Legislature(1997 - 1998)
1998-04-21 House Journal
Full Journal pdf1998-04-21 House Journal Page 3164 HB 325 Amendment No. 26 was offered by Representative Elton: Page 23, line 12: Under Appropriation Items: Delete "80,352,200" Insert "80,652,200" Under General Funds: Delete "4,478,000" Insert "4,778,000" Page 23, line 15: Under Allocations: Delete "27,845,200" Insert "28,145,200" Representative Elton moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 26 be adopted. Objection was heard. 1998-04-21 House Journal Page 3165 HB 325 The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 26 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 325(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 26 YEAS: 11 NAYS: 26 EXCUSED: 1 ABSENT: 2 Yeas: Berkowitz, Brice, Davies, Elton, Grussendorf, Joule, Kemplen, Kookesh, Kubina, Moses, Nicholia Nays: Austerman, Barnes, Bunde, Cowdery, Davis, Dyson, Foster, Green, Hanley, Hodgins, Hudson, Ivan, James, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, Martin, Masek, Mulder, Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Ryan, Therriault, Vezey, Williams Excused: Croft Absent: Ogan, Sanders And so, Amendment No. 26 was not adopted. Amendment No. 27 was offered by Representative Kubina: Page 22, line 32: Under Appropriation Items: Delete "736,673,500" Insert "737,673,500" Under General Funds: Delete "680,155,400" Insert "681,155,400" Page 23, following line 11, insert: "Allocations Computers for School District Students 1,000,000" Representative Kubina moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 27 be adopted. 1998-04-21 House Journal Page 3166 HB 325 Objection was heard. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 27 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 325(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 27 YEAS: 11 NAYS: 26 EXCUSED: 1 ABSENT: 2 Yeas: Berkowitz, Brice, Davies, Elton, Grussendorf, Joule, Kemplen, Kookesh, Kubina, Moses, Nicholia Nays: Austerman, Barnes, Bunde, Cowdery, Davis, Dyson, Foster, Green, Hanley, Hodgins, Hudson, Ivan, James, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, Martin, Masek, Mulder, Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Ryan, Therriault, Vezey, Williams Excused: Croft Absent: Ogan, Sanders And so, Amendment No. 27 was not adopted. Amendment No. 28 was offered by Representative Kemplen: Page 23, line 12: Under Appropriation Items: Delete "80,352,200" Insert "80,437,200" Under General Funds: Delete "4,478,000" Insert "4,563,000" Page 23, line 15: Under Allocations: Delete "27,845,200" Insert "28,930,200" 1998-04-21 House Journal Page 3167 HB 325 Representative Kemplen moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 28 be adopted. Objection was heard. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 28 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 325(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 28 YEAS: 11 NAYS: 26 EXCUSED: 1 ABSENT: 2 Yeas: Berkowitz, Brice, Davies, Elton, Grussendorf, Joule, Kemplen, Kookesh, Kubina, Moses, Nicholia Nays: Austerman, Barnes, Bunde, Cowdery, Davis, Dyson, Foster, Green, Hanley, Hodgins, Hudson, Ivan, James, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, Martin, Masek, Mulder, Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Ryan, Therriault, Vezey, Williams Excused: Croft Absent: Ogan, Sanders And so, Amendment No. 28 was not adopted. Amendment No. 29 was not offered. Amendment No. 30 was offered by Representative Brice: Page 32, line 11, following "program": Insert "unless it was a case of rape, incest, sexual abuse or threatens the health of the woman" Representative Brice moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 30 be adopted. 1998-04-21 House Journal Page 3168 HB 325 Objection was heard. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 30 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 325(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 30 YEAS: 15 NAYS: 23 EXCUSED: 1 ABSENT: 1 Yeas: Berkowitz, Brice, Bunde, Davies, Elton, Grussendorf, Hudson, Joule, Kemplen, Kookesh, Kubina, Moses, Porter, Rokeberg, Williams Nays: Austerman, Barnes, Cowdery, Davis, Dyson, Foster, Green, Hanley, Hodgins, Ivan, James, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, Martin, Masek, Mulder, Ogan, Phillips, Ryan, Sanders, Therriault, Vezey Excused: Croft Absent: Nicholia And so, Amendment No. 30 was not adopted. Amendment No. 31 was offered by Representative Grussendorf: Page 29, line 22: Under Appropriation Items: Delete "11,836,500" Insert "11,911,500" Under General Funds: Delete "1,751,200" Insert "1,826,200" Page 29, line 23: Under Allocations: Delete "1,289,300" Insert "1,364,300" Representative Grussendorf moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 31 be adopted. 1998-04-21 House Journal Page 3169 HB 325 Objection was heard. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 31 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 325(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 31 YEAS: 11 NAYS: 27 EXCUSED: 1 ABSENT: 1 Yeas: Berkowitz, Brice, Davies, Elton, Grussendorf, Joule, Kemplen, Kookesh, Kubina, Moses, Nicholia Nays: Austerman, Barnes, Bunde, Cowdery, Davis, Dyson, Foster, Green, Hanley, Hodgins, Hudson, Ivan, James, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, Martin, Masek, Ogan, Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Ryan, Sanders, Therriault, Vezey, Williams Excused: Croft Absent: Mulder And so, Amendment No. 31 was not adopted. Amendment No. 32 was not offered. Amendment No. 33 was offered by Representative Nicholia: Page 18, line 26: Under Appropriation Items: Delete "4,389,600" Insert "4,589,600" Under General Funds: Delete "3,255,800" Insert "3,455,800" 1998-04-21 House Journal Page 3170 HB 325 Page 18, line 27: Under Allocations: Delete "2,127,800" Insert "2,327,800" Representative Nicholia moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 33 be adopted. Objection was heard. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 33 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 325(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 33 YEAS: 10 NAYS: 27 EXCUSED: 1 ABSENT: 2 Yeas: Brice, Davies, Elton, Green, Grussendorf, Joule, Kemplen, Kubina, Moses, Nicholia Nays: Austerman, Barnes, Bunde, Cowdery, Davis, Dyson, Foster, Hanley, Hodgins, Hudson, Ivan, James, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, Martin, Masek, Mulder, Ogan, Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Ryan, Sanders, Therriault, Vezey, Williams Excused: Croft Absent: Berkowitz, Kookesh And so, Amendment No. 33 was not adopted. Amendment No. 34 was not offered. Amendment No. 35 was offered by Representative Nicholia: 1998-04-21 House Journal Page 3171 HB 325 Page 45, line 7: Under Appropriation Items: Delete "7,493,700" Insert "7,921,700" Under General Funds: Delete "7,493,700" Insert "7,921,700" Page 45, line 9: Under Allocations: Delete "5,523,700" Insert "5,951,700" Representative Nicholia moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 35 be adopted. Objection was heard. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 35 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 325(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 35 YEAS: 10 NAYS: 27 EXCUSED: 1 ABSENT: 2 Yeas: Brice, Davies, Elton, Grussendorf, Joule, Kemplen, Kookesh, Kubina, Moses, Nicholia Nays: Austerman, Bunde, Cowdery, Davis, Dyson, Foster, Green, Hanley, Hodgins, Hudson, Ivan, James, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, Martin, Masek, Mulder, Ogan, Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Ryan, Sanders, Therriault, Vezey, Williams Excused: Croft Absent: Barnes, Berkowitz And so, Amendment No. 35 was not adopted. 1998-04-21 House Journal Page 3172 HB 325 Amendment No. 36 was offered by Representative Davies: Page 27, line 3: Under Appropriation Items: Delete "10,038,000" Insert "10,161,400" Under General Funds: Delete "3,123,800" Insert "3,247,200" Page 27, line 17: Under Allocations: Delete "4,701,300" Insert "4,824,700" Page 56, line 2: Delete "6,945,900" Insert "7,069,300" Representative Davies moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 36 be adopted. Objection was heard. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 36 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 325(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 36 YEAS: 10 NAYS: 28 EXCUSED: 1 ABSENT: 1 Yeas: Berkowitz, Davies, Elton, Grussendorf, Joule, Kemplen, Kookesh, Kubina, Moses, Nicholia Nays: Austerman, Brice, Bunde, Cowdery, Davis, Dyson, Foster, Green, Hanley, Hodgins, Hudson, Ivan, James, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, Martin, Masek, Mulder, Ogan, Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Ryan, Sanders, Therriault, Vezey, Williams 1998-04-21 House Journal Page 3173 HB 325 Excused: Croft Absent: Barnes And so, Amendment No. 36 was not adopted. Amendment No. 37 was offered by Representative Grussendorf: Page 29, line 22: Under Appropriation Items: Delete "11,836,500" Insert "11,936,500" Under General Funds: Delete "1,751,200" Insert "1,851,200" Page 29, line 25: Under Allocations: Delete "2,470,700" Insert "2,570,700" Representative Grussendorf moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 37 be adopted. Objection was heard. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 37 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 325(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 37 YEAS: 11 NAYS: 28 EXCUSED: 1 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Berkowitz, Brice, Davies, Elton, Grussendorf, Joule, Kemplen, Kookesh, Kubina, Moses, Nicholia 1998-04-21 House Journal Page 3174 HB 325 Nays: Austerman, Barnes, Bunde, Cowdery, Davis, Dyson, Foster, Green, Hanley, Hodgins, Hudson, Ivan, James, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, Martin, Masek, Mulder, Ogan, Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Ryan, Sanders, Therriault, Vezey, Williams Excused: Croft And so, Amendment No. 37 was not adopted. Amendment No. 38 was offered by Representative Joule: Page 41, line 10: Under Appropriation Items: Delete "7,664,300" Insert "7,764,300" Under General Funds: Delete "4,640,300" Insert "4,740,300" Page 41, line 11: Under Allocations: Delete "4,324,300" Insert "4,424,300" Representative Joule moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 38 be adopted. Objection was heard. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 38 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 325(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 38 YEAS: 11 NAYS: 28 EXCUSED: 1 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Berkowitz, Brice, Davies, Elton, Grussendorf, Joule, Kemplen, Kookesh, Kubina, Moses, Nicholia 1998-04-21 House Journal Page 3175 HB 325 Nays: Austerman, Barnes, Bunde, Cowdery, Davis, Dyson, Foster, Green, Hanley, Hodgins, Hudson, Ivan, James, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, Martin, Masek, Mulder, Ogan, Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Ryan, Sanders, Therriault, Vezey, Williams Excused: Croft And so, Amendment No. 38 was not adopted. Amendment No. 39 was offered by Representative Brice: Page 19, line 33: Under Appropriation Items: Delete "28,396,800" Insert "28,460,000" Under General Funds: Delete "15,066,500" Insert "15,129,700" Page 20, line 3: Under Allocations: Delete "3,552,300" Insert "3,615,500" Representative Brice moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 39 be adopted. Objection was heard. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 39 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 325(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 39 YEAS: 11 NAYS: 28 EXCUSED: 1 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Berkowitz, Brice, Davies, Elton, Grussendorf, Joule, Kemplen, Kookesh, Kubina, Moses, Nicholia 1998-04-21 House Journal Page 3176 HB 325 Nays: Austerman, Barnes, Bunde, Cowdery, Davis, Dyson, Foster, Green, Hanley, Hodgins, Hudson, Ivan, James, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, Martin, Masek, Mulder, Ogan, Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Ryan, Sanders, Therriault, Vezey, Williams Excused: Croft And so, Amendment No. 39 was not adopted. Amendment No. 40 was offered by Representative Kemplen: Page 12, line 22, insert a new bill section to read: "* Sec.30. (a) The sum of $2,280,800 in general funds is appropriated to the following agencies to provide responsible prevention measures to break the cycle of child abuse and neglect; (1) Community and Regional Affairs Child Assistance, Head Start Grants $1,000,000 (2) Health and Social Services State Health Services, Healthy Families $1,380,800 (b) The sum of $4,181,600 in general funds is appropriated to the Office of the Governor, Office of Management and Budget, to be distributed to the departments of Community and Regional Affairs, Education, Health and Social Services and Revenue for child abuse and neglect prevention programs. (c) The sum of $5,143,400 in general funds is appropriated to the Office of the Governor, Office of Management and Budget, Administration, Health and Social Services, Law, Public Safety and Revenue for child abuse and neglect protection programs" Renumber the following bill section accordingly. Representative Kemplen moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 40 be adopted. Objection was heard. 1998-04-21 House Journal Page 3177 HB 325 The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 40 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 325(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 40 YEAS: 11 NAYS: 28 EXCUSED: 1 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Berkowitz, Brice, Davies, Elton, Grussendorf, Joule, Kemplen, Kookesh, Kubina, Moses, Nicholia Nays: Austerman, Barnes, Bunde, Cowdery, Davis, Dyson, Foster, Green, Hanley, Hodgins, Hudson, Ivan, James, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, Martin, Masek, Mulder, Ogan, Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Ryan, Sanders, Therriault, Vezey, Williams Excused: Croft And so, Amendment No. 40 was not adopted. The House stood at ease for a Majority Caucus. Representative Kubina placed a call of the House. The Speaker stated the call was satisfied. Amendment No. 41 was not offered. Amendment No. 42 was offered by Representative Berkowitz: Page 18, line 26: Under Appropriation Items: Delete "4,389,600" Insert "4,507,800" Under General Funds: Delete "3,255,800" Insert "3,374,000" 1998-04-21 House Journal Page 3178 HB 325 Page 18, line 28: Under Allocations: Delete "2,261,800" Insert "2,380,000" Page 18, line 30: Under Appropriation Items: Delete "4,626,000" Insert "4,769,600" Under General Funds: Delete "3,326,100" Insert "3,401,500" Under Other Funds: Delete "1,299,900" Insert "1,249,900" Representative Berkowitz moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 42 be adopted. Objection was heard. Representative Hanley moved and asked unanimous consent that he be allowed to abstain from voting due to a conflict of interest. Objection was heard, and Representative Hanley was required to vote. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 42 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 325(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 42 YEAS: 11 NAYS: 28 EXCUSED: 1 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Berkowitz, Brice, Davies, Elton, Grussendorf, Joule, Kemplen, Kookesh, Kubina, Moses, Nicholia 1998-04-21 House Journal Page 3179 HB 325 Nays: Austerman, Barnes, Bunde, Cowdery, Davis, Dyson, Foster, Green, Hanley, Hodgins, Hudson, Ivan, James, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, Martin, Masek, Mulder, Ogan, Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Ryan, Sanders, Therriault, Vezey, Williams Excused: Croft And so, Amendment No. 42 was not adopted. Amendment No. 43 was offered by Representative Vezey: Page 12, following line 21: Insert a new bill section to read: "* Sec. 30. An amount equal to the balance of the earnings reserve account (AS37.13.145) on June 30, 1998, less $575,000,000, less the amount calculated under AS37.13.145(c) to offset the effect of inflation on the principal of the permanent fund during fiscal year 1998, and less the amount authorized under AS37.13.145(b) for transfer to the dividend fund (AS43.23.045(a)) for the payment of 1998 permanent fund dividends, is appropriated to the principal of the Alaska permanent fund." Renumber the following bill section accordingly. Page 12, line 23: Delete "and 28" Insert "28, and 30" Renumber internal references to bill sections in accordance with this amendment. Below are all internal bill section references in this bill: Page 4, line 14 Page 4, line 18 Page 7, line 15 Page 7, line 31 Page 12, lines 22 - 23 Page 12, line 25 Page 53, line 18 1998-04-21 House Journal Page 3180 HB 325 Representative Vezey moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 43 be adopted. Representative Barnes objected. The Speaker ruled Amendment No. 43 out of order. Representative Vezey appealed the ruling of the chair. The question being: "Shall the ruling of the Chair be upheld?" The roll was taken with the following result: Uphold Ruling of the Chair YEAS: 35 NAYS: 4 EXCUSED: 1 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Austerman, Barnes, Brice, Bunde, Cowdery, Davies, Davis, Dyson, Elton, Foster, Green, Hanley, Hodgins, Hudson, Ivan, James, Joule, Kelly, Kohring, Kookesh, Kott, Kubina, Martin, Masek, Moses, Mulder, Nicholia, Ogan, Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Ryan, Sanders, Therriault, Williams Nays: Berkowitz, Grussendorf, Kemplen, Vezey Excused: Croft And so, the ruling of the Chair was upheld. Amendment No. 44 was offered by Representative Vezey: Page 1, line 2, following "programs,"(title amendment): Insert "for certain capital projects," Page 12, following line 21: Insert new bill sections to read: "* Sec. 30. COMPUTER EQUIPMENT. Contingent upon passage by the Twentieth Alaska State Legislature and enactment into law of a version of HB 385, the sum of $200,000,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Administration, division of information services, for the purchase of computers, software, 1998-04-21 House Journal Page 3181 HB 325 computer accessories and equipment, Internet access, and computer maintenance for elementary, secondary, and postsecondary students in the state. * Sec. 31. CAPITAL APPROPRIATION LAPSE. The appropriation made by sec.30 of this Act is for a capital project and lapses under AS37.25.020." Renumber the following bill section accordingly. Renumber internal references to bill sections in accordance with this amendment. Below are all internal bill section references in this bill: Page 4, line 14 Page 4, line 18 Page 7, line 15 Page 7, line 31 Page 12, lines 22 - 23 Page 12, line 25 Page 53, line 18 Representative Vezey moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 44 be adopted. Objection was heard. The Speaker ruled the amendment out of order. Representative Vezey appealed the ruling of the Chair. The Speaker withdrew the ruling. Representative Barnes rose to a point of order regarding confining remarks to the amendment before the body. The Speaker cautioned the member to proceed in order. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 44 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: 1998-04-21 House Journal Page 3182 HB 325 CSHB 325(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 44 YEAS: 6 NAYS: 33 EXCUSED: 1 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Brice, Kemplen, Kookesh, Kubina, Moses, Vezey Nays: Austerman, Barnes, Berkowitz, Bunde, Cowdery, Davies, Davis, Dyson, Elton, Foster, Green, Grussendorf, Hanley, Hodgins, Hudson, Ivan, James, Joule, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, Martin, Masek, Mulder, Nicholia, Ogan, Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Ryan, Sanders, Therriault, Williams Excused: Croft And so, Amendment No. 44 was not adopted. Amendment No. 45 was offered by Representative Brice: Page 22, line 32: Under Appropriation Items: Delete "736,673,500" Insert "736,923,500" Under General Funds: Delete "680,155,400" Insert "680,405,400" Page 23, following line 11, insert: "Allocations Safe School Grants 250,000" Representative Brice moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 45 be adopted. Objection was heard. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 45 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: 1998-04-21 House Journal Page 3183 HB 325 CSHB 325(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 45 YEAS: 11 NAYS: 28 EXCUSED: 1 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Berkowitz, Brice, Davies, Elton, Grussendorf, Joule, Kemplen, Kookesh, Kubina, Moses, Nicholia Nays: Austerman, Barnes, Bunde, Cowdery, Davis, Dyson, Foster, Green, Hanley, Hodgins, Hudson, Ivan, James, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, Martin, Masek, Mulder, Ogan, Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Ryan, Sanders, Therriault, Vezey, Williams Excused: Croft And so, Amendment No. 45 was not adopted. Representative Porter moved and asked unanimous consent that CSHB 325(FIN) am be considered engrossed, advanced to third reading and placed on final passage. Representative Kubina objected. The Speaker stated that CSHB 325(FIN) am would be in third reading on tomorrow's calendar.