Legislature(2005 - 2006)
2006-05-08 House Journal
Full Journal pdf2006-05-08 House Journal Page 3929 SB 305 HCS CSSB 305(FIN) am H was again before the House in second reading (page 3903) with Amendment No. 2 to Amendment No. 30 as amended moved and pending. Representative Samuels placed a call of the House. The call was satisfied. The Speaker ruled Amendment No. 2 to Amendment No. 30 as amended out of order. 2006-05-08 House Journal Page 3930 New Amendment No. 2 to Amendment No. 30 as amended was offered by Representative Rokeberg: Delete "22.5" Insert "21.5" Add to the amendment: "Page 8, line 30: Delete "20" Insert "21.5"" Representative Rokeberg moved and asked unanimous consent that New Amendment No. 2 to Amendment No. 30 as amended be adopted. Representative Berkowitz objected. Representative Berkowitz moved and asked unanimous consent that the question be divided. The Speaker ruled that the question was divisible. There being no objection, New Amendment No. 2 to Amendment No. 30 as amended was divided. New Amendment No. 2 to Amendment No. 30 as amended, Part A: Delete "22.5" Insert "21.5" The question being: "Shall New Amendment No. 2 to Amendment No. 30 as amended, Part A be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: HCS CSSB 305(FIN) am H Second Reading New Amendment No. 2 to Amendment No. 30 as amended, Part A YEAS: 27 NAYS: 13 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 2006-05-08 House Journal Page 3931 Yeas: Anderson, Coghill, Dahlstrom, Elkins, Foster, Harris, Hawker, Holm, Joule, Kapsner, Kohring, Kott, Lynn, McGuire, Meyer, Moses, Neuman, Olson, Ramras, Rokeberg, Salmon, Samuels, Seaton, Stoltze, Thomas, Weyhrauch, Wilson Nays: Berkowitz, Chenault, Cissna, Crawford, Croft, Gara, Gardner, Gatto, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Kelly, Kerttula, LeDoux And so, New Amendment No. 2 to Amendment No. 30 as amended, Part A was adopted. New Amendment No. 2 to Amendment No. 30 as amended, Part B: Add to the amendment: "Page 8, line 30: Delete "20" Insert "21.5"" The question being: "Shall New Amendment No. 2 to Amendment No. 30 as amended, Part B be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: HCS CSSB 305(FIN) am H Second Reading New Amendment No. 2 to Amendment No. 30 as amended, Part B YEAS: 13 NAYS: 27 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Anderson, Chenault, Coghill, Elkins, Foster, Harris, Hawker, Kohring, Kott, Meyer, Olson, Rokeberg, Weyhrauch Nays: Berkowitz, Cissna, Crawford, Croft, Dahlstrom, Gara, Gardner, Gatto, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Holm, Joule, Kapsner, Kelly, Kerttula, LeDoux, Lynn, McGuire, Moses, Neuman, Ramras, Salmon, Samuels, Seaton, Stoltze, Thomas, Wilson And so, New Amendment No. 2 to Amendment No. 30 as amended, Part B was not adopted. Representative Coghill lifted the call. 2006-05-08 House Journal Page 3932 Representative Coghill moved and asked unanimous consent that Representative Moses be excused from a call of the House. There being no objection, it was so ordered. Representative Coghill placed a call of the House. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 30 as amended be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: HCS CSSB 305(FIN) am H Second Reading Amendment No. 30 as amended YEAS: 36 NAYS: 3 EXCUSED: 1 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Anderson, Berkowitz, Cissna, Coghill, Crawford, Croft, Dahlstrom, Elkins, Foster, Gara, Gardner, Gatto, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Harris, Hawker, Holm, Joule, Kapsner, Kelly, Kerttula, Kott, LeDoux, Lynn, McGuire, Meyer, Neuman, Olson, Rokeberg, Salmon, Samuels, Seaton, Stoltze, Thomas, Weyhrauch, Wilson Nays: Chenault, Kohring, Ramras Excused: Moses And so, Amendment No. 30 as amended was adopted. Amendment No. 36 was offered by Representatives Berkowitz, Kerttula, Gara, and Gardner: Page 4, line 19: Delete "20 percent" Insert "21.5 percent, except that the rate shall be 22.5 percent on all fields that in a tax month produce, on average, 50,000 barrels of oil per day or more," Representative Gara moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 36 be adopted. Representative Seaton objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 36 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: 2006-05-08 House Journal Page 3933 HCS CSSB 305(FIN) am H Second Reading Amendment No. 36 YEAS: 13 NAYS: 26 EXCUSED: 1 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Berkowitz, Cissna, Crawford, Croft, Dahlstrom, Gara, Gardner, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Kelly, Kerttula, LeDoux, Wilson Nays: Anderson, Chenault, Coghill, Elkins, Foster, Gatto, Harris, Hawker, Holm, Joule, Kapsner, Kohring, Kott, Lynn, McGuire, Meyer, Neuman, Olson, Ramras, Rokeberg, Salmon, Samuels, Seaton, Stoltze, Thomas, Weyhrauch Excused: Moses And so, Amendment No. 36 was not adopted. Amendment No. 35 was offered by Representative Hawker: Page 5, line 2: Delete "35" Insert "40" Representative Hawker moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 35 be adopted. There was objection. Representative Coghill lifted the call. Representative Coghill moved and asked unanimous consent that Representative Elkins be excused from a call of the House. There being no objection, it was so ordered. Representative Coghill placed a call of the House. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 35 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: 2006-05-08 House Journal Page 3934 HCS CSSB 305(FIN) am H Second Reading Amendment No. 35 YEAS: 16 NAYS: 22 EXCUSED: 2 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Anderson, Chenault, Coghill, Foster, Harris, Hawker, Kohring, Kott, Lynn, McGuire, Meyer, Olson, Ramras, Rokeberg, Samuels, Weyhrauch Nays: Berkowitz, Cissna, Crawford, Croft, Dahlstrom, Gara, Gardner, Gatto, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Holm, Joule, Kapsner, Kelly, Kerttula, LeDoux, Neuman, Salmon, Seaton, Stoltze, Thomas, Wilson Excused: Elkins, Moses And so, Amendment No. 35 was not adopted. **The presence of Representative Elkins, who was excused (page 3933), was noted. Amendment No. 37 was offered by Representative Berkowitz: Page 5, following line 26: Insert a new subsection to read: "(l) The tax rate in subsection (e) of this section, is contingent on the signing and enactment of a fiscal contract under AS 43.82 by September 1, 2006, that requires the private parties to the contract to act in good faith to begin construction of the pipeline by a specified date and requires the parties to act in good faith to complete construction of the Alaska portion of the pipeline by August 30, 2018. For every month after September 2006 that these conditions are not met, the tax rate under subsection (e) will increase to a rate of 25 percent for fields north of the drainage divide of the Brooks Range in production before May 21, 2006, and producing more than 75,000 barrels per day." Representative Berkowitz moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 37 be adopted. Representative Weyhrauch objected. 2006-05-08 House Journal Page 3935 The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 37 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: HCS CSSB 305(FIN) am H Second Reading Amendment No. 37 YEAS: 9 NAYS: 30 EXCUSED: 1 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Berkowitz, Cissna, Crawford, Croft, Gara, Gardner, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Kerttula Nays: Anderson, Chenault, Coghill, Dahlstrom, Elkins, Foster, Gatto, Harris, Hawker, Holm, Joule, Kapsner, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, LeDoux, Lynn, McGuire, Meyer, Neuman, Olson, Ramras, Rokeberg, Salmon, Samuels, Seaton, Stoltze, Thomas, Weyhrauch, Wilson Excused: Moses And so, Amendment No. 37 was not adopted. Amendment Nos. 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 31 - 34 were not offered. HCS CSSB 305(FIN) am H was automatically in third reading. Representative Croft moved to postpone further consideration of HCS CSSB 305(FIN) am H until Governor Murkowski releases a gas contract, citing Section 368 of Mason's Manual. The Speaker ruled that the motion was in order. Representative Rokeberg rose to a point of order regarding limiting debate to the question of postponement, citing Section 369 of Mason's Manual. The Speaker ruled that the debate was in order. The question being: "Shall the House postpone further consideration of HCS CSSB 305(FIN) am H until Governor Murkowski releases a gas contract?" The roll was taken with the following result: 2006-05-08 House Journal Page 3936 HCS CSSB 305(FIN) am H Third Reading Postpone until Governor Murkowski releases gas contract YEAS: 10 NAYS: 29 EXCUSED: 1 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Berkowitz, Cissna, Crawford, Croft, Dahlstrom, Gara, Gardner, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Kerttula Nays: Anderson, Chenault, Coghill, Elkins, Foster, Gatto, Harris, Hawker, Holm, Joule, Kapsner, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, LeDoux, Lynn, McGuire, Meyer, Neuman, Olson, Ramras, Rokeberg, Salmon, Samuels, Seaton, Stoltze, Thomas, Weyhrauch, Wilson Excused: Moses And so, the motion failed. The question being: "Shall HCS CSSB 305(FIN) am H pass the House?" The roll was taken with the following result: HCS CSSB 305(FIN) am H Third Reading Final Passage YEAS: 28 NAYS: 11 EXCUSED: 1 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Anderson, Chenault, Coghill, Dahlstrom, Elkins, Gatto, Harris, Hawker, Holm, Joule, Kapsner, Kelly, Kott, LeDoux, Lynn, McGuire, Meyer, Neuman, Olson, Ramras, Rokeberg, Salmon, Samuels, Seaton, Stoltze, Thomas, Weyhrauch, Wilson Nays: Berkowitz, Cissna, Crawford, Croft, Foster, Gara, Gardner, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Kerttula, Kohring Excused: Moses And so, HCS CSSB 305(FIN) am H passed the House. 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. 2006-05-08 House Journal Page 3937 Representative Berkowitz gave notice of reconsideration of the vote on HCS CSSB 305(FIN) am H.