03/10/2023 03:15 PM House LABOR & COMMERCE

            HB 87-PERM FUND; EMPLOYMENT; ELIGIBILITY                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
3:35:58 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SUMNER announced  that the next order of  business would be                                                               
HOUSE BILL NO. 87, "An Act  relating to record checks for certain                                                               
employees  of the  Department of  Revenue; relating  to permanent                                                               
fund dividends; and providing for an effective date."                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
3:36:26 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
FADIL LIMANI,  Deputy Commissioner, Department of  Revenue (DNR),                                                               
introduced  HB 87,  on  behalf  of the  sponsor,  House Rules  by                                                               
request of the governor.  He  stated that the proposed bill would                                                               
do the  following: allow  DNR to  collect any  necessary personal                                                               
information for  hiring new employees; include  merchant mariners                                                               
in  the section  of  allowable absences  for  qualifying for  the                                                               
permanent  fund   dividend  (PFD);   modify  the   definition  of                                                               
education  for the  purpose of  allowable absences  regarding the                                                               
PFD; and allow  for electronic notices to be  given regarding the                                                               
PFD.                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
3:39:19 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
GENEVIEVE WOJTUSIK,  Director, Permanent Fund  Dividend Division,                                                               
Department of  Revenue, gave  the sectional  analysis for  HB 87,                                                               
[included in the committee packet].   She stated that Sections 1,                                                               
2,  and 5  would  add  provisions for  a  background  check as  a                                                               
condition  of   employment  for   the  Permanent   Fund  Dividend                                                               
Division.    Section  3  would allow  for  merchant  mariners  in                                                               
training to be  included under allowable absences,  and Section 4                                                               
would clarify the  definition of "student" for  the same purpose.                                                               
She said that Section  6 would allow a notice of  levy to be sent                                                               
electronically rather than through the  mail.  She explained that                                                               
sections  7 through  9 are  transitional language  changes and  a                                                               
provision for an effective date.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SUMNER announced that HB 87 was held over.