Legislature(2005 - 2006)
2005-05-17 House Journal
Full Journal pdf2005-05-17 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).