Legislature(1997 - 1998)

1998-04-14 House Journal

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1998-04-14                     House Journal                      Page 2966
HB 356                                                                       
The following was read the second time:                                        
                                                                               
HOUSE BILL NO. 356                                                            
"An Act establishing the Joint Committee on Military Bases in                 
Alaska; and providing for an effective date."                                  
                                                                               
with the:                                                 Journal Page         
                                                                               
	MLV RPT  CS(MLV) 5DP 1NR                                         2679         
	FISCAL NOTE (S.FIN/LAA)                                          2679         
	FIN RPT  CS(FIN) 7DP                                             2830         
	FISCAL NOTE (H.FIN/LAA)                                          2830         
                                                                               
                                                                               
Representative Porter moved and asked unanimous consent that the               
following committee substitute be adopted in lieu of the original bill:        
                                                                               

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HB 356                                                                       
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 356(FIN)                                                
(same title)                                                                  
                                                                               
There being no objection, it was so ordered.                                   
                                                                               
Amendment No. 1 was offered  by Representative Croft:                           
                                                                               
Page 2, lines 18, 23 and 28:                                                   
                                                                               
	Delete "jointly by the president of the senate of the Twentieth               
Alaska State Legislature and the speaker of the house of                       
representatives of the Twentieth Alaska State Legislature"                     
	Insert "by the governor"                                                      
                                                                               
Representative Croft moved and asked unanimous consent that                    
Amendment No. 1 be adopted.                                                    
                                                                               
Representative Mulder objected.                                                
                                                                               
**The presence of Representatives Davies, Hanley and Masek was                 
noted.                                                                         
                                                                               
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 1 be adopted?"  The roll             
was taken with the following result:                                           
                                                                               
CSHB 356(FIN)                                                                  
Second Reading                                                                 
Amendment No. 1                                                                
                                                                               
YEAS:  10   NAYS:  26   EXCUSED:  2   ABSENT:  2                             
                                                                               
Yeas:  Berkowitz, Brice, Croft, Davies, Elton, Joule, Kemplen,                 
Kookesh, Nicholia, Vezey                                                       
                                                                               
Nays:  Austerman, Barnes, Bunde, Cowdery, Davis, Dyson, Green,                 
Hanley, Hodgins, Hudson, Ivan, James, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, Martin,            
Masek, Mulder, Ogan, Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Ryan, Sanders,                
Therriault, Williams                                                           
                                                                               
Excused:  Grussendorf, Moses                                                   
                                                                               

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HB 356                                                                       
Absent:  Foster, Kubina                                                        
                                                                               
And so, Amendment No. 1 was not adopted.                                       
                                                                               
                                                                               
Amendment No. 2 was offered  by Representatives Green and Mulder:               
                                                                               
Page 3, line 28:                                                               
	Delete "before"                                                               
	Insert "on or before the first day of November of the year prior to"          
                                                                               
Representative Green moved and asked unanimous consent that                    
Amendment No. 2 be adopted.                                                    
                                                                               
Objection was heard and withdrawn.  There being no further objection,          
Amendment No. 2 was adopted.                                                   
                                                                               
                                                                               
Amendment No. 3 was offered  by Representative Elton:                           
                                                                               
Page 3, following line 3:                                                      
	Insert a new subsection to read:                                              
	"(d) For purposes of this section, the minority is comprised of two           
or more members of a political party that has fewer seats than the             
majority."                                                                     
	                                                                              
Reletter the following subsections accordingly.                                
                                                                               
Representative Elton moved and asked unanimous consent that                    
Amendment No. 3 be adopted.                                                    
                                                                               
Representative Vezey objected.                                                 
                                                                               
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 3 be adopted?"  The roll             
was taken with the following result:                                           
                                                                               
CSHB 356(FIN) am                                                               
Second Reading                                                                 
Amendment No. 3                                                                
                                                                               
YEAS:  16   NAYS:  20   EXCUSED:  2   ABSENT:  2                             

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HB 356                                                                       
Yeas:  Berkowitz, Brice, Bunde, Croft, Davies, Dyson, Elton, Ivan,             
Joule, Kemplen, Kookesh, Nicholia, Ogan, Phillips, Porter, Williams            
                                                                               
Nays:  Austerman, Barnes, Cowdery, Davis, Green, Hanley, Hodgins,              
Hudson, James, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, Martin, Masek, Mulder,                    
Rokeberg, Ryan, Sanders, Therriault, Vezey                                     
                                                                               
Excused:  Grussendorf, Moses                                                   
                                                                               
Absent:  Foster, Kubina                                                        
                                                                               
Davis changed from "Yea" to "Nay".                                             
                                                                               
And so, Amendment No. 3 was not adopted.                                       
                                                                               
Amendment No. 4 was offered  by Representative Berkowitz:                       
                                                                               
Page 3, line 24, following "necessary."                                        
	Insert "Whenever possible, meetings shall be teleconferenced to               
reduce travel cost."                                                           
                                                                               
Representative Berkowitz moved and asked unanimous consent that                
Amendment No. 4 be adopted.                                                    
                                                                               
Representative Barnes objected and withdrew the objection.  There              
being no further objection, Amendment No. 4 was adopted.                       
                                                                               
Representative Porter moved and asked unanimous consent that CSHB
356(FIN) am be considered engrossed, advanced to third reading and             
placed on final passage.  There being no objection, it was so ordered.         
                                                                               
CSHB 356(FIN) am was read the third time.                                      
                                                                               
The question being:  "Shall CSHB 356(FIN) am pass the House?"  The             
roll was taken with the following result:                                      
                                                                               
CSHB 356(FIN) am                                                               
Third Reading                                                                  
Final Passage                                                                  
                                                                               
YEAS:  36   NAYS:  0   EXCUSED:  2   ABSENT:  2                              

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HB 356                                                                       
                                                                               
Yeas:  Austerman, Barnes, Berkowitz, Brice, Bunde, Cowdery, Croft,             
Davies, Davis, Dyson, Elton, Green, Hanley, Hodgins, Hudson, Ivan,             
James, Joule, Kelly, Kemplen, Kohring, Kookesh, Kott, Martin, Masek,           
Mulder, Nicholia, Ogan, Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Ryan, Sanders,             
Therriault, Vezey, Williams                                                    
                                                                               
Excused:  Grussendorf, Moses                                                   
                                                                               
Absent:  Foster, Kubina                                                        
                                                                               
And so, CSHB 356(FIN) am passed the House.                                     
                                                                               
Representative Porter 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 356(FIN) am was referred to the Chief Clerk for engrossment.