Legislature(2017 - 2018)
2017-03-03 House Journal
Full Journal pdf2017-03-03 House Journal Page 0389 HOUSE JOURNAL ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE FIRST SESSION Juneau, Alaska Friday March 3, 2017 Forty-sixth Day The House was called to order by Speaker pro tempore Tuck at 10:30 a.m. The following members were present for the technical session: Representatives Tuck, Birch, Eastman, Grenn, Guttenberg, Kawasaki, Millett, Parish, Pruitt, Reinbold, Saddler, Sullivan-Leonard, Thompson, Tilton, and Wilson. COMMUNICATIONS The following were received: Alaska Energy Authority 2016 Annual Report (as required by AS 44.83.940) Dept. of Commerce, Community, & Economic Development Commercial Passenger Vessel Excise Tax Report FY 2007-2016 February 2017 (as required by AS 43.52.260) REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES The Judiciary Committee reviewed the qualifications of the following and recommends the appointments be forwarded to a joint session for consideration: 2017-03-03 House Journal Page 0390 Melanie Bahnke Jeannine Jabaay as members of the Commission on Judicial Conduct. The report was signed by Representative Claman, Chair; and Representatives Eastman, Kopp, Fansler, LeDoux, Reinbold, and Kreiss-Tomkins. The Judiciary Committee reviewed the qualifications of the following and recommends the appointments be forwarded to a joint session for consideration: Lynne Gallant as a member of the Alaska Judicial Council. Nora Barlow Jeffrey Stubblefield as members of the Violent Crimes Compensation Board. The report was signed by Representative Claman, Chair; and Representatives Eastman, Kopp, Fansler, and Reinbold. HB 47 The Community & Regional Affairs Committee considered: HOUSE BILL NO. 47 "An Act requiring certain municipalities with a population that decreased by more than 25 percent between 2000 and 2010 that participate in the defined benefit retirement plan of the Public Employees' Retirement System of Alaska to contribute to the system an amount calculated by applying a rate of 22 percent of the total of all base salaries paid by the municipality to employees of the municipality who are active members of the system during a payroll period; authorizing the administrator of the defined benefit retirement plan of the Public Employees' Retirement System of Alaska to reduce the rate of interest payable by certain municipalities that are delinquent in transmitting employee and employer contributions to the retirement plan; and providing for an effective date." 2017-03-03 House Journal Page 0391 The report was signed by Representatives Fansler and Parish, Co- chairs, with the following individual recommendations: Do pass (4): Westlake, Drummond, Fansler, Parish No recommendation (1): Rauscher Amend (1): Saddler The following fiscal note(s) apply: 1. Indeterminate, Dept. of Administration HB 47 was referred to the Finance Committee. HB 90 The Labor & Commerce Committee considered: HOUSE BILL NO. 90 "An Act relating to occupational licensing fees; relating to an occupational investigation surcharge; and providing for an effective date." The report was signed by Representative Kito, Chair, with the following individual recommendations: Do pass (3): Wool, Josephson, Kito Do not pass (3): Sullivan-Leonard, Birch, Knopp No recommendation (1): Stutes The following fiscal note(s) apply: 1. Fiscal, Dept. of Commerce, Community, & Economic Development HB 90 was referred to the Finance Committee. 2017-03-03 House Journal Page 0392 HB 114 The Labor & Commerce Committee considered: HOUSE BILL NO. 114 "An Act relating to boiler and unfired pressure vessel inspection reports and fees." The report was signed by Representative Kito, Chair, with the following individual recommendations: Do pass (4): Stutes, Wool, Josephson, Kito No recommendation (1): Knopp The following fiscal note(s) apply: 1. Fiscal, Dept. of Labor & Workforce Development HB 114 was referred to the Finance Committee. HB 121 The Labor & Commerce Committee considered: HOUSE BILL NO. 121 "An Act relating to occupational safety and health enforcement penalties; and providing for an effective date." The report was signed by Representative Kito, Chair, with the following individual recommendations: Do pass (4): Stutes, Wool, Josephson, Kito The following fiscal note(s) apply: 1. Fiscal, Dept. of Labor & Workforce Development HB 121 was referred to the Judiciary Committee. SB 33 The Transportation Committee considered: 2017-03-03 House Journal Page 0393 SENATE BILL NO. 33 "An Act naming the state ferries built in Ketchikan and entering Alaska marine highway system service on or after 2017; and providing for an effective date." The report was signed by Representative Wool, Chair, with the following individual recommendations: Do pass (6): Claman, Kopp, Sullivan-Leonard, Neuman, Drummond, Wool The following fiscal note(s) apply: 1. Zero, Dept. of Transportation & Public Facilities SB 33 was referred to the Rules Committee for placement on the calendar. UNFINISHED BUSINESS HCR 6 Representative Reinbold added as a cosponsor to: HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 6 Suspending Rule 23(a), Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature, relating to measures in possession of standing committees and special committees of the Alaska House of Representatives, and Rules 20, 21(c), and 24(a), Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature, restricting committee meetings of the Alaska House of Representatives to measures that substantially relate to and have as their primary purpose appropriating, raising, or allocating state revenue, until the Alaska House of Representatives passes a state operating budget to the Alaska Senate. HJR 2 Representatives Wilson and Reinbold added as cosponsors to: HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 2 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to an appropriation limit. 2017-03-03 House Journal Page 0394 HJR 10 Representatives Tilton and Johnson added as cosponsors to: HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 10 Urging the United States Congress to pass the Improved National Monument Designation Process Act. HB 21 Representative Rauscher added as a cosponsor to: HOUSE BILL NO. 21 "An Act making a special appropriation from the earnings reserve account for the payment of permanent fund dividends; and providing for an effective date." HB 22 Representative Rauscher added as a cosponsor to: HOUSE BILL NO. 22 "An Act increasing the amount of the 2016 permanent fund dividend and directing the Department of Revenue to pay a supplemental dividend to eligible individuals; and providing for an effective date." HB 65 Representatives Reinbold and Wilson added as cosponsors to: HOUSE BILL NO. 65 "An Act increasing the amount of the 2016 permanent fund dividend and directing the Department of Revenue to pay a supplemental dividend to eligible individuals; and providing for an effective date." HB 66 Representatives Wilson and Reinbold added as cosponsors to: SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 66 "An Act making a special appropriation from the earnings reserve account for the payment of permanent fund dividends; and providing for an effective date." 2017-03-03 House Journal Page 0395 HB 81 Representative Kawasaki added as a cosponsor to: HOUSE BILL NO. 81 "An Act making an entity that is exempt from federal taxation under 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3), (4), (6), (12), or (19) (Internal Revenue Code) and a federally recognized tribe eligible for a loan from the Alaska energy efficiency revolving loan fund; relating to loans from the Alaska energy efficiency revolving loan fund; and relating to the annual report published by the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation." HB 127 Representative Tuck added as a cosponsor to: HOUSE BILL NO. 127 "An Act relating to a permanent fund dividend for an individual whose conviction has been vacated, reversed, or dismissed; and relating to the calculation of the value of the permanent fund dividend by including payment to individuals eligible for a permanent fund dividend because of a conviction that has been vacated, reversed, or dismissed." ANNOUNCEMENTS House committee schedules are published daily under separate cover. ADJOURNMENT Representative Kawasaki, Acting Majority Leader, moved and asked unanimous consent that the House adjourn until 11:00 a.m., March 6. There being no objection, the House adjourned at 10:35 a.m. Crystaline Jones Chief Clerk