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2017-06-12 Senate Journal

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                                SENATE JOURNAL                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
                           ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
                            THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                            FIRST SPECIAL SESSION                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Juneau, Alaska                     Monday                      June 12, 2017                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                               Twenty-sixth Day                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Pursuant to adjournment the Senate was called to order by President                                                             
Kelly at 11:02 a.m.                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
The roll showed twenty members present.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
The prayer was offered by the Chaplain, Brian O'Sullivan, Deputy                                                                
Senate Secretary. Senator Hoffman moved and asked unanimous                                                                     
consent that the prayer be spread. Without objection, it was so ordered.                                                        
                                                                                                                                
      May our efforts be blessed with insight, guided by                                                                        
      understanding and wisdom. We seek to serve with respect                                                                   
      for all. May our personal faiths give us strength to act                                                                  
      honestly and well in all matters before us.     Amen.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Senator Meyer led the Senate in the Pledge of Allegiance.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                Certification                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Senator Micciche moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                                                     
journals for the fifteenth through twenty-fifth legislative days of the                                                         
first special session be approved as certified by the Secretary. Without                                                        
objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                Communications                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Disclosure letters received in accordance with AS 24.60 will be                                                                 
published in Senate Journal Supplement No. 5 and House and Senate                                                               
Joint Journal Supplement No. 11.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                

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                          Special Committee Reports                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
HB 59                                                                                                                         
The following report, received and distributed at 4:06 p.m., June 10,                                                           
was read:                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
                                                               June 10, 2017                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Mr. President:                                                                                                                  
Mr. Speaker:                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
The Conference Committee with limited powers of free conference                                                                 
considered CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 59(FIN) and SENATE CS                                                                          
FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 59(FIN) and recommends                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
          CONFERENCE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 59 "An                                                                               
          Act making appropriations for the operating and                                                                       
          capital expenses of the state's integrated                                                                            
          comprehensive mental health program; and providing                                                                    
          for an effective date"                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
be adopted.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Signing the report: Senator Hoffman, Chair, Senators MacKinnon,                                                                 
Olson; Representative Seaton, Chair, Representatives Foster, Pruitt.                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                        Consideration of the Calendar                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
                                  Citations                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Senator Micciche moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                                                     
following citations be made a special order of business. Without                                                                
objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
                          Special Order of Business                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Honoring - James T. Scott                                                                                                       
Senator(s) Stedman, Kelly, Begich, Bishop, Coghill, Costello,                                                                   
Dunleavy, Egan, Gardner, Giessel, Hoffman, Hughes, MacKinnon,                                                                   
Meyer, Micciche, Olson, Stevens, von Imhof, Wielechowski                                                                        
Representative(s) Ortiz                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                

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In Memoriam - Julian Edmond Mead                                                                                                
Representative(s) Tilton                                                                                                        
Senator(s) Hughes, Kelly, Begich, Bishop, Coghill, Costello,                                                                    
Dunleavy, Egan, Gardner, Giessel, Hoffman, MacKinnon, Meyer,                                                                    
Micciche, Olson, Stedman, Stevens, von Imhof, Wielechowski,                                                                     
Wilson                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Senator Micciche moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                                                     
citations be adopted. Without objection, the citations were adopted and                                                         
referred to the Secretary for transmittal.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                Announcements                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Rule 23(d) of the Alaska State Legislature Uniform Rules is currently                                                           
in effect.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Announcements are at the end of the journal.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                  Enrollment                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
SB 100                                                                                                                        
HOUSE CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 100(RLS) "An Act relating to                                                                       
municipal liens; relating to service areas in second class boroughs;                                                            
relating to a municipal tax exemption or deferral for economic                                                                  
development property; relating to a municipal tax exemption for a fire                                                          
protection system; and providing for an effective date" was enrolled,                                                           
signed by the President and Secretary, Speaker and Chief Clerk and                                                              
the engrossed and enrolled copies transmitted to the Office of the                                                              
Governor at 4:47 p.m., June 9, 2017.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Memorandum from the Division of Legal and Research Services,                                                                    
Legislative Affairs Agency, reporting the following manifest error in                                                           
HOUSE CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 100(RLS), which has been                                                                           
corrected in enrolling:                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Page 5, line 18:                                                                                                                
 Delete "applies"                                                                                                           
 Insert "apply"                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                

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                                 Adjournment                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Senator Micciche moved and asked unanimous consent that the Senate                                                              
stand in adjournment until 11:00 a.m., June 13, 2017. Without                                                                   
objection, the Senate adjourned at 11:08 a.m.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
                                                                    Liz Clark                                                   
                                                     Secretary of the Senate                                                    
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                

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                                Announcements                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
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ADA Coordinator at 465-3854 Voice/465-4980 TDD.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
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                            CONFERENCE COMMITTEES                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                   CONFERENCE COMMITTEES ON HB 57 AND HB 59                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Jun 12        Monday                    Senate Finance 532            4:00 PM                                                 
              -- MEETING CANCELED --                                                                                            
+= HB  57 APPROP: OPERATING BUDGET/LOANS/FUNDS                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Jun 13        Tuesday                   Senate Finance 532            4:00 PM                                                 
+= HB  57 APPROP: OPERATING BUDGET/LOANS/FUNDS