2021-04-28                     Senate Journal                      Page 0884
YEAS:  3   NAYS:  17   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Hughes, Reinbold, Shower                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Begich, Bishop, Costello, Gray-Jackson, Hoffman, Holland,                                                                
Kawasaki, Kiehl, Micciche, Myers, Olson, Revak, Stedman, Stevens,                                                               
von Imhof, Wielechowski, Wilson                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
and so, Amendment No. 38 failed.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Senator Reinbold offered Amendment No. 39 :                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
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          Insert "relating to a declaration of a disaster emergency;"                                                         
                                                                                                                                
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          Insert a new bill section to read:                                                                                    
"* Sec. 17. AS 26.23.020(c) is amended to read:                                                                               
                   (c)  If the governor finds that a disaster has occurred                                                      
          or that a disaster is imminent or threatened, the governor                                                            
          shall, by proclamation, declare a condition of disaster                                                               
          emergency. The disaster emergency remains in effect until the                                                         
          governor or the legislature finds that the danger has passed                                                      
          or the disaster has been dealt with so that the emergency no                                                          
          longer exists. The governor may terminate the disaster                                                                
          emergency by proclamation or the legislature may                                                                  
          terminate the disaster emergency by a majority vote of the                                                        
          members in joint session or by a concurrent resolution. A                                                         
          proclamation of disaster emergency may not remain in effect                                                           
          longer than 30 days unless extended by a majority of the                                                          
          members of the legislature in joint session or by a                                                           
          concurrent resolution. The proclamation must indicate the                                                             
          nature of the disaster, the area threatened or affected, and the                                                      
          conditions that have brought it about or that make possible the                                                       
          termination of the disaster emergency. A proclamation to                                                              
          declare a condition of disaster emergency must also state                                                             
          whether the governor proposes to expend state funds to                                                                
          respond to the disaster under (i) or (j) of this section. Unless                                                  
          authorized by a majority of the members of the legislature                                                        
          in joint session or by concurrent resolution, the governor                                                        
              may not declare a condition of disaster emergency