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1994-03-28 House Journal

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1994-03-28                     House Journal                      Page 3005
HB 409                                                                       
Amendment No. 4 was again before the House.                                    
                                                                               

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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:              
                                                                               
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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;"                                                          
                                                                               

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  "* 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;                                                      
                                                                               
                                                                               

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		(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.                              
                                                                               
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	"(c)  The Department of Health and Social Services shall also                
seek appropriate waivers from the federal government to                        
implement sec. 3 of this Act."                                                 

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	Insert "AS 47.25.325, added by sec. 3 of this Act, and secs. 6 -              
10"                                                                            
                                                                               

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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.                                       
                                                                               
                                                                               

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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.                                       

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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"                                     
                                                                               

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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                             

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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:                          
                                                                               
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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":                                       
                                                                               
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Paragraph (7), line 1, after "who":                                            
                                                                               
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Insert "is providing care to"                                                 

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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.                                      

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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.