Legislature(2005 - 2006)

2005-05-17 House Journal

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2005-05-17                     House Journal                      Page 2044
SB 141                                                                                            
The following, which was forthcoming (page 2008), was received                                      
May 14, 2005:                                                                                       
                                                                                                    
    FREE CONFERENCE CS FOR SENATE BILL NO.                                                          
    141(Corrected)                                                                                  
    "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, 2006; 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'                                           

2005-05-17                     House Journal                      Page 2045
    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                                      
    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."                                                               
                                                                                                    
Representative Coghill moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                   
House consider the Free Conference Committee report (page 2008) on                                  
the following, which is under Unfinished Business:                                                  
                                                                                                    
            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                                      
    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                                                                                                 

2005-05-17                     House Journal                      Page 2046
    CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 141(FIN)                                                                 
    (same title)                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
There being no objection, it was so ordered.                                                        
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
Representative Coghill moved that the House adopt the Free                                          
Conference Committee report, thus adopting FCCS SB
141(Corrected).                                                                                     
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
The question being:  "Shall the House adopt the Free Conference                                     
Committee report?"  The roll was taken with the following result:                                   
                                                                                                    
FCCS SB 141(Corrected)                                                                              
Adopt                                                                                               
                                                                                                    
YEAS:  18   NAYS:  22   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                  
                                                                                                    
Yeas:  Chenault, Coghill, Foster, Holm, Kapsner, Kelly, Kohring,                                    
Meyer, Moses, Neuman, Olson, Ramras, Rokeberg, Samuels, Seaton,                                     
Stoltze, Thomas, Wilson                                                                             
                                                                                                    
Nays:  Anderson, Berkowitz, Cissna, Crawford, Croft, Dahlstrom,                                     
Elkins, Gara, Gardner, Gatto, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Harris, Hawker,                                
Joule, Kerttula, Kott, LeDoux, Lynn, McGuire, Salmon, Weyhrauch                                     
                                                                                                    
And so, the House failed to adopt the Free Conference Committee                                     
report, thus failing to adopt FCCS SB 141(Corrected).                                               
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
The Chief Clerk notified the Senate.                                                                
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
The Senate has adopted the Free Conference Committee report (Senate                                 
Journal page 1653).