CS FOR SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 39(FIN) am(brf sup maj fld) "An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses of state government and for certain programs; capitalizing funds; amending appropriations; making supplemental appropriations; and providing for an effective date." SENATE CS FOR CS FOR SS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 39(FIN) am S "An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses of state government and for certain programs; capitalizing funds; amending appropriations; making supplemental appropriations and reappropriations; and providing for an effective date." and CS FOR SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 40(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 SS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 40(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." 3:31:19 PM Co-Chair Foster reported that limited powers of Free Conference had been granted by both the House and the Senate. He invited David Teal, Director of the Legislative Finance Division, to come to the testifier table. He explained how objections would be handled. If there was an objection, he would make note of that Item and hold it aside. The committee would continue to go through the other Items in the department, adopt them, and then would come back to any Item that had an objection. In the present meeting the committee would be addressing open items in HB 39 and HB 40 based on the motion sheets distributed to members earlier and dated May 9th for the following departments: DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE DEBT SERVICE ITEMS FY 19 SUPPLEMENTALS IN HB 39 AND HB 40 ^ADMINISTRATION 3:32:49 PM Co-Chair Stedman MOVED to ADOPT the following in the Department of Administration budget: Item 1 Senate Item 2 House Item 3 House Item 4 House Item 5 Open Item 6 Senate Item 7 Open Item 8 Open There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. The action CLOSED conferencable Items 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6, and left OPEN Items 7 and 8 in the Department of Administration budget. ^COMMERCE, COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 3:33:38 PM Co-Chair Stedman MOVED to ADOPT the following in the Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development budget: Item 1 House and change fund code 1235 Alaska Liquefied Natural Gas Project Fund to fund code 1004 Unrestricted General Fund Item 2 Senate All Lines Item 3 Open Item 4 Open Item 5 House Item 6 House Item 7 Senate Representative Tilton OBJECTED to Item 2. Representative Tilton spoke to her objection to Item 2. She appreciated the roll Serve Alaska had played and the good things the volunteers had done for the state. However, she felt the program could be administered better in the non-profit sector. While the state's model was commonly used in other states, some were moving towards a model where dollars were being placed with non-profits to be administered. She explained that the amount of funding authorized for Serve Alaska to administer versus the amount of dollars it actually directed equated to an efficiency level of only 60 percent. She thought the private sector could do a better job of administering the grant funding. 3:36:05 PM Co-Chair Wilson commented that she had investigated the option of privatizing Serve Alaska, which she found out was possible but not in the current year. An administrative order would need to be changed by the governor, someone would have to be in place to accept the grant funding, and a non-profit would need to be identified to administer the grants. She planned to use the interim to get things in place to make a change. However, if the item was not accepted in the current day, the program would go away, and the federal dollars would not be available to use. She stressed that communities used the funding. She understood Representative Tilton's point but had not been able to address the issue on short notice. 3:37:01 PM Senator Olson asked about the amount of federal dollars available or in question. Co-Chair Wilson replied that there was $1.8 million in federal receipts made available with a committee in place. Although there was a committee in place, a new executive order by the Governor would have to be executed specifying a non-profit as the administrator. She explained that there had not been enough time to address the issue. She noted that not all of the related grants came due simultaneously. She did not want to see any grant monies slip away. Representative Tilton MAINTAINED her OBJECTION. A roll call vote was taken on the motion. IN FAVOR: von Imhof, Wilson, Olson, Stedman, Foster OPPOSED: Tilton The MOTION PASSED (5/1) [Note: House (2/1); Senate (3/0)]. Item 2 was ADOPTED. There being NO further OBJECTION, it was so ordered. The action CLOSED conferencable Items 1, 2, 5, 6 and 7 and left OPEN Items 3 and 4 in the Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development budget. ^EDUCATION 3:39:39 PM Co-Chair Stedman MOVED to ADOPT the following in the Department of Education and Early Development budget: Item 1 Senate Item 2 House Item 3 House Item 4 Open Item 5 House Item 6 House Item 7 House Item 8 Open Item 9 House Item 10 Open Item 11 House Item 12 Open Item 13 Senate Item 14 Open Item 15 Open There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. The action CLOSED conferencable Items 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, and left OPEN Items 4, 8, 10, 12, 14, and 15 in the Department of Education and Early Development budget. ^GOVERNOR 3:40:45 PM Co-Chair Stedman MOVED to ADOPT the following in the Office of the Governor's budget: Item 1 Senate Item 2 Open Item 3 Open There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. The action CLOSED conferencable Item 1 and left OPEN Items 2 and 3 in the Office of the Governor budget. ^LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 3:41:17 PM Co-Chair Stedman MOVED to ADOPT the following in the Department of Labor and Workforce Development budget: Item 1 Senate There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. The action CLOSED conferencable Item 1 in the Department of Labor and Workforce Development budget. ^MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS 3:41:38 PM Co-Chair Stedman MOVED to ADOPT the following in the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs budget: Item 1 Open Item 2 Senate All Lines Item 3 Senate Item 4 House Item 5 Senate All Lines Item 6 Open There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. The action CLOSED conferencable Item 2, 3, 4, and 5 and left OPEN Items 1 and 6 in the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs budget. ^REVENUE 3:42:23 PM Co-Chair Stedman MOVED to ADOPT the following in the Department of Revenue's budget: Item 1 Senate Item 2 Senate Item 3 Senate Item 4 House All Lines Item 5 House There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. The action CLOSED conferencable Items 1 through 5 in the Department of Revenue budget. ^DEBT SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS 3:42:56 PM Co-Chair Stedman MOVED to ADOPT the following in Debt Service Appropriations: Item 1 Open Item 2 Senate All Lines Item 3 Senate All Lines There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. The action CLOSED conferencable Items 2 and 3 and left OPEN Item 1 in Debt Service Appropriation. ^FY 19 SUPPLEMENTALS 3:43:30 PM Co-Chair Stedman MOVED to ADOPT the following in FY 19 Supplementals in HB 39 and HB 40: Page 15 Items 1 through 9 Senate 3:43:43 PM AT EASE 3:45:31 PM RECONVENED 3:45:39 PM Co-Chair Stedman restated his motion. He MOVED to ADOPT the following in FY 19 Supplementals in HB 39 and HB 40: Page 15 Items 1 through 9 Senate There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. The action CLOSED conferencable Items 1 through 9 in FY 19 Supplementals. 3:46:03 PM Co-Chair Stedman MOVED to ADOPT the following in FY 19 Supplementals in HB 39 and HB 40: Page 16 Items 10 through 20 Senate There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. The action CLOSED conferencable Items 10 through 20 in FY 19 Supplementals. 3:46:18 PM Co-Chair Stedman MOVED to ADOPT the following in FY 19 Supplementals in HB 39 and HB 40: Page 17 Items 21 through 31 Senate There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. The action CLOSED conferencable Items 21 through 31 in FY 19 Supplementals. 3:46:34 PM Co-Chair Stedman MOVED to ADOPT the following in FY 19 Supplementals in HB 39 and HB 40: Page 18 Items 32 through 35, 37 and 38 Senate Page 18 Item 36 Open There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. The action CLOSED conferencable Items 32 through 35, 37, and 38 and left OPEN Item 36 in FY 19 Supplementals. 3:46:57 PM Co-Chair Stedman MOVED to ADOPT the following in FY 19 Supplementals in HB 39 and HB 40: Page 19 Items 39 through 41 Senate There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. The action CLOSED conferencable Items 39 through 41 in FY 19 Supplementals. 3:47:30 PM Co-Chair Foster concluded the business for the committee hearing. Once the next meeting date and time was determined, the meeting would be noticed on BASIS. Co-Chair Stedman MOVED to ADJOURN. There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. HB 39 was HEARD and HELD in committee for further consideration. HB 40 was HEARD and HELD in committee for further consideration.