2005-05-09                     House Journal                      Page 1879
SB 141                                                                                            
The Conference Committee with limited powers of free conference                                     
considering:                                                                                        
                                                                                                    
              HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 141(FIN) am H                                    
     "An Act relating to the teachers' and public employees' retirement                             
     systems and creating defined contribution and health                                           
     reimbursement plans for members of the teachers' retirement                                    
     system and the public employees' retirement system who are first                               
     hired after July 1, 2005; relating to university retirement                                    
     programs; establishing the Alaska Retirement Management Board                                  
     to replace the Alaska State Pension Investment Board, the Alaska                               
     Teachers' Retirement Board, and the Public Employees'                                          
     Retirement Board; adding appeals of the decisions of the                                       
     administrator of the teachers' and public employees' retirement                                
     systems to the jurisdiction of the office of administrative hearings;                          
     providing for nonvested members of the teachers' retirement                                    
     system defined benefit plans to transfer into the teachers'                                    
     retirement system defined contribution plan and for nonvested                                  
     members of the public employees' retirement system defined                                     

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     benefit plans to transfer into the public employees' retirement                                
     system defined contribution plan; providing for political                                      
     subdivisions and public organizations to request to participate in                             
     the public employees' defined contribution retirement plan; and                                
     providing for an effective date."                                                              
                                                                                                    
and                                                                                                 
                                                                                                    
     CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 141(FIN)                                                                
     (same title)                                                                                   
                                                                                                    
did not come to agreement.                                                                          
                                                                                                    
The President appointed the following members to a Free Conference                                  
Committee to meet with a like committee from the House to consider                                  
the bills:                                                                                          
                                                                                                    
 Senator Stedman, Chair                                                                             
 Senator Wilken                                                                                     
 Senator Elton                                                                                      
                                                                                                    
The President granted the Committee the powers of free conference.                                  
                                                                                                    
The Speaker appointed the following members to a Free Conference                                    
Committee to meet with a like committee from the Senate to consider                                 
the bills (page 1856):                                                                              
                                                                                                    
 Representative Kelly                                                                               
 Representative Hawker                                                                              
 Representative Kerttula                                                                            
                                                                                                    
The Speaker granted the Committee the powers of free conference.                                    
                                                                                                    
The Chief Clerk notified the Senate.