Legislature(2007 - 2008)
2007-05-15 Senate Journal
Full Journal pdf2007-05-15 Senate Journal Page 1324 SB 125 Senator Therriault rose to a point of order, stating the previous motion to refer CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 125(FIN) and HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 125(FIN) (page 1308) to the Rules Committee was out of order. Senator Therriault further stated it is in order to refer the concur message on the bill. Senator Stevens moved that the concur message, requesting the Senate to concur in the House amendment to 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' 2007-05-15 Senate Journal Page 1325 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" thus adopting 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." be referred to the Rules Committee. Senator Therriault objected. The question being: "Shall the concur message be referred to the Rules Committee?" The roll was taken with the following result: SB 125 Send Concur Message to the Rules Committee? YEAS: 13 NAYS: 5 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 2 Yeas: Cowdery, Davis, Ellis, Elton, French, Green, Huggins, Kookesh, McGuire, Olson, Stevens, Thomas, Wielechowski Nays: Bunde, Dyson, Therriault, Wagoner, Wilken Absent: Hoffman, Stedman and so, the concur message was referred to the Rules Committee.