTION NARRATIVE
TAPE 96-23, SIDE A
Number 001
CSHB 192(FIN) am AHFC HOUSING LOANS
CHAIRMAN TORGERSON called the Senate Community & Regional Affairs
Committee meeting to order at 1:37 p.m., and brought CSHB 192(FIN)
am back before the committee as the first order of business. He
directed atention to an amendment being proposed by Senator Kelly.
SENATOR KELLY, in addressing the proposed amendment, stated a
conflict of interest. He said the amendment would affect the
Chester Park Condominium group in Anchorage and his in-laws own a
unit there.
Explaining the amendment, Senator Kelly noted the Senate State
Affairs Committee changed the age limit for senior housing in
Alaska from 60 years down to 55 years, however, that amendment
faces serious opposition in the House and might kill the bill. He
pointed out the Chester Park residential cooperative is a senior
condominium project that is privately financed in Alaska. The
cooperative has a full-term taxable loan from AHFC, but receives no
subsidy from them. By restricting this for persons 55 years of age
or older in residential cooperatives organized under AS 10.15 or AS
34.08, it only relates to the Chester Park cooperative and leaves
the age at 60 for other facilities.
SENATOR RANDY PHILLIPS also stated a conflict of interest.
Number 112
JOHN BITTNEY, representing Alaska Housing Finance Corporation,
stated AHFC's position on legislation is neutral, but by narrowing
the definition it will narrow down a lot of the impact that it
could potentially have and alleviate some of the concerns that have
come up.
Number 140
SENATOR RANDY PHILLIPS moved the following amendment to CSHB
194(FIN) am:
Amendment No. 1
Page 8, line 16-22: Delete all material and insert:
"(A) means construction or improvement undertaken primarily to
provide dwelling accommodations
(i) for persons 55 years of age or older in residential
cooperatives organized under AS 10.15 or AS 34.08; and
(ii) for persons 60 years of age or older in [,
INCLUDING] conventional housing, housing for frail elderly, group
homes, congregate housing, residential horizontal property regimes
organized under AS 34.07, [RESIDENTIAL COOPERATIVES ORGANIZED UNDER
as 10.15 or as 34.08,] residential condominiums organized under AS
34.08, and other housing that meets special needs of the elderly;"
Page 8, line 29: Delete "55" [60] years of age or older."
Insert "of the age set by law to qualify for
senior housing[60 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER]."
Hearing no objection, the Chairman stated the amendment was
adopted.
Number 145
BRYCE EDGMON, staff to Representative Richard Foster who is prime
sponsor of HB 192, stated the sponsor supports the amendment.
Number 149
There being no further testimony on CSHB 192(FIN) am, SENATOR
TORGERSON asked for the pleasure of the committee.
SENATOR KELLY moved that SCS CSHB 192(CRA) be passed out of
committee with individual recommendations. Hearing no objection,
it was so ordered.
CSHCR 26(FIN) am PUBLIC INEBRIATE TASK FORCE
Number 180
SENATOR TORGERSON brought CSHCR 26(FIN) am before the committee as
the final order of business.
TOM WRIGHT, staff to Representative Ivan Ivan who is prime sponsor
of HCR 26, explained the resolution was introduced to address a
problem that most of the hub communities throughout the state are
forced to deal with, and that's public inebriate. The resolution
establishes a task force to develop and recommend to the
legislature a plan to minimize use of protective custody provisions
of Title 47, identify methods that may be implemented to maximize
opportunity for treatment, evaluate policy that will organize and
allow state departments to work together to help solve this
problem, and also to evaluate and determine methods to utilize
community solutions, especially in light of dwindling revenues.
Mr. Wright noted there have been other task forces that have looked
at alcohol problems, per se, but none that have really dealt solely
on the public inebriate problem.
There being no further testimony, SENATOR TORGERSON stated he would
entertain a motion on the resolution.
SENATOR RANDY PHILLIPS moved that CSHCR 26(FIN) am 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 1:52 p.m.
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