2018-04-12                     Senate Journal                      Page 2617
The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 15 be adopted?" The roll                                                               
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
SCS CSHB 286(FIN)                                                                                                               
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 15?                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  5   NAYS:  15   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Gardner, Hughes, Olson, Shower, Wilson                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Begich, Bishop, Coghill, Costello, Egan, Giessel, Hoffman,                                                               
Kelly, MacKinnon, Meyer, Micciche, Stedman, Stevens, von Imhof,                                                                 
Wielechowski                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
and so, Amendment No. 15 failed.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Senator Wielechowski offered Amendment No. 16 :                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Page 53, following line 6:                                                                                                      
     Insert a new subsection to read:                                                                                           
     "(c)  It is the intent of the legislature that the difference in the                                                       
amount appropriated for permanent fund dividends and the amount                                                                 
calculated under AS 37.13.145(b) be considered an outstanding                                                                   
obligation owed to each eligible individual who received a 2016 or                                                              
2017 permanent fund dividend or who is eligible to receive a 2018                                                               
permanent fund dividend for the following reasons:                                                                              
          (1) state law provides for payment of permanent fund                                                                  
dividends under AS 37.13.145(b) and AS 43.23.045;                                                                               
          (2) the amount appropriated from the earnings reserve account                                                         
(AS 37.13.145) to the dividend fund (AS 43.23.045(a)) for the fiscal                                                            
years ending June 30, 2017, and June 30, 2018, was not the full                                                                 
amount provided under AS 37.13.145(b); and                                                                                      
          (3) the amount that will be appropriated from the earnings                                                            
reserve account (AS 37.13.145) to the general fund for transfer to the                                                          
dividend fund (AS 43.23.045(a)) for the fiscal year ending June 30,                                                             
2019, is less than the full amount authorized for transfer under                                                                
AS 37.13.145(b)."                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Senator Wielechowski moved for the adoption of Amendment No. 16.                                                                
Senator Micciche objected.