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                              HOUSE JOURNAL                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                         ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                          THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
                          SECOND SPECIAL SESSION                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Juneau, Alaska                   Saturday                   July 15, 2017                                                     
                                                                                                                                
                              Thirtieth Day                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Pursuant to adjournment the House was called to order by Speaker                                                                
Edgmon at 11:10 a.m.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Roll call showed 36 members present.  Representatives Kito and                                                                  
Spohnholz had been excused from a call of the House today.                                                                      
Representatives Seaton and Tarr were absent and their presence was                                                              
noted later.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
The invocation was offered by the Chaplain, Representative Tuck.                                                                
Representative Westlake moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                                              
invocation be spread on the journal.  There being no objection, it was                                                          
so ordered.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
     Dear Father God,                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
     You are the God of all creations, and you are a creating God.                                                              
     Thank you for creating such a beautiful day here in Juneau.                                                                
     You made the heavens and the earth and your work was good                                                                  
     and we praise you.  May we continue your good work through                                                                 
     our own work and our labor - helping to create your kingdom                                                                
     on earth as it is in heaven.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
     We pray this Saturday for all those who are working.                                                                       
     Whether in the factory, the fields, or the mines, the armed                                                                
     services, the business office, or here in government.  May all                                                             
     workers carry themselves with honor, be kept safe from harm,                                                               
     and be well paid for their hard work so that they may provide                                                              
     for their family and loved ones.                                                                                           

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     Father God, we thank you for your blessings.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
     Today we also pray for those who are unemployed or                                                                         
     underemployed.  May they not become discouraged; may they                                                                  
     continue to find ways to learn and grow in their time out of                                                               
     work.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
     As stewards of your resources, help us to continue to provide                                                              
     for those who are suffering from unemployment so that they                                                                 
     do not lose hearth and home.  May those out of work                                                                        
     experience tangible evidence of our support and may                                                                        
     meaningful work come quickly.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
     May all the work and laboring we do benefit your creation so                                                               
     that we all might be co-creators of your world according to                                                                
     your perfect will, and let it be filled with peace and enough                                                              
     for all.                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
     For all of us who agree, we say Amen.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Representative Stutes.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
                       CERTIFICATION OF THE JOURNAL                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Representative Tuck moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                                                  
journal for the 7th through 29th legislative days of the second special                                                         
session be approved as certified by the Chief Clerk.  There being no                                                            
objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
                        SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Representative Tuck moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                                                  
notice and publication requirements be waived and the first special                                                             
order citation calendar be taken up as a Special Order of Business.                                                             
There being no objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Representative Tuck moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                                                  
House approve the first special order citation calendar.  There being no                                                        
objection, the following citations were approved and sent to enrolling:                                                         
                                                                                                                                

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Honoring - Linda Hay                                                                                                            
By Representatives Chenault, Johnson, Edgmon, Birch, Claman,                                                                    
Drummond, Eastman, Fansler, Foster, Gara, Grenn, Guttenberg,                                                                    
Johnston, Josephson, Kawasaki, Kito, Kopp, Kreiss-Tomkins,                                                                      
LeDoux, Millett, Neuman, Ortiz, Parish, Pruitt, Rauscher, Reinbold,                                                             
Saddler, Seaton, Spohnholz, Stutes, Sullivan-Leonard, Talerico, Tarr,                                                           
Thompson, Tilton, Tuck, Westlake, Wilson, Wool                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Honoring - Ernest K. Weiss                                                                                                      
By Representatives LeDoux, Edgmon, Birch, Chenault, Claman,                                                                     
Drummond, Eastman, Fansler, Foster, Gara, Grenn, Guttenberg,                                                                    
Johnson, Johnston, Josephson, Kawasaki, Kito, Kopp, Kreiss-                                                                     
Tomkins, Millett, Neuman, Ortiz, Parish, Pruitt, Rauscher, Reinbold,                                                            
Saddler, Seaton, Spohnholz, Stutes, Sullivan-Leonard, Talerico, Tarr,                                                           
Thompson, Tilton, Tuck, Westlake, Wilson, Wool; Senator                                                                         
Wielechowski                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Honoring - Colin Arnold                                                                                                         
By Representatives Kreiss-Tomkins, Edgmon, Birch, Chenault,                                                                     
Claman, Drummond, Eastman, Fansler, Foster, Gara, Grenn,                                                                        
Guttenberg, Johnson, Johnston, Josephson, Kawasaki, Kito, Kopp,                                                                 
LeDoux, Millett, Neuman, Ortiz, Parish, Pruitt, Rauscher, Reinbold,                                                             
Saddler, Seaton, Spohnholz, Stutes, Sullivan-Leonard, Talerico, Tarr,                                                           
Thompson, Tilton, Tuck, Westlake, Wilson, Wool                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Honoring - Dr. Karen O'Neill                                                                                                    
By Representatives Foster, Edgmon, Birch, Chenault, Claman,                                                                     
Drummond, Eastman, Fansler, Gara, Grenn, Guttenberg, Johnson,                                                                   
Johnston, Josephson, Kawasaki, Kito, Kopp, Kreiss-Tomkins,                                                                      
LeDoux, Millett, Neuman, Ortiz, Parish, Pruitt, Rauscher, Reinbold,                                                             
Saddler, Seaton, Spohnholz, Stutes, Sullivan-Leonard, Talerico, Tarr,                                                           
Thompson, Tilton, Tuck, Westlake, Wilson, Wool                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Honoring - Fairbanks Pioneer Home 50th Anniversary                                                                              
By Representatives Kawasaki, Thompson, Edgmon, Birch, Chenault,                                                                 
Claman, Drummond, Eastman, Fansler, Foster, Gara, Grenn,                                                                        
Guttenberg, Johnson, Johnston, Josephson, Kito, Kopp, Kreiss-                                                                   
Tomkins, LeDoux, Millett, Neuman, Ortiz, Parish, Pruitt, Rauscher,                                                              
Reinbold, Saddler, Seaton, Spohnholz, Stutes, Sullivan-Leonard,                                                                 
Talerico, Tarr, Tilton, Tuck, Westlake, Wilson, Wool                                                                            

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Honoring - Lori Lynn Bradford                                                                                                   
By Senator Costello; Representatives Edgmon, Birch, Chenault,                                                                   
Claman, Drummond, Eastman, Fansler, Foster, Gara, Grenn,                                                                        
Guttenberg, Johnson, Johnston, Josephson, Kawasaki, Kito, Kopp,                                                                 
Kreiss-Tomkins, LeDoux, Millett, Neuman, Ortiz, Parish, Pruitt,                                                                 
Rauscher, Reinbold, Saddler, Seaton, Spohnholz, Stutes, Sullivan-                                                               
Leonard, Talerico, Tarr, Thompson, Tilton, Tuck, Westlake, Wilson,                                                              
Wool                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Honoring - Paul Stoklos                                                                                                         
By Senator Costello; Representatives Josephson, Edgmon, Birch,                                                                  
Chenault, Claman, Drummond, Eastman, Fansler, Foster, Gara, Grenn,                                                              
Guttenberg, Johnson, Johnston, Kawasaki, Kito, Kopp, Kreiss-                                                                    
Tomkins, LeDoux, Millett, Neuman, Ortiz, Parish, Pruitt, Rauscher,                                                              
Reinbold, Saddler, Seaton, Spohnholz, Stutes, Sullivan-Leonard,                                                                 
Talerico, Tarr, Thompson, Tilton, Tuck, Westlake, Wilson, Wool                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Honoring - Annie Route                                                                                                          
By Senator Costello; Representatives Claman, Gara, Edgmon, Birch,                                                               
Chenault, Drummond, Eastman, Fansler, Foster, Grenn, Guttenberg,                                                                
Johnson, Johnston, Josephson, Kawasaki, Kito, Kopp, Kreiss-                                                                     
Tomkins, LeDoux, Millett, Neuman, Ortiz, Parish, Pruitt, Rauscher,                                                              
Reinbold, Saddler, Seaton, Spohnholz, Stutes, Sullivan-Leonard,                                                                 
Talerico, Tarr, Thompson, Tilton, Tuck, Westlake, Wilson, Wool                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
In Memoriam - Michael James Harris                                                                                              
By Representatives Knopp, Edgmon, Birch, Chenault, Claman,                                                                      
Drummond, Eastman, Fansler, Foster, Gara, Grenn, Guttenberg,                                                                    
Johnson, Johnston, Josephson, Kawasaki, Kito, Kopp, Kreiss-                                                                     
Tomkins, LeDoux, Millett, Neuman, Ortiz, Parish, Pruitt, Rauscher,                                                              
Reinbold, Saddler, Seaton, Spohnholz, Stutes, Sullivan-Leonard,                                                                 
Talerico, Tarr, Thompson, Tilton, Tuck, Westlake, Wilson, Wool                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
In Memoriam - Daniel Fauske                                                                                                     
By Representatives Chenault, Edgmon, Birch, Claman, Drummond,                                                                   
Eastman, Fansler, Foster, Gara, Grenn, Guttenberg, Johnson, Johnston,                                                           
Josephson, Kawasaki, Kito, Kopp, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeDoux, Millett,                                                               
Neuman, Ortiz, Parish, Pruitt, Rauscher, Reinbold, Saddler, Seaton,                                                             
Spohnholz, Stutes, Sullivan-Leonard, Talerico, Tarr, Thompson,                                                                  
Tilton, Tuck, Westlake, Wilson, Wool; Senator Costello                                                                          

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In Memoriam - Carl Shepro                                                                                                       
By Representatives Claman, Edgmon, Birch, Chenault, Drummond,                                                                   
Eastman, Fansler, Foster, Gara, Grenn, Guttenberg, Johnson, Johnston,                                                           
Josephson, Kawasaki, Kito, Kopp, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeDoux, Millett,                                                               
Neuman, Ortiz, Parish, Pruitt, Rauscher, Reinbold, Saddler, Seaton,                                                             
Spohnholz, Stutes, Sullivan-Leonard, Talerico, Tarr, Thompson,                                                                  
Tilton, Tuck, Westlake, Wilson, Wool                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
In Memoriam - Gordon DePue                                                                                                      
By Senator Coghill; Representatives Edgmon, Birch, Chenault,                                                                    
Claman, Drummond, Eastman, Fansler, Foster, Gara, Grenn,                                                                        
Guttenberg, Johnson, Johnston, Josephson, Kawasaki, Kito, Kopp,                                                                 
Kreiss-Tomkins, LeDoux, Millett, Neuman, Ortiz, Parish, Pruitt,                                                                 
Rauscher, Reinbold, Saddler, Seaton, Spohnholz, Stutes, Sullivan-                                                               
Leonard, Talerico, Tarr, Thompson, Tilton, Tuck, Westlake, Wilson,                                                              
Wool                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
In Memoriam - Hansen Bradee Kirkpatrick                                                                                         
By Senator Wilson; Representatives Sullivan-Leonard, Edgmon,                                                                    
Birch, Chenault, Claman, Drummond, Eastman, Fansler, Foster, Gara,                                                              
Grenn, Guttenberg, Johnson, Johnston, Josephson, Kawasaki, Kito,                                                                
Kopp, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeDoux, Millett, Neuman, Ortiz, Parish,                                                                   
Pruitt, Rauscher, Reinbold, Saddler, Seaton, Spohnholz, Stutes,                                                                 
Talerico, Tarr, Thompson, Tilton, Tuck, Westlake, Wilson, Wool                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
In Memoriam - Arnold "Arnie" Rice                                                                                               
By Senator Gardner; Representatives Edgmon, Birch, Chenault,                                                                    
Claman, Drummond, Eastman, Fansler, Foster, Gara, Grenn,                                                                        
Guttenberg, Johnson, Johnston, Josephson, Kawasaki, Kito, Kopp,                                                                 
Kreiss-Tomkins, LeDoux, Millett, Neuman, Ortiz, Parish, Pruitt,                                                                 
Rauscher, Reinbold, Saddler, Seaton, Spohnholz, Stutes, Sullivan-                                                               
Leonard, Talerico, Tarr, Thompson, Tilton, Tuck, Westlake, Wilson,                                                              
Wool                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
In Memoriam - Rick Koch                                                                                                         
By Senator Micciche; Representatives Kopp, Knopp, Chenault,                                                                     
Edgmon, Birch, Claman, Drummond, Eastman, Fansler, Foster, Gara,                                                                
Grenn, Guttenberg, Johnson, Johnston, Josephson, Kawasaki, Kito,                                                                
Kreiss-Tomkins, LeDoux, Millett, Neuman, Ortiz, Parish, Pruitt,                                                                 
Rauscher, Reinbold, Saddler, Seaton, Spohnholz, Stutes, Sullivan-                                                               

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Leonard, Talerico, Tarr, Thompson, Tilton, Tuck, Westlake, Wilson,                                                              
Wool                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
In Memoriam - William Bush                                                                                                      
By Senator Coghill; Representatives Edgmon, Birch, Chenault,                                                                    
Claman, Drummond, Eastman, Fansler, Foster, Gara, Grenn,                                                                        
Guttenberg, Johnson, Johnston, Josephson, Kawasaki, Kito, Kopp,                                                                 
Kreiss-Tomkins, LeDoux, Millett, Neuman, Ortiz, Parish, Pruitt,                                                                 
Rauscher, Reinbold, Saddler, Seaton, Spohnholz, Stutes, Sullivan-                                                               
Leonard, Talerico, Tarr, Thompson, Tilton, Tuck, Westlake, Wilson,                                                              
Wool                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
In Memoriam - Kenneth Gene Zerkel                                                                                               
By Senator Costello; Representatives Edgmon, Birch, Chenault,                                                                   
Claman, Drummond, Eastman, Fansler, Foster, Gara, Grenn,                                                                        
Guttenberg, Johnson, Johnston, Josephson, Kawasaki, Kito, Kopp,                                                                 
Kreiss-Tomkins, LeDoux, Millett, Neuman, Ortiz, Parish, Pruitt,                                                                 
Rauscher, Reinbold, Saddler, Seaton, Spohnholz, Stutes, Sullivan-                                                               
Leonard, Talerico, Tarr, Thompson, Tilton, Tuck, Westlake, Wilson,                                                              
Wool                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                         MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
A message dated July 12 was read stating the Senate passed the                                                                  
following, and it is transmitted for consideration:                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
                       FIRST READING AND REFERENCE                                                                           
                          OF SENATE RESOLUTIONS                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
SCR 202                                                                                                                       
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 202 by the Senate                                                                              
Rules Committee:                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     Suspending Rules 47 and 55, Uniform Rules of the Alaska State                                                              
     Legislature, relating to the carry-over of bills from the First                                                            
     Regular Session and the First Special Session to the Second                                                                
     Special Session, concerning House Bill No. 111.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and taken up as a Special Order of Business.                                                            
                                                                                                                                

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                        SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
SCR 202                                                                                                                       
Representative Tuck moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                      
SCR 202 be taken up as a Special Order of Business.  There being no                                                             
objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall SCR 202 pass the House?"  The roll was                                                              
taken with the following result:                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
SCR 202                                                                                                                         
Special Order of Business                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  36   NAYS:  0   EXCUSED:  2   ABSENT:  2                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Birch, Chenault, Claman, Drummond, Eastman, Edgmon,                                                                      
Fansler, Foster, Gara, Grenn, Guttenberg, Johnson, Johnston,                                                                    
Josephson, Kawasaki, Knopp, Kopp, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeDoux,                                                                       
Millett, Neuman, Ortiz, Parish, Pruitt, Rauscher, Reinbold, Saddler,                                                            
Stutes, Sullivan-Leonard, Talerico, Thompson, Tilton, Tuck,                                                                     
Westlake, Wilson, Wool                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  Kito, Spohnholz                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Absent:  Seaton, Tarr                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
And so, SCR 202 passed the House, was signed by the Speaker and                                                                 
Chief Clerk, and returned to the Senate.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
                              COMMUNICATIONS                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Letters of disclosure received from the Select Committee on                                                                     
Legislative Ethics, as required by AS 24.60, were published in House                                                            
Journal Supplement No. 8.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
**The presence of Representative Seaton was noted.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The Speaker stated that, without objection, the House would recess to                                                           
a call of the Chair; and so, the House recessed at 11:17 a.m.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
                               AFTER RECESS                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
The Speaker called the House back to order at 10:31 p.m.                                                                        

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**The presence of Representative Kito who was excused (page 1690)                                                               
was noted.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
                      REPORTS OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
HB 111                                                                                                                        
The Conference Committee considering:                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
     CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 111(FIN)(efd fld)                                                                                    
     "An Act relating to the oil and gas production tax, tax payments,                                                          
     and credits; relating to interest applicable to delinquent oil and gas                                                     
     production tax; relating to carried-forward lease expenditures                                                             
     based on losses and limiting those lease expenditures to an amount                                                         
     equal to the gross value at the point of production of oil and gas                                                         
     produced from the lease or property where the lease expenditure                                                            
     was incurred; relating to information concerning tax credits, lease                                                        
     expenditures, and oil and gas taxes; relating to the disclosure of                                                         
     that information to the public; relating to an adjustment in the                                                           
     gross value at the point of production; and relating to a legislative                                                      
     working group."                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
and                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
     SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 111(FIN)                                                                               
     "An Act relating to credits against the oil and gas production tax;                                                        
     relating to the applicability of certain credits earned under the oil                                                      
     and gas production tax to the tax on corporations; relating to tax                                                         
     credit certificates against the oil and gas production tax and the                                                         
     issuance and assignment of those certificates; relating to interest                                                        
     applicable to delinquent taxes; relating to lease expenditures;                                                            
     relating to the oil and gas tax credit fund; and providing for an                                                          
     effective date."                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
     (SCR 12 - title change resolution)                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
requests limited powers of free conference on the following specific                                                            
points:                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
     · Sections 1, 2,  3, 16, 26, 27, 29, 30, 36, 37 (House)                                                                    
     · Sections 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 14, 17, 18, 20, 24, 27, 30, 33, 38, 39-43                                                        
         (Senate)                                                                                                               

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Additionally, the committee requests that Uniform Rule 42(a) and (b)                                                            
be suspended to allow for free conference powers on the following                                                               
specific points:                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     · Addition of transition language relating to tax credits eligible                                                         
         for purchase by the state during calendar year 2017.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
The request was signed by Representatives Tarr (Chair), Josephson,                                                              
Talerico; and Senators Giessel (Chair), Stedman, Olson.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
The Speaker granted the limited powers of free conference as                                                                    
requested.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Representative Tuck moved that the House waive Uniform Rule 42(a)                                                               
and (b) and that the Speaker grant the House conferees on HB 111                                                                
powers of free conference under Uniform Rule 42(b) for the limited                                                              
purpose of the addition of section 38 relating to tax credits eligible for                                                      
purchase by the state during calendar year 2017 and also that the                                                               
House waive Uniform Rule 42(b) regarding a conference committee                                                                 
with powers of free conference report being distributed at least 24                                                             
hours prior to being voted on.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
There being no objection, Uniform Rule 42(a) and (b) was waived.                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The Speaker granted powers of free conference as requested.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
The Conference Committee with limited powers of free conference                                                                 
and powers of free conference considering CSHB 111(FIN)(efd fld)                                                                
and SCS CSHB 111(FIN) recommends the following be adopted:                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
     CONFERENCE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 111                                                                                       
     "An Act relating to credits against the oil and gas production tax;                                                        
     relating to the applicability of certain credits earned under the oil                                                      
     and gas production tax to the tax on corporations; relating to tax                                                         
     credit certificates against the oil and gas production tax and the                                                         
     issuance and assignment of those certificates; relating to interest                                                        
     applicable to delinquent taxes; relating to lease expenditures;                                                            
     relating to the oil and gas tax credit fund; relating to a legislative                                                     
     working group; and providing for an effective date."                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
     (SCR 12 - title change resolution)                                                                                         

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The report was signed by Representatives Tarr (Chair), Josephson,                                                               
Talerico; and Senators Giessel (Chair), Stedman, Olson.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal note(s) apply to CCS HB 111:                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
7.  Fiscal, Dept. of Revenue                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
The report was received in the Chief Clerk's office at 9:51 p.m.                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Representative Tuck moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                                                  
House consider the Conference Committee with limited powers of free                                                             
conference and powers of free conference report.  There being no                                                                
objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Representative Tuck moved that the House adopt the Conference                                                                   
Committee report, thus adopting CCS HB 111.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall the House adopt the report?"  The roll was                                                          
taken with the following result:                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
CCS HB 111                                                                                                                      
Adopt                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  33   NAYS:  6   EXCUSED:  1   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Birch, Chenault, Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fansler, Foster,                                                              
Gara, Grenn, Guttenberg, Johnson, Johnston, Josephson, Kawasaki,                                                                
Knopp, Kopp, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeDoux, Millett, Ortiz, Parish, Pruitt,                                                            
Reinbold, Saddler, Seaton, Stutes, Sullivan-Leonard, Talerico, Tarr,                                                            
Thompson, Tuck, Westlake, Wool                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Eastman, Kito, Neuman, Rauscher, Tilton, Wilson                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  Spohnholz                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
And so, the House adopted CCS HB 111.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Representative Tuck moved and asked unanimous consent that the roll                                                             
call on the passage of the bill be considered the roll call on the                                                              
effective date clause.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
There was objection.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                

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The question being:  "Shall the effective date clause be adopted?"  The                                                         
roll was taken with the following result:                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
CCS HB 111                                                                                                                      
Adopt                                                                                                                           
Effective Date                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  37   NAYS:  2   EXCUSED:  1   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Birch, Chenault, Claman, Drummond, Eastman, Edgmon,                                                                      
Fansler, Foster, Gara, Grenn, Guttenberg, Johnson, Johnston,                                                                    
Josephson, Kawasaki, Kito, Knopp, Kopp, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeDoux,                                                                 
Millett, Neuman, Ortiz, Parish, Pruitt, Rauscher, Reinbold, Saddler,                                                            
Seaton, Stutes, Sullivan-Leonard, Talerico, Tarr, Thompson, Tuck,                                                               
Westlake, Wool                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Tilton, Wilson                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  Spohnholz                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
And so, the effective date clause was adopted.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
The Chief Clerk notified the Senate.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
The Senate adopted the report July 15.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
CCS HB 111 was referred to the Chief Clerk for engrossment and                                                                  
enrollment.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
                        SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
SCR 12                                                                                                                        
Representative Tuck moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                                                  
following be taken up as a Special Order of Business:                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
     SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 12                                                                                        
     Suspending Rules 24(c), 35, 41(b), and 42(e), Uniform Rules of                                                             
     the Alaska State Legislature, concerning House Bill No. 111,                                                               
     relating to the oil and gas production tax, tax payments, and                                                              
     credits; relating to interest applicable to delinquent oil and gas                                                         
     production tax; relating to carried-forward lease expenditures                                                             
     based on losses and limiting those lease expenditures to an amount                                                         
     equal to the gross value at the point of production of oil and gas                                                         

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     produced from the lease or property where the lease expenditure                                                            
     was incurred; relating to information concerning tax credits, lease                                                        
     expenditures, and oil and gas taxes; relating to the disclosure of                                                         
     that information to the public; relating to an adjustment in the                                                           
     gross value at the point of production; and relating to a legislative                                                      
     working group.                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
There being no objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall SCR 12 pass the House?"  The roll was                                                               
taken with the following result:                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
SCR 12                                                                                                                          
Special Order of Business                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  36   NAYS:  3   EXCUSED:  1   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Birch, Chenault, Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fansler, Foster,                                                              
Gara, Grenn, Guttenberg, Johnson, Johnston, Josephson, Kawasaki,                                                                
Kito, Knopp, Kopp, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeDoux, Millett, Neuman, Ortiz,                                                              
Parish, Pruitt, Rauscher, Reinbold, Saddler, Seaton, Stutes,                                                                    
Sullivan-Leonard, Talerico, Tarr, Thompson, Tuck, Westlake, Wool                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Eastman, Tilton, Wilson                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  Spohnholz                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
And so, SCR 12 passed the House, was signed by the Speaker and                                                                  
Chief Clerk, and returned to the Senate.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
                INTRODUCTION, FIRST READING, AND REFERENCE                                                                   
                           OF HOUSE RESOLUTIONS                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
HR 201                                                                                                                        
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 201 by Representatives Tarr and Gara:                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
     Supporting the ongoing review of and the gathering of                                                                      
     information related to the state's oil and gas fiscal policy; and                                                          
     expressing an intention, in a good faith effort with the Senate, to                                                        
     evaluate and act on the recommendations of the oil and gas fiscal                                                          
     policy experts recently retained by the Legislative Budget and                                                             
     Audit Committee.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                

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was read the first time and taken up as a Special Order of Business.                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                        SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
HR 201                                                                                                                        
Representative Tuck moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                      
HR 201 be taken up as a Special Order of Business.  There being no                                                              
objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall HR 201 pass the House?"  The roll was                                                               
taken with the following result:                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
HR 201                                                                                                                          
Special Order of Business                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  30   NAYS:  9   EXCUSED:  1   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Birch, Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fansler, Foster, Gara,                                                                  
Grenn, Guttenberg, Johnston, Josephson, Kawasaki, Kito, Kopp,                                                                   
Kreiss-Tomkins, LeDoux, Millett, Ortiz, Parish, Pruitt, Saddler,                                                                
Seaton, Stutes, Sullivan-Leonard, Talerico, Tarr, Thompson, Tuck,                                                               
Westlake, Wool                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Chenault, Eastman, Johnson, Knopp, Neuman, Rauscher,                                                                     
Reinbold, Tilton, Wilson                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  Spohnholz                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
And so, HR 201 passed the House and was referred to the Chief Clerk                                                             
for engrossment and enrollment.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
                           UNFINISHED BUSINESS                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Representative Tuck moved that the House ratify the appointment of                                                              
Lee Holmes to the Select Committee on Legislative Ethics.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall the House ratify the appointment of Lee                                                             
Holmes to the Select Committee on Legislative Ethics?"  The roll was                                                            
taken with the following result:                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Select Committee on Legislative Ethics                                                                                          
Ratify - Lee Holmes                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  39   NAYS:  0   EXCUSED:  1   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                

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Yeas:  Birch, Chenault, Claman, Drummond, Eastman, Edgmon,                                                                      
Fansler, Foster, Gara, Grenn, Guttenberg, Johnson, Johnston,                                                                    
Josephson, Kawasaki, Kito, Knopp, Kopp, Kreiss-Tomkins, LeDoux,                                                                 
Millett, Neuman, Ortiz, Parish, Pruitt, Rauscher, Reinbold, Saddler,                                                            
Seaton, Stutes, Sullivan-Leonard, Talerico, Tarr, Thompson, Tilton,                                                             
Tuck, Westlake, Wilson, Wool                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  Spohnholz                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
And so, the appointment was ratified.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
The Senate ratified the appointment (page 1749).                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The Chief Clerk notified the Senate.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Representative Tuck 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 Wool - from 8:00 a.m., July 31 to 10:00 p.m.,                                                                    
August 14                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Representative Drummond - from 5:00 a.m., July 23 to 10:00 p.m.,                                                                
July 30; and from 3:00 p.m., August 15 to 5:00 p.m., August 18                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Representative Eastman - from 8:00 a.m., July 16 to 9:00 a.m.,                                                                  
August 31                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Representative Gara - from:                                                                                                     
     8:00 a.m., August 7 to 11:00 p.m., August 21                                                                               
     8:00 a.m., September 8 to 10:00 p.m., September 13                                                                         
     8:00 a.m., October 1 to 11:00 p.m., October 14                                                                             
     8:00 a.m., December 1 to 11:00 p.m., December 19                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Representative Grenn - from 8:00 a.m., August 5 to 10:00 p.m.,                                                                  
August 17                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Representative Kito - from:                                                                                                     
     7:00 a.m., July 20 to 10:00 p.m., July 23                                                                                  
     7:00 a.m., July 28 to 8:00 a.m., August 15 (amended from page                                                              
     1690)                                                                                                                      
     8:00 a.m., August 24 to 10:00 p.m., September 6                                                                            
     7:00 a.m., September 19 to 10:00 p.m., September 21                                                                        

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Representative Neuman - from 8:00 a.m., August 20 to 10:00 p.m.,                                                                
September 30                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Representative Talerico - from:                                                                                                 
     11:30 p.m., July 19 to 10:30 p.m., July 29                                                                                 
     2:00 p.m., August 14 to 11:30 p.m., August 19                                                                              
     11:30 p.m., December 17 to 3:30 p.m., January 2, 2018                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Representative LeDoux - from 8:00 a.m., July 24 to 10:00 p.m.,                                                                  
August 7                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Representative Millett - from 8:00 a.m., July 23 to 10:00 p.m.,                                                                 
August 6                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
                               ADJOURNMENT                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Representative Josephson moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                 
the Second Special Session of the House of Representatives of the                                                               
Thirtieth Legislature adjourn sine die.  There being no objection, the                                                          
House adjourned at 11:54 p.m.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
                                             Crystaline Jones                                                                   
                                             Chief Clerk