30TH ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                    
                      SECOND SESSION                                                                                            
               CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON SB 26                                                                                    
                        May 2, 2018                                                                                             
                        10:31 a.m.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
10:31:13 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
CALL TO ORDER                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Hoffman called the Conference Committee meeting on                                                                     
SB26 to order at 10:31 a.m.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT:                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Senate:                                                                                                                         
Senator Lyman Hoffman                                                                                                           
Senator Dennis Egan                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
House:                                                                                                                          
Representative Neal Foster, Co-Chair                                                                                            
Representative Paul Seaton                                                                                                      
Representative Charisse Millett (alternate)                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Senator Anna MacKinnon, Co-Chair                                                                                                
Representative Steve Thompson                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
SB  26    APPROP LIMIT & PER FUND:DIVIDEND;EARNINGS                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
          SB 26 was HEARD and HELD in committee for further                                                                     
          consideration.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 26(FIN)                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act  relating to  an appropriation  limit; relating                                                                    
     to  the   budget  responsibilities  of   the  governor;                                                                    
     relating to the Alaska  permanent fund, the earnings of                                                                    
     the  Alaska permanent  fund, and  the earnings  reserve                                                                    
     account;  relating to  the  mental  health trust  fund;                                                                    
     relating to  deposits into the dividend  fund; relating                                                                    
     to  the  calculation  and  payment  of  permanent  fund                                                                    
     dividends; and providing for an effective date."                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
and                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 26(FIN)(efd fld H)                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act  relating to  an appropriation  limit; relating                                                                    
     to  the   budget  responsibilities  of   the  governor;                                                                    
     relating to the Alaska  permanent fund, the earnings of                                                                    
     the  Alaska permanent  fund, and  the earnings  reserve                                                                    
     account;  relating to  the  mental  health trust  fund;                                                                    
     relating  to  deposits  into  the  dividend  fund;  and                                                                    
     relating to  the calculation  and payment  of permanent                                                                    
     fund dividends."                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
10:31:37 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Hoffman reported the purpose  of the meeting was to                                                                    
request additional  limited free powers. He  had distributed                                                                    
a  letter  requesting  additional  limited  free  powers  on                                                                    
specific  sections, which  was addressed  to the  Speaker of                                                                    
the  House  [Representative  Bryce Edgmon]  and  the  Senate                                                                    
President [Senator  Pete Kelly] dated  May 2, 2018  (copy on                                                                    
file).                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Representative Foster  MOVED to ADOPT the  letter requesting                                                                    
additional limited  powers of conference for  Sections 1, 8,                                                                    
9, 12,  13, 21, and 22  in the Senate version;  and Sections                                                                    
6, 8, 9, 12, and 15 of the House version of SB 26.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
SB  26  was   HEARD  and  HELD  in   committee  for  further                                                                    
consideration.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Hoffman announced  the  next meeting  would be  at                                                                    
1:30 p.m.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
10:32:42 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
The meeting was adjourned at 10:32 a.m.