Legislature(2013 - 2014)SENATE FINANCE 532

04/15/2014 04:00 PM Senate CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON HB 266 & HB 267


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04:08:09 PM Start
04:14:02 PM Adjourn
* first hearing in first committee of referral
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= HB 266 APPROP: OPERATING BUDGET/LOANS/FUNDS
Heard & Held
= HB 267 APPROP: MENTAL HEALTH BUDGET
Heard & Held
Departments:
Administration
Correction
Law
Military & Veterans' Affairs
Natural Resources
Revenue
Governor's Office
Court System
               28TH ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                    
                       FIRST SESSION                                                                                            
          CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON HB266 and HB267                                                                               
                      April 15, 2014                                                                                            
                         4:08 p.m.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
4:08:09 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CALL TO ORDER                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Chair Kelly called the Conference Committee meeting on                                                                          
HB266 and HB267 to order at 4:08 p.m.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT:                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Senate:                                                                                                                         
Senator Pete Kelly, Chair                                                                                                       
Senator Kevin Meyer                                                                                                             
Senator Lyman Hoffman                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
House:                                                                                                                          
Representative Alan Austerman, Vice-Chair                                                                                       
Representative Bill Stoltze                                                                                                     
Representative Les Gara                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
David Teal,  Director, Legislative Finance  Division; fiscal                                                                    
analysts  with  the  Office of  Management  and  Budget  and                                                                    
Legislative  Finance   Division;  and  aides   to  committee                                                                    
members and other members of the Legislature.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
HB 266    APPROP: OPERATING BUDGET/LOANS/FUNDS                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
          HB 266 was HEARD and HELD in committee for                                                                            
          further consideration.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
HB 267    APPROP: MENTAL HEALTH BUDGET                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
          HB 267 was HEARD and HELD in committee for                                                                            
          further consideration.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 266(FIN)                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     "An  Act making  appropriations for  the operating  and                                                                    
     loan  program  expenses  of state  government  and  for                                                                    
     certain  programs,   capitalizing  funds,   and  making                                                                    
     reappropriations;  and   providing  for   an  effective                                                                    
     date."                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 266(FIN)                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
     "An  Act making  appropriations for  the operating  and                                                                    
     loan  program  expenses  of state  government  and  for                                                                    
     certain  programs,   capitalizing  funds,   and  making                                                                    
     reappropriations;  and   providing  for   an  effective                                                                    
     date."                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
and                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 267(FIN)                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     "An  Act making  appropriations for  the operating  and                                                                    
     capital    expenses   of    the   state's    integrated                                                                    
     comprehensive mental health  program; and providing for                                                                    
     an effective date."                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 267(FIN)                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
     "An  Act making  appropriations for  the operating  and                                                                    
     capital    expenses   of    the   state's    integrated                                                                    
     comprehensive mental health  program; and providing for                                                                    
     an effective date."                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
DEPARTMENTS                                                                                                                     
     DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION                                                                                               
     DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS                                                                                                  
     DEPARTMENT OF LAW                                                                                                          
     DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS                                                                                
     DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES                                                                                            
     DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE                                                                                                      
     OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR                                                                                                     
     ALASKA COURT SYSTEM                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
4:08:44 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Chair  Kelly  communicated  that  the  conference  committee                                                                    
would be meeting  on HB 266 and HB 267  open items. He noted                                                                    
that Limited Powers  of Free Conference had  been granted by                                                                    
both the Senate  and the House. Departments  with open items                                                                    
would be taken up based  on the motion sheets distributed to                                                                    
members earlier  in the  day and  dated 4/15/14.  He relayed                                                                    
that the  conference committee would not  address open items                                                                    
from the following departments during the current meeting:                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
4:09:46 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Vice-Chair   Austerman   MOVED    to   ADOPT   the   Chair's                                                                    
recommendation on the following  items for the Department of                                                                    
Administration's budget:                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
     Item 1: House                                                                                                              
     Item 2: Senate                                                                                                             
     Item 3: Senate                                                                                                             
     Item 4: House                                                                                                              
     Item 5 Senate plus $65,500                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
4:10:19 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
There  being NO  OBJECTION, it  was so  ordered. The  action                                                                    
closed  all  conferencable  items  in  the  budget  for  the                                                                    
Department of Administration.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
4:10:33 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Vice-Chair   Austerman   MOVED    to   ADOPT   the   Chair's                                                                    
recommendation on the following  items for the Department of                                                                    
Corrections' budget:                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Item 1: Senate                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
4:10:44 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
There  being NO  OBJECTION, it  was so  ordered. The  action                                                                    
closed  all  conferencable  items  in  the  budget  for  the                                                                    
Department of Corrections.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
DEPARTMENT OF LAW                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
4:10:53 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Vice-Chair   Austerman   MOVED    to   ADOPT   the   Chair's                                                                    
recommendation on the following  items for the Department of                                                                    
Law's budget:                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Item 1: Senate plus $57,000                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
4:11:06 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
There  being NO  OBJECTION, it  was so  ordered. The  action                                                                    
closed  all  conferencable  items  in  the  budget  for  the                                                                    
Department of Law.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
4:11:14 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Vice-Chair   Austerman   MOVED    to   ADOPT   the   Chair's                                                                    
recommendation on the following  items for the Department of                                                                    
Military and Veterans Affairs' budget:                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Item 1: Senate                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
4:11:32 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
There  being NO  OBJECTION, it  was so  ordered. The  action                                                                    
closed  all  conferencable  items  in  the  budget  for  the                                                                    
Department of Military and Veterans Affairs.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
4:11:38 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Vice-Chair   Austerman   MOVED    to   ADOPT   the   Chair's                                                                    
recommendation on the following  items for the Department of                                                                    
Natural Resources' budget:                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Item 1: Senate for both fund sources                                                                                            
Item 2: Senate                                                                                                                  
Item 3: Senate plus $90,000                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
4:12:02 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
There  being NO  OBJECTION, it  was so  ordered. The  action                                                                    
closed  all  conferencable  items  in  the  budget  for  the                                                                    
Department of Natural Resources.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
4:12:06 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Vice-Chair   Austerman   MOVED    to   ADOPT   the   Chair's                                                                    
recommendation on the following  items for the Department of                                                                    
Revenue's budget:                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Item 1: Senate for both fund sources                                                                                            
Item 2: House                                                                                                                   
Item 3: Senate                                                                                                                  
Item 4: Senate plus $16,800                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
4:12:37 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
There  being NO  OBJECTION, it  was so  ordered. The  action                                                                    
closed  all  conferencable  items  in  the  budget  for  the                                                                    
Department of Revenue.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
4:12:41 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Vice-Chair   Austerman   MOVED    to   ADOPT   the   Chair's                                                                    
recommendation on the following items  for the Office of the                                                                    
Governor's budget:                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Item 1: House                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
4:12:52 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
There  being NO  OBJECTION, it  was so  ordered. The  action                                                                    
closed all conferencable items in  the budget for the Office                                                                    
of the Governor.                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
ALASKA COURT SYSTEM                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
4:13:00 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Vice-Chair   Austerman   MOVED    to   ADOPT   the   Chair's                                                                    
recommendation on  the following items for  the Alaska Court                                                                    
System's budget:                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Item 1: House                                                                                                                   
Item 2: Senate                                                                                                                  
Item 3: House                                                                                                                   
Item 4: Senate minus $300,000                                                                                                   
Item 5: House plus $150,000                                                                                                     
Item 6: House                                                                                                                   
Item 7: House                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. The action                                                                         
closed all conferencable items in the budget for the Alaska                                                                     
Court System.                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Chair Kelly relayed that the next meeting would be held on                                                                      
4/16/14.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
HB 266 was HEARD and HELD in committee for further                                                                              
consideration.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
HB 267 was HEARD and HELD in committee for further                                                                              
consideration.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
4:14:02 PM                                                                                                                    
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
The meeting was adjourned at 4:14 p.m.                                                                                          

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