Legislature(2003 - 2004)
2003-04-09 House Journal
Full Journal pdf2003-04-09 House Journal Page 0878 HB 75 The following was before the House in second reading: CS FOR SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 75(FIN) am "An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses of state government, for certain programs, and 2003-04-09 House Journal Page 0879 to capitalize funds; making appropriations under art. IX, sec. 17(c), Constitution of the State of Alaska, from the constitutional budget reserve fund; and providing for an effective date." Amendment No. 17 was offered by Representative Croft: Page 5, line 26: Under Allocations: Delete "9,641,400" Insert "12,855,200" Page 5, line 30: Under Allocations: Delete "12,581,600" Insert "16,775,500" Representative Croft moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 17 be adopted. Representative Whitaker objected. Representative Croft placed a call of the House and lifted the call. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 17 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSSSHB 75(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 17 YEAS: 11 NAYS: 27 EXCUSED: 1 ABSENT: 1 Yeas: Berkowitz, Cissna, Crawford, Croft, Gara, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Joule, Kapsner, Kerttula, Kookesh Nays: Anderson, Chenault, Coghill, Dahlstrom, Fate, Foster, Gatto, Harris, Hawker, Heinze, Holm, Kott, Lynn, Masek, McGuire, Meyer, Morgan, Ogg, Rokeberg, Samuels, Seaton, Stoltze, Weyhrauch, Whitaker, Williams, Wilson, Wolf 2003-04-09 House Journal Page 0880 Excused: Kohring Absent: Moses And so, Amendment No. 17 was not adopted. Representative Coghill moved and asked unanimous consent that Representative Moses be excused from a call of the House. There being no objection, it was so ordered. Amendment No. 18 was offered by Representative Berkowitz: Page 62, line 2: Delete "33,995,900" Insert "40,598,300" Page 62, line 13: Delete "59,421,700" Insert "66,024,100" Page 62, line 16: Delete "30,821,700" Insert "37,424,100" Representative Berkowitz moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 18 be adopted. Representative Meyer objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 18 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSSSHB 75(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 18 YEAS: 11 NAYS: 27 EXCUSED: 2 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Berkowitz, Cissna, Crawford, Croft, Gara, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Joule, Kapsner, Kerttula, Kookesh 2003-04-09 House Journal Page 0881 Nays: Anderson, Chenault, Coghill, Dahlstrom, Fate, Foster, Gatto, Harris, Hawker, Heinze, Holm, Kott, Lynn, Masek, McGuire, Meyer, Morgan, Ogg, Rokeberg, Samuels, Seaton, Stoltze, Weyhrauch, Whitaker, Williams, Wilson, Wolf Excused: Kohring, Moses And so, Amendment No. 18 was not adopted. Amendment No. 19 was offered by Representative Guttenberg: Page 35, line 14: Under Appropriation Items: Delete "631,177,300" Insert "638,077,300" Under General Funds: Delete "205,614,200" Insert "212,514,200" Page 35, line 15: Under Allocations: Delete "45,716,300" Insert "52,616,300" Page 60, line 11: Delete "amounts" Insert "$6,900,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004," Page 61, line 5, following "in": Insert "(a) or" Representative Guttenberg moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 19 be adopted. Representative Harris objected. 2003-04-09 House Journal Page 0882 The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 19 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSSSHB 75(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 19 YEAS: 10 NAYS: 23 EXCUSED: 2 ABSENT: 5 Yeas: Berkowitz, Cissna, Croft, Gara, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Heinze, Joule, Kerttula, Kookesh Nays: Chenault, Coghill, Fate, Foster, Gatto, Harris, Hawker, Holm, Kott, Lynn, McGuire, Meyer, Morgan, Ogg, Rokeberg, Samuels, Seaton, Stoltze, Weyhrauch, Whitaker, Williams, Wilson, Wolf Excused: Kohring, Moses Absent: Anderson, Crawford, Dahlstrom, Kapsner, Masek And so, Amendment No. 19 was not adopted. Amendment No. 20 was offered by Representative Crawford: Page 31, line 17: Under Appropriation Items: Delete "150,000" Insert "1,300,000" Under General Funds: Delete "150,000" Insert "1,300,000" Page 31, line 19: Under Allocations: Delete "150,000" Insert "1,300,000" Representative Crawford moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 20 be adopted. Representative Whitaker objected. 2003-04-09 House Journal Page 0883 The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 20 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSSSHB 75(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 20 YEAS: 11 NAYS: 26 EXCUSED: 2 ABSENT: 1 Yeas: Berkowitz, Cissna, Crawford, Croft, Gara, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Joule, Kapsner, Kerttula, Kookesh Nays: Anderson, Chenault, Coghill, Dahlstrom, Fate, Foster, Gatto, Harris, Hawker, Holm, Kott, Lynn, Masek, McGuire, Meyer, Morgan, Ogg, Rokeberg, Samuels, Seaton, Stoltze, Weyhrauch, Whitaker, Williams, Wilson, Wolf Excused: Kohring, Moses Absent: Heinze And so, Amendment No. 20 was not adopted. Amendment No. 21 was offered by Representative Berkowitz: Page 57, lines 10 - 12: Delete all material. Representative Berkowitz moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 21 be adopted. Representative Williams objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 21 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSSSHB 75(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 21 YEAS: 13 NAYS: 24 EXCUSED: 2 ABSENT: 1 Yeas: Berkowitz, Cissna, Crawford, Croft, Gara, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Heinze, Joule, Kapsner, Kerttula, Kookesh, McGuire 2003-04-09 House Journal Page 0884 Nays: Anderson, Chenault, Coghill, Dahlstrom, Fate, Foster, Gatto, Harris, Hawker, Holm, Kott, Lynn, Masek, Meyer, Morgan, Ogg, Samuels, Seaton, Stoltze, Weyhrauch, Whitaker, Williams, Wilson, Wolf Excused: Kohring, Moses Absent: Rokeberg And so, Amendment No. 21 was not adopted. Amendment No. 22 was offered by Representative Kerttula: Page 17, lines 19 - 25: Delete all material. Page 20, lines 24 - 27: Delete all material. Representative Kerttula moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 22 be adopted. Representative Hawker objected. Representative Berkowitz placed a call of the House. The Speaker stated the call was satisfied. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 22 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSSSHB 75(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 22 YEAS: 11 NAYS: 27 EXCUSED: 2 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Berkowitz, Cissna, Crawford, Croft, Gara, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Joule, Kapsner, Kerttula, Kookesh 2003-04-09 House Journal Page 0885 Nays: Anderson, Chenault, Coghill, Dahlstrom, Fate, Foster, Gatto, Harris, Hawker, Heinze, Holm, Kott, Lynn, Masek, McGuire, Meyer, Morgan, Ogg, Rokeberg, Samuels, Seaton, Stoltze, Weyhrauch, Whitaker, Williams, Wilson, Wolf Excused: Kohring, Moses And so, Amendment No. 22 was not adopted. Amendment No. 23 was offered by Representative Gruenberg: Page 20, line 23: Under Appropriation Items: Delete "15,840,500" Insert "16,166,500" Under Other Funds: Delete "11,749,500" Insert "12,075,500" Page 20, line 29: Under Allocations: Delete "1,176,500" Insert "1,502,500" Representative Gruenberg moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 23 be adopted. Representative Hawker objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 23 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSSSHB 75(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 23 YEAS: 10 NAYS: 25 EXCUSED: 2 ABSENT: 3 Yeas: Berkowitz, Cissna, Crawford, Croft, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Joule, Kapsner, Kerttula, Kookesh 2003-04-09 House Journal Page 0886 Nays: Chenault, Coghill, Dahlstrom, Fate, Foster, Gatto, Harris, Hawker, Heinze, Holm, Kott, Lynn, Masek, McGuire, Meyer, Morgan, Ogg, Samuels, Seaton, Stoltze, Weyhrauch, Whitaker, Williams, Wilson, Wolf Excused: Kohring, Moses Absent: Anderson, Gara, Rokeberg And so, Amendment No. 23 was not adopted. Amendment No. 24 was offered by Representative Gruenberg: Page 15, line 32: Under Appropriation Items: Delete "126,680,500" Insert "127,843,700" Under Other Funds: Delete "104,964,200" Insert "106,127,400" Page 16, line 12: Under Allocations: Delete "16,419,000" Insert "17,582,200" Representative Gruenberg moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 24 be adopted. Representative Hawker objected. **The presence of Representative Kohring was noted. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 24 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: 2003-04-09 House Journal Page 0887 CSSSHB 75(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 24 YEAS: 11 NAYS: 28 EXCUSED: 1 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Berkowitz, Cissna, Crawford, Croft, Gara, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Joule, Kapsner, Kerttula, Kookesh Nays: Anderson, Chenault, Coghill, Dahlstrom, Fate, Foster, Gatto, Harris, Hawker, Heinze, Holm, Kohring, Kott, Lynn, Masek, McGuire, Meyer, Morgan, Ogg, Rokeberg, Samuels, Seaton, Stoltze, Weyhrauch, Whitaker, Williams, Wilson, Wolf Excused: Moses And so, Amendment No. 24 was not adopted. Amendment No. 25 was offered by Representative Gruenberg: Page 15, line 32: Under Appropriation Items: Delete "126,680,500" Insert "127,905,500" Under Other Funds: Delete "104,964,200" Insert "106,189,200" Page 16, line 12: Under Allocations: Delete "16,419,000" Insert "17,644,000" Representative Gruenberg moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 25 be adopted. Representative Hawker objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 25 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: 2003-04-09 House Journal Page 0888 CSSSHB 75(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 25 YEAS: 11 NAYS: 28 EXCUSED: 1 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Berkowitz, Cissna, Crawford, Croft, Gara, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Joule, Kapsner, Kerttula, Kookesh Nays: Anderson, Chenault, Coghill, Dahlstrom, Fate, Foster, Gatto, Harris, Hawker, Heinze, Holm, Kohring, Kott, Lynn, Masek, McGuire, Meyer, Morgan, Ogg, Rokeberg, Samuels, Seaton, Stoltze, Weyhrauch, Whitaker, Williams, Wilson, Wolf Excused: Moses And so, Amendment No. 25 was not adopted. Amendment No. 26 was offered by Representative Gara: Page 15, line 28: Under Appropriation Items: Delete "26,527,200" Insert "28,127,200" Under General Funds: Delete "13,425,700" Insert "15,025,700" Page 15, line 31: Under Allocations: Delete "25,163,100" Insert "26,763,100" Representative Gara moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 26 be adopted. Representative Chenault objected. 2003-04-09 House Journal Page 0889 Representatives Kerttula and Harris moved and asked unanimous consent that they be allowed to abstain from voting because of a conflict of interest. Objection was heard, and the members were required to vote. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 26 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSSSHB 75(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 26 YEAS: 11 NAYS: 27 EXCUSED: 1 ABSENT: 1 Yeas: Berkowitz, Cissna, Crawford, Croft, Gara, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Joule, Kapsner, Kerttula, Kookesh Nays: Anderson, Chenault, Coghill, Dahlstrom, Fate, Foster, Harris, Hawker, Heinze, Holm, Kohring, Kott, Lynn, Masek, McGuire, Meyer, Morgan, Ogg, Rokeberg, Samuels, Seaton, Stoltze, Weyhrauch, Whitaker, Williams, Wilson, Wolf Excused: Moses Absent: Gatto And so, Amendment No. 26 was not adopted. Amendment No. 27 was not offered. Amendment No. 28 was not offered. Amendment No. 29 was offered by Representative Cissna: Page 25, line 14: Under Appropriation Items: Delete "646,000" Insert "683,000" Under General Funds: Delete "646,000" Insert "683,000" 2003-04-09 House Journal Page 0890 Page 25, line 15: Under Allocations: Delete "646,000" Insert "683,000" Representative Cissna moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 29 be adopted. Objection was heard. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 29 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSSSHB 75(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 29 YEAS: 10 NAYS: 24 EXCUSED: 1 ABSENT: 5 Yeas: Berkowitz, Cissna, Crawford, Croft, Gara, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Joule, Kapsner, Kerttula Nays: Coghill, Dahlstrom, Fate, Foster, Harris, Hawker, Heinze, Holm, Kohring, Kott, Lynn, Masek, McGuire, Meyer, Morgan, Ogg, Rokeberg, Samuels, Seaton, Stoltze, Whitaker, Williams, Wilson, Wolf Excused: Moses Absent: Anderson, Chenault, Gatto, Kookesh, Weyhrauch And so, Amendment No. 29 was not adopted. Amendment No. 30 was offered by Representatives Williams, Foster, and Morgan: Page 58, line 6, through page 59, line 9: Delete all material. Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. 2003-04-09 House Journal Page 0891 Page 59, lines 28 - 30: Delete all material and insert: "* Sec. 24. POWER COST EQUALIZATION. The amount necessary to provide the sum appropriated to the power cost equalization and rural electric capitalization fund (AS 42.45.100) by sec. 1 of this Act, after other appropriations made to that fund during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, are taken into account, is appropriated from the power cost equalization endowment fund (AS 42.45.070) to the power cost equalization and rural electric capitalization fund. However, in accordance with AS 42.45.085(a), the amount appropriated by this section may not exceed seven percent of the market value of the power cost equalization endowment fund, determined by the commissioner of revenue to be $12,620,334.26, minus amounts appropriated during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, for reimbursement of the costs set out in AS 42.45.085(a)(2) and (3)." Page 65, lines 30 - 31: Delete "25, 30(c), 30(i), 30(j), 30(k), 30(l), 30(m), 30(n), 30(o), and 31" Insert "29(c), 29(i), 29(j), 29(k), 29(l), 29(m), 29(n), 29(o), and 30" Representative Williams moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 30 be adopted. There being no objection, it was so ordered. Amendment No. 31 was offered by Representatives McGuire and Harris: Page 5, line 21: Under Appropriation Items: Delete "10,695,500" Insert "10,945,500" Under General Funds: Delete "4,720,400" Insert "4,970,400" 2003-04-09 House Journal Page 0892 Page 5, line 24: Under Allocations: Delete "2,255,900" Insert "2,505,900" Representative McGuire moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 31 be adopted. There being no objection, it was so ordered. Amendment No. 32 was not offered. Representative Coghill moved and asked unanimous consent that CSSSHB 75(FIN) am be considered engrossed, advanced to third reading, and placed on final passage. Representative Berkowitz objected. The Speaker stated that CSSSHB 75(FIN) am will be in third reading on tomorrow's calendar.