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                             HOUSE JOURNAL                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
                        ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
               TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Juneau, Alaska                     Monday                   March 4, 2013                                                     
                                                                                                                                
                            Forty-ninth Day                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Pursuant to adjournment the House was called to order by Speaker                                                                
Chenault at 10:34 a.m.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Roll call showed 38 members present.  Representatives Guttenberg                                                                
and LeDoux had been excused from a call of the House today.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The invocation was offered by the Chaplain, Tom Heutte, Lay Leader                                                              
of Juneau Unitarian Universalist Fellowship.  Representative                                                                    
P. Wilson moved and asked unanimous consent that the invocation be                                                              
spread on the journal.  There being no objection, it was so ordered.                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     With the deepest respect for the religious beliefs of all                                                                  
     Alaskans, I offer the following reading from the                                                                           
     Dhammapada.                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     Never does hatred cease by hating in return; only through                                                                  
     love can hatred come to an end.  Victory breeds hatred; the                                                                
     conquered dwell in sorrow and resentment.  They who give up                                                                
     all thought of victory or defeat may be calm and live happily                                                              
     at peace.  Let us overcome violence by gentleness.  Let us                                                                 
     overcome evil by good.  Let us overcome the miserly by                                                                     
     generosity.  Let us overcome the liar by truth.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Representative Josephson.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                

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                      CERTIFICATION OF THE JOURNAL                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Representative Pruitt moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                                                
                     ththth                                                                                                     
journal for the 46, 47, and 48 legislative days be approved as                                                                  
certified by the Chief Clerk.  There being no objection, it was so                                                              
ordered.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
The Speaker ordered the House at ease to allow members of the Senate                                                            
to enter the House Chamber.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
                             AFTER AT EASE                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
The Speaker called the House back to order at 11:07 a.m.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
                       JOINT SESSION IN THE HOUSE                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
In accordance with Uniform Rule 51, Speaker Chenault turned the                                                                 
gavel over to President Huggins who called the joint session to order                                                           
at 11:08 a.m.                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
The purpose of the joint session was to hear an address by the                                                                  
Honorable Mark Begich, U.S. Senator.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Senator Coghill moved and asked unanimous consent that the roll call                                                            
of the Senate be waived and all members be shown as present.  There                                                             
being no objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Representative Pruitt moved and asked unanimous consent that the roll                                                           
call of the House be waived and all members be shown as present.                                                                
There being no objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
President Huggins appointed Representative Kerttula and Senator Ellis                                                           
to escort the Senator to the joint session.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
The Senate Sergeant-at-Arms announced the Senator's entrance into                                                               
the House Chamber.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Senator Begich was escorted to the rostrum and welcomed by                                                                      
President Huggins.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                

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Senator Begich delivered his address, and it is published in Senate and                                                         
House Joint Journal Supplement No. 4.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
A question and answer period followed the conclusion of the Senator's                                                           
speech.                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Senator Begich received a standing ovation and was escorted from the                                                            
Chamber by Representative Kerttula and Senator Ellis.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Senator Coghill moved and asked unanimous consent that the joint                                                                
session adjourn.  There being no objection, President Huggins                                                                   
adjourned the joint session at 12:00 p.m.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
The Speaker ordered the House at ease to allow members of the Senate                                                            
to leave the Chamber.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
                              IN THE HOUSE                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
The Speaker called the House back to order at 12:14 p.m.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
                        MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Messages dated February 27 and March 1, 2013, were read stating the                                                             
Senate passed the following, and they are transmitted for                                                                       
consideration:                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                      FIRST READING AND REFERENCE                                                                            
                         OF SENATE RESOLUTIONS                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
SJR 3                                                                                                                         
CS FOR SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE JOINT                                                                                      
RESOLUTION NO. 3(RES) by the Senate Resources Committee:                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
     Urging the United States Congress to pass legislation to open the                                                          
     coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas                                                        
     exploration, development, and production; relating to oil and gas                                                          
     exploration, development, production, and royalties; and relating                                                          
     to renewable and alternative energy technologies.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the Resources Committee.                                                                

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                      FIRST READING AND REFERENCE                                                                            
                            OF SENATE BILLS                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
SB 7                                                                                                                          
SENATE BILL NO. 7 am by Senators GIESSEL, Egan,                                                                                 
Wielechowski, French, Dyson, McGuire, Bishop, Fairclough, Meyer,                                                                
Micciche, Dunleavy, and Kelly, entitled:                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act relating to the computation of the tax on the taxable                                                              
    income of a corporation derived from sources within the state."                                                            
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the Finance Committee.                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
SB 12                                                                                                                         
SENATE BILL NO. 12 by Senators FAIRCLOUGH, Giessel,                                                                             
McGuire, Huggins, Kelly, Dyson, Meyer, Micciche, Gardner, Bishop,                                                               
Egan, Dunleavy, Stevens, and Wielechowski, entitled:                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act relating to state and public entity procurement, including                                                         
     the State Procurement Code, procurement preferences, contract                                                              
     awards, the use of small procurement provisions for certain                                                                
     amounts of leased space, the Alaska business license requirement                                                           
     for Alaska bidder and other procurement preferences, the proof of                                                          
     registration of construction contract bidders and offerors, the                                                            
     establishment and maintenance of lists of persons who want to                                                              
     provide supplies or services to the state, state agencies, and state                                                       
     instrumentalities, electronic bids and proposals, the chief                                                                
     procurement officer, small procurements, and writings; relating to                                                         
     the meaning of 'Alaska bidder'; and providing for an effective                                                             
     date."                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the State Affairs and Finance                                                           
Committees.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
                     REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
HCR 1                                                                                                                         
The Resources Committee considered:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                

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     HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 1                                                                                          
     Relating to the establishment and operation of a state food                                                                
     resource development working group.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
     CS FOR HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 1(EDT)                                                                              
     (same title)                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
The report was signed by Representative Feige, Co-chair, with the                                                               
following individual recommendations:                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Do pass (8):  P. Wilson, Hawker, Tuck, Johnson, Seaton, Tarr, Olson,                                                            
Feige                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal note(s) apply to CSHCR 1(EDT):                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
1.  Zero, House Special Committee on Economic Development, Trade,                                                               
& Tourism/Legislative Agency                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
HCR 1 was referred to the Rules Committee for placement on the                                                                  
calendar.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                     REPORTS OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
HCR 2                                                                                                                         
The House Special Committee on Military & Veterans' Affairs                                                                     
considered:                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
     HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 2                                                                                          
     Proclaiming the state as a Purple Heart State to honor the service                                                         
     and sacrifice of our nation's men and women in uniform wounded                                                             
     or killed by the enemy while serving to protect the freedom                                                                
     enjoyed by all Americans.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
The report was signed by Representative LeDoux, Co-chair, with the                                                              
following individual recommendations:                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                

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Do pass (6):  Saddler, Gruenberg, Higgins, Hughes, Reinbold, LeDoux                                                             
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal note(s) apply:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
1.  Zero, Legislative Agency                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
HCR 2 was referred to the Rules Committee for placement on the                                                                  
calendar.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                       INTRODUCTION OF CITATIONS                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
The following citation was introduced and referred to the Rules                                                                 
Committee for placement on the calendar:                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Honoring - Rockwell                                                                                                             
By Representatives Gara, Kerttula, Munoz; Senator Egan                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
               INTRODUCTION, FIRST READING, AND REFERENCE                                                                    
                             OF HOUSE BILLS                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
HB 152                                                                                                                        
HOUSE BILL NO. 152 by Representative THOMPSON, entitled:                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act requiring certain employers who terminate participation                                                            
     in the defined benefit retirement plan or the defined contribution                                                         
     retirement plan of the Public Employees' Retirement System to                                                              
     make contributions related to past service liability and pay                                                               
     termination costs; repealing a requirement that employers who                                                              
     terminate participation in the defined contribution retirement plan                                                        
     or the defined benefit retirement plan of the Public Employees'                                                            
     Retirement System pay for a termination cost study; and providing                                                          
     for an effective date."                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the Labor & Commerce and                                                                
Finance Committees.                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
HB 153                                                                                                                        
HOUSE BILL NO. 153 by Representative LYNN, entitled:                                                                            
                                                                                                                                

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     "An Act designating Minnesota Drive and a portion of O'Malley                                                              
     Road in Anchorage the Walter J. Hickel Expressway."                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the Transportation and Finance                                                          
Committees.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
HB 154                                                                                                                        
HOUSE BILL NO. 154 by Representative THOMPSON, entitled:                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act relating to natural and cultural history collections at the                                                        
     University of Alaska Museum of the North."                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the Education Committee.                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
HB 155                                                                                                                        
HOUSE BILL NO. 155 by Representatives JOSEPHSON and                                                                             
Kawasaki, entitled:                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act extending the school term; and providing for an effective                                                          
     date."                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the Education and Finance                                                               
Committees.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
HB 156                                                                                                                        
HOUSE BILL NO. 156 by Representative HERRON, entitled:                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act extending the termination date of the authority of the                                                             
     Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission to maintain a vessel-                                                                
     based limited entry fisheries system for the weathervane scallop                                                           
     and Bering Sea hair crab fisheries; and providing for an effective                                                         
     date by amending the effective date under sec. 28, ch. 137, SLA                                                            
     2002."                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the House Special Committee on                                                          
Fisheries and the Resources Committee.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                

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                  CONSIDERATION OF THE DAILY CALENDAR                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
                      THIRD READING OF HOUSE BILLS                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
HB 77                                                                                                                         
The following, which was advanced to third reading from the February                                                            
27, 2013, calendar (page 387), was read the third time:                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
     CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 77(RES)                                                                                              
     "An Act relating to the Alaska Land Act, including certain                                                                 
     authorizations, contracts, leases, permits, or other disposals of                                                          
     state land, resources, property, or interests; relating to                                                                 
     authorization for the use of state land by general permit; relating                                                        
     to exchange of state land; relating to procedures for certain                                                              
     administrative appeals and requests for reconsideration to the                                                             
     commissioner of natural resources; relating to the Alaska Water                                                            
     Use Act; and providing for an effective date."                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Representative Gara moved and asked unanimous consent that CSHB
77(RES) be returned to second reading for the specific purpose of                                                               
considering Amendment No. 1.  There being no objection, it was so                                                               
ordered.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
The Speaker stated that, without objection, CSHB 77(RES) would be                                                               
returned to second reading for all amendments.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 1 was offered  by Representatives Gara, Tarr,                                                                      
Josephson, Kreiss-Tomkins, and Kawasaki:                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
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"* Sec. 35. AS 46.15.080(a) is amended to read:                                                                               
         (a)  Except as provided in (c) of this section, the [THE]                                                          
    commissioner shall issue a permit if the commissioner finds that                                                           
              (1)  rights of a prior appropriator will not be unduly                                                            
     affected;                                                                                                                  
              (2)  the proposed means of diversion or construction are                                                          
     adequate;                                                                                                                  
              (3)  the proposed water withdrawal does not                                                                   
     materially harm habitat for sport, commercial, or subsistence                                                          

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     fish when compared to the water level that would be present if                                                         
     no water withdrawal were permitted;                                                                                    
              (4)  the proposed use of water is beneficial; and                                                             
              (5) [(4)]  the proposed appropriation is in the public                                                        
     interest.                                                                                                                  
   * Sec. 36. AS 46.15.080 is amended by adding a new subsection to                                                           
read:                                                                                                                           
         (c)  The commissioner may issue a permit for the                                                                       
     appropriation of the minimum amount of water necessary for oil                                                             
     and gas development if the commissioner makes the findings                                                                 
     required in (a)(1), (2), (4), and (5) of this section and makes a                                                          
     written finding that there is no alternate source of water from                                                            
     which it is feasible to make an appropriation with less detriment to                                                       
     fish and fish habitat."                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Renumber the following bill sections accordingly.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
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Representative Gara moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                      
Amendment No. 1 be adopted.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                

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Representative Feige objected.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
The Speaker stated that, without objection, the House would recess                                                              
until 6:30 p.m.; and so, the House recessed at 12:34 p.m.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
                              AFTER RECESS                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
The Speaker called the House back to order at 8:09 p.m.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
**Representative Hughes was excused from a call of the House at                                                                 
8:00 p.m. (page 396).                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                      THIRD READING OF HOUSE BILLS                                                                           
                              (continued)                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
HB 77                                                                                                                         
CSHB 77(RES) was before the House with Amendment No. 1 (page                                                                    
434) moved and pending.                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 1 be adopted?"  The roll                                                              
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 77(RES)                                                                                                                    
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 1                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  12   NAYS:  24   EXCUSED:  3   ABSENT:  1                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Austerman, Drummond, Edgmon, Foster, Gara, Gruenberg,                                                                    
Herron, Josephson, Kerttula, Kreiss-Tomkins, Tarr, Tuck                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Chenault, Costello, Feige, Gattis, Hawker, Higgins, Holmes,                                                              
Isaacson, Johnson, Keller, Lynn, Millett, Munoz, Nageak, Neuman,                                                                
Olson, Pruitt, Reinbold, Saddler, Seaton, Stoltze, Thompson,                                                                    
P.Wilson, T.Wilson                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  Guttenberg, Hughes, LeDoux                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Absent:  Kawasaki                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 1 was not adopted.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                

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Amendment No. 2 was offered  by Representative Tarr:                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
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Renumber the following bill sections accordingly.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
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Renumber the following bill sections accordingly.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
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     Delete "Section 45"                                                                                                        
     Insert "Section 43"                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
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     Delete "sec. 47"                                                                                                           
     Insert "sec. 45"                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Representative Tarr moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                      
Amendment No. 2 be adopted.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Representative Feige objected.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 2 be adopted?"  The roll                                                              
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 77(RES)                                                                                                                    
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 2                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  12   NAYS:  25   EXCUSED:  3   ABSENT:  0                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Austerman, Drummond, Edgmon, Gara, Gruenberg, Josephson,                                                                 
Kawasaki, Kerttula, Kreiss-Tomkins, Tarr, Tuck, P.Wilson                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Chenault, Costello, Feige, Foster, Gattis, Hawker, Herron,                                                               
Higgins, Holmes, Isaacson, Johnson, Keller, Lynn, Millett, Munoz,                                                               
Nageak, Neuman, Olson, Pruitt, Reinbold, Saddler, Seaton, Stoltze,                                                              
Thompson, T.Wilson                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                

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Excused:  Guttenberg, Hughes, LeDoux                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 2 was not adopted.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 3 was offered  by Representative Josephson:                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
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Representative Josephson moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                 
Amendment No. 3 be adopted.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                

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Representative Saddler objected.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 3 be adopted?"  The roll                                                              
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 77(RES)                                                                                                                    
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 3                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  14   NAYS:  23   EXCUSED:  3   ABSENT:  0                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Drummond, Edgmon, Gara, Gruenberg, Herron, Josephson,                                                                    
Kawasaki, Kerttula, Kreiss-Tomkins, Munoz, Nageak, Seaton, Tarr,                                                                
Tuck                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Austerman, Chenault, Costello, Feige, Foster, Gattis, Hawker,                                                            
Higgins, Holmes, Isaacson, Johnson, Keller, Lynn, Millett, Neuman,                                                              
Olson, Pruitt, Reinbold, Saddler, Stoltze, Thompson, P.Wilson,                                                                  
T.Wilson                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  Guttenberg, Hughes, LeDoux                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 3 was not adopted.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 4 was offered  by Representatives Kreiss-Tomkins                                                                   
and Gara:                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
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     Delete "or"                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Page 21, line 17, following "States":                                                                                           
     Insert ", or a Native entity in the state that is on the list of                                                       
Indian entities that are recognized and eligible to receive services                                                        
from the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of                                                              
the Interior, published in 67 Federal Register 46328-01 on July 12,                                                         
2002,"                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Representative Kreiss-Tomkins moved and asked unanimous consent                                                                 
that Amendment No. 4 be adopted.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Representative Feige objected.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                

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The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 4 be adopted?"  The roll                                                              
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 77(RES)                                                                                                                    
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 4                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  17   NAYS:  20   EXCUSED:  3   ABSENT:  0                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Austerman, Drummond, Edgmon, Foster, Gara, Gruenberg,                                                                    
Herron, Holmes, Josephson, Kawasaki, Kerttula, Kreiss-Tomkins,                                                                  
Munoz, Nageak, Seaton, Tarr, Tuck                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Chenault, Costello, Feige, Gattis, Hawker, Higgins, Isaacson,                                                            
Johnson, Keller, Lynn, Millett, Neuman, Olson, Pruitt, Reinbold,                                                                
Saddler, Stoltze, Thompson, P.Wilson, T.Wilson                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  Guttenberg, Hughes, LeDoux                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 4 was not adopted.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 77(RES) was automatically in third reading.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall CSHB 77(RES) pass the House?"  The roll                                                             
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 77(RES)                                                                                                                    
Third Reading                                                                                                                   
Final Passage                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  23   NAYS:  14   EXCUSED:  3   ABSENT:  0                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Chenault, Costello, Feige, Gattis, Hawker, Higgins, Holmes,                                                              
Isaacson, Johnson, Keller, Lynn, Millett, Munoz, Nageak, Neuman,                                                                
Olson, Pruitt, Reinbold, Saddler, Stoltze, Thompson, P.Wilson,                                                                  
T.Wilson                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Austerman, Drummond, Edgmon, Foster, Gara, Gruenberg,                                                                    
Herron, Josephson, Kawasaki, Kerttula, Kreiss-Tomkins, Seaton, Tarr,                                                            
Tuck                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  Guttenberg, Hughes, LeDoux                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
And so, CSHB 77(RES) passed the House.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                

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Representative Pruitt moved the effective date clause.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall the effective date clause be adopted?"  The                                                         
roll was taken with the following result:                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 77(RES)                                                                                                                    
Third Reading                                                                                                                   
Effective Date                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  31   NAYS:  6   EXCUSED:  3   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Austerman, Chenault, Costello, Edgmon, Feige, Foster, Gattis,                                                            
Gruenberg, Hawker, Herron, Higgins, Holmes, Isaacson, Johnson,                                                                  
Keller, Kerttula, Kreiss-Tomkins, Lynn, Millett, Munoz, Nageak,                                                                 
Neuman, Olson, Pruitt, Reinbold, Saddler, Seaton, Stoltze, Thompson,                                                            
P.Wilson, T.Wilson                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Drummond, Gara, Josephson, Kawasaki, Tarr, Tuck                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  Guttenberg, Hughes, LeDoux                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
And so, the effective date clause was adopted.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 77(RES) was referred to the Chief Clerk for engrossment.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
The Speaker stated that, without objection, the House would revert to:                                                          
                                                                                                                                
                     REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
HB 4                                                                                                                          
The Resources Committee considered:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
     SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 4                                                                                    
     "An Act relating to the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation;                                                            
     making the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation, a                                                                       
     subsidiary of the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, an                                                                   
     independent public corporation of the state; establishing and                                                              
     relating to the in-state natural gas pipeline fund; making certain                                                         
     information provided to or by the Alaska Gasline Development                                                               
     Corporation and its subsidiaries exempt from inspection as a                                                               
     public record; relating to the Joint In-State Gasline Development                                                          
     Team; relating to the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation;                                                                  
     relating to the price of the state's royalty gas for certain contracts;                                                    

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     relating to judicial review of a right-of-way lease or an action or                                                        
     decision related to the development or construction of an oil or gas                                                       
     pipeline on state land; relating to the lease of a right-of-way for a                                                      
     gas pipeline transportation corridor, including a corridor for a                                                           
     natural gas pipeline that is a contract carrier; relating to the cost of                                                   
     natural resources, permits, and leases provided to the Alaska                                                              
     Gasline Development Corporation; relating to procurement by the                                                            
     Alaska Gasline Development Corporation; relating to the review                                                             
     by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska of natural gas                                                                      
     transportation contracts; relating to the regulation by the                                                                
     Regulatory Commission of Alaska of an in-state natural gas                                                                 
     pipeline project developed by the Alaska Gasline Development                                                               
     Corporation; relating to the regulation by the Regulatory                                                                  
     Commission of Alaska of an in-state natural gas pipeline that                                                              
     provides transportation by contract carriage; relating to the Alaska                                                       
     Natural Gas Development Authority; relating to the procurement                                                             
     of certain services by the Alaska Natural Gas Development                                                                  
     Authority; exempting property of a project developed by the                                                                
     Alaska Gasline Development Corporation from property taxes                                                                 
     before the commencement of commercial operations; and                                                                      
     providing for an effective date."                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
and recommends it be replaced with a forthcoming House Resources                                                                
Committee substitute.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
The report was signed by Representatives Saddler and Feige, Co-                                                                 
chairs, with the following individual recommendations:                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Do pass (6):  Johnson, Hawker, P. Wilson, Seaton, Olson, Saddler                                                                
                                                                                                                                
No recommendation (1):  Tuck                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Amend (2):  Tarr, Feige                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal note(s) apply to CSSSHB 4(RES):                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
1.  Fiscal, Dept. of Revenue                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
SSHB 4 was referred to the Finance Committee.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                

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The House advanced to:                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
                  CONSIDERATION OF THE DAILY CALENDAR                                                                        
                              (continued)                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
                  SECOND READING OF HOUSE RESOLUTIONS                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
HJR 6                                                                                                                         
The following was read the second time:                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
     HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 6                                                                                               
     Relating to legacy wells and legacy well sites; urging the United                                                          
     States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, to                                                           
     open new areas of the National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska for                                                              
     environmentally responsible oil and gas development; and                                                                   
     requesting the Office of the Governor to increase nationwide                                                               
     awareness about legacy wells and well sites.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
with the:                                                      Journal Page                                                     
                                                                                                                                
 RES RPT 8DP                                                             406                                                    
 FN1: ZERO(LEG)                                                          406                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Representative Pruitt moved and asked unanimous consent that HJR 6                                                              
be considered engrossed, advanced to third reading, and placed on                                                               
final passage.  There being no objection, it was so ordered.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
HJR 6 was read the third time.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall HJR 6 pass the House?"  The roll was                                                                
taken with the following result:                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
HJR 6                                                                                                                           
Third Reading                                                                                                                   
Final Passage                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  36   NAYS:  0   EXCUSED:  3   ABSENT:  1                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Austerman, Chenault, Costello, Drummond, Feige, Foster,                                                                  
Gara, Gattis, Gruenberg, Hawker, Herron, Higgins, Holmes, Isaacson,                                                             
Johnson, Josephson, Kawasaki, Keller, Kerttula, Kreiss-Tomkins,                                                                 

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Lynn, Millett, Munoz, Nageak, Neuman, Olson, Pruitt, Reinbold,                                                                  
Saddler, Seaton, Stoltze, Tarr, Thompson, Tuck, P.Wilson, T.Wilson                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  Guttenberg, Hughes, LeDoux                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Absent:  Edgmon                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
And so, HJR 6 passed the House and was referred to the Chief Clerk                                                              
for engrossment.                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                         LEGISLATIVE CITATIONS                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Representative Pruitt moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                                                
House approve the citations on the calendar.  There being no                                                                    
objection, the following citations were approved and sent to enrolling:                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Honoring - David Hale, UAF 2013 Business Leader of the Year                                                                     
By Representatives Thompson, Chenault, Costello, Drummond,                                                                      
Edgmon, Feige, Foster, Gara, Gattis, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Hawker,                                                             
Herron, Higgins, Holmes, Hughes, Isaacson, Johnson, Josephson,                                                                  
Kawasaki, Keller, Kerttula, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeDoux, Lynn, Millett,                                                              
Munoz, Nageak, Neuman, Olson, Pruitt, Reinbold, Saddler, Seaton,                                                                
Stoltze, Tarr, Tuck, P. Wilson, T. Wilson; Senator Kelly                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
In Memoriam - Patrick Lewis Carter, Jr.                                                                                         
By Senator Coghill; Representatives Chenault, Costello, Drummond,                                                               
Edgmon, Feige, Foster, Gara, Gattis, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Hawker,                                                             
Herron, Higgins, Holmes, Hughes, Isaacson, Johnson, Josephson,                                                                  
Kawasaki, Keller, Kerttula, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeDoux, Lynn, Millett,                                                              
Munoz, Nageak, Neuman, Olson, Pruitt, Reinbold, Saddler, Seaton,                                                                
Stoltze, Tarr, Thompson, Tuck, P. Wilson, T. Wilson                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
                          UNFINISHED BUSINESS                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Representative Pruitt moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                                                
following members be excused from a call of the House.  There being                                                             
no objection, the members were excused as noted:                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Representative Austerman - from 10:30 a.m., March 28 to 11:30 p.m.,                                                             
March 31                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                

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Representative Kawasaki - from 6:00 p.m., March 5 to 10:00 a.m.,                                                                
March 11                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Representative Kerttula - from noon, March 7 to 1:30 p.m., March 10                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Representative Kreiss-Tomkins - from 9:00 a.m., March 6 to                                                                      
8:00 a.m., March 11                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Representative Thompson - from 7:50 p.m., March 6 to 10:30 a.m.,                                                                
March 11; and from 6:00 p.m., March 29 to 10:00 a.m., April 1                                                                   
(amended from pages 315, 335)                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
HCR 1                                                                                                                         
Representative Feige added his name as cosponsor to:                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 1                                                                                          
     Relating to the establishment and operation of a state food                                                                
     resource development working group.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
HJR 6                                                                                                                         
Representatives Hughes, Gara, Costello, Reinbold, Holmes, Chenault,                                                             
Austerman, Lynn, Olson, Josephson, Gattis, T. Wilson, Thompson,                                                                 
Munoz, Saddler, Pruitt, and Foster added their names as cosponsors to:                                                          
                                                                                                                                
     HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 6                                                                                               
     Relating to legacy wells and legacy well sites; urging the United                                                          
     States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, to                                                           
     open new areas of the National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska for                                                              
     environmentally responsible oil and gas development; and                                                                   
     requesting the Office of the Governor to increase nationwide                                                               
     awareness about legacy wells and well sites.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
HB 4                                                                                                                          
Representative Reinbold added her name as cosponsor to:                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
     SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 4                                                                                    
     "An Act relating to the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation;                                                            
     making the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation, a                                                                       
     subsidiary of the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, an                                                                   
     independent public corporation of the state; establishing and                                                              

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     relating to the in-state natural gas pipeline fund; making certain                                                         
     information provided to or by the Alaska Gasline Development                                                               
     Corporation and its subsidiaries exempt from inspection as a                                                               
     public record; relating to the Joint In-State Gasline Development                                                          
     Team; relating to the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation;                                                                  
     relating to the price of the state's royalty gas for certain contracts;                                                    
     relating to judicial review of a right-of-way lease or an action or                                                        
     decision related to the development or construction of an oil or gas                                                       
     pipeline on state land; relating to the lease of a right-of-way for a                                                      
     gas pipeline transportation corridor, including a corridor for a                                                           
     natural gas pipeline that is a contract carrier; relating to the cost of                                                   
     natural resources, permits, and leases provided to the Alaska                                                              
     Gasline Development Corporation; relating to procurement by the                                                            
     Alaska Gasline Development Corporation; relating to the review                                                             
     by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska of natural gas                                                                      
     transportation contracts; relating to the regulation by the                                                                
     Regulatory Commission of Alaska of an in-state natural gas                                                                 
     pipeline project developed by the Alaska Gasline Development                                                               
     Corporation; relating to the regulation by the Regulatory                                                                  
     Commission of Alaska of an in-state natural gas pipeline that                                                              
     provides transportation by contract carriage; relating to the Alaska                                                       
     Natural Gas Development Authority; relating to the procurement                                                             
     of certain services by the Alaska Natural Gas Development                                                                  
     Authority; exempting property of a project developed by the                                                                
     Alaska Gasline Development Corporation from property taxes                                                                 
     before the commencement of commercial operations; and                                                                      
     providing for an effective date."                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
HB 56                                                                                                                         
Representative Keller added his name as cosponsor to:                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
     HOUSE BILL NO. 56                                                                                                          
     "An Act excluding motorcycles and motor-driven cycles from the                                                             
     passenger vehicle rental tax; and providing for an effective date."                                                        
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
HB 89                                                                                                                         
Representative Feige added his name as cosponsor to:                                                                            
                                                                                                                                

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     HOUSE BILL NO. 89                                                                                                          
     "An Act relating to the rapid response to, and control of, aquatic                                                         
     invasive species and establishing the aquatic invasive species                                                             
     response fund."                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
HB 140                                                                                                                        
Representative Thompson added his name as cosponsor to:                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
     HOUSE BILL NO. 140                                                                                                         
     "An Act relating to the information that must be included with                                                             
     certain notices provided for the proposed adoption, amendment, or                                                          
     repeal of a regulation."                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
HB 143                                                                                                                        
Representative Kreiss-Tomkins added his name as cosponsor to:                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
     HOUSE BILL NO. 143                                                                                                         
     "An Act relating to crewmember fishing licenses."                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
HB 146                                                                                                                        
Representatives Millett, Thompson, Hughes, T. Wilson, LeDoux, and                                                               
Pruitt added their names as cosponsors to:                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
     HOUSE BILL NO. 146                                                                                                         
     "An Act relating to proof of motor vehicle liability insurance; and                                                        
     providing for an effective date."                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
SJR 2                                                                                                                         
Representative Keller added his name as cross sponsor to:                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
     CS FOR SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 2(JUD)                                                                                  
     Commending and supporting actions taken by the Office of the                                                               
     Governor, the attorney general, and the commissioner of natural                                                            
     resources to protect the state from federal government incursion                                                           
     into the care and management of state resources and to promote                                                             
     the economic prosperity of the state; and urging the United States                                                         
     Congress and the President of the United States to limit federal                                                           
     government overreach into management of state resources.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                

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SJR 3                                                                                                                         
Representative Gattis added her name as cross sponsor to:                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
     CS FOR SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE JOINT                                                                                 
     RESOLUTION NO. 3(RES)                                                                                                      
     Urging the United States Congress to pass legislation to open the                                                          
     coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas                                                        
     exploration, development, and production; relating to oil and gas                                                          
     exploration, development, production, and royalties; and relating                                                          
     to renewable and alternative energy technologies.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
SJR 6                                                                                                                         
Representative Keller added his name as cross sponsor to:                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
     SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 6                                                                                              
     Urging the United States Congress not to relinquish to the office                                                          
     of the President of the United States the legislative duty to                                                              
     safeguard our most fundamental right; and urging the President of                                                          
     the United States to refrain from any further efforts to restrict                                                          
     ownership of firearms.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
SB 7                                                                                                                          
Representative Kawasaki added his name as cross sponsor to:                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
     SENATE BILL NO. 7 am                                                                                                       
     "An Act relating to the computation of the tax on the taxable                                                              
    income of a corporation derived from sources within the state."                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                              ENGROSSMENT                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
HJR 6                                                                                                                         
HJR 6 was engrossed, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk, and                                                                 
transmitted to the Senate for consideration.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
HB 77                                                                                                                         
CSHB 77(RES) was engrossed, signed by the Speaker and Chief                                                                     
Clerk, and transmitted to the Senate for consideration.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                

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                             ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
House committee schedules are published under separate cover.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
                              ADJOURNMENT                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Representative Pruitt moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                                                
House adjourn until 10:30 a.m., March 5, 2013.  There being no                                                                  
objection, the House adjourned at 10:14 p.m.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
                                               Suzi Lowell                                                                      
                                               Chief Clerk