Legislature(2003 - 2004)
2004-02-26 House Journal
Full Journal pdf2004-02-26 House Journal Page 2763 SB 283 The following, which had been held in second reading from the February 24, 2004, calendar, with Amendment No. 1 moved and pending (page 2718), was before the House: CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 283(FIN) "An Act making an appropriation to reverse the deposit of money available for appropriation in the general fund at the end of fiscal year 2003 into the constitutional budget reserve fund; making an appropriation for investment management fees for the constitutional budget reserve fund; 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." Representative Croft moved and asked unanimous consent to withdraw Amendment No. 1. There being no objection, it was so ordered. Amendment No. 2 was offered by Representatives Coghill and Croft: Page 2, following line 4: Insert a new subsection to read: "(c) The sum of $1,650,000 is appropriated from the budget reserve fund (art. IX, sec. 17, Constitution of the State of Alaska) to the Department of Revenue, Alaska Natural Gas Development 2004-02-26 House Journal Page 2764 Authority, for work related to bringing natural gas from the North Slope to market." Reletter the following subsection accordingly. Page 2, line 5: Delete "(a) and (b)" Insert "(a) - (c)" Page 2, following line 6: Insert a new bill section to read: "* Sec. 2. LAPSE. The appropriation made by sec. 1(c) of this Act lapses June 30, 2004." Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Page 2, line 7: Delete "Section 1" Insert "Section 1(a) and (b)" Delete "is" Insert "are" Representative Croft moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 2 be adopted. Representative Williams objected. **The presence of Representative Kookesh was noted. Representative Meyer moved and asked unanimous consent that he be allowed to abstain from voting because of a conflict of interest. Objection was heard, and Representative Meyer was required to vote. Representative Meyer placed a call of the House. Representative Ogg moved and asked unanimous consent that he be allowed to abstain from voting because of a conflict of interest. Objection was heard, and Representative Ogg was required to vote. 2004-02-26 House Journal Page 2765 Representative Coghill, without objection, lifted the call. The Speaker stated that, without objection, the House would recess to 5:00 p.m.; and so, the House recessed at 12:06 p.m. SB 283 Amendment No. 2 was before the House. **The presence of Representative Fate was noted. Representative Croft placed a call of the House and lifted the call. Representatives Heinze and Hawker 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. 2 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSSB 283(FIN) Second Reading Amendment No. 2 YEAS: 17 NAYS: 20 EXCUSED: 2 ABSENT: 1 Yeas: Berkowitz, Cissna, Coghill, Crawford, Croft, Fate, Gara, Gatto, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Heinze, Joule, Kapsner, Kerttula, McGuire, Moses, Stoltze Nays: Anderson, Dahlstrom, Foster, Hawker, Holm, Kohring, Kott, Lynn, Masek, Meyer, Morgan, Ogg, Rokeberg, Samuels, Seaton, Stepovich, Weyhrauch, Williams, Wilson, Wolf Excused: Chenault, Harris 2004-02-26 House Journal Page 2766 Absent: Kookesh And so, Amendment No. 2 was not adopted. Amendment No. 3 was offered by Representative Weyhrauch: Page 2, following line 4: Insert a new subsection to read: "(c) The sum of $1,650,000 is appropriated from the earnings reserve account of the permanent fund to the Department of Revenue, Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority, for work related to bringing natural gas from the North Slope to market." Reletter the following subsection accordingly. Page 2, line 5: Delete "(a) and (b)" Insert "(a) - (c)" Page 2, following line 6: Insert a new bill section to read: "* Sec. 2. LAPSE. The appropriation made by sec. 1(c) of this Act lapses June 30, 2004." Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Page 2, line 7: Delete "Section 1" Insert "Section 1(a) and (b)" Delete "is" Insert "are" Representative Weyhrauch moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 3 be adopted. Objection was heard. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 3 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: 2004-02-26 House Journal Page 2767 CSSB 283(FIN) Second Reading Amendment No. 3 YEAS: 6 NAYS: 31 EXCUSED: 2 ABSENT: 1 Yeas: Anderson, Heinze, Kott, McGuire, Ogg, Weyhrauch Nays: Berkowitz, Cissna, Coghill, Crawford, Croft, Dahlstrom, Fate, Foster, Gara, Gatto, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Hawker, Holm, Joule, Kapsner, Kerttula, Kohring, Lynn, Masek, Meyer, Morgan, Moses, Rokeberg, Samuels, Seaton, Stepovich, Stoltze, Williams, Wilson, Wolf Excused: Chenault, Harris Absent: Kookesh And so, Amendment No. 3 was not adopted. Representative Coghill moved and asked unanimous consent that Representative Kookesh be excused from a call of the House today. There being no objection, it was so ordered. Representative Joule, who had been previously excused (page 2627), left the Chamber. Amendment No. 4 was offered by Representatives Williams and Hawker: Page 2, following line 4: Insert a new subsection to read: "(c) The sum of $1,650,000 is appropriated from the budget reserve fund (art. IX, sec. 17, Constitution of the State of Alaska) to the Department of Revenue, for work related to bringing natural gas from the North Slope to market." Reletter the following subsection accordingly. 2004-02-26 House Journal Page 2768 Page 2, line 5: Delete "(a) and (b)" Insert "(a) - (c)" Page 2, following line 6: Insert a new bill section to read: "* Sec. 2. LAPSE. The appropriation made by sec. 1(c) of this Act lapses June 30, 2004." Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Page 2, line 7: Delete "Section 1" Insert "Section 1(a) and (b)" Delete "is" Insert "are" Representative Williams moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 4 be adopted. Objection was heard. Representative Williams moved and asked unanimous consent to withdraw Amendment No. 4, There being no objection, it was so ordered. The Speaker stated that, without objection, CSSB 283(FIN) would be returned to the Finance Committee; and so CSSB 283(FIN) was returned to the Finance Committee.