03/23/2023 01:00 PM House MILITARY & VETERANS' AFFAIRS

           HB  25-PFD ELIGIBILITY UNIFORMED SERVICES                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
1:05:48 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR WRIGHT announced  that the only order of  business would be                                                               
HOUSE  BILL NO.  25,  "An  Act relating  to  eligibility for  the                                                               
permanent fund  dividend; and providing  for an  effective date."                                                               
[Before the committee was CSHB 25(STA).]                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
1:06:22 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  RAUSCHER moved  to adopt  the proposed  committee                                                               
substitute (CS) for HB 25,  Version 33-LS0265\U, Nauman, 3/21/23,                                                               
as a working document.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
1:06:52 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE CARPENTER objected for the purpose of discussion.                                                                
                                                                                                                                
1:07:10 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
FORREST  WOLFE,  Staff,  Representative  Stanley  Wright,  Alaska                                                               
State  Legislature, on  behalf  of  Representative Wright,  prime                                                               
sponsor, explained that the proposed  Version U removes Section 3                                                               
of the bill, added by  the House State Affairs Standing Committee                                                               
in  CSHB  25(STA), which  provided  an  extension of  the  filing                                                               
deadline  for dependents  of Alaskans  who failed  to file  their                                                               
dividends due  to a  medical emergency.   He elaborated  that the                                                               
proposal to remove  the section was made after  the Department of                                                               
Revenue (DOR)  said it would  be difficult to determine  the cost                                                               
of  the section.    He  stated that  the  proposed  CS keeps  the                                                               
original intent  of the previous  committee's version  while also                                                               
removing the potential fiscal burden on the department.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
1:08:15 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE CARPENTER withdrew his  objection.  There being no                                                               
further objection, Version U was before the committee.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
1:09:36 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  RAUSCHER moved  to  report CSHB  25, Version  33-                                                               
LS0265\U,  Nauman,  3/21/23,  out of  committee  with  individual                                                               
recommendations and  the accompanying fiscal notes.   There being                                                               
no objection, CSHB 25(MLV) was  reported out of the House Special                                                               
Committee on Military and Veterans' Affairs.