2019-02-18                     Senate Journal                      Page 0316
Governor's transmittal letter dated February 15:                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Dear President Giessel:                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Under the authority of Article III, Section 18, of the Alaska                                                                   
Constitution, I am transmitting a bill repealing statutes providing                                                             
allocations, refunds, and revenue sharing to municipalities from the                                                            
Fisheries Business Taxes and Fishery Resource Landing Tax.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Currently, the state shares revenues from state fisheries business taxes                                                        
with municipalities. For the fisheries business taxes, 50 percent of                                                            
Fisheries Business Taxes are shared with the municipalities where the                                                           
fishery resources were processed. Similarly, the state shares 50 percent                                                        
of the Fishery Resource Landing Tax with the municipality where the                                                             
fishery resources were landed. The revenues that form the basis of the                                                          
disbursement each October are from taxes collected for the previous                                                             
calendar year of processing and landing of fisheries resources. In fiscal                                                       
year 2018, the state shared approximately $29 million in revenues.                                                              
This bill would repeal the statutes that provide for this revenue                                                               
sharing.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
I urge your prompt and favorable action on this measure.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Sincerely,                                                                                                                      
/s/                                                                                                                             
Michael J. Dunleavy                                                                                                             
Governor                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
SB 64                                                                                                                         
SENATE BILL NO. 64 BY THE SENATE RULES COMMITTEE                                                                                
BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR, entitled:                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
               "An Act repealing state aid for costs of school                                                                 
              construction debt; and providing for an effective                                                                
          date."                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the Education and Finance                                                               
Committees.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal information was published today:                                                                           
 Fiscal Note No. 1, zero, Department of Education and Early                                                                     
          Development