1996-05-07                     House Journal                      Page 4525
HB 4                                                                         
A message dated May 7, 1996, was read stating the Senate has passed:           
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 4(STA)(title am)                                        
An Act allowing, for the purposes of permanent fund dividend                  
eligibility, an individual to accompany, as the spouse or minor or             
disabled dependent, another eligible resident who is absent for                
vocational, professional, or other specific education for which a              
comparable program is not reasonably available in the state, for               
secondary or postsecondary education, for military service, for                
medical treatment, for service in the Congress or in the Peace                 
Corps, or for other reasons that the commissioner of revenue may               
establish by regulation; requiring, for the purposes of permanent              
fund dividend eligibility, an individual who is not physically                 
present in the state to maintain and demonstrate at all times an               
intent to return to the state to remain permanently;  relating to the          
eligibility for 1992, 1993, and 1994 permanent fund dividends of               
certain spouses and dependents of eligible applicants; relating to             
appeal periods for certain 1994 permanent fund dividends; and                  
providing for an effective date.                                               
                                                                               
with the following amendment and it is transmitted for consideration:          
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 4(FIN)                                    
An Act relating to absences from the state for the purposes of                
permanent fund dividend eligibility; relating to the following                 
allowable absences:  receiving secondary or postsecondary                      
education on a full-time basis, receiving vocational, professional,            
or other specific education on a full-time basis for which a                   
comparable program is not reasonably available in the state,                   
serving on active duty as a member of the military of the United               

1996-05-07                     House Journal                      Page 4526
HB 4                                                                         
States, receiving certain medical treatment, accompanying a minor             
who is receiving certain medical treatment, providing care for a               
parent, spouse, sibling, child, or stepchild with a life-threatening           
illness who is being treated at a medical specialty complex outside            
the state, providing care for a terminally ill parent, spouse, sibling,        
child, or stepchild, settling the estate of a deceased parent, spouse,         
sibling, child, or stepchild, serving as a member of the Congress,             
serving on the staff of a member of the Congress from this state,              
serving in the Peace Corps, serving as an employee of the state,               
actively participating on a United States national athletic team,              
accompanying another eligible resident as the spouse, minor                    
dependent, or disabled dependent of the eligible resident, and for             
any reason consistent with the individual's intent to remain a                 
resident; requiring, for the purposes of permanent fund dividend               
eligibility, an individual who is not physically present in the state          
to maintain and demonstrate at all times an intent to return to the            
state to remain permanently; relating to the eligibility for 1992,             
1993, 1994, 1995, and 1996 permanent fund dividends of certain                 
spouses and dependents of eligible applicants; and providing for               
an effective date.                                                             
                                                                               
A Senate Letter of Intent was attached.                                        
                                                                               
New title authorized by SCR 36.                                                
                                                                               
CSHB 4(STA)(title am) is under Unfinished Business.