2022-05-16                     Senate Journal                      Page 2805
The question being: "Shall SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION                                                                         
NO. 25 Suspending Rules 24(c), 35, 41(b), and 42(e), Uniform Rules                                                              
of the Alaska State Legislature, concerning House Bill No. 298,                                                                 
establishing the Alaska Food Strategy Task Force, pass the Senate?"                                                             
The roll was taken with the following result:                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
SCR 25                                                                                                                          
Final Passage                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  20   NAYS:  0   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Begich, Bishop, Costello, Gray-Jackson, Hoffman, Holland,                                                                
Hughes, Kawasaki, Kiehl, Micciche, Myers, Olson, Reinbold, Revak,                                                               
Shower, Stedman, Stevens, von Imhof, Wielechowski, Wilson                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
and so, SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 25 passed the                                                                          
Senate and was referred to the Secretary for engrossment.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
HB 411                                                                                                                        
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 411(CRA) "An Act                                                                            
relating to municipal economic development; relating to municipal tax                                                           
exemptions and deferrals on economic development property; relating                                                             
to economic development; and relating to a municipal tax exemption                                                              
for certain farm structures" was read the third time.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Senator Begich moved the bill be returned to second reading for all                                                             
amendments offered today. Without objection, the bill was returned to                                                           
second reading.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Senator Begich offered Amendment No. 1 :                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
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     Delete "only exempt all or a portion of the amount of taxes that                                                           
exceeds the amount levied on other property for the school district's"                                                          
     Insert "not exempt a type of economic development property                                                             
from taxation if doing so would prevent the municipality from                                                               
making its [ONLY EXEMPT ALL OR A PORTION OF THE                                                                             
AMOUNT OF TAXES THAT EXCEEDS THE AMOUNT LEVIED                                                                                  
ON OTHER PROPERTY FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S]"