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HB 18                                                                                             
The Conference Committee considering:                                                               
                                                                                                    
     CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 18(JUD) am                                                               
     "An Act relating to the liability of parents and legal guardians of                            
     minors who destroy property."                                                                  
                                                                                                    
and                                                                                                 
                                                                                                    
     SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 18(HES)                                                    
     "An Act relating to the liability of parents and legal guardians of                            
     minors who destroy property; and providing for an effective date."                             
                                                                                                    
requests limited powers of free conference on the following specific                                
point:                                                                                              
                                                                                                    
     The dollar amount of liability that a parent may be liable for if                              
     an unemancipated minor knowingly destroys real or personal                                     
     property.  The House version proposed a $15,000 cap, and the                                   
     Senate version a $25,000 cap.  The Conference Committee is                                     
     requesting the authority to establish a compromise.                                            
                                                                                                    

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The request was signed by Representatives McGuire (Chair), Meyer,                                   
and Gruenberg; Senators Dyson (Chair) and Seekins.                                                  
                                                                                                    
Pursuant to the letter, the Speaker granted the limited powers of free                              
conference as requested.                                                                            
                                                                                                    
The Conference Committee with limited powers of free conference                                     
considering CSHB 18(JUD) am and SCS CSHB 18(HES)                                                    
recommends the following be adopted:                                                                
                                                                                                    
     CONFERENCE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 18                                                            
     "An Act relating to the liability of parents and legal guardians of                            
     minors who destroy property; and providing for an effective date."                             
                                                                                                    
The report was signed by Representatives McGuire (Chair), Meyer,                                    
and Gruenberg; Senators Dyson (Chair), Seekins, and Davis.                                          
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
The following fiscal note(s) apply to CCS HB 18:                                                    
                                                                                                    
1.  Zero, Alaska Court System                                                                       
                                                                                                    
Representative Coghill moved that the House adopt the Conference                                    
Committee with limited powers of free conference report, thus                                       
adopting CCS HB 18.                                                                                 
                                                                                                    
The question being:  "Shall the House adopt the Conference                                          
Committee with limited powers of free conference report?"  The roll                                 
was taken with the following result:                                                                
                                                                                                    
CCS HB 18                                                                                           
Adopt                                                                                               
                                                                                                    
YEAS:  37   NAYS:  0   EXCUSED:  2   ABSENT:  1                                                   
                                                                                                    
Yeas:  Anderson, Berkowitz, Chenault, Cissna, Coghill, Crawford,                                    
Croft, Dahlstrom, Fate, Foster, Gara, Gatto, Gruenberg, Guttenberg,                                 
Harris, Hawker, Heinze, Holm, Kapsner, Kerttula, Kohring, Kookesh,                                  
Kott, Lynn, Masek, McGuire, Meyer, Morgan, Ogg, Rokeberg,                                           
Samuels, Seaton, Stoltze, Weyhrauch, Whitaker, Wilson, Wolf                                         
                                                                                                    
Excused:  Joule, Moses                                                                              
                                                                                                    

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Absent:  Williams                                                                                   
                                                                                                    
And so, the House adopted the Conference Committee with limited                                     
powers of free conference report, thus adopting CCS HB 18.                                          
                                                                                                    
Representative Coghill 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.                                
                                                                                                    
The Chief Clerk notified the Senate.                                                                
                                                                                                    
CCS HB 18 was referred to the Chief Clerk for engrossment and                                       
enrollment.