2020-03-26                     House Journal                      Page 2111
Amendment No. 7 was offered  by Representative Pruitt:                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
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 Delete "AS 10.06"                                                                                                              
 Insert "AS 10.20"                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Representative Pruitt moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                    
Amendment No. 7 be adopted.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Objection was heard and withdrawn.  There being no further objection,                                                           
Amendment No. 7 was adopted.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
The Speaker ruled that no further amendments will be accepted past                                                              
the 15 that have been submitted.  There being no objection, it was so                                                           
ordered.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 8 was offered  by Representatives Kopp and Tuck:                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
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     Insert "relating to allowable absences for the permanent fund                                                            
dividend;"                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
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     Insert a new bill section to read:                                                                                         
"* Sec. 14. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by                                                           
adding a new section to read:                                                                                                   
     ALLOWABLE ABSENCE FOR THE PERMANENT FUND                                                                                   
DIVIDEND. Notwithstanding AS 43.23.005(a)(4) and 43.23.008(d),                                                                  
during the public health disaster emergency declared by the governor                                                            
under AS 26.23.020 on March 11, 2020, as extended by sec. 2 of this                                                             
Act, a high-risk individual otherwise eligible for a permanent fund                                                             
dividend remains eligible to receive a permanent fund dividend if the                                                           
only reason the individual would be ineligible to receive a permanent                                                           
fund dividend is that the individual was absent from the state because                                                          
of the individual's compliance with recommendations of the Centers                                                              
for Disease Control and Prevention, United States Department of                                                                 
Health and Human Services, regarding nonessential travel. In this                                                               
section, "high-risk individual" means an individual 65 years of age or                                                          
older or an individual of any age who has a serious chronic medical                                                             
condition."