Legislature(1993 - 1994)
04/18/1994 03:24 PM Senate RLS
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SENATE RULES COMMITTEE
April 18, 1994
3:24 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Senator Rick Halford, Chair
Senator Steve Rieger, Vice Chair
Senator Suzanne Little
Senator Fred Zharoff
MEMBERS ABSENT
Senator George Jacko
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 27
Relating to support for the National Rifle Association's gun safety
program for children.
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 330(TRA)
"An Act relating to the use of natural gas as a motor vehicle fuel
in state-owned vehicles and to the Department of Transportation and
Public Facilities' authority to participate in joint ventures
related to natural gas."
HOUSE BILL NO. 450
"An Act relating to investment pools for public entities; and
providing for an effective date."
SENATE BILL NO. 240
"An Act relating to an optional municipal tax credit for costs of
certain river habitat protection improvements."
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 454(FIN)
"An Act making a supplemental appropriation to the Department of
Law to pay costs of certain continuing legal proceedings; and
providing for an effective date."
PREVIOUS SENATE COMMITTEE ACTION
HCR 27 - See State Affairs minutes dated 3/16/94.
HB 330 - See Transportation minutes dated 4/5/94. See Labor and
Commerce minutes dated 4/14/94.
HB 450 - Labor & Commerce referral waived 4/5/94.
Finance report 4/6/94.
SB 240 - See Resources minutes dated 2/4/94, 2/14/94, and
2/15/94.
Finance report 4/14/94.
HB 454 - See Judiciary minutes dated 3/21/94 and 3/23/94.
Finance report 3/28/94.
WITNESS REGISTER
Allison Elgee, Statwide Budget Director
University of Alaska
910 Yukon Drive
Fairbanks, AK 299775-2388
POSITION STATEMENT: Offered information on SB 240
Jim Baldwin, Assistant Attorney General
Department of Law
P.O. Box 110300
Juneau, AK 99811-0300
POSITION STATEMENT: Offered information on HB 454
ACTION NARRATIVE
TAPE 94-5, SIDE A
Number 001
CHAIRMAN RICK HALFORD called the Senate Rules Committee meeting to
order at 3:24 p.m.
SENATOR ZHAROFF moved and asked unanimous consent that HCR 27
(SUPPORT NRA GUN SAFETY PROGRAM) be approved for calendaring at the
Chair's discretion. Hearing no objection, it was so ordered.
SENATOR ZHAROFF moved and asked unanimous consent that CSHB
330(TRA) (FUEL STATE AUTO FLEET WITH NATURAL GAS) be approved for
calendaring at the Chair's discretion. Hearing no objection, it
was so ordered.
SENATOR ZHAROFF moved and asked unanimous consent that HB 450
(INVESTMENT POOLS FOR PUBLIC ENTITIES) be approved for calendaring
at the Chair's discretion. Hearing no objection, it was so
ordered.
CHAIRMAN HALFORD brought SB 240 (MUNICIPAL TAX EXEMPT'N/STUDENT
HOUSING) before the committee as the next order of business. He
directed attention to a Rules CS which changes the title on the
bill.
ALLISON ELGEE, Statewide Budget Director, University of Alaska,
explained that during this past year the university has been
exploring a variety of options of developing public/private
partnerships for construction of student housing so that they would
not have to rely solely on general fund financing in order to build
such housing. One of the proposals put before the university is a
proposal that would allow private construction of student housing
that would be on university property, adjacent to the present
student housing in Fairbanks. The proposal would be contingent
upon the further property tax exemption than of the improvements to
that property. The language proposed in the committee substitute
would allow for an optional municipal tax exemption.
SENATOR RIEGER pointed out that the Finance Committee considered
the property tax exemption. He said the Rules CS prevents it from
inadvertently, on the part of the municipality, becoming a
permanent exemption, which, he thought, was a good addition.
CHAIRMAN HALFORD asked for the will of the committee on the Rules
CS.
SENATOR RIEGER moved that CSSB 240(RLS) be adopted. Hearing no
objection, the motion carried.
SENATOR RIEGER moved that CSSB 240(RLS) be passed out of committee
with individual recommendations. Hearing no objection, it was so
ordered.
SENATOR ZHAROFF moved and asked unanimous consent that SB 240
be approved for calendaring at the Chair's discretion. Hearing no
objection, it was so ordered.
CHAIRMAN HALFORD brought CSHB 454(FIN) (APPROP: COST OF OIL/GAS
LITIGATION) before the committee as the final order of business.
He directed attention to a proposed Rules SCS and explained the
dollars are the same, but the Rules SCS proposes taking the monies
from the budget reserve as opposed from the general fund.
JIM BALDWIN, Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, noted
he had provided the committee with a memo explaining the
methodology in computing what the budget reserve would have paid
from the effective date of the amendment for recoveries that have
been deposited in the Constitutional Budget Reserve Fund. By the
department's methodology, they determined that the budget reserve
fund would have paid a total of $68,738,958 as the share of that
fund for the cost of recovery. These figures were presented to the
House Finance Committee and their action was to substitute general
funds with budget reserve funds for FY 95, and, substantially, all
of the recoveries that they make for this BRU (oil and gas special
litigation) is destined either for the permanent fund or the budget
reserve fund.
SENATOR ZHAROFF asked if this was a FY 94 supplemental budget
request, and MR. BALDWIN acknowledged that it was, and the reason
it was in a separate bill is that the department hoped it would be
fast tracked from the normal supplemental process.
CHAIRMAN HALFORD asked for the will of the committee.
SENATOR RIEGER moved that SCS CSHB 454(RLS) be adopted. Hearing no
objection, the motion carried.
SENATOR RIEGER moved that SCS CSHB 454(RLS) be passed out of
committee with individual recommendations. Hearing no objection,
it was so ordered.
SENATOR RIEGER moved and asked unanimous consent that CSHB 454(FIN)
be approved for calendaring at the Chair's discretion. Hearing no
objection, it was so ordered.
There being no further business to come before the committee, the
meeting was adjourned at 3:35 p.m.
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