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HB 269                                                                       
The Finance Committee considered CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO.                         
269(FIN) An Act relating to credits against certain taxes for                  
contributions to certain public educational radio and television               
networks and stations and to endowments for public educational                 
radio and television networks and stations, increasing the amounts             
that may be claimed as credits against certain state taxes, and                
precluding claims of the contributions as both credits and deductions          
against the taxes; amending the manner of computing refunds to                 
local governments of the fisheries business tax and the fishery                
resource landing tax; establishing credits against the fishery resource        
landing tax; and terminating the public educational radio and                  
television credits authorized by this Act at the end of five years; and        
providing for an effective date and recommended it be replaced                 
with                                                                           
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO.                                           
269(FIN), entitled:                                                            
An Act establishing the Alaska public broadcasting                            
trust fund as a trust fund of the state, and providing                         
for its administration; relating to credits against                            
certain taxes for contributions to the Alaska public                           
broadcasting trust fund, increasing the amounts that                           
may be claimed as credits against certain state                                
taxes, and precluding claims of the contributions as                           
both credits and deductions against the taxes; and                             
terminating the credits authorized by this Act at the                          
end of five years; and providing for an effective                              
date.                                                                          
(Title change authorized by SCR 31)                                           
                                                                               

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HB 269                                                                       
Signing no recommendation:  Senator Halford, Cochair, Senator                  
Donley.  Signing do pass:  Senators Rieger, Phillips, Zharoff.                 
Signing do not pass:  Senator Sharp.                                           
                                                                               
Fiscal note for the Senate Committee Substitute published today from           
Department of Revenue.                                                         
                                                                               
The bill was referred to the Rules Committee.