Legislature(1995 - 1996)
1996-05-02 House Journal
Full Journal pdf1996-05-02 House Journal Page 4230 HB 548 The following, which had been held to today's calendar (page 4212), was read the second time: HOUSE BILL NO. 548 An Act authorizing, approving, and ratifying the amendment of Northstar Unit oil and gas leases between the State of Alaska and BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc.; and providing for an effective date. with the: Journal Page WTR REFERRAL ADDED 4019 RES RPT CS(RES) NT 3NR 3AM 4040 FISCAL NOTE (DNR) 3/28/96 4041 WTR RPT CS(WTR) NT 5DP 1NR 4143 FISCAL NOTE (WTR CMTE/DNR) 4144 FISCAL NOTE (DNR) 3/28/96 4144 FIN RPT CS(WTR) NT 5DP 1DNP 2NR 4166 FISCAL NOTE (DNR #3) 4166 FISCAL NOTE (WTR CMTE/DNR #2) 4166 Representative Vezey moved and asked unanimous consent that the following committee substitute be adopted in lieu of the original bill: CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 548(WTR) An Act authorizing the amendment of Northstar Unit oil and gas leases between the State of Alaska and BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc.; and providing for an effective date. There being no objection, it was so ordered. 1996-05-02 House Journal Page 4231 HB 548 Amendment No. 1 was offered by Representative Davies: Page 5, line 21: Delete "The" Insert "Subject to (c) of this section, the" Page 7, following line 22: Insert a new subsection to read: "(c) The commissioner of natural resources may not exercise the authority granted in (b) of this section unless the lessee and the state reach an agreement by which the lessee commits to contract with Alaska firms to fabricate the modules referred to in (b) of this section in Alaska." Page 7, line 25, following "sec. 3(b)": Insert "and (c)" Representative Davies moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 1 be adopted. Representative Barnes objected. **The presence of Representatives Therriault and Finkelstein was noted. The question being: Shall Amendment No. 1 be adopted? The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 548(WTR) Second Reading Amendment No. 1 YEAS: 9 NAYS: 30 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 1 Yeas: Brice, Brown, Davies, Finkelstein, Grussendorf, Kubina, Nicholia, Robinson, Willis Nays: Austerman, Barnes, Bunde, B.Davis, G.Davis, Elton, Foster, Green, Ivan, James, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, Long, Mackie, Martin, Masek, Moses, Mulder, Navarre, Ogan, Parnell, Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Sanders, Therriault, Toohey, Vezey, Williams 1996-05-02 House Journal Page 4232 HB 548 Absent: Hanley And so, Amendment No. 1 was not adopted. Amendment No. 2 was offered by Representative Davies: Page 5, line 21, through page 7, line 22: Delete all material and insert: "(b) The commissioner of natural resources may amend the Northstar Unit leases described in (a) of this section substantially as set out in the "First Amendment to the Northstar Unit Leases Between the State of Alaska and BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc.," dated March22, 1996, except that in lieu of the provisions of the paragraphs of the 1980 leases and the 1983 lease by which the royalty, or base royalty, rate is determined, subject to verification of employment data by the commissioner of labor, and subject to mathematical calculation by the commissioner of revenue as may be necessary to determine a royalty or base royalty rate not set out in the following table based on proportional interpolation to the percentages shown, the royalty or base royalty rate is determined as follows: When the percentage of qualified state residents employed in jobs related to the development of the The royalty or base royalty lease is: rate is: at least 90 percent 20.0 percent 85 percent 20.5 percent 80 percent 21.0 percent 75 percent 21.5 percent 70 percent 22.0 percent 65 percent 22.5 percent 60 percent 23.0 percent 55 percent 23.5 percent 50 percent or less 24.0 percent." Representative Davies moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 2 be adopted. Representative Barnes objected. 1996-05-02 House Journal Page 4233 HB 548 **The presence of Representative Hanley was noted. The question being: Shall Amendment No. 2 be adopted? The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 548(WTR) Second Reading Amendment No. 2 YEAS: 7 NAYS: 32 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 1 Yeas: Brice, Brown, Davies, Elton, Finkelstein, Moses, Robinson Nays: Austerman, Barnes, Bunde, B.Davis, G.Davis, Green, Grussendorf, Hanley, Ivan, James, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, Kubina, Long, Mackie, Martin, Masek, Mulder, Navarre, Nicholia, Ogan, Parnell, Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Sanders, Therriault, Toohey, Vezey, Williams, Willis Absent: Foster And so, Amendment No. 2 was not adopted. Representative Vezey moved and asked unanimous consent that CSHB548(WTR) be considered engrossed, advanced to third reading and placed on final passage. There being no objection, it was so ordered. CSHB 548(WTR) was read the third time. Representative Vezey placed a call of the House. The call was satisfied. The question being: Shall CSHB 548(WTR) pass the House? The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 548(WTR) Third Reading Final Passage YEAS: 37 NAYS: 3 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 1996-05-02 House Journal Page 4234 HB 548 Yeas: Austerman, Barnes, Brice, Bunde, Davies, B.Davis, G.Davis, Elton, Foster, Green, Grussendorf, Hanley, Ivan, James, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, Kubina, Long, Mackie, Martin, Masek, Mulder, Navarre, Nicholia, Ogan, Parnell, Phillips, Porter, Robinson, Rokeberg, Sanders, Therriault, Toohey, Vezey, Williams, Willis Nays: Brown, Finkelstein, Moses And so, CSHB 548(WTR) passed the House. Representative Vezey moved and asked unanimous consent that the roll call on the passage of the bill be considered the roll call on the effective date clause. There being no objection, it was so ordered. Representative Mackie gave notice of reconsideration of his vote on CSHB 548(WTR). HB 548 Representative Mackie moved and asked unanimous consent that the reconsideration of CSHB 548(WTR) be taken up on the same day. There being no objection, it was so ordered. CSHB 548(WTR) was again before the House in third reading. The question to be reconsidered: Shall CSHB 548(WTR) pass the House? The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 548(WTR)--RECONSIDERATION Third Reading Final Passage YEAS: 37 NAYS: 3 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Austerman, Barnes, Brice, Bunde, Davies, B.Davis, G.Davis, Elton, Foster, Green, Grussendorf, Hanley, Ivan, James, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, Kubina, Long, Mackie, Martin, Masek, Mulder, Navarre, Nicholia, Ogan, Parnell, Phillips, Porter, Robinson, Rokeberg, Sanders, Therriault, Toohey, Vezey, Williams, Willis 1996-05-02 House Journal Page 4235 HB 548 Nays: Brown, Finkelstein, Moses And so, CSHB 548(WTR) passed the House on reconsideration. Representative Vezey moved and asked unanimous consent that the roll call on the passage of the bill be considered the roll call on the effective date clause. There being no objection, it was so ordered. CSHB 548(WTR) was referred to the Chief Clerk for engrossment.