2008-02-13                     House Journal                      Page 1969
SB 125                                                                                                                        
A message dated February 13, 2008, was read stating the Senate failed                                                           
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' 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."                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
namely:                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
     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."                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
 (HCR 11 - title change resolution)                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
and respectfully requests the House to recede from its amendment.                                                               
                                                                                                                                
In the event the House fails to recede, the President appointed the                                                             
following members to a Conference Committee to meet with a like                                                                 
committee from the House to consider the bills:                                                                                 

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     Senator Hoffman, Chair                                                                                                     
     Senator Huggins                                                                                                            
     Senator Bunde                                                                                                              
SB 125                                                                                                                        
Representative Samuels moved that the House recede from its                                                                     
amendment to CSSB 125(FIN), namely HCS CSSB 125(FIN), and                                                                       
recommended that the members vote no.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall the House recede from its amendment to                                                              
CSSB 125(FIN)?"  The roll was taken with the following result:                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
HCS CSSB 125(FIN)                                                                                                               
Recede                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  0   NAYS:  36   EXCUSED:  1   ABSENT:  3                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Buch, Chenault, Cissna, Coghill, Crawford, Dahlstrom,                                                                    
Doogan, Edgmon, Fairclough, Gardner, Gatto, Gruenberg, Guttenberg,                                                              
Harris, Hawker, Holmes, Johansen, Johnson, Joule, Kawasaki, Keller,                                                             
Kelly, Kerttula, LeDoux, Lynn, Meyer, Neuman, Olson, Ramras,                                                                    
Roses, Salmon, Samuels, Seaton, Stoltze, Thomas, Wilson                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  Foster                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Absent:  Doll, Gara, Nelson                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
And so, the House failed to recede.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The Speaker appointed the following members to a Conference                                                                     
Committee to meet with a like committee from the Senate to consider                                                             
the above bills:                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     Representative Meyer, Chair                                                                                                
     Representative Samuels                                                                                                     
     Representative Kerttula                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
The Chief Clerk notified the Senate.