2001-05-07                     Senate Journal                      Page 1647
Senators Austerman, Ward, Ellis, Taylor, Elton, Hoffman offered                                     
Amendment No. 2 :                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
Page 2, lines 7 - 15, Sec. 2 (a) and (b):                                                           
 Delete all material.                                                                               
 Insert  "(a) There is created as a special account in the general                                  
fund the tobacco use education and cessation fund into which shall be                               
deposited 20 percent annually of the revenue derived from the                                       
settlement of State v. Phillip Morris, Incorporated, et al, No. 1JU-97-                             
915 CI (Alaska Super. 1997). The purpose of the tobacco use                                         
education and cessation fund is to provide a source to finance the                                  
comprehensive smoking education, tobacco use prevention, and                                        
tobacco control program authorized by AS 44.29.020(a)(15).                                          
 (b) The legislature may make appropriations from the tobacco use                                   
education and cessation fund for the comprehensive smoking                                          
education, tobacco use prevention, and tobacco control program                                      
established under AS 44.29.020(a)(15)."                                                             
                                                                                                    
Senator Austerman moved for the adoption of Amendment No. 2.                                        
Senator Green objected.                                                                             
                                                                                                    
The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 2 be adopted?" The roll                                    
was taken with the following result:                                                                
                                                                                                    
SCS CSHB 234(FIN)                                                                                   
Second Reading                                                                                      
Amendment No. 2                                                                                     
                                                                                                    
YEAS:  14   NAYS:  5   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  1                                                   
                                                                                                    
Yeas:  Austerman, Davis, Ellis, Elton, Hoffman, Leman, Lincoln,                                     
Olson, Pearce, Phillips, Taylor, Therriault, Torgerson, Ward                                        
                                                                                                    
Nays:  Cowdery, Donley, Green, Halford, Wilken                                                      
                                                                                                    
Absent:  Kelly                                                                                      
                                                                                                    
and so, Amendment No. 2 was adopted.