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2008-03-17 House Journal

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2008-03-17                     House Journal                      Page 2314
SB 125                                                                                                                        
Representative Samuels moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                                               
House consider the Free Conference Committee report (page 2250) on                                                              
the following, which is under Unfinished Business:                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 125(FIN)                                                                                
    "An Act relating to the accounting and payment of contributions                                                             
    under the retirement plans of the Public Employees' Retirement                                                              
    System of Alaska and the Teachers' Retirement System, to                                                                    
    calculations of contributions under those retirement plans, and to                                                          
    participation in, and termination of and amendments to                                                                      
    participation in, the defined benefit plans of those systems;                                                               
    relating to recovery of an award of damages or other recovery by                                                            
    those systems; relating to employer contributions to the health                                                             
    reimbursement arrangement plan; relating to participation in the                                                            
    public employees' defined contribution plan by certain elected                                                              
    officials; making conforming amendments; and providing for an                                                               
    effective date."                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
and                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
    CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 125(FIN)                                                                                             
    "An Act relating to the accounting and payment of contributions                                                             
    under the retirement plans of the Public Employees' Retirement                                                              
    System of Alaska and the Teachers' Retirement System, to                                                                    
    calculations of contributions under those retirement plans, and to                                                          
    participation in, and termination of and amendments to                                                                      
    participation in, the defined benefit plans of those systems;                                                               
    relating to employer contributions to the health reimbursement                                                              
    arrangement plan; making conforming amendments; and                                                                         
    providing for an effective date."                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
There being no objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                

2008-03-17                     House Journal                      Page 2315
Representative Samuels moved that the House adopt the Free                                                                      
Conference Committee report, thus adopting FCCS SB 125, and                                                                     
recommended that the members vote yes.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall the House adopt the Free Conference                                                                 
Committee report?"  The roll was taken with the following result:                                                               
                                                                                                                                
FCCS SB 125                                                                                                                     
Adopt                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  36   NAYS:  0   EXCUSED:  1   ABSENT:  3                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Buch, Chenault, Cissna, Coghill, Crawford, Dahlstrom, Doll,                                                              
Doogan, Edgmon, Fairclough, Gara, Gardner, Gatto, Gruenberg,                                                                    
Harris, Hawker, Holmes, Johansen, Johnson, Joule, Keller, Kelly,                                                                
Kerttula, LeDoux, Lynn, Meyer, Nelson, Neuman, Olson, Ramras,                                                                   
Salmon, Samuels, Seaton, Stoltze, Thomas, Wilson                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  Foster                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Absent:  Guttenberg, Kawasaki, Roses                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
And so, the House adopted the Free Conference Committee report,                                                                 
thus adopting:                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
    FREE CONFERENCE CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 125                                                                                  
    "An Act relating to the accounting and payment of contributions                                                             
    under the retirement plans of the Public Employees' Retirement                                                              
    System of Alaska and the Teachers' Retirement System, to                                                                    
    calculations of contributions under those retirement plans, and to                                                          
    participation in, and termination of and amendments to                                                                      
    participation in, the defined benefit plans of those systems;                                                               
    relating to recovery of an award of damages or other recovery by                                                            
    those systems; relating to employer contributions to the health                                                             
    reimbursement arrangement plan; relating to participation in the                                                            
    public employees' defined contribution plan by certain elected                                                              
    officials; making conforming amendments; and providing for an                                                               
    effective date."                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Representative Samuels 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.                                                            
                                                                                                                                

2008-03-17                     House Journal                      Page 2316
The Chief Clerk notified the Senate.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
The Senate adopted the Free Conference Committee report (Senate                                                                 
Journal page 2204).