Legislature(1995 - 1996)
1995-04-11 House Journal
Full Journal pdf1995-04-11 House Journal Page 1263 HB 44 Amendment No. 13 to CSHB 44(FIN) as amended by Amendment No. 1 was offered by Representative Hanley: Page 1, delete the title of the bill and insert a new title to read: ""An Act relating to reporting by permittees, licensees, and vendors; relating to municipal regulation of multiple-beneficiary charitable gaming; providing that a political group is not a qualified organization for purposes of charitable gaming, other 1995-04-11 House Journal Page 1264 HB 44 than raffles, and relating to those raffles; relating to identification to the public of each permittee that will benefit from the sale of each pull-tab series and each bingo session; relating to political uses of charitable gaming proceeds; and providing for an effective date."" Following Bill Section 4: Insert a new bill section to read: "* Sec. 5. AS05.15.150(a) is amended to read: (a) The authority to conduct the activity authorized by this chapter is contingent upon the dedication of the net proceeds of the charitable gaming activity to the awarding of prizes to contestants or participants and to political, educational, civic, public, charitable, patriotic, or religious uses in the state. "Political, educational, civic, public, charitable, patriotic, or religious uses" means uses benefiting persons either by bringing them under the influence of education or religion or relieving them from disease, suffering, or constraint, or by assisting them in establishing themselves in life, or by providing for the promotion of the welfare and well-being of the membership of the organization within their own community, or through aiding candidates for public office [OR GROUPS THAT SUPPORT CANDIDATES FOR PUBLIC OFFICE,] or by erecting or maintaining public buildings or works, or lessening the burden on government, but does not include (1) the direct or indirect (A) payment of any portion of the net proceeds of a bingo or pull-tab game to a lobbyist registered under AS24.45; (B) contribution of any portion of the net proceeds of a charitable gaming activity to a political party as defined under AS15.60, or to an organization or club organized under or formally affiliated with a political party; or (2) the erection, acquisition, improvement, maintenance, or repair of real, personal, or mixed property unless it is used exclusively for one or more of the permitted uses." Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. 1995-04-11 House Journal Page 1265 HB 44 In AS05.15.155, following "is contingent upon the dedication of the net proceeds of the raffles to": Insert "a political party as defined under AS15.60 or to an organization or club organized under or formally affiliated with a political party, to" In AS05.15.155, following "religious uses in the state": Insert "," Representative Hanley moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 13 be adopted. Representative Martin objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 13 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 44(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 13 YEAS: 33 NAYS: 4 EXCUSED: 2 ABSENT: 1 Yeas: Austerman, Barnes, Brice, Bunde, Davies, B.Davis, G.Davis, Elton, Green, Grussendorf, Hanley, James, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, Kubina, Mackie, Masek, Moses, Mulder, Navarre, Nicholia, Ogan, Parnell, Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Sanders, Therriault, Toohey, Vezey, Williams, Willis Nays: Brown, Finkelstein, Martin, Robinson Excused: Foster, Ivan Absent: MacLean And so, Amendment No. 13 was adopted, and the new title appears below: 1995-04-11 House Journal Page 1266 HB 44 CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 44(FIN) am "An Act relating to reporting by permittees, licensees, and vendors; relating to municipal regulation of multiple-beneficiary charitable gaming; providing that a political group is not a qualified organization for purposes of charitable gaming, other than raffles, and relating to those raffles; relating to identification to the public of each permittee that will benefit from the sale of each pull-tab series and each bingo session; relating to political uses of charitable gaming proceeds; and providing for an effective date." Amendment No. 6, which had been moved to the bottom of the amendments (page 1257), was again before the House: Amendment to Amendment No. 6 was offered by Representatives Porter, James and Martin: Add a sunset provision on pull-tabs to take effect December 31, 1998. Representative Porter moved and asked unanimous consent that the amendment to Amendment No. 6 be adopted. Objection was heard. The question being: "Shall the amendment to Amendment No. 6 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 44(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment to Amendment No. 6 YEAS: 18 NAYS: 20 EXCUSED: 2 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Barnes, Brice, Brown, B.Davis, Elton, Finkelstein, James, Kott, MacLean, Martin, Masek, Navarre, Ogan, Parnell, Porter, Robinson, Rokeberg, Sanders 1995-04-11 House Journal Page 1267 HB 44 Nays: Austerman, Bunde, Davies, G.Davis, Green, Grussendorf, Hanley, Kelly, Kohring, Kubina, Mackie, Moses, Mulder, Nicholia, Phillips, Therriault, Toohey, Vezey, Williams, Willis Excused: Foster, Ivan And so, the amendment to Amendment No. 6 was not adopted. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 6 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 44(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 6 YEAS: 13 NAYS: 25 EXCUSED: 2 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Barnes, Brown, Davies, Elton, Finkelstein, James, Kohring, Kott, MacLean, Martin, Ogan, Parnell, Sanders Nays: Austerman, Brice, Bunde, B.Davis, G.Davis, Green, Grussendorf, Hanley, Kelly, Kubina, Mackie, Masek, Moses, Mulder, Navarre, Nicholia, Phillips, Porter, Robinson, Rokeberg, Therriault, Toohey, Vezey, Williams, Willis Excused: Foster, Ivan And so, Amendment No. 6 was not adopted. Representative Vezey moved and asked unanimous consent that CSHB44(FIN) am be considered engrossed, advanced to third reading and placed on final passage. There being no objection, it was so ordered. CSHB 44(FIN) am was read the third time. Representative Brown declared a conflict of interest. 1995-04-11 House Journal Page 1268 HB 44 Representative Navarre rose to a point of order stating that debate should be confined to the bill before the House. The Speaker stated the point was well taken. Representative Brice moved and asked unanimous consent that he be allowed to abstain from voting due to a conflict of interest. Objection was heard and Representative Brice was required to vote. The question being: "Shall CSHB 44(FIN) am pass the House?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 44(FIN) am Third Reading Final Passage YEAS: 25 NAYS: 13 EXCUSED: 2 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Austerman, Brice, Bunde, G.Davis, Green, Hanley, James, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, Kubina, Mackie, Masek, Moses, Mulder, Navarre, Ogan, Parnell, Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Therriault, Toohey, Vezey, Williams Nays: Barnes, Brown, Davies, B.Davis, Elton, Finkelstein, Grussendorf, MacLean, Martin, Nicholia, Robinson, Sanders, Willis Excused: Foster, Ivan And so, CSHB 44(FIN) am passed the House. Representative Vezey moved the effective date clause. The question being: "Shall the effective date clause be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 44(FIN) am Third Reading Effective Date YEAS: 38 NAYS: 0 EXCUSED: 2 ABSENT: 0 1995-04-11 House Journal Page 1269 HB 44 Yeas: Austerman, Barnes, Brice, Brown, Bunde, Davies, B.Davis, G.Davis, Elton, Finkelstein, Green, Grussendorf, Hanley, James, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, Kubina, Mackie, MacLean, Martin, Masek, Moses, Mulder, Navarre, Nicholia, Ogan, Parnell, Phillips, Porter, Robinson, Rokeberg, Sanders, Therriault, Toohey, Vezey, Williams, Willis Excused: Foster, Ivan And so, the effective date clause was adopted. Representative Kott gave notice of reconsideration of his vote on CSHB 44(FIN) am.