Legislature(2015 - 2016)SENATE FINANCE 532

04/22/2016 08:30 AM Senate CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON SB196

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08:33:33 AM Start
08:37:39 AM Adjourn
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SB 196 POWER COST EQ FUND: RESERVE ACCT;DIVIDEND
Heard & Held
               29TH ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                    
                      SECOND SESSION                                                                                            
               CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON SB196                                                                                    
                      April 22, 2016                                                                                            
                         8:33 a.m.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
8:33:33 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
CALL TO ORDER                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
 called the Conference Committee meeting on SB 196  to                                                                          
order at 8:33 a.m.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT:                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Senate:                                                                                                                         
Senator Lyman Hoffman, Chair                                                                                                    
Senator Anna MacKinnon                                                                                                          
Senator Click Bishop                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
House:                                                                                                                          
Representative Bryce Edgmon, Vice-Chair                                                                                         
Representative Dan Saddler                                                                                                      
Representative Scott Kawasaki                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
None                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
SB 196    POWER COST EQ FUND: RESERVE ACCT;DIVIDEND                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
          SB 196 was HEARD and HELD in committee for                                                                            
          further consideration.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 196(FIN)                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act  relating to the amount  appropriated for power                                                                    
     cost  equalization;  relating  to the  use  of  certain                                                                    
     unexpended  earnings from  the power  cost equalization                                                                    
     endowment fund; and providing for an effective date."                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 196(FIN)                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act  relating to the amount  appropriated for power                                                                    
     cost  equalization;  relating  to the  use  of  certain                                                                    
     unexpended  earnings from  the power  cost equalization                                                                    
     endowment fund; and providing for an effective date."                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
8:34:17 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Chair  Hoffman  announced   that  the  Conference  Committee                                                                    
operated  under Uniform  Rule 42.  He  announced that  there                                                                    
would be no public testimony.  He remarked that the adoption                                                                    
of the  conference committee report required  an affirmative                                                                    
vote  by a  majority of  the membership  from each  body. He                                                                    
announced that the  two versions of the  bill, CSSB 196(FIN)                                                                    
version  U;  and  HCS  CSSB  196(FIN)  version  R  would  be                                                                    
considered in the meeting.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Senator MacKinnon MOVED  to ADOPT the Senate  version of the                                                                    
bill, version U.                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Vice-Chair Edgmon OBJECTED.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
A roll call vote was taken on the motion.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
IN FAVOR: Hoffman, MacKinnon, Bishop                                                                                            
OPPOSED: Edgmon, Saddler, Kawasaki                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The MOTION FAILED  (3/3), therefore, version U  FAILED to be                                                                    
ADOPTED.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Vice-Chair Edgmon  MOVED to ADOPT  the House version  of the                                                                    
bill, version R.                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Chair Hoffman OBJECTED                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
A roll call vote was taken on the motion.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
IN FAVOR: Edgmon, Saddler, Kawasaki                                                                                             
OPPOSED: Hoffman, MacKinnon, Bishop                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
The MOTION FAILED  (3/3), therefore, version R  FAILED to be                                                                    
ADOPTED.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Chair Hoffman  requested limited powers from  the respective                                                                    
bodies.                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Vice-Chair Edgmon MOVED to request limited powers of free                                                                       
conference for SB 196 on Section 3. There being NO                                                                              
OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
SB 196 was HEARD and HELD in committee for further                                                                              
consideration.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
8:37:39 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
The meeting was adjourned at 8:37 a.m.                                                                                          

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