HB 97-REPEAL AK FIRE STANDS. COUNCIL TAX CREDIT                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
3:12:59 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR KREISS-TOMKINS  announced that the first  order of business                                                               
would be HOUSE  BILL NO. 97, "An Act repealing  the insurance tax                                                               
credit  for  gifts to  the  Alaska  fire standards  council;  and                                                               
providing for an effective date."                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
3:13:41 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON  moved to adopt Amendment  1, [labeled 30-                                                               
LS0180\A.1, Nauman, 3/2/17], which read:                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
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CHAIR KREISS-TOMKINS objected for the purpose of discussion.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
3:14:02 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON  explained that  Amendment 1  would change                                                               
the effective date of the repeal  of the insurance tax credit for                                                               
gifts given  to the  Alaska Fire  Standards Council  (AFSC), from                                                               
January 1, 2022, to January 1,  2019.  She reminded the committee                                                               
that the sponsor  of HB 97 had testified  [during the committee's                                                               
2/28/17  hearing  on  HB  97]   that  he  supported  the  earlier                                                               
effective date.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
3:14:30 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  STEVE THOMPSON,  Alaska State  Legislature, prime                                                               
sponsor of HB 97, stated that he supported Amendment 1.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  KREISS-TOMKINS  removed  his  objection  to  Amendment  1.                                                               
There being no further objection, it was so ordered.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
3:15:38 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE BIRCH expressed his support for HB 97.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
3:16:02 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE TUCK  moved to  report HB 97,  as amended,  out of                                                               
committee  with individual  recommendations and  the accompanying                                                               
fiscal  notes.    There  being no  objection,  CSHB  97(STA)  was                                                               
reported out of the House State Affairs Standing Committee.