04/13/2012 08:00 AM Senate COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS
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| HB314 | |
| HB9 | |
| HB264 | |
| Adjourn |
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| = | HB 314 | ||
| = | HB 264 | ||
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ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
SENATE COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS STANDING COMMITTEE
April 13, 2012
8:54 a.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Senator Donald Olson, Chair
Senator Thomas Wagoner
Senator Albert Kookesh
Senator Linda Menard
Senator Johnny Ellis
MEMBERS ABSENT
All members present
OTHER LEGISLATORS PRESENT
Representative Mike Chenault
Representative Mike Hawker
Senator Cathy Giessel
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
HOUSE BILL NO. 314
"An Act extending the time period for which the Alaska Railroad
Corporation may lease land without reserving the right to
terminate the lease; and providing for an effective date."
- MOVED HB 314 OUT OF COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 9(FIN) AM
"An Act relating to the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation,
a subsidiary created project developed by the Alaska Gasline
Development Corporation; relating to the by the Alaska Housing
Finance Corporation; establishing and relating to the in-state
regulation by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska of an in-state
natural gas pipeline natural gas pipeline fund; making certain
information provided to or by the Alaska that is expressly
authorized to provide transportation as a contract carrier;
relating to Gasline Development Corporation exempt from
inspection as a public record; relating the Alaska Natural Gas
Development Authority; relating to the procurement of certain to
the Joint In-State Gasline Development Team; relating to the
judicial review of a services by the Alaska Natural Gas
Development Authority; exempting property of a right-of-way
lease or an action or decision related to the development or
construction of project developed by the Alaska Gasline
Development Corporation from property taxes an oil or gas
pipeline on state land; relating to the lease of a right-of-way
by the Alaska before the commencement of commercial operations;
and providing for an effective Gasline Development Corporation
or a successor in interest for a gas pipeline date."
- HEARD AND HELD
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 264(CRA)
"An Act allowing a deferral of municipal property taxes on the
increase in the value of real property attributable to
subdivision of that property; and providing for an effective
date."
- MOVED SCS CSHB 264(CRA) OUT OF COMMITTEE
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION
BILL: HB 314
SHORT TITLE: ALASKA RAILROAD LAND LEASES
SPONSOR(s): LABOR & COMMERCE
02/06/12 (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
02/06/12 (H) L&C
02/17/12 (H) L&C AT 3:15 PM BARNES 124
02/17/12 (H) Moved Out of Committee
02/17/12 (H) MINUTE(L&C)
02/20/12 (H) L&C RPT 5DP
02/20/12 (H) DP: CHENAULT, THOMPSON, HOLMES, MILLER,
OLSON
03/14/12 (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S)
03/14/12 (H) VERSION: HB 314
03/16/12 (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
03/16/12 (S) CRA
04/05/12 (S) CRA AT 3:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
04/05/12 (S) Heard & Held
04/05/12 (S) MINUTE(CRA)
04/13/12 (S) CRA AT 8:00 AM FAHRENKAMP 203
BILL: HB 9
SHORT TITLE: IN-STATE GASLINE DEVELOPMENT CORP
SPONSOR(s): CHENAULT
01/18/11 (H) PREFILE RELEASED 1/7/11
01/18/11 (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
01/18/11 (H) RES, FIN
02/06/12 (H) RES AT 1:00 PM BARNES 124
02/06/12 (H) Heard & Held
02/06/12 (H) MINUTE(RES)
02/08/12 (H) RES AT 1:00 PM BARNES 124
02/08/12 (H) Heard & Held
02/08/12 (H) MINUTE(RES)
02/10/12 (H) RES AT 1:00 PM BARNES 124
02/10/12 (H) Heard & Held
02/10/12 (H) MINUTE(RES)
02/13/12 (H) RES AT 1:00 PM BARNES 124
02/13/12 (H) <Bill Hearing Canceled>
02/24/12 (H) RES AT 1:00 PM BARNES 124
02/24/12 (H) Heard & Held
02/24/12 (H) MINUTE(RES)
02/27/12 (H) RES AT 1:00 PM BARNES 124
02/27/12 (H) Moved CSHB 9(RES) Out of Committee
02/27/12 (H) MINUTE(RES)
02/29/12 (H) RES RPT CS(RES) NT 4DP 2DNP 1NR 2AM
02/29/12 (H) DP: MUNOZ, FOSTER, HERRON, SEATON
02/29/12 (H) DNP: KAWASAKI, GARDNER
02/29/12 (H) NR: FEIGE
02/29/12 (H) AM: DICK, P.WILSON
02/29/12 (H) LETTER OF INTENT WITH RES REPORT
03/13/12 (H) FIN AT 8:30 AM HOUSE FINANCE 519
03/13/12 (H) Heard & Held
03/13/12 (H) MINUTE(FIN)
03/16/12 (H) FIN AT 9:00 AM HOUSE FINANCE 519
03/16/12 (H) Heard & Held
03/16/12 (H) MINUTE(FIN)
03/20/12 (H) FIN AT 9:00 AM HOUSE FINANCE 519
03/20/12 (H) Heard & Held
03/20/12 (H) MINUTE(FIN)
03/21/12 (H) FIN AT 1:30 PM HOUSE FINANCE 519
03/21/12 (H) <Bill Held Over to 6:30 pm Today>
03/21/12 (H) FIN AT 6:30 PM HOUSE FINANCE 519
03/21/12 (H) Heard & Held
03/21/12 (H) MINUTE(FIN)
03/22/12 (H) FIN AT 1:30 PM HOUSE FINANCE 519
03/22/12 (H) <Bill Held Over to 5:00 pm Today>
03/22/12 (H) FIN AT 5:00 PM HOUSE FINANCE 519
03/22/12 (H) Heard & Held
03/22/12 (H) MINUTE(FIN)
03/23/12 (H) FIN RPT CS(FIN) NT 6DP 1DNP 3NR 1AM
03/23/12 (H) DP: FAIRCLOUGH, T.WILSON, NEUMAN,
COSTELLO, EDGMON, THOMAS
03/23/12 (H) DNP: GARA
03/23/12 (H) NR: DOOGAN, JOULE, STOLTZE
03/23/12 (H) AM: GUTTENBERG
03/23/12 (H) RESOURCES LETTER OF INTENT WITH FIN
REPORT
03/23/12 (H) FIN AT 9:00 AM HOUSE FINANCE 519
03/23/12 (H) Moved CSHB 9(FIN) Out of Committee
03/23/12 (H) MINUTE(FIN)
03/27/12 (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S)
03/27/12 (H) VERSION: CSHB 9(FIN) AM
03/28/12 (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
03/28/12 (S) CRA, RES, FIN
04/03/12 (S) CRA AT 3:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
04/03/12 (S) <Above Item Removed from Agenda>
04/03/12 (S) MINUTE(CRA)
04/05/12 (S) CRA AT 3:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
04/05/12 (S) Heard & Held
04/05/12 (S) MINUTE(CRA)
04/13/12 (S) CRA AT 8:00 AM FAHRENKAMP 203
BILL: HB 264
SHORT TITLE: MUNI PROPERTY TAX DEFERRAL: SUBDIVISIONS
SPONSOR(s): MUNOZ
01/17/12 (H) PREFILE RELEASED 1/13/12
01/17/12 (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
01/17/12 (H) CRA, FIN
02/14/12 (H) CRA AT 8:00 AM BARNES 124
02/14/12 (H) Heard & Held
02/14/12 (H) MINUTE(CRA)
02/16/12 (H) CRA AT 8:00 AM BARNES 124
02/16/12 (H) Moved CSHB 264(CRA) Out of Committee
02/16/12 (H) MINUTE(CRA)
02/17/12 (H) CRA RPT CS(CRA) 5DP
02/17/12 (H) DP: AUSTERMAN, CISSNA, GARDNER, FOSTER,
MUNOZ
02/22/12 (H) FIN AT 1:30 PM HOUSE FINANCE 519
02/22/12 (H) Moved CSHB 264(CRA) Out of Committee
02/22/12 (H) MINUTE(FIN)
02/24/12 (H) FIN RPT CS(CRA) 5DP 3NR
02/24/12 (H) DP: NEUMAN, GARA, EDGMON, STOLTZE,
THOMAS
02/24/12 (H) NR: FAIRCLOUGH, T.WILSON, DOOGAN
03/26/12 (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S)
03/26/12 (H) VERSION: CSHB 264(CRA)
03/28/12 (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
03/28/12 (S) CRA
04/03/12 (S) CRA AT 3:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
04/03/12 (S) Heard & Held
04/03/12 (S) MINUTE(CRA)
04/05/12 (S) CRA AT 3:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
04/05/12 (S) <Above Bill Removed from Agenda>
04/05/12 (S) MINUTE(CRA)
04/13/12 (S) CRA AT 8:00 AM FAHRENKAMP 203
WITNESS REGISTER
ANNA LATHAM, Staff
Representative Kurt Olson
Alaska State Legislature
Juneau, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: Introduced HB 314.
DAVID SCOTT, Staff
Senator Donny Olson
Alaska State Legislature
Juneau, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: Introduced SCS CSHB 9 and SCS CSHB 264.
REPRESENTATIVE MIKE CHENAULT
Alaska State Legislature
Juneau, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: Opposed the Senate committee substitute for
HB 9.
REPRESENTATIVE MIKE HAWKER
Alaska State Legislature
Juneau, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: Opposed the Senate committee substitute for
HB 9.
RANDY HOFFBECK, Chief of Staff for Mayor Brower
North Slope Borough
Barrow, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: Supported the committee substitute for HB
264.
JOHANNA BALES, Deputy Director
Tax Division
Department of Revenue
Anchorage, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: Opposed the committee substitute for HB 264.
CHRISTOPHER CLARK, Staff
Representative Cathy Munoz
Alaska State Legislature
Juneau, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: Supported HB 264 and said more time was
needed to vet the committee substitute.
ACTION NARRATIVE
8:54:57 AM
CHAIR DONALD OLSON called the Senate Community and Regional
Affairs Standing Committee meeting to order at 8:54 a.m. Present
at the call to order were Senators Menard, Ellis and Chair
Olson.
HB 314-ALASKA RAILROAD LAND LEASES
8:55:15 AM
CHAIR OLSON announced the consideration of HB 314.
8:55:27 AM
ANNA LATHAM, Staff to Representative Kurt Olson, Alaska State
Legislature, said HB 314 extended the Alaska Railroad
Corporation (ARC) property lease terms from 55 years to 95
years. She said the ARC would benefit from longer leases that
encourage high value building construction that retain their
value for a longer period of time. She said the bill has
received support from municipalities, businesses and developers
throughout the Railbelt region.
8:55:56 AM
CHAIR OLSON asked if the 95 year leases would be voluntary or
mandatory.
8:56:17 AM
MS. LATHAM answered that the lease terms were up to the
discretion of the ARC Board of Directors.
8:56:29 AM
SENATOR ELLIS moved to report HB 314, 27-LS1281\A, out of
committee with individual recommendations and attached fiscal
note(s).
8:56:39 AM
CHAIR OLSON said there being no objections, HB 314 moved from
the Senate Community and Regional Affairs Standing Committee.
HB 9-IN-STATE GASLINE DEVELOPMENT CORP
8:57:41 AM
CHAIR OLSON announced the consideration of HB 9.
8:57:50 AM
DAVID SCOTT, Staff for Senator Olson, Alaska State Legislature,
noted that the new Senate committee substitute (CS) for CSHB 9
was version J.
8:58:09 AM
SENATOR ELLIS moved Senate CS for CSHB 9, 27-LS0075\J, be
considered the item before the committee.
8:58:17 AM
CHAIR OLSON announced that without objection, version J was
adopted as a working document.
8:58:30 AM
MR. SCOTT reviewed the Senate CS sectional and said the intent
was to pare the bill down to the bare minimum that the Alaska
Gasline Development Corporation (AGDC) required to get to open
season and allow funds to be spent from last year's
appropriation.
SECTION 1
- Adds a new section to AS 18.56, Alaska
Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC),
relating to AGDC's duties and
abilities.
• Empowered to construct, own, operate
and manage pipelines throughout the
state, while removing the specific
reference to the project in the July
2011 report from AGDC.
• Added legislation authorization prior
to construction.
• Authorization to acquire land and
other interest in property.
• Creates the in-state gas pipeline
fund, which enables AGDC to use the
$200 million appropriated by the
legislature in 2011.
• Shipping commitments resulting from
an open season shall be reported to
both presiding officers and published
online within 10 days.
• Removed authorization to operate as a
contract carrier.
• Removed authorization to issue bonds
and incur debt.
SECTION 2
- Adds a new section to 36.30 to exempt
Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority
(ANGDA) from the state procurement code
when contracting for professional
services.
SECTION 3
- Amends 38.34.050(a) to provide ADGC access
to information of state agencies that is
directly related to designing,
constructing and operation an in-state
gasline and to protect existing
confidentiality of information held by
state agencies.
SECTION 4
- Amends 38.34.050(b), which in current
statute directs state agencies to
cooperate with and give priority to
information requests from the Joint In-
State Gasline Development Team. The
section replaces the reference to (JIGDT)
with a direct reference to AGDC, to
reflect the reorganization of the agency.
SECTION 5
- Adds a new section to 38.34.050 to allow
AGDC to disclose information unless the
info discloses particular business or
private information.
- Specifies that an agreement to sell or
manage a pipeline is public information.
SECTION 6
- Definitions.
SECTION 7
- Amends 40.25.120(a) to exempt information
covered by an AGDC confidentiality
agreement from the state public records
act.
SECTION 8
- Amends 41.41.010(a) to enable ANGDA to act
as a gas marketer instead of a
transporter. Removes authorization for
ANGDA to design, construct, or operate
pipelines.
SECTION 9
- Amends 41.41.010(d) to clarify ANGDA as a
gas marketer both in-state and for export.
SECTION 10
- Repeals and reenacts 41.41.020 to state
that AHFC's board is now the board of
ANGDA.
SECTION 11
- Amends 41.41.060 to conform to section 10,
relates to per diem and travel expenses.
SECTION 12
- Amends 41.41.070(d) to allow ANGDA to
contract for legal counsel and exempts
this from the state procurement code.
SECTION 13
- Amends 41.41.090(b) to remove involvement
with a 'project' from the circumstances
requiring disclosure. Conforms with
section 8.
SECTION 14
- Amends 41.41.150(a) to expand ANGDA's
existing confidential records authority to
include info in a confidential agreement
between AGDC and ANGDA.
SECTION 15
- Amends 41.41.200 to remove ANGDA's
authority to exercise eminent domain.
Conforms with section 8.
SECTION 16
- Amends 41.41.990(2) to confirm that AHFC's
board is the board of ANGDA. Conforms with
section 10.
SECTION 17
- Repeals to conform with restructuring the
AGDC governance by removing the JIGDT, and
removing statutes related to ANGDA board
elections.
SECTION 18
- Repeals section 1 of the 2002 Ballot
Measure 3, which are the findings that are
no longer necessary with ANGDA's new and
limited authority.
SECTION 19
- Immediate effective date.
8:59:46 AM
SENATOR KOOKESH arrived.
9:02:50 AM
At ease 9:02:50 a.m. to 9:02:58 a.m.
9:02:58 AM
REPRESENTATIVE MIKE CHENAULT, Alaska State Legislature, prime
sponsor of HB 9, said the CS guts AGDC's ability to move forward
on an in-state gas pipeline project. He said the CS takes away
AGDC's ability to move forward with a pipeline and replaces it
by requiring legislative sanctioning. He said the vision of HB 9
was to take politics out of a gasline moving forward and the CS
puts politics right back in the middle of the project. He said
the definition of insanity was doing the same thing and
expecting a different result. He said AGDC's ability to work for
the citizens of Alaska via moving the state's only pipeline
project forward was neutered by the CS.
REPRESENTATIVE CHENAULT said a poll had indicated that Alaskans
thought a lack of leadership, vision and courage were the
reasons why the state did not have a pipeline. He said the CS
takes away AGDC's ability to get a meaningful open-season in the
quickest amount of time.
CHAIR OLSON asked about the issue to require sanctioning of the
legislature for project oversight to avoid significant cost
overruns.
9:06:41 AM
REPRESENTATIVE MIKE HAWKER, Alaska State Legislature, sponsor of
HB 9, responded that the inherent in the structure of the
original bill was to establish AGDC as a mechanism for Alaska to
have a strong position with all commercial and state
participatory gasline proposals. He said the Alaska Constitution
only allowed the legislature to appropriate funds and it was a
given for a project that required state investment to come
before the legislature. He said a strong inherent sanctioning
concept was built into the original document and requiring the
private sector to come back before the legislature for
sanctioning was inappropriate.
9:07:55 AM
SENATOR WAGONER arrived.
9:08:09 AM
CHAIR OLSON asked for comments on the CS.
REPRESENTATIVE HAWKER responded that the introduction for the CS
stated that the intent was to reduce the bill and leave the
minimum needed to get an open-season. He said the CS had taken
out critical elements that provided the state with a strong seat
and was well below the minimums needed to get to an open-season.
He said any attempt for an open-season would be considered a
farce.
He said the original AGDC concept was that it merged the voter
mandated ANGDA with AGDC. He said AGDC would be empowered to
work the pipeline project to allow ANGDA to get the gas to
market. He said the CS thwarts the will of Alaska voters by
taking away any possibility of a project coming to fruition.
CHAIR OLSON asked to verify that the Senate CS was done in
cooperation with Representative Hawker or Representative
Chenault.
REPRESENTATIVE HAWKER answered that was incorrect.
REPRESENTATIVE CHENAULT answered that was incorrect. He said
information was supplied to the Chairman's office and he did not
sit down with anyone to craft the Senate CS.
CHAIR OLSON said HB 9 would be held.
9:11:04 AM
At ease 9:11 a.m. to 9:12 a.m.
9:12:37 AM
CHAIR OLSON recessed the meeting to the call of the Chair.
HB 264-MUNI PROPERTY TAX DEFERRAL: SUBDIVISIONS
12:36:57 PM
CHAIR OLSON reconvened the Senate Community and Regional Affairs
Committee meeting and announced the consideration of HB 264.
12:37:29 PM
SENATOR KOOKESH moved to adopt Senate CS for CSHB 264, 27-
LS1090\E.
12:37:58 PM
CHAIR OLSON said without objection, version E was before the
committee.
12:38:05 PM
DAVID SCOTT, Staff for Senator Olson, Alaska State Legislature,
said the committee substitute (CS) added two sections to the
bill, Section 2 and Section 3. He said the CS removed the
statutory municipal operating tax cap.
12:38:23 PM
RANDY HOFFBECK, Chief of Staff for Mayor Brower, North Slope
Borough, said the CS removed the statutory operating property
tax cap by amending AS 29.45 and AS 43.56. He said the current
tax cap did not allow a jurisdiction to have a total assessed
value for all properties to exceed 225 percent of the statewide
per capita assessed value. He said the cap sets the maximum
assessed value allowed for the purposes of funding operations
and provided a "no cap" provision for the repayment of general
obligation debt. He said the cap did not affect the amount of
property tax that could be collected.
He said the cap was put into place in the 1970's due to a
concern that boroughs within the Oil Pipeline Corridor (OPC)
would have an inordinate amount of property tax money to spend
on operations. He said the state had grown dramatically over the
past 40 years and OPC boroughs were operating with mature fiscal
policies. He said cap removal would allow for greater fiscal
flexibility for the North Slope Borough (NSB) and Valdez. He
noted that the cap had affected Unalaska, Bristol Bay and
Skagway due to a high proportion of property tax value within a
relatively small population jurisdiction. He said the cap would
impact Unalaska once again due to future offshore oil and gas
exploration.
12:43:22 PM
He said NSB currently collected 9 to 9.5 mills for operations
and 9 to 9.5 mills for bonded debt. He said using cash flow
would be more efficient than cycling through the bond market for
tax collection purposes. He noted that $140 million would be
paid towards interest on the current $480 million in outstanding
general obligation debt. He said paying for interest was money
wasted and eliminating the cap would allow for more funds to go
towards community projects. He said the borough faced up to $600
million in capital maintenance projects over the next five years
and being allowed to use operating funds would be preferred.
He said the only entities that would be affected by the removal
of the cap would be New York bankers and investors. He said it
was a zero sum game for everybody else and state tax revenue
would not change. He said the state would continue to receive
its 20 mill property tax obligation from the oil and gas
industry. He noted that the oil and gas industry gets to use any
local tax as a credit against what is paid to the state. He said
with the North Slope Borough's 18.5 mill rate, the state would
continue to receive 1.5 mills after the industry takes its
credit.
He said the bill would provide more flexibility to use the money
more efficiently and actually provide long term stability. He
said the borough's tax base was dictated by the population and
not by assets within the borough. He said oil field worker
fluctuations made it very difficult for long term fiscal
planning. He said the intent was not to ask for an advantage
over other jurisdictions, but to be allowed to operate on par
with jurisdictions that do not have to deal with cap provisions.
12:47:52 PM
SENATOR WAGONER asked if the industry would feel comfortable
with the bill.
MR. HOFFBECK answered that the industry's 20 mill cap does not
change and the Department of Revenue (DOR) would continue as the
assessing authority.
CHAIR OLSON asked if there were additional comments.
MR. HOFFBECK responded that the Alaska Municipal League (AML)
solicited other communities for comments on the bill's potential
impact. He said no communities had identified any adverse
effects. He noted that the municipality of Juneau indicated that
cap removal would be good fiscal policy.
CHAIR OLSON asked if removing the cap was good fiscal policy.
MR. HOFFBECK answered yes. He said Unalaska recognized that they
were likely facing a cap issue and thought it was a good idea.
He said there was no additional revenue flowing to any
jurisdiction and no liability to the industry. He said only the
New York bankers would lose in the process.
12:50:48 PM
JOHANNA BALES, Deputy Director, Tax Division, Department of
Revenue, said DOR opposed the CS for SB 264. She said DOR did
not have adequate time to vet the CS and would like to have
discussions with municipalities. She said DOR would like to look
at reasons behind the original legislative intent to put a cap
into place. She said DOR disagreed with Mr. Hoffbeck's statement
that state tax revenue would not be affected and said the state
could lose $115 million if municipalities increased their rates
to 20 mills.
12:53:18 PM
MR. HOFFBECK responded that the cap only affects a community
that had a certain relationship between its population and the
tax base. He noted that communities could raise rates above 20
mills regardless of the current cap. He said NSB had rarely
exceeded 18.5 mills over the past 40 years and the rate was
important for the borough's long term fiscal stability.
12:55:16 PM
He said 18.5 mills was critical to the bond rating agencies due
to the extra 1.5 mills being available to raise additional funds
if assessed values did not meet forecasts. He said the state's
majority of oil and gas properties were in unincorporated areas
without local jurisdictions. He said if the NSB went to 20
mills, about $20 million would be moved and not $115 million. He
said NSB always considered 20 mills as a hard cap for
forecasting purposes. He said going to 30 mills would take money
away from other portions of the state and would set the borough
up for tax limitation legislation.
He said the bill would allow NSB to relieve itself of its debt
burden and reduce pressure on assessed values. He said reducing
payments on interest rates would allow for flexibility to
decrease mill rates.
12:57:55 PM
SENATOR WAGONER asked why DOR did not present a fiscal note.
MS. BALES answered that DOR was working on a fiscal note due to
the limited time from the CS announcement.
SENATOR WAGONER commented that he would like DOR to proceed with
their follow up work.
12:59:17 PM
CHRISTOPHER CLARK, Staff for Representative Cathy Munoz, Alaska
State Legislature, said the sponsor supported the bill from page
1 up to line 12 on page 2 and shared the same concerns with DOR
on the rest of the language.
CHAIR OLSON asked for clarification that the sponsor was not
against the bill, just that more time was required to audit it.
MR. CLARK answered correct.
12:59:44 PM
SENATOR WAGONER asked if rules and finance were the next
committees of referral. He noted that a fiscal note would be
required.
SENATOR ELLIS answered correct.
1:00:16 PM
SENATOR KOOKESH moved to report SCS CSHB 264( ), 27-LS1090\E,
from the committee with individual recommendations and attached
fiscal note(s).
1:00:31 PM
CHAIR OLSON said without objection, SCS CSHB 264(CRA) passed out
of the Community and Regional Affairs Standing Committee.
1:00:39 PM
CHAIR OLSON announced that the meeting was recessed to the call
of the Chair.
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