CHAIRMAN LEMAN brings up SB 253 REAPPLICATION PERIOD FOR 1993 PF DIVIDEND and calls on Senator Miller, the prime sponsor, to testify. Number 262 SENATOR MILLER says SB 253 will allow persons whose dividend application was lost in the mail last year to reapply. The applicants would have to make a sworn statement that they posted the application, they would have to have a sworn statement from a person who either witnessed the original application or saw the applicant mail the form, and there would have to be documentation from the postal service that mail had been lost during that period of time. This problem occurred in the North Pole area last year. There are approximately forty to fifty people who were affected by lost mail. This legislation would apply to anyone whose application was lost during the 1993 application period, not just persons in the North Pole area. Number 235 THOMAS C. WILLIAMS, Director, Permanent Fund Dividend Division, Department of Revenue, states that the department is neutral on SB 253 and that Senator Miller has covered the basic elements of the bill. The department does not foresee a significant impact from SB 253. Number 227 CHAIRMAN LEMAN asks Mr. Williams what the source of funds will be for these additional applicants. Number 224 MR. WILLIAMS says there are probably enough funds to make immediate payment, but if that is not the case, payment would simply be delayed until after July 1st when the dividend fund is filled with the next years funds. Number 211 CHAIRMAN LEMAN asks Mr. Williams if the bill would also apply to mail that might have been lost when a mail plane went down between Homer and Kenai and if he knows of any applications that were lost from that flight. Number 209 MR. WILLIAMS replies that there were applications lost from that flight. There is a provision that allows for reapplication, but the applicant must reapply before September 1st, when the dividend is calculated. Mr. Williams clarifies that there are no outstanding claimants from the flight that went down between Homer and Kenai of which he is aware. Number 180 CHAIRMAN LEMAN asks if there are any further questions. Number 177 SENATOR MILLER makes a motion to discharge SB 253 out of committee with individual recommendations. Number 175 CHAIRMAN LEMAN, hearing no objections, orders SB 253 be released from Senate State Affairs Committee with individual recommendations.