Legislature(2007 - 2008)
2008-04-12 House Journal
Full Journal pdf2008-04-12 House Journal Page 2949 SB 221 The following was again before the House in second reading (page 2946): HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 221(FIN) am H "An Act making and amending appropriations, including capital appropriations, supplemental appropriations, and appropriations to capitalize funds; and providing for an effective date." Amendment No. 3 was not offered. Amendment No. 4 was offered by Representatives Chenault and Meyer: 2008-04-12 House Journal Page 2950 Page 75, line 23, following "Study on": Delete "Gas Bullet Line" Insert "In State Gas Use" Representative Chenault moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 4 be adopted. Representative Crawford objected. Amendment to Amendment No. 4 was offered by Representative Crawford: Delete "Use" Insert "Line" Representative Crawford moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment to Amendment No. 4 be adopted. Representative Ramras objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment to Amendment No. 4 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: HCS CSSB 221(FIN) am H Second Reading Amendment to Amendment No. 4 YEAS: 10 NAYS: 29 EXCUSED: 1 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Cissna, Coghill, Crawford, Doogan, Gara, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Kawasaki, Kerttula, Salmon Nays: Buch, Chenault, Dahlstrom, Doll, Edgmon, Fairclough, Gardner, Gatto, Harris, Hawker, Holmes, Johansen, Johnson, Joule, Keller, Kelly, LeDoux, Lynn, Meyer, Nelson, Neuman, Olson, Ramras, Roses, Samuels, Seaton, Stoltze, Thomas, Wilson Excused: Foster And so, Amendment to Amendment No. 4 was not adopted. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 4 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: 2008-04-12 House Journal Page 2951 HCS CSSB 221(FIN) am H Second Reading Amendment No. 4 YEAS: 39 NAYS: 0 EXCUSED: 1 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Buch, Chenault, Cissna, Coghill, Crawford, Dahlstrom, Doll, Doogan, Edgmon, Fairclough, Gara, Gardner, Gatto, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Harris, Hawker, Holmes, Johansen, Johnson, Joule, Kawasaki, Keller, Kelly, Kerttula, LeDoux, Lynn, Meyer, Nelson, Neuman, Olson, Ramras, Roses, Salmon, Samuels, Seaton, Stoltze, Thomas, Wilson Excused: Foster And so, Amendment No. 4 was adopted. Amendment No. 5 was offered by Representative Johnson: Page 224, line 7: Delete "$25,000" Insert "$250,000" Representative Johnson moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 5 be adopted. There was objection. Representative Johnson moved and asked unanimous consent to withdraw Amendment No. 5. There being no objection, it was so ordered. Amendment No. 6 was offered by Representatives Doll and Gruenberg: Page 210, line 27: Delete "$25,000,000" Insert "$50,000,000" Representative Doll moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 6 be adopted. 2008-04-12 House Journal Page 2952 There was objection. Representative Doll moved and asked unanimous consent to withdraw Amendment No. 6. There being no objection, it was so ordered. Amendment No. 7 was not offered. Amendment No. 8 was offered by Representatives Thomas and Meyer: Page 87, following line 19: Insert "Alaska Energy Authority Renewable Energy Projects" Under Appropriation Items: Insert "1,000" Under Other Funds: Insert "1,000" Page 209, line 31, following "Council under AS 37.05.146(b)(5),": Insert "the balance of the renewable energy fund (AS 42.45.045)," Page 226, lines 4 - 6: Delete all material and insert: "(f) The appropriations made for Renewable Energy Projects under the Alaska Energy Authority in sec. 13 and made in sec. 36(h) of this Act is contingent on passage by the Twenty-Fifth Alaska State Legislature and enactment into law of a version of HB 152 that creates a renewable energy fund." Representative Thomas moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 8 be adopted. Representative Gardner objected and withdrew the objection. There being no further objection, Amendment No. 8 was adopted. Amendment No. 9 was offered by Representative Crawford: 2008-04-12 House Journal Page 2953 Page 224, lines 8 - 9: Delete "current state regulation of mining and mining activities" Insert "the potential costs and effects of legalizing for-profit gaming" Page 224, line 10: Delete "mining" Insert "gaming" Representative Crawford moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 9 be adopted. There was objection. Representative Crawford moved and asked unanimous consent to withdraw Amendment No. 9. There being no objection, it was so ordered. Amendment No. 10 was offered by Representative Meyer: Page 41, lines 28 - 30: Delete "Spruce Grove Memorial Park - Kasilof/Cohoe Cemetery Columbarium" Insert "Kasilof - Cohoe Cemetery Association" Move to unincorporated community grant section. Page 95, lines 19 - 21: Delete "Free Methodist Church - Free Methodist Church Food Distribution" Insert "Food Bank of Alaska - Free Methodist Church Food Distribution" Page 35, lines 18 - 19: Delete "Alaska Laborer's Training School" Insert "Alaska Laborer's Construction Industry Training Fund-" Page 41, line 13: Delete "Sheldon Jackson Hatchery" Insert "Sitka Sound Science Center" 2008-04-12 House Journal Page 2954 Page 36, lines 9 - 10: Delete "American Legion Baseball Association" Insert "American Legion Department of Alaska, Inc." Page 37, lines 17 - 18: Delete "Challenger Learning Center of Alaska" Insert "The Alaska Center for Space Science Education-" Page 18, lines 13 - 14: Delete "Voznesenka Village Corporation" Insert "Voznesenka Community Council Inc." Page 15, line 22: Delete "KBRW" Insert "Silakkuagvik Communications Inc." Page 89, line 30: Delete "Alaska PTA" Insert "The Alaska Congress of Parents and Teachers" Page 12, line 10: Delete "Alaska PTA" Insert "The Alaska Congress of Parents and Teachers" Page 12, line 13: Delete "Alaska PTA" Insert "The Alaska Congress of Parents and Teachers" Page 98, lines 29 - 30: Delete "Nikiska Bay Utilities, Inc." Insert "Nikishka Bay Utilities, Inc." Page 39, lines 4 - 5: Delete "Fairbanks Counseling and Adoption" Insert "Catholic Community Resources" Page 14, lines 23 - 24: Delete "Fairbanks Downtown Association" Insert "Downtown Association of Fairbanks, Community Services, Inc." 2008-04-12 House Journal Page 2955 Page 42, line 17: Delete "Tok Umbrella Corporation" Insert "Tok Community Umbrella Corporation" Page 100, line 20, following "South Tongass": Insert "Ketchikan Gateway Borough-" Page 39, line 18: Delete "Funny River Community" Insert "Funny River Chamber of Commerce and Community Association" Page 97, line 10, following "Juneau Arts and Humanities Council": Insert ", Inc." Page 99, line 31, before "Salvation Army Cliltheroe Center": Insert "Anchorage-" Move to Grants to Municipalities in Sec. 13. Page 91, line 31: Delete "Anchorage Senior Center" Insert "Anchor-Age Center" Page 95, line 12: Delete "First CME-CDC, Inc." Insert "First C.M.E. Community Development Center, Inc." Page 11, line 11: Delete "AARP Ketchikan" Insert "Ketchikan Senior Citizens, Inc." Page 11, lines 12 - 13: Delete "Ketchikan Senior Housing Project" Insert "Pioneer Heights" Page 62, lines 8 - 10: Under Sec. 10, Department of Education and Early Development: Delete "Valdez - Vocational Training Supplies and Equipment $50,000 GF" Insert "Valdez City Schools - Training Grant $50,000 GF" 2008-04-12 House Journal Page 2956 Page 95, line 30: Delete "Haines Borough Schools" Insert "Haines Borough School District" Page 153, line 23, following "South Denali": Insert "Visitor and Cruise Passenger" Page 180, line 13, following "Ship Creek": Insert "Tourist and Cruise Passenger" Page 180, line 18, following "Tourist": Insert "and Cruise Passenger" Page 181, line 25, following "and": Insert "Cruise Passenger" Page 95, line 26, before "Greater Palmer": Insert "Mat-Su Borough" Page 52, line 6, before "Boat": Insert "Purchase" Page 52, lines 7 - 8: Delete all material. Pages 101, lines 14 - 15: Delete "St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church -" Insert "Tlingit Readers, Inc. -" Page 220, line 10, following "section": Insert "and section 13" Representative Meyer moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 10 be adopted. There being no objection, it was so ordered. Amendment No. 11 was offered by Representative Meyer: 2008-04-12 House Journal Page 2957 Insert a new bill section to read: "* Sec. . CONSTITUTIONAL BUDGET RESERVE FUND. (a) The sum of $820,000 is appropriated from the budget reserve fund (art. IX, sec. 17(c), Constitution of the State of Alaska) to the Department of Revenue, treasury division, for operating costs related to management of the budget reserve fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008. (b) The sum of $4,080,000 is appropriated from the budget reserve fund (art. IX, sec. 17(c), Constitution of the State of Alaska) to the Department of Revenue, treasury division, for operating costs related to management of the budget reserve fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009. (c) The appropriations made by (a) and (b) of this section are made under art. IX, sec. 17(c), Constitution of the State of Alaska." Subsection (a) has an effective date of April 13, 2008. Subsection (b) has an effective date of July 1, 2008. Representative Meyer moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 11 be adopted. Representative Doogan objected and withdrew the objection. There being no further objection, Amendment No. 11 was adopted and the new title follows: HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 221(FIN) am H "An Act making and amending appropriations, including capital appropriations, supplemental appropriations, and appropriations to capitalize funds; making appropriations under art. IX, sec. 17(c), Constitution of the State of Alaska, from the constitutional budget reserve fund; and providing for an effective date." (technical title change) Amendment No. 12 was offered by Representative Meyer: Page 159, lines 12 - 16: Delete all material. Insert "Halibut Point Road - Sawmill Creek Road to Ferry Terminal Pavement Rehab and Drainage Improvements (HD 2)" Add 6,500,000 GF 2008-04-12 House Journal Page 2958 Adjust fund sources and totals accordingly. Page 186, lines 20 - 25: Delete all material. Page 186, line 26: Delete "-Hollis" Page 186, line 33: Delete "Gateway Borough" Page 187, line 6: Delete "Matanuska-Susitna Borough:" Page 185, following line 18: Insert "Kodiak Island Borough - Road Service Area Rehabilitation and Paving (HD 36)" Add 2,500,000 GO Bonds Insert "Wrangell - Heritage Harbor Reconstruction Phase II (HD 2)" Add 5,000,000 GO Bonds Insert "Bethel - Road repairs and upgrades (HD 38)" Add 2,500,000 GO Bonds Insert "Ouzinkie - Dock Replacement (HD 36)" Add 2,850,000 GO Bonds Insert "Emmonak - Road improvements (HD 39)" Add 2,500,000 GO Bonds Insert "Old Harbor - Dock Replacement (HD 36)" Add 4,000,000 GO Bonds Adjust General Obligation Bond totals accordingly. Page 187, following line 8: Insert "Glacier Highway - Back Loop Road: Intersection Safety Improvements (HD 80)" Add 5,000,000 GO Bonds 2008-04-12 House Journal Page 2959 Insert "Mitkof Highway - Scow Bay to Crystal Lake Hatchery Road: Pavement Rehab and Drainage Improvements (HD 2)" Add 7,000,000 GO Bonds Insert "Aleknagik - Wood River Bridge (HD 37)" Add 20,000,000 GO Bonds Insert "University Avenue Widening (HD 60)" Add 30,000,000 GO Bonds Insert "Sawmill Creek Road Upgrade Phase III with Separated Pedestrian Path - Whale Park to Sawmill Creek (HD 2)" Add 10,800,000 GO Bonds Insert "North Tongass Highway - Ward Cove to Refuge Cove: Pavement Rehab and Drainage Improvements (HD 1)" Add 8,900,000 GO Bonds Adjust General Obligation Bond totals accordingly. Representative Meyer moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 12 be adopted. Representative Doogan objected and withdrew the objection. There being no further objection, Amendment No. 12 was adopted. Amendment No. 13 was offered by Representative Meyer: Page 225, following line 18: Insert a new section to read: "* Sec. 70. TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM. The following amounts are appropriated from the technical vocational education account (AS 37.10.200) to the following state agencies for operating expenditures for the institutions listed in AS 23.15.835(d), added by a version of HB 2, Twenty-Fifth Alaska State Legislature, for programs consistent with AS 23.15.820 - 23.15.850 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009: 2008-04-12 House Journal Page 2960 APPROPRIATION OTHER ITEMS FUNDS HB 2 Technical Vocational Education 1,704,300 1,704,300 Program appropriated to Department of Labor and Workforce Development HB 2 Technical Vocational Education 120,200 120,200 Program appropriated to Department of Education and Early Development HB 2 Technical Vocational Education 1,180,700 1,180,700 Program appropriated to University of Alaska" Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Page 226, following line 12: Insert a new subsection to read: "(i) The appropriation made in sec. 70 of this Act is contingent on passage by the Twenty-Fifth Alaska State Legislature and enactment into law of provisions contained in SCS CSHB 2(FIN)." Page 226, line 18: Delete "secs. 29 - 70" Insert "secs. 29 - 71" Page 226, line 25: Delete "71, and 74" Insert "72, and 75" Page 226, line 28: Delete "and 68 - 70" Insert "68, 69, and 71" Page 226, line 29: Delete "secs. 75 and 76" Insert "secs. 76 and 77" Representative Meyer moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 13 be adopted. 2008-04-12 House Journal Page 2961 Objection was heard and withdrawn. There being no further objection, Amendment No. 13 was adopted. Amendment No. 14 was offered by Representative Meyer: Page 219, following line 5: Insert a new bill section to read: "* Sec. 59. DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION. The sum of $7,500 is appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Administration, division of personnel, for costs associated with the state officers compensation commission for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009." Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Page 225, line 26: Delete "sec. 65(g)" Insert "sec. 66(g)" Page 225, line 29: Delete "Section 65(i)" Insert "Section 66(i)" Page 225, line 31: Delete "Section 61" Insert "Section 62" Page 226, line 2: Delete "Sections 60(b) and 60(c)" Insert "Sections 61(b) and 61(c)" Page 226, line 16: Delete "59(d), 61, 62, 64, 65(c), 65(i), 68, and 69(a)" Insert "60(d), 62, 63, 65, 66(c), 66(i), 69, and 70(a)" Page 226, line 18: Delete "secs. 29 - 70" Insert "secs. 29 - 71" 2008-04-12 House Journal Page 2962 Page 226, line 25: Delete "60(a), 62(c), 62(d), 66(c), 67, 71, and 74" Insert "61(a), 63(c), 63(d), 67(c), 68, 72, and 75" Page 226, lines 27 - 28: Delete "62(b), 64, 65(c), 66(b), and 68 - 70" Insert "63(b), 65, 66(c), 67(b), and 69 - 71" Page 226, line 29: Delete "secs. 75 and 76" Insert "secs. 76 and 77" Representative Meyer moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 14 be adopted. There being no objection, it was so ordered. Amendment No. 15 was not offered. Amendment No. 16 was offered by Representatives Doogan, Gara, and Gardner: Page 225, following line 22: Insert a new bill section to read: "* Sec. 71. PERMANENT FUND. An amount equal to the total amount appropriated in this Act, not including reappropriations, any appropriation from the earning reserve account of the permanent fund, or any appropriation of federal funds, is appropriated from the earnings reserve account of the permanent fund (AS 37.13.145) to the principal of the permanent fund." Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Page 226, line 25: Delete "71, and 74" Insert "72, and 75" Page 226, line 28: Delete "68 - 70" Insert "68 - 71" 2008-04-12 House Journal Page 2963 Page 226, line 29: Delete "75 and 76" Insert "76 and 77" Representative Doogan moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 16 be adopted. Representative Dahlstrom objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 16 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: HCS CSSB 221(FIN) am H Second Reading Amendment No. 16 YEAS: 12 NAYS: 27 EXCUSED: 1 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Buch, Cissna, Crawford, Doll, Doogan, Gara, Gardner, Guttenberg, Kawasaki, Kerttula, Nelson, Salmon Nays: Chenault, Coghill, Dahlstrom, Edgmon, Fairclough, Gatto, Gruenberg, Harris, Hawker, Holmes, Johansen, Johnson, Joule, Keller, Kelly, LeDoux, Lynn, Meyer, Neuman, Olson, Ramras, Roses, Samuels, Seaton, Stoltze, Thomas, Wilson Excused: Foster And so, Amendment No. 16 was not adopted. HCS CSSB 221(FIN) am H was automatically in third reading. The question being: "Shall HCS CSSB 221(FIN) am H pass the House?" The roll was taken with the following result: HCS CSSB 221(FIN) am H Third Reading Final Passage YEAS: 33 NAYS: 6 EXCUSED: 1 ABSENT: 0 2008-04-12 House Journal Page 2964 Yeas: Chenault, Cissna, Coghill, Dahlstrom, Doll, Edgmon, Fairclough, Gara, Gatto, Gruenberg, Harris, Hawker, Holmes, Johansen, Johnson, Joule, Keller, Kelly, Kerttula, LeDoux, Lynn, Meyer, Nelson, Neuman, Olson, Ramras, Roses, Salmon, Samuels, Seaton, Stoltze, Thomas, Wilson Nays: Buch, Crawford, Doogan, Gardner, Guttenberg, Kawasaki Excused: Foster And so, HCS CSSB 221(FIN) am H passed the House. Representative Samuels moved that the appropriations in Amendment No. 11 from the constitutional budget reserve fund (Article IX, Section 17(c), Constitution of the State of Alaska) be adopted. The question being: "Shall the House adopt the appropriations in Amendment No. 11 from the constitutional budget reserve fund (Article IX, Section 17(c), Constitution of the State of Alaska)?" The roll was taken with the following result: HCS CSSB 221(FIN) am H Third Reading Constitutional Budget Reserve Appropriations YEAS: 35 NAYS: 0 EXCUSED: 1 ABSENT: 4 Yeas: Buch, Cissna, Coghill, Dahlstrom, Doll, Doogan, Edgmon, Fairclough, Gara, Gardner, Gatto, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Harris, Hawker, Holmes, Johansen, Kawasaki, Keller, Kelly, Kerttula, LeDoux, Lynn, Meyer, Nelson, Neuman, Olson, Ramras, Roses, Salmon, Samuels, Seaton, Stoltze, Thomas, Wilson Excused: Foster Absent: Chenault, Crawford, Johnson, Joule And so, the appropriations from the constitutional budget reserve fund were adopted. 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. 2008-04-12 House Journal Page 2965 In accordance with Rule 43(b) of the Uniform Rules, the Speaker waived engrossment of HCS CSSB 221(FIN) am H. It was signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk and transmitted to the Senate with copies of certified amendments attached.