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2007-05-15 House Journal

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2007-05-15                     House Journal                      Page 1390
SB 53                                                                                                                         
The following, which was moved to the bottom of the calendar (page                                                              
1386), was again before the House in second reading:                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 53(FIN)                                                                                             
     "An Act making and amending appropriations, including capital                                                              
     appropriations, supplemental appropriations, and appropriations to                                                         
     capitalize funds; ratifying certain expenditures; and providing for                                                        
     an effective date."                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Representative Samuels moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                                               
following committee substitute be adopted in lieu of the original bill:                                                         
                                                                                                                                
     HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 53(FIN)                                                                                
     (same title)                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
There being no objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 1 was offered  by Representative Meyer:                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Under Section 1, Department of Commerce, Community and                                                                        
Economic Development, Grants to Named Recipients                                                                              
(AS 37.05.316):                                                                                                               
 Insert:  Gulf of Alaska Keeper - Gore Point Cleanup 150,000                                                                    
General Funds and Program Match                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Redirect the following grants into the proper grant recipients and                                                              
conform bill accordingly:                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Under Section 1, Department of Commerce, Community and                                                                        
Economic Development, Grants to Municipalities (AS 37.05.315):                                                                
 Delete:  Kenai Peninsula Borough - Kenai Peninsula 4-H                                                                         
And under Sec. 4., University of Alaska:                                                                                      
 Insert:  Cooperative Extension Service 4-H Program - Kenai                                                                     
Program Assistance (HD-33-35)                                                                                                   

2007-05-15                     House Journal                      Page 1391
Under Section 1, Department of Commerce, Community and                                                                        
Economic Development, Grants to Municipalities (AS 37.05.315):                                                                
 Delete:  Kenai Peninsula Borough - Sterling Community Center                                                                   
 Insert:  Sterling Community Club, Inc. - Sterling Community                                                                    
Center                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
 Delete:  Kenai Peninsula Borough - Sterling Senior Center                                                                      
Improvements                                                                                                                    
 Insert:  Sterling Area Senior Center, Inc. (SASCI) - Sterling                                                                  
Senior Center Improvements                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Page 55, lines 25 - 28:                                                                                                         
 Delete all material.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Page 175, line 25:                                                                                                              
 Delete "$48,100,000"                                                                                                           
 Insert "$48,153,052"                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Page 176, lines 5 - 7:                                                                                                          
 Delete "under AS 37.05.315 for the fiscal year ending June 30,                                                                 
2008, for the purpose of defraying increased energy and other costs to                                                          
each of the following municipalities"                                                                                           
 Insert "to the following municipalities for the purpose of defraying                                                           
increased energy and other costs"                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Page 181, line 3:                                                                                                               
 Delete "$97,639"                                                                                                               
 Insert "$150,691"                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Page 181, lines 21 - 22:                                                                                                        
 Delete "under AS 37.05.317 for the fiscal year ending June 30,                                                                 
2008,"                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Renumber and conform bill accordingly.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Representative Meyer moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                     
Amendment No. 1 be adopted.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                

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Objection was heard and withdrawn.  There being no further objection,                                                           
Amendment No. 1 was adopted.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 2 was offered  by Representative Meyer:                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Page 184, following line 1:                                                                                                     
 Insert a new subsection to read:                                                                                               
 "(d) The following amounts are appropriated from the general                                                                   
fund to the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic                                                                     
Development for payment as grants to the following boroughs for the                                                             
purpose of defraying increased energy and other costs in the following                                                          
unincorporated communities:                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
      UNINCORPORATED                                                                                                            
MUNICIPALITY  COMMUNITY         APPROPRIATION                                                                                   
Aleutians East Borough                Nelson Lagoon       $20,000                                                               
Bristol Bay Borough                   King Salmon                 20,000                                                        
                                      Naknek                      20,000                                                        
                                      South Naknek                20,000                                                        
Denali Borough                        Cantwell                    20,000                                                        
                                      Healy                       20,000                                                        
                                      McKinley Park               20,000                                                        
Kenai Peninsula Borough               Anchor Point                20,000                                                        
                                      Cooper Landing              20,000                                                        
                                      Hope                        20,000                                                        
                                      Nanwalek                    20,000                                                        
                                      Nikiski                     20,000                                                        
                                      Nikolaevsk                  20,000                                                        
                                      Ninilchik                   20,000                                                        
                                      Port Graham                 20,000                                                        
                                      Seldovia Village            20,000                                                        
                                      Tyonek                      20,000                                                        
Kodiak Island Borough                 Karluk                      20,000                                                        
Lake and Peninsula Borough  Chignik Lagoon                        20,000                                                        
                                  Chignik Lake                    20,000                                                        
                                  Igiugig                         20,000                                                        
                                  Iliamna                         20,000                                                        
                                      Kokhanok                    20,000                                                        
                                      Levelock                    20,000                                                        

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                                      Pedro Bay                   20,000                                                        
                                      Perryville                  20,000                                                        
                                      Port Alsworth               20,000                                                        
Matanuska-Susitna Borough             Chickaloon                  20,000                                                        
                                      Talkeetna                   20,000                                                        
North Slope Borough                   Point Lay                   20,000                                                        
Northwest Arctic Borough              Noatak                      20,000"                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Representative Meyer moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                     
Amendment No. 2 be adopted.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Objection was heard and withdrawn.  There being no further objection,                                                           
Amendment No. 2 was adopted.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 3 was offered  by Representative Meyer:                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Page 167, following line 31:                                                                                                    
 Insert a new subsection to read:                                                                                               
 "(e)  The sum of $55,000 is appropriated from the anatomical gift                                                              
awareness fund (AS 13.50.160) to the Department of Commerce,                                                                    
Community, and Economic Development for payment as a grant under                                                                
AS 37.05.316 to Life Alaska Donor Services, Inc., for promoting the                                                             
donation program for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008."                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Representative Meyer moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                     
Amendment No. 3 be adopted.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Representative Gardner objected and withdrew the objection.  There                                                              
being no further objection, Amendment No. 3 was adopted.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 4 was offered  by Representative Guttenberg:                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Insert:                                                                                                                         
 Agency:  University of Alaska                                                                                                  
 Project:  Biosciences Facility                                                                                                 
 Amount:  $12,500,000                                                                                                           
 Funding Source:  General Fund                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                

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Representative Guttenberg moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                
Amendment No. 4 be adopted.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Objection was heard.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 4 be adopted?"  The roll                                                              
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
HCS CSSB 53(FIN) am H                                                                                                           
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 4                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  14   NAYS:  26   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Cissna, Crawford, Doll, Doogan, Edgmon, Gardner, Gatto,                                                                  
Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Holmes, Joule, Kawasaki, Kerttula, Nelson                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Buch, Chenault, Coghill, Dahlstrom, Fairclough, Foster, Gara,                                                            
Harris, Hawker, Johansen, Johnson, Kelly, Kohring, LeDoux, Lynn,                                                                
Meyer, Neuman, Olson, Ramras, Roses, Salmon, Samuels, Seaton,                                                                   
Stoltze, Thomas, Wilson                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 4 was not adopted.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 5 was offered  by Representatives Gara and                                                                         
Gruenberg:                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Page 89, following line 14, insert:                                                                                             
 Project:  Head Start Grants, HD1-40                                                                                            
 Amount:  $630,000                                                                                                              
 Funding Source:  General Fund                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Representative Gara moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                      
Amendment No. 5 be adopted.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Representative Meyer objected.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 5 be adopted?"  The roll                                                              
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            

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HCS CSSB 53(FIN) am H                                                                                                           
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 5                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  15   NAYS:  25   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Buch, Cissna, Crawford, Doll, Edgmon, Gara, Gardner,                                                                     
Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Holmes, Joule, Kerttula, Nelson, Salmon,                                                                 
Wilson                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Chenault, Coghill, Dahlstrom, Doogan, Fairclough, Foster,                                                                
Gatto, Harris, Hawker, Johansen, Johnson, Kawasaki, Kelly, Kohring,                                                             
LeDoux, Lynn, Meyer, Neuman, Olson, Ramras, Roses, Samuels,                                                                     
Seaton, Stoltze, Thomas                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 5 was not adopted.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 6 was offered  by Representatives Nelson, Chenault,                                                                
and Meyer:                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Insert a new bill section to read:                                                                                              
   "* Sec.   .  The sum of $325,000 is appropriated from the Power Cost                                                     
Equalization Fund (AS 42.45.070) to the Department of Commerce,                                                                 
Community, and Economic Development, Alaska Energy Authority                                                                    
Power Cost Equalization for increased operating costs for the fiscal                                                            
year ending June 30, 2007."                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Representative Chenault moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                  
Amendment No. 6 be adopted.  There being no objection, it was so                                                                
ordered.