Legislature(1999 - 2000)
1999-05-10 House Journal
Full Journal pdf1999-05-10 House Journal Page 1285 HOUSE JOURNAL ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE -- FIRST SESSION Juneau, Alaska Monday May 10, 1999 One Hundred Twelfth Day Pursuant to adjournment, the House was called to order by Speaker Porter at 10:07 a.m. Roll call showed 36 members present. Representatives Barnes, Mulder, Ogan and Therriault were absent and their presence was noted later. The invocation was offered by Pastor James Brubaker of Faith Lutheran Church. Representative Hudson moved and asked unanimous consent that the invocation be spread on the journal. There being no objection, it appears below: Gracious God, Thank You for the refreshment, relaxation, and worship of the past weekend. As our nation celebrated and honored mothers yesterday, we thank You for the very special place our mothers had in our lives. As leaders of this state, may we also follow the examples of our mothers -- of care, concern for those whom we serve. May we use our resources to strengthen and encourage the families of our state. You have now brought us to the beginning of a new week, filled with issues, challenges, questions, uncertainties, but most of all, with opportunities. 1999-05-10 House Journal Page 1286 Bless us this day and this week with Your presence that we may do Your will as it is done in heaven. In Your holy name we pray. Amen The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Representative James. CERTIFICATION OF THE JOURNAL Representative Green moved and asked unanimous consent that the journal for the 110th and 111th legislative days be approved as certified by the Chief Clerk. There being no objection, it was so ordered. * * * * * Representative Joule introduced his youngest daughter, Puyuk Joule, Guest Page. INTRODUCTION OF CITATIONS The following citations were introduced and referred to the Rules Committee for placement on the calendar: Commemorating - Valley Chapel's 25th Anniversary By Representatives Hudson, Kerttula; Senator Elton Commemorating - Douglas Trucking, Inc., 25th Anniversary By Representatives Hudson, Kerttula; Senator Elton CONSIDERATION OF THE DAILY CALENDAR SECOND READING OF HOUSE BILLS HB 43 The following was read the second time: HOUSE BILL NO. 43 "An Act relating to police training surcharges imposed for violations of municipal ordinances." 1999-05-10 House Journal Page 1287 HB 43 with the: Journal Page CRA RPT 7DP 358 2 ZERO FISCAL NOTES (DCRA, DPS) 359 JUD RPT 5DP 1NR 787 2 ZERO FISCAL NOTES (DCRA, DPS) 3/5/99 787 FIN RPT 5DP 1DNP 3NR 1AM 895 2 ZERO FISCAL NOTES (DCRA, DPS) 3/5/99 896 Representative Green moved and asked unanimous consent that HB43 be considered engrossed, advanced to third reading and placed on final passage. There being no objection, it was so ordered. HB43 was read the third time. **The presence of Representatives Mulder and Therriault was noted. The question being: "Shall HB43 pass the House?" The roll was taken with the following result: HB 43 Third Reading Final Passage YEAS: 38 NAYS: 0 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 2 Yeas: Austerman, Berkowitz, Brice, Bunde, Cissna, Coghill, Cowdery, Croft, Davies, Davis, Dyson, Foster, Green, Grussendorf, Halcro, Harris, Hudson, James, Joule, Kapsner, Kemplen, Kerttula, Kohring, Kookesh, Kott, Masek, Morgan, Moses, Mulder, Murkowski, Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Sanders, Smalley, Therriault, Whitaker, Williams Absent: Barnes, Ogan And so, HB43 passed the House and was referred to the Chief Clerk for engrossment. HB 187 The following was read the second time: 1999-05-10 House Journal Page 1288 HB 187 HOUSE BILL NO. 187 "An Act relating to the certificate of need program for nursing care facilities and other facilities; and providing for an effective date." with the: Journal Page HES RPT 2DP 3NR 977 FISCAL NOTE (DHSS) 977 FIN RPT CS(FIN) NT 3DP 7NR 1222 FISCAL NOTE (DHSS) 4/26/99 1223 Representative Green moved and asked unanimous consent that the following committee substitute be adopted in lieu of the original bill: CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 187(FIN) "An Act removing a requirement that a certificate of need is needed before elimination of a category of health services provided by a health care facility; prohibiting a person from converting a building or part of a building to a nursing home that requires licensure unless authorized by a certificate of need; setting a standard of review for applications for certificates of need relating to nursing homes and nursing home beds and relating to that standard of review; providing that the standard of review for applications for certificates of need for beds other than nursing home beds or for a health care facility other than a nursing home is the availability and quality of existing health care resources or the accessibility to those resources compared to the current or projected requirement for health services required to maintain the good health of citizens of this state; defining the term 'nursing home bed'; eliminating statutory references to the office of planning and research in the Department of Health and Social Services; and providing for an effective date." There being no objection, it was so ordered. Representative Green moved and asked unanimous consent that CSHB 187(FIN) be considered engrossed, advanced to third reading and placed on final passage. There being no objection, it was so ordered. CSHB 187(FIN) was read the third time. 1999-05-10 House Journal Page 1289 HB 187 **The presence of Representative Barnes was noted. The question being: "Shall CSHB 187(FIN) pass the House?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 187(FIN) Third Reading Final Passage YEAS: 39 NAYS: 0 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 1 Yeas: Austerman, Barnes, Berkowitz, Brice, Bunde, Cissna, Coghill, Cowdery, Croft, Davies, Davis, Dyson, Foster, Green, Grussendorf, Halcro, Harris, Hudson, James, Joule, Kapsner, Kemplen, Kerttula, Kohring, Kookesh, Kott, Masek, Morgan, Moses, Mulder, Murkowski, Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Sanders, Smalley, Therriault, Whitaker, Williams Absent: Ogan And so, CSHB 187(FIN) passed the House. Representative Green 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 187(FIN) was referred to the Chief Clerk for engrossment. HB 225 The following, which had been held to today's calendar (page 1271), was read the second time: HOUSE BILL NO. 225 "An Act relating to election campaigns and legislative ethics; and providing for an effective date." with the: Journal Page JUD RPT CS(JUD) 2DP 4NR 1259 ZERO FISCAL NOTE (H.JUD) 1260 1999-05-10 House Journal Page 1290 HB 225 Representative Green moved and asked unanimous consent that the following committee substitute be adopted in lieu of the original bill: CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 225(JUD) (same title) There being no objection, it was so ordered. Amendment No. 1 was offered by Representative Croft: Page 4, line 25, following "(C)": Insert "reasonable" Representative Croft moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 1 be adopted. Representative James objected. **The presence of Representative Ogan was noted. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 1 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 225(JUD) Second Reading Amendment No. 1 YEAS: 16 NAYS: 23 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 1 Yeas: Berkowitz, Brice, Cissna, Croft, Davies, Dyson, Grussendorf, Hudson, Joule, Kapsner, Kemplen, Kerttula, Kookesh, Moses, Murkowski, Smalley Nays: Austerman, Barnes, Bunde, Coghill, Cowdery, Davis, Foster, Green, Halcro, Harris, James, Kohring, Kott, Masek, Morgan, Mulder, Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Sanders, Therriault, Whitaker, Williams Absent: Ogan And so, Amendment No. 1 was not adopted. 1999-05-10 House Journal Page 1291 HB 225 Amendment No. 2 (title amendment) was offered by Representative Berkowitz: Page 1, line 1: Delete "election campaigns and legislative ethics" Insert "the date after which a person or group may not make a contribution to a candidate; relating to permitted and prohibited uses of public assets and resources under the campaign finance law and the legislative ethics code" Representative Berkowitz moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 2 be adopted. Representative Cowdery objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 2 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 225(JUD) Second Reading Amendment No. 2 YEAS: 16 NAYS: 19 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 5 Yeas: Berkowitz, Brice, Cissna, Croft, Davies, Dyson, Grussendorf, Joule, Kapsner, Kemplen, Kerttula, Moses, Murkowski, Phillips, Smalley, Williams Nays: Barnes, Bunde, Cowdery, Davis, Foster, Green, Halcro, Harris, Hudson, James, Kott, Masek, Morgan, Mulder, Porter, Rokeberg, Sanders, Therriault, Whitaker Absent: Austerman, Coghill, Kohring, Kookesh, Ogan And so, Amendment No. 2 was not adopted. Amendment No. 3 was offered by Representative Berkowitz: Page 3, line 24, following "unlimited": Delete "use" Insert "direction" 1999-05-10 House Journal Page 1292 HB 225 Representative Berkowitz moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 3 be adopted. Representative Cowdery objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 3 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 225(JUD) Second Reading Amendment No. 3 YEAS: 16 NAYS: 20 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 4 Yeas: Berkowitz, Brice, Cissna, Croft, Davies, Dyson, Grussendorf, Hudson, Joule, Kapsner, Kemplen, Kerttula, Moses, Porter, Smalley, Williams Nays: Barnes, Bunde, Cowdery, Davis, Foster, Green, Halcro, Harris, James, Kohring, Kott, Masek, Morgan, Mulder, Murkowski, Phillips, Rokeberg, Sanders, Therriault, Whitaker Absent: Austerman, Coghill, Kookesh, Ogan And so, Amendment No. 3 was not adopted. Amendment No. 4 was offered by Representative Berkowitz: Page 3, line 25, following "cards": Insert ", except that seasonal greeting cards may not be mailed for sixty days preceding a state primary or general election" Representative Berkowitz moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 4 be adopted. Representative Kott objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 4 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: 1999-05-10 House Journal Page 1293 HB 225 CSHB 225(JUD) Second Reading Amendment No. 4 YEAS: 18 NAYS: 22 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Berkowitz, Brice, Bunde, Cissna, Croft, Davies, Grussendorf, Halcro, Hudson, Joule, Kapsner, Kemplen, Kerttula, Kookesh, Moses, Murkowski, Smalley, Therriault Nays: Austerman, Barnes, Coghill, Cowdery, Davis, Dyson, Foster, Green, Harris, James, Kohring, Kott, Masek, Morgan, Mulder, Ogan, Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Sanders, Whitaker, Williams And so, Amendment No. 4 was not adopted. Amendment No. 5 was offered by Representative Croft: Page 2, line 28, following "activity,": Insert "or for preparation or mailing of seasonal greeting cards," Page 3, lines 24 - 25: Delete all material. Reletter the following subparagraphs accordingly. Representative Croft moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 5 be adopted. Representative Barnes objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 5 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 225(JUD) Second Reading Amendment No. 5 YEAS: 17 NAYS: 21 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 2 1999-05-10 House Journal Page 1294 HB 225 Yeas: Berkowitz, Brice, Bunde, Cissna, Croft, Davies, Grussendorf, Halcro, Hudson, Joule, Kapsner, Kemplen, Kerttula, Moses, Murkowski, Smalley, Whitaker Nays: Austerman, Barnes, Coghill, Cowdery, Davis, Dyson, Foster, Green, Harris, James, Kohring, Kott, Morgan, Mulder, Ogan, Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Sanders, Therriault, Williams Absent: Kookesh, Masek And so, Amendment No. 5 was not adopted. Representative Green moved and asked unanimous consent that CSHB 225(JUD) be considered engrossed, advanced to third reading and placed on final passage. There being no objection, it was so ordered. CSHB 225(JUD) was read the third time. The question being: "Shall CSHB 225(JUD) pass the House?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 225(JUD) Third Reading Final Passage YEAS: 27 NAYS: 12 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 1 Yeas: Austerman, Barnes, Coghill, Cowdery, Davis, Dyson, Foster, Green, Halcro, Harris, Hudson, James, Joule, Kapsner, Kohring, Kott, Masek, Morgan, Mulder, Ogan, Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Sanders, Therriault, Whitaker, Williams Nays: Berkowitz, Brice, Bunde, Cissna, Croft, Davies, Grussendorf, Kemplen, Kerttula, Moses, Murkowski, Smalley Absent: Kookesh And so, CSHB 225(JUD) passed the House. Representative Green 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. 1999-05-10 House Journal Page 1295 HB 225 Representative Kerttula gave notice of reconsideration of her vote on CSHB 225(JUD). SECOND READING OF SENATE BILLS SB 93 The following was read the second time: CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 93(FIN) "An Act relating to the purposes of certain businesses and corporations; relating to the names of businesses and organizations; relating to the registration under the Alaska Trademark Act of marks that resemble the name of another business or organization; and providing for an effective date." with the: Journal Page L&C RPT 3DP 1NR 1138 SENATE FISCAL NOTE (DCED) 3/26/99 1138 FIN RPT 4DP 2DNP 3NR 1197 SENATE FISCAL NOTE (DCED) 3/26/99 1198 Representative Green moved and asked unanimous consent that CSSB 93(FIN) be considered engrossed, advanced to third reading and placed on final passage. Representative Berkowitz objected. The Speaker stated that CSSB 93(FIN) will be in third reading on the May 11, 1999, calendar. SB 98 The following was read the second time: SENATE BILL NO. 98 "An Act relating to teacher tenure." with the: Journal Page HES RPT 1DP 4NR 1AM 897 SENATE ZERO FISCAL NOTE (DOE) 3/30/99 898 1999-05-10 House Journal Page 1296 SB 98 The Speaker stated that, without objection, SB 98 would be moved to the bottom of the calendar. THIRD READING OF HOUSE BILLS HB 143 The following, which was advanced to third reading from the May 8, 1999, calendar (page 1270), was read the third time: CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 143(L&C) "An Act relating to the executive officer employed for the Real Estate Commission, to the real estate surety fund, and to employees paid from money in the real estate surety fund." The following members moved and asked unanimous consent that they be allowed to abstain from voting due to a conflict of interest: Representative Mulder Representative Rokeberg Objection was heard, and the members were required to vote. The question being: "Shall CSHB 143(L&C) pass the House?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 143(L&C) Third Reading Final Passage YEAS: 34 NAYS: 0 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 6 Yeas: Barnes, Berkowitz, Bunde, Cissna, Coghill, Croft, Davies, Davis, Dyson, Foster, Green, Grussendorf, Halcro, Harris, Hudson, James, Joule, Kapsner, Kemplen, Kerttula, Kohring, Kott, Masek, Morgan, Mulder, Murkowski, Ogan, Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Sanders, Smalley, Whitaker, Williams Absent: Austerman, Brice, Cowdery, Kookesh, Moses, Therriault And so, CSHB 143(L&C) passed the House and was referred to the Chief Clerk for engrossment. 1999-05-10 House Journal Page 1297 THIRD READING OF SENATE BILLS SB 141 The following, which was advanced to third reading from the May 8, 1999, calendar (page 1273), was read the third time: HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 141(RLS) "An Act relating to construction contracts and subcontractors; relating to design-build construction contracts; and providing for an effective date." The question being: "Shall HCS CSSB 141(RLS) pass the House?" The roll was taken with the following result: HCS CSSB 141(RLS) Third Reading Final Passage YEAS: 27 NAYS: 10 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 3 Yeas: Austerman, Barnes, Bunde, Cissna, Coghill, Cowdery, Davis, Dyson, Foster, Halcro, Harris, Hudson, James, Kapsner, Kohring, Kott, Masek, Morgan, Mulder, Murkowski, Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Sanders, Smalley, Whitaker, Williams Nays: Berkowitz, Croft, Davies, Green, Grussendorf, Joule, Kemplen, Kerttula, Moses, Ogan Absent: Brice, Kookesh, Therriault And so, HCS CSSB 141(RLS) passed the House. Representative Green 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. Representative Berkowitz objected. The question being: "Shall the effective date clause be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: 1999-05-10 House Journal Page 1298 SB 141 HCS CSSB 141(RLS) Third Reading Effective Date YEAS: 29 NAYS: 9 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 2 Yeas: Austerman, Barnes, Bunde, Cissna, Coghill, Cowdery, Davis, Dyson, Foster, Green, Halcro, Harris, Hudson, James, Kohring, Kott, Masek, Morgan, Mulder, Murkowski, Ogan, Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Sanders, Smalley, Therriault, Whitaker, Williams Nays: Berkowitz, Croft, Davies, Grussendorf, Joule, Kapsner, Kemplen, Kerttula, Moses Absent: Brice, Kookesh And so, the effective date clause was adopted. Representative Green moved that the House Rules Committee letter of intent (page 1263) be adopted. The question being: "Shall the House Rules Committee letter of intent be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: HCS CSSB 141(RLS) Third Reading Adopt House Rules Committee Letter of Intent YEAS: 38 NAYS: 0 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 2 Yeas: Austerman, Barnes, Berkowitz, Brice, Bunde, Cissna, Coghill, Cowdery, Croft, Davies, Davis, Dyson, Foster, Green, Grussendorf, Halcro, Harris, James, Joule, Kapsner, Kemplen, Kerttula, Kohring, Kott, Masek, Morgan, Moses, Mulder, Murkowski, Ogan, Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Sanders, Smalley, Therriault, Whitaker, Williams Absent: Hudson, Kookesh And so, the House Rules Committee letter of intent was adopted. Representative Croft later gave notice of reconsideration of his vote on HCS CSSB 141(RLS), and the reconsideration was taken up then. 1999-05-10 House Journal Page 1299 SENATE BILLS IN SECOND READING SB 98 The following, which had been read a second time and moved to the bottom of the calendar (page 1296), was again before the House: SENATE BILL NO. 98 "An Act relating to teacher tenure." Amendment No. 1 was offered by Representative Brice: Page 1, line 3, through Page 2, line 13: Delete all material and insert: "* Section 1. AS14.20.147(b) is amended to read: (b) When a school operated by a federal agency is transferred to or absorbed into a new or existing school district, the teachers shall also be transferred if mutually agreed by the teacher or teachers and the school board of the new or existing district. A teacher transferred from a federal agency school that does not have an official salary schedule or teacher tenure in the same manner as a public school district in the state shall be placed on a position on the salary schedule of the absorbing district; the salary may not be less than the teacher would have received in the federal agency school. If the teacher taught two ¦THREEá or more years in the federal agency school and, at the time of transfer, had a valid Alaska teaching certificate, that teacher shall be placed on tenure in the absorbing district. * Sec. 2. AS14.20.150(a) is amended to read: (a) Except as provided in (c) ¦OR (d)á of this section, a teacher acquires tenure rights in a district when the teacher (1) possesses a valid teaching certificate that authorizes the teacher to be employed as a certificated teacher or as an administrator under regulations adopted by the department; (2) has been employed as a teacher in the same district continuously for two ¦THREEá full school years; (3) receives, in the second ¦THIRDá year of any two- year ¦THREE-YEARá period of continuous employment with the district, an evaluation under the districts evaluation system stating that the teachers performance meets the district performance standards; and (4) on or before October 15 of the school year, 1999-05-10 House Journal Page 1300 SB 98 (A) accepts a contract for employment as a teacher in the district for a third ¦FOURTHá consecutive school year; and (B) performs a day of teaching services in the district during that school year. * Sec. 3. AS14.20.150(d) is repealed. * Sec. 4. TRANSITIONAL PROVISION. Notwithstanding the amendments made to AS14.20.147(b) and 14.20.150(a) by secs. 1 and 2 of this Act, the tenure rights of a teacher who, on the effective date of this Act, is in the teacher's third consecutive year of teaching in a school district or federal agency school shall be determined under AS14.20.147(b) or 14.20.150(a), as appropriate, as they existed before the amendments made by this Act." Representative Brice moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 1 be adopted. Representative Phillips objected. Representative Davies moved and asked unanimous consent that he be allowed to abstain from voting due to a conflict of interest. Objection was heard, and Representative Davies was required to vote. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 1 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: SB 98 Second Reading Amendment No. 1 YEAS: 12 NAYS: 27 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 1 Yeas: Berkowitz, Brice, Cissna, Croft, Davies, Grussendorf, Harris, Kemplen, Kerttula, Kott, Moses, Smalley Nays: Austerman, Barnes, Bunde, Coghill, Cowdery, Davis, Dyson, Foster, Green, Halcro, Hudson, James, Joule, Kapsner, Kohring, Masek, Morgan, Mulder, Murkowski, Ogan, Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Sanders, Therriault, Whitaker, Williams Absent: Kookesh 1999-05-10 House Journal Page 1301 SB 98 And so, Amendment No. 1 was not adopted. Amendment No. 2 was offered by Representative Austerman: Page 2, following line 13: Insert a new bill section to read: * Sec. 2. AS 14.20.150 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: (e) A teacher who has acquired tenure in a school district and moves to a new school district will reacquire tenure on the first instructional day of the third year of employment. Representative Austerman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 2 be adopted. Objection was heard. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 2 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: SB 98 Second Reading Amendment No. 2 YEAS: 37 NAYS: 1 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 2 Yeas: Austerman, Berkowitz, Brice, Bunde, Cissna, Coghill, Cowdery, Croft, Davies, Davis, Dyson, Foster, Green, Grussendorf, Halcro, Harris, Hudson, James, Joule, Kapsner, Kemplen, Kerttula, Kott, Masek, Morgan, Moses, Mulder, Murkowski, Ogan, Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Sanders, Smalley, Therriault, Whitaker, Williams Nays: Kohring Absent: Barnes, Kookesh And so, Amendment No. 2 was adopted. Representative Green moved and asked unanimous consent that SB98 am H be considered engrossed, advanced to third reading and placed on final passage. 1999-05-10 House Journal Page 1302 SB 98 Representative Berkowitz objected. The Speaker stated that SB 98 am H will be in third reading on the May 11, 1999, calendar. LEGISLATIVE CITATIONS Representative Green moved and asked unanimous consent that the House approve the citations on the calendar. There being no objection, the following citations were approved and sent to enrolling: Honoring - Darla Mae Church By Representatives Harris, Porter, Austerman, Berkowitz, Brice, Cissna, Cowdery, Croft, Davies, Davis, Dyson, Grussendorf, Halcro, Hudson, James, Joule, Kapsner, Kemplen, Kerttula, Kohring, Kott, Morgan, Mulder, Murkowski, Rokeberg, Sanders, Smalley, Therriault, Williams; Senator Lincoln Honoring - The Under 15 "A" Alaska Firebirds Hockey Team By Representatives Bunde, Porter, Austerman, Berkowitz, Brice, Cissna, Cowdery, Croft, Davies, Davis, Dyson, Green, Grussendorf, Halcro, Harris, Hudson, James, Joule, Kapsner, Kemplen, Kerttula, Kohring, Kott, Morgan, Mulder, Murkowski, Rokeberg, Sanders, Smalley, Therriault, Williams Honoring - Geoff and Marcy Larson, 1999 Alaskan Small Business Persons of the Year By Senator Elton; Representatives Hudson, Kerttula, Porter, Austerman, Berkowitz, Brice, Bunde, Cissna, Cowdery, Croft, Davies, Davis, Dyson, Green, Grussendorf, Halcro, Harris, James, Joule, Kapsner, Kemplen, Kohring, Kott, Morgan, Mulder, Murkowski, Phillips, Rokeberg, Sanders, Smalley, Therriault, Williams In Memoriam - Levy Alasuk Mills, Sr. By Representatives Joule, Porter, Austerman, Berkowitz, Brice, Cissna, Croft, Davies, Davis, Dyson, Foster, Grussendorf, Halcro, Harris, Hudson, James, Kapsner, Kemplen, Kerttula, Kohring, Kookesh, Kott, Morgan, Mulder, Murkowski, Phillips, Rokeberg, Sanders, Smalley, Therriault, Williams 1999-05-10 House Journal Page 1303 In Memoriam - Harold Gillam By Senators Pete Kelly, Ward, Wilken; Representatives Coghill, Porter, Austerman, Berkowitz, Brice, Bunde, Cissna, Cowdery, Croft, Davies, Davis, Dyson, Foster, Grussendorf, Halcro, Harris, Hudson, James, Joule, Kapsner, Kemplen, Kerttula, Kohring, Kott, Masek, Morgan, Mulder, Murkowski, Phillips, Rokeberg, Sanders, Smalley, Therriault, Williams RECONSIDERATION SB 141 Representative Croft gave notice of reconsideration of his vote on HCS CSSB 141(RLS) (page 1298). Representative Mulder moved and asked unanimous consent that reconsideration of HCS CSSB 141(RLS) be taken up on the same day. Objection was heard. Representative Mulder placed a call of the House. The Speaker stated that, without objection, Representative Kookesh would be excused from a call of the House today. The call was satisfied. The question being: "Shall the reconsideration of HCS CSSB 141(RLS) be taken up on the same day?" The roll was taken with the following result: HCS CSSB 141(RLS)--RECONSIDERATION Third Reading Take up Reconsideration YEAS: 27 NAYS: 12 EXCUSED: 1 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Austerman, Barnes, Bunde, Coghill, Cowdery, Davis, Dyson, Foster, Green, Halcro, Harris, Hudson, James, Kohring, Kott, Masek, Morgan, Mulder, Murkowski, Ogan, Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Sanders, Therriault, Whitaker, Williams 1999-05-10 House Journal Page 1304 SB 141 Nays: Berkowitz, Brice, Cissna, Croft, Davies, Grussendorf, Joule, Kapsner, Kemplen, Kerttula, Moses, Smalley Excused: Kookesh And so, the motion passed. The following was again before the House in third reading: HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 141(RLS) "An Act relating to construction contracts and subcontractors; relating to design-build construction contracts; and providing for an effective date." The question to be reconsidered: "Shall HCS CSSB 141(RLS) pass the House?" The roll was taken with the following result: HCS CSSB 141(RLS)--RECONSIDERATION Third Reading Final Passage YEAS: 29 NAYS: 10 EXCUSED: 1 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Austerman, Barnes, Bunde, Cissna, Coghill, Cowdery, Davis, Dyson, Foster, Halcro, Harris, Hudson, James, Joule, Kemplen, Kohring, Kott, Masek, Morgan, Mulder, Murkowski, Phillips, Porter, Rokeberg, Sanders, Smalley, Therriault, Whitaker, Williams Nays: Berkowitz, Brice, Croft, Davies, Green, Grussendorf, Kapsner, Kerttula, Moses, Ogan Excused: Kookesh And so, HCS CSSB 141(RLS) passed the House on reconsideration. Representative Green 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 Green moved and asked unanimous consent that the House Rules Committee letter of intent (page 1263) be adopted. There being no objection, it was so ordered. 1999-05-10 House Journal Page 1305 SB 141 HCS CSSB 141(RLS) was referred to the Chief Clerk for engrossment. UNFINISHED BUSINESS SB 146 The Finance Committee has submitted the forthcoming fiscal note to accompany their report (page 1226): Fiscal note, Dept. of Fish & Game, 5/10/99 for the following: HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 146(FIN) "An Act relating to the amount and disposition of the commercial fishing license fee and to the fishermen's fund; and providing for an effective date." CSSB 146(FIN) am is in the Rules Committee. HB 43 Representative Croft added his name as cosponsor to: HOUSE BILL NO. 43 "An Act relating to police training surcharges imposed for violations of municipal ordinances." HB 135 Representative Cissna added her name as cosponsor to: CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 135(JUD) am "An Act relating to use of eavesdropping and recording devices by peace officers." SB 98 Representative Ogan added his name as cross sponsor to: SENATE BILL NO. 98 am H "An Act relating to teacher tenure." 1999-05-10 House Journal Page 1306 ENGROSSMENT HB 43 HB 43 was engrossed, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk and transmitted to the Senate for consideration. HB 143 CSHB 143(L&C) was engrossed, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk and transmitted to the Senate for consideration. HB 187 CSHB 187(FIN) was engrossed, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk and transmitted to the Senate for consideration. SB 141 HCS CSSB 141(RLS) was engrossed, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk and transmitted to the Senate, with a House letter of intent, for consideration. ENROLLMENT HJR 14 The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk, President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 1:30 p.m., May 10, 1999: SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 14 Relating to the National Museum of Women's History and the National Museum of Women's History Alaska Council. HJR 15 The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk, President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 1:30 p.m., May 10, 1999: CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 15(RES) Relating to support for the "American Land Sovereignty Protection Act" in the United States Congress. 1999-05-10 House Journal Page 1307 ANNOUNCEMENTS House committee schedules are published daily under separate cover. The following meetings today have been changed as indicated: Judiciary Committee 1:00 p.m., 5/10 meeting CHANGED TO 1:30 p.m., 5/10 Conference Committee HB 50 OPERATING BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS HB 51 MENTAL HEALTH APPROPRIATIONS 4:00 p.m., 5/10 meeting CANCELED ADJOURNMENT Representative Green moved and asked unanimous consent that the House adjourn until 10:00 a.m., May 11, 1999. There being no objection, the House adjourned at 12:29 p.m. Suzi Lowell Chief Clerk