00                    HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 32                                                                   
01 Suspending Rules 24(c), 35, 41(b), and 42(e), Uniform Rules of the Alaska State                                         
02 Legislature, concerning Senate Bill No. 312, relating to the deposit of the proceeds of the                             
03 tax on gambling operations aboard certain commercial passenger vessels into the                                         
04 general fund; providing for a reduction in the excise tax to $34.50 for a passenger for                                 
05 each voyage on a commercial passenger vessel; describing the passengers that are                                        
06 subject to the excise tax and liable for the payment of the tax; providing for a reduction                              
07 in the state excise tax imposed on a passenger traveling on a commercial passenger                                      
08 vessel by the amount of tax on a passenger traveling on a commercial passenger vessel                                   
09 imposed by a municipality under a law enacted before December 17, 2007; authorizing                                     
10 appropriations from the commercial vessel passenger tax account to the first seven ports                                
11 of call in the state and for costs associated with commercial passenger vessels and the                                 
12 passengers on board; limiting the use of funds appropriated from the commercial                                         
13 passenger vessel tax account to expenditures related to port facilities, harbor                                         
01 infrastructure, other services provided to the commercial passenger vessels and the                                     
02 passengers on board those vessels and certain other purposes; repealing the regional                                    
03 cruise ship impact fund; relating to the administration of the excise tax by the                                        
04 Department of Revenue and regulations required to be adopted; requiring a report from                                   
05 the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development relating to                                             
06 safely and efficiently hosting passengers; defining 'voyage' for purposes of the excise tax;                            
07 and relating to municipal levies on a passenger on a commercial passenger vessel.                                       
08 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
09       That under Rule 54, Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature, the provisions of                              
10 Rules 24(c), 35, 41(b), and 42(e), Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature, regarding                             
11 changes to the title of a bill, are suspended in consideration of Senate Bill No. 312, relating to                      
12 the deposit of the proceeds of the tax on gambling operations aboard certain commercial                                 
13 passenger vessels into the general fund; providing for a reduction in the excise tax to $34.50                          
14 for a passenger for each voyage on a commercial passenger vessel; describing the passengers                             
15 that are subject to the excise tax and liable for the payment of the tax; providing for a                               
16 reduction in the state excise tax imposed on a passenger traveling on a commercial passenger                            
17 vessel by the amount of tax on a passenger traveling on a commercial passenger vessel                                   
18 imposed by a municipality under a law enacted before December 17, 2007; authorizing                                     
19 appropriations from the commercial vessel passenger tax account to the first seven ports of                             
20 call in the state and for costs associated with commercial passenger vessels and the passengers                         
21 on board; limiting the use of funds appropriated from the commercial passenger vessel tax                               
22 account to expenditures related to port facilities, harbor infrastructure, other services provided                      
23 to the commercial passenger vessels and the passengers on board those vessels and certain                               
24 other purposes; repealing the regional cruise ship impact fund; relating to the administration                          
25 of the excise tax by the Department of Revenue and regulations required to be adopted;                                  
26 requiring a report from the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic                                             
27 Development relating to safely and efficiently hosting passengers; defining 'voyage' for                                
28 purposes of the excise tax; and relating to municipal levies on a passenger on a commercial                             
01 passenger vessel.