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HB 40                                                                        
Senator Mackie requested that the reconsideration on SENATE CS                 
FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 40(FIN) am S be taken up. The                        
bill was before the Senate on reconsideration.                                 
                                                                               
The question to be reconsidered: Shall SENATE CS FOR CS FOR                    
HOUSE BILL NO. 40(FIN) am S An Act merging certain                             
departments in the executive branch of state government; changing              
the names of certain departments in the executive branch of state              
government; transferring duties among departments and offices in the           
executive branch of state government; providing that certain                   
discretionary duties formerly performed by the Department of                   
Community and Regional Affairs are mandatory in the department to              
which those duties are transferred; relating to the licensing of child         
care facilities; relating to the division of vocational rehabilitation;        
relating to the Alaska Human Resource Investment Council; adjusting            
the membership of certain multi-member bodies; providing that a                
certain commissioner may designate department employees to serve               
in the commissioners place on a board, council, or similar entity;             
providing for advice to be given by a department head to the                   
governor and other commissioners on the delivery of government                 
services to rural areas and providing for recommendations to be                
made to the governor and other commissioners by that same                      
commissioner about policy changes that would affect rural                      
governments and rural affairs; relating to the federal community               
development quota program; eliminating references to the division of           
tourism;  eliminating  a  reference  to  manpower training programs;           
                                                                               

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eliminating references to the director and deputy director of                  
international trade; eliminating the requirement for a local advisory          
committee for consideration of rural electrification loans; and                
providing for an effective date pass the Senate? The roll was taken            
with the following result:                                                     
                                                                               
SCS CSHB 40(FIN) am S                                                          
Third Reading - On Reconsideration                                             
Effective Dates                                                                
                                                                               
YEAS:  13   NAYS:  5   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  2                              
                                                                               
Yeas:  Donley, Kelly Pete, Kelly Tim, Leman, Mackie, Miller,                   
Parnell, Pearce, Phillips, Taylor, Torgerson, Ward, Wilken                     
                                                                               
Nays:  Adams, Ellis, Elton, Hoffman, Lincoln                                   
                                                                               
Absent:  Green, Halford                                                        
                                                                               
and so, SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 40(FIN) am                         
S passed the Senate on reconsideration.                                        
                                                                               
Senator Mackie moved the effective date clauses.                               
                                                                               
The question being: Shall the effective date clauses be adopted?               
The roll was taken with the following result:                                  
                                                                               
SCS CSHB 40(FIN) am S                                                          
Effective Date Clauses                                                         
                                                                               
YEAS:  17   NAYS:  1   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  2                              
                                                                               
Yeas:  Adams, Donley, Ellis, Elton, Kelly Pete, Kelly Tim, Leman,              
Lincoln, Mackie, Miller, Parnell, Pearce, Phillips, Taylor, Torgerson,         
Ward, Wilken                                                                   
                                                                               
Nays:  Hoffman                                                                 
                                                                               
Absent:  Green, Halford                                                        
                                                                               
and so, the effective date clauses were adopted and the bill was               
referred to the Secretary for engrossment.