2017-03-13                     House Journal                      Page 0497
Ortiz, Parish, Pruitt, Seaton, Spohnholz, Stutes, Sullivan-Leonard,                                                             
Tarr, Thompson, Tuck, Westlake, Wool                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 6 was not adopted.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 7 was offered  by Representative Eastman:                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, line 3, following "duty;" (title amendment):                                                                          
    Insert "relating to contributions from permanent fund                                                                     
dividends to the peace officer and firefighter survivors' fund;"                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Page 4, following line 17:                                                                                                      
    Insert new bill sections to read:                                                                                           
"* Sec. 2. AS 43.23.062(a) is amended to read:                                                                                
         (a)  Notwithstanding AS 43.23.069, the Department of                                                                   
    Revenue shall prepare the electronic Alaska permanent fund                                                                  
    dividend application to allow an applicant who files electronically                                                         
    to direct that money be subtracted from the dividend payment and                                                            
    contributed to the peace officer and firefighter survivors' fund                                                        
    or to one or more of the educational organizations, community                                                           
    foundations, or charitable organizations that appear on the                                                                 
    contribution list contained in the application. A contribution to the                                                   
    peace officer and firefighter survivors' fund or to an                                                                  
    organization may be $25, $50, $75, $100, or more, in increments                                                             
    of $50, up to the total amount of the permanent fund dividend that                                                          
    the applicant is entitled to receive. If the total amount of                                                                
    contributions elected by an applicant exceeds the amount of the                                                             
    permanent fund dividend that the applicant is entitled to receive,                                                          
    contributions shall be deducted from the dividend in the order of                                                           
    priority elected by the applicant on the application until the entire                                                       
    amount of the dividend that the applicant is entitled to receive is                                                         
    allocated for contribution. The electronic dividend application                                                             
    form must include notice that seven percent of the money                                                                    
    contributed will be used for administrative costs incurred in                                                               
    implementing this section, and money from the dividend fund will                                                            
    not be used for that purpose.                                                                                               
   * Sec. 3. AS 43.23.062(b) is amended to read:                                                                              
         (b)  The department shall list each educational organization,                                                          
    community foundation, or charitable organization eligible under                                                             
    (c) and (d) of this section, [AND] each university campus that