Legislature(1993 - 1994)
1994-03-28 House Journal
Full Journal pdf1994-03-28 House Journal Page 3005 HB 409 Amendment No. 4 was again before the House. 1994-03-28 House Journal Page 3006 HB 409 The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 4 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 409(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 4 YEAS: 18 NAYS: 20 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 2 Yeas: Brice, Brown, Carney, Davidson, Davies, B.Davis, Finkelstein, Grussendorf, Hoffman, Hudson, Menard, Navarre, Nicholia, Nordlund, Sitton, Ulmer, Williams, Willis Nays: Barnes, Bunde, G.Davis, Foster, Green, Hanley, James, Kott, Larson, MacLean, Martin, Moses, Mulder, Olberg, Parnell, Phillips, Sanders, Therriault, Toohey, Vezey Absent: Mackie, Porter And so, Amendment No. 4 was not adopted. Amendment No. 5 was offered by Representatives B.Davis and Brown: Page 2, line 3: Delete "$100" Insert "$101" Page 2, line 7: Delete "$806" Insert "$815" Page 2, line 9: Delete "$100" Insert "$101" Page 2, line 12: Delete "$505" Insert "$510" 1994-03-28 House Journal Page 3007 HB 409 Page 3, line 3: Delete "1.7 percent" Insert ".7 percent" Representative B.Davis moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 5 be adopted. Representative Hanley objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 5 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 409(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 5 YEAS: 16 NAYS: 22 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 2 Yeas: Brice, Brown, Carney, Davidson, Davies, B.Davis, Finkelstein, Grussendorf, Hoffman, Menard, Navarre, Nicholia, Nordlund, Sitton, Ulmer, Willis Nays: Barnes, Bunde, G.Davis, Foster, Green, Hanley, Hudson, James, Kott, Larson, MacLean, Martin, Moses, Mulder, Olberg, Parnell, Phillips, Sanders, Therriault, Toohey, Vezey, Williams Absent: Mackie, Porter And so, Amendment No. 5 was not adopted. Amendment No. 6 was offered by Representative B.Davis: Page 1, line 3, after "children;" (title amendment): Insert "relating to the program of aid to families with dependent children;" 1994-03-28 House Journal Page 3008 HB 409 Page 2, after line 29: Insert a new bill section to read: "* Sec. 3. AS 47.25 is amended by adding a new section to read: Sec. 47.25.325. SELF-EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM. (a) Notwithstanding other provisions of AS 47.25.310 - 47.25.420, a recipient of assistance may accumulate resources as specified in this section in order to acquire business skills through establishment and operation of a microenterprise for the purpose of reducing the level of assistance needed by the recipient. Upon request of a recipient who wishes to establish a microenterprise under this section, the department shall provide for a nonprofit business development organization to assess the (1) recipient's capacity for self-employment; (2) economic viability of the microenterprise contemplated by the recipient. (b) For the first two years after the establishment of a microenterprise, the calculation of (1) resources for purposes of determining the eligibility for assistance of the recipient who established the microenterprise may include only the portion of the recipient's microenterprise assets valuation that exceeds $10,000; and (2) income derived from a recipient's microenterprise for purposes of determining the recipient's eligibility for assistance may include only net business income. (c) A recipient with a microenterprise shall, on an annual basis, provide to the department, a review of the records of the business by an accountant or bookkeeper. The nonprofit business development organization that conducts the assessments under (a) of this section shall verify the annual review of records provided under this subsection. The cost of the record review shall be considered a business expense. (d) In this section, (1) "business income" means all income derived from the use of microenterprise assets in a microenterprise; (2) "employees" means the operator of a microenterprise and any persons employed in the operation of the business; (3) "microenterprise" means a business enterprise that has less than five employees; 1994-03-28 House Journal Page 3009 HB 409 (4) "microenterprise assets" means all of the following: (A) business loans; (B) capital equipment; (C) inventory; and (D) all other assets required for the operation of the microenterprise; (5) "net business income" means all business income minus all of the following: (A) business loan payments; (B) business taxes; (C) expenditures for vehicles vital to the business operations; (D) cash retained in the microenterprise; (E) insurance expenditures; (F) inventory raw material expenses; (G) transportation expenditures; (H) office supplies; (I) professional services, including accounting, legal, or other consulting services; (J) delivery charges and supplies; (K) commissions, salaries, wages, and other employment benefits, including dental and vision care; (L) postage; (M) rent; (N) utilities; (O) telephone expenses; (P) advertising and other marketing and promotion costs; and (Q) training and professional development." Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Page 3, line 6: Delete "4 - 9" Insert "5 - 10" Page 3, after line 19: Insert new material to read: "(c) The Department of Health and Social Services shall also seek appropriate waivers from the federal government to implement sec. 3 of this Act." 1994-03-28 House Journal Page 3010 HB 409 Page 4, line 6: Delete "sec. 6" Insert "sec. 7" Page 5, line 27: Delete "secs. 4 - 9" Insert "secs. 5 - 10" Page 5, line 28: Delete "secs. 4 - 9" Insert "secs. 5 - 10" Page 6, line 2: Delete "sec. 5" Insert "sec. 6" Delete "sec. 6" Insert "sec. 7" Page 6, line 4: Delete "sec. 7" Insert "sec. 8" Page 6, line 6: Delete "sec. 3" Insert "sec. 4" Delete "secs. 4 - 9" Insert "secs. 5 - 10" Page 6, line 9: Delete "and 3" Insert "and 4" Page 6, line 10: Delete "Section 4" Insert "Section 5" Page 6, line 11: Delete "Sections 5 - 9" Insert "AS 47.25.325, added by sec. 3 of this Act, and secs. 6 - 10" 1994-03-28 House Journal Page 3011 HB 409 Page 6, line 12: Delete "sec. 4" Insert "sec. 5" Page 6, line 14: Delete "sec. 4" Insert "sec. 5" Representative B.Davis moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 6 be adopted. Representative Hanley objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 6 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 409(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 6 YEAS: 17 NAYS: 21 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 2 Yeas: Brice, Brown, Carney, Davidson, Davies, B.Davis, Finkelstein, Foster, Grussendorf, Hoffman, Menard, Navarre, Nicholia, Nordlund, Sitton, Ulmer, Willis Nays: Barnes, Bunde, G.Davis, Green, Hanley, Hudson, James, Kott, Larson, MacLean, Martin, Moses, Mulder, Olberg, Parnell, Phillips, Sanders, Therriault, Toohey, Vezey, Williams Absent: Mackie, Porter And so, Amendment No. 6 was not adopted. 1994-03-28 House Journal Page 3012 HB 409 Amendment No. 7 was offered by Representative Brice: Page 4, lines 14 & 15: Delete "and in assigning persons to those activities" Page 4, line 16, after "area.": Insert "The department shall work with the individual participants of workfare in assigning an uncompensated or training activity and developing an employability plan to ensure the greatest possibility of success leading to paid employment." Representative Brice moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 7 be adopted. Representative Phillips objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 7 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 409(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 7 YEAS: 17 NAYS: 22 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 1 Yeas: Brice, Brown, Carney, Davidson, Davies, B.Davis, Finkelstein, Foster, Grussendorf, Hoffman, Menard, Navarre, Nicholia, Nordlund, Sitton, Ulmer, Willis Nays: Barnes, Bunde, G.Davis, Green, Hanley, Hudson, James, Kott, Larson, MacLean, Martin, Moses, Mulder, Olberg, Parnell, Phillips, Porter, Sanders, Therriault, Toohey, Vezey, Williams Absent: Mackie And so, Amendment No. 7 was not adopted. 1994-03-28 House Journal Page 3013 HB 409 Amendment No. 8 was offered by Representative Brice: Page 4, line 13, after "necessary.": Insert "The department, in coordination with local area non-profits, shall devise a training program which the participants will be required to attend prior to being placed in a work setting." Representative Brice moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 8 be adopted. Representative Hanley objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 8 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 409(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 8 YEAS: 17 NAYS: 22 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 1 Yeas: Brice, Brown, Carney, Davidson, Davies, B.Davis, Finkelstein, Foster, Grussendorf, Hoffman, Menard, Navarre, Nicholia, Nordlund, Sitton, Ulmer, Willis Nays: Barnes, Bunde, G.Davis, Green, Hanley, Hudson, James, Kott, Larson, MacLean, Martin, Moses, Mulder, Olberg, Parnell, Phillips, Porter, Sanders, Therriault, Toohey, Vezey, Williams Absent: Mackie And so, Amendment No. 8 was not adopted. Amendment No. 9 was offered by Representative Brice: Page 4, line 16, after "cities," Insert "labor organizations, non-profits" 1994-03-28 House Journal Page 3014 HB 409 Representative Brice moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 9 be adopted. Representative Hanley objected. Amendment to Amendment No. 9 was offered by Representative Hanley: Add: page 4, line 16, following "communities": Insert "and others" Representative Hanley moved and asked unanimous consent that the amendment to Amendment No. 9 be adopted.There being no objection, it was so ordered. There being no further objection, Amendment No. 9 as amended was adopted. Amendment No. 10 was offered by Representative Brice: Page 4, lines 10, 14, 20 and 23, and Page 5, line 7, after "uncompensated": Insert "or training" Representative Brice moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 10 be adopted. Representative Hanley objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 10 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 409(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 10 YEAS: 18 NAYS: 22 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 1994-03-28 House Journal Page 3015 HB 409 Yeas: Brice, Brown, Carney, Davidson, Davies, B.Davis, Finkelstein, Foster, Grussendorf, Hoffman, Mackie, Menard, Navarre, Nicholia, Nordlund, Sitton, Ulmer, Willis Nays: Barnes, Bunde, G.Davis, Green, Hanley, Hudson, James, Kott, Larson, MacLean, Martin, Moses, Mulder, Olberg, Parnell, Phillips, Porter, Sanders, Therriault, Toohey, Vezey, Williams And so, Amendment No. 10 was not adopted. Amendment No. 11 was offered by Representative Brice: Page 5, line 3, after "child;": Delete "or" Page 5, line 5, after "section" Insert "; or (7) is a single parent who has a child with a developmental disability as defined by AS 47.80.900(7)" Representative Brice moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 11 be adopted. Representative Hanley objected. Amendment to Amendment No. 11 was offered by Representative Hanley: Paragraph (7), line 1, following "is a": Delete "single" Paragraph (7), line 1, after "who": Delete "has" Insert "is providing care to" 1994-03-28 House Journal Page 3016 HB 409 Representative Hanley moved and asked unanimous consent that the amendment to Amendment No. 11 be adopted. There being no objection, it was so ordered. There being no further objection, Amendment No. 11 as amended was adopted. Amendment No. 12 was offered by Representative Davies: Page 6, following line 15, add a new section to read: "Sec. 15. It is the intent of the Legislature that to the extent that other legislation may be passed that would result in increasing program receipts to AFDC and APA, that the 1.7 percent reduction in this act be reduced accordingly." Representative Davies moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 12 be adopted. Representative Hanley objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 12 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 409(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 12 YEAS: 20 NAYS: 20 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Brice, Brown, Carney, Davidson, Davies, B.Davis, Finkelstein, Foster, Grussendorf, Hoffman, Hudson, Mackie, MacLean, Menard, Navarre, Nicholia, Nordlund, Sitton, Ulmer, Willis Nays: Barnes, Bunde, G.Davis, Green, Hanley, James, Kott, Larson, Martin, Moses, Mulder, Olberg, Parnell, Phillips, Porter, Sanders, Therriault, Toohey, Vezey, Williams And so, Amendment No. 12 was not adopted. 1994-03-28 House Journal Page 3017 HB 409 Representative Phillips moved and asked unanimous consent that CSHB 409(FIN) am be considered engrossed, advanced to third reading and placed on final passage. Representative Ulmer objected. The Speaker stated that CSHB 409(FIN) am will be in third reading on the March 29, 1994, calendar.