2001-05-04                     Senate Journal                      Page 1489
HB 228                                                                                            
The State Affairs Committee considered CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO.                                        
228(FIN) "An Act relating to the accounting of fees from business                                   
license endorsements for tobacco products, to the disclosure of certain                             
confidential cigarette and tobacco product information, to notification                             
regarding a cigarette manufacturer's noncompliance with the tobacco                                 
product Master Settlement Agreement, to business license                                            
endorsements for sale of tobacco products, to citations and penalties                               
for illegal sales of tobacco products; and providing for an effective                               
date." Signing no recommendation: Senator Therriault, Chair, Senator                                
Phillips. Signing do pass: Senator Davis.                                                           
                                                                                                    
The following previously published fiscal information applies:                                      
 Fiscal Note No. 1, zero, Department of Revenue                                                     
 Fiscal Note No. 2, Department of Law                                                               
 Fiscal Note No. 4, Department of Community and Economic                                            
  Development                                                                                       
 Fiscal Note No. 5, Department of Health and Social Services                                        
                                                                                                    
The bill was referred to the Finance Committee.                                                     
                                                                                                    
HB 234                                                                                            
The Health, Education and Social Services Committee considered CS                                   
FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 234(FIN) am "An Act relating to the tobacco                                      
use education and cessation fund and to smoking education and                                       
cessation programs; relating to funding the tobacco use education and                               
cessation fund; relating to financing of construction and major                                     
maintenance of public school facilities, facilities for the University of                           
Alaska, and facilities for ports and harbors; authorizing the                                       
commissioner of revenue to sell the right to receive a portion of the                               
anticipated revenue from a tobacco litigation settlement to the                                     
Northern Tobacco Securitization Corporation; relating to the deposit                                
of certain anticipated revenue from a tobacco litigation settlement;                                
authorizing the issuance of bonds by the Northern Tobacco                                           
Securitization Corporation with proceeds to finance public school                                   
construction and major maintenance, facilities for the University of                                
Alaska, and facilities for ports and harbors; and providing for an                                  
effective date" and recommended it be replaced with