Legislature(2013 - 2014)SENATE FINANCE 532
04/10/2013 04:00 PM Senate CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON HB 65 AND HB 66
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28TH ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
FIRST SESSION
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON HB 65 and HB 66
April 10, 2013
4:09 p.m.
4:09:07 PM
CALL TO ORDER
Chair Austerman called the Conference Committee meeting on
HB 65 and HB 66 to order at 4:09 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT:
House:
Representative Alan Austerman, Chair
Representative Bill Stoltze
Representative Les Gara
Senate:
Senator Pete Kelly, Vice-Chair
Senator Kevin Meyer
Senator Lyman Hoffman
MEMBERS ABSENT
None
ALSO PRESENT:
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 65 APPROP: OPERATING BUDGET/LOANS/FUNDS
HB 65 was HEARD and HELD in committee for further
consideration.
HB 66 APPROP: MENTAL HEALTH BUDGET
HB 66 was HEARD and HELD in committee for further
consideration.
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 65(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. 65(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. 66(FIN)
"An Act making appropriations for the operating and
capital expenses of the state's integrated
comprehensive mental health program and making a
reappropriation; and providing for an effective date."
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 66(FIN)
"An Act making appropriations for the operating and
capital expenses of the state's integrated
comprehensive mental health program and making a
reappropriation; and providing for an effective date."
DEPARTMENTS
Commerce, Community & Economic Development
Natural Resources
Revenue
Court System
Legislature
Chair Austerman communicated that the conference committee
would be meeting on HB 65 and HB 66 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 April 10, 2013. He
relayed that the conference committee would not address
open items from the following departments during the
current meeting:
4:10:16 PM
COMMERCE COMMUNITY and ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Vice-Chair Kelly MOVED to ADOPT the Chair's recommendation
on the following items for the Department of Commerce,
Community and Economic Development budget:
Item 1 Senate
Item 2 Senate
Item 3 House plus $94,500
Item 4 Senate
4:11:16 PM
AT EASE
4:11:44 PM
RECONVENED
Item 6 Senate and change date to November 1st
Item 7 Senate
Item 8 Senate
Item 9 Senate
Item 11 Senate
Item 13 House
Item 14 Senate
Item 15 Senate
Item 16 House
Item 17 Senate as a One-Time Item
Item 19 House
Item 20 House
Item 21 House
Item 22 House
Item 23 House
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered.
Item 5, Item 10, Item 12, Item 18, and Item 24 remained
open.
4:14:27 PM
AT EASE
4:15:01 PM
RECONVENED
4:15:31 PM
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
Vice-Chair Kelly MOVED to ADOPT the Chair's recommendation
on the following items for the Department of Natural
Resources budget:
Item 1 House plus $150,000
Item 2 House
Item 3 House
Item 4 Senate
Item 5 Senate
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered.
Item 6 and Item 7 remained open.
4:16:11 PM
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
Vice-Chair Kelly MOVED to ADOPT the Chair's recommendation
on the following items for the Department of Revenue
budget:
Item 1 Senate minus $41,000
Item 2 Senate
Item 3 Senate minus $93,000
Item 4 Senate
Representative Gara OBJECTED for discussion. He addressed
item 3, and stated that the Senate had proposed the
governor's proposal to add the staff necessary to audit the
potentially new oil tax. He remarked that there was a
former auditing position that he felt was unnecessary.
Representative Gara withdrew his objection.
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. The action
closed all conferencable items in the budget for the
Department of Revenue.
4:17:56 PM
COURT SYSTEM
Vice-Chair Kelly MOVED to ADOPT the Chair's recommendation
on the following items for the Court System budget:
Item 1 House
Item 2 House
Item 3 House plus $174,100
Item 4 House
Item 5 House
Item 6 Senate
Item 7 House
Item 8 Senate
Item 9 Senate
Item 10 House
Item 11 House
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. The action
closed all conferencable items in the budget for the Court
System.
4:18:51 PM
LEGISLATURE
Vice-Chair Kelly MOVED to ADOPT the Chair's recommendation
on the following items for the Legislature budget:
Item 1 House plus $750,000
Item 2 House plus $450,000
Item 3 Senate
Additional Agency Conditional Language to read:
"The amount allocated to the Legislative Operating
Budget includes $300,000 for planning and other costs
associated with hosting the Council of State
Governments and Council of State Governments West 2014
conferences to be held in Anchorage. The amount
allocated for those conferences is appropriated for
the fiscal years ending June 30, 2014, and June 30,
2015."
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. The action
closed all conferencable items in the budget for the
Legislature.
4:19:58 PM
Chair Austerman relayed that the next meeting would be held
the following day at 4pm.
HB 65 was HEARD and HELD in committee for further
consideration.
HB 66 was HEARD and HELD in committee for further
consideration.
ADJOURNMENT
4:19:58 PM
The meeting was adjourned at 4:20 p.m.
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