04/10/2008 05:51 PM Senate FIN

CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 417(FIN) am                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act relating to the compensation  for certain public                                                                   
     officials,  officers,  and   employees  not  covered  by                                                                   
     collective  bargaining   agreements;  relating   to  pay                                                                   
     increments   for  longevity   in   state  service;   and                                                                   
     providing for an effective date."                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
7:01:02 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Stedman MOVED to ADOPT Amendment #1:                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
SCS  CSHB  417  (FIN),  Draft  Version  25-GH201\E.3,  Wayne,                                                                   
4\10\08 (10 pages, Copy on File)                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Stedman OBJECTED for discussion.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Senator  Elton described  Amendment #1  as encapsulating  the                                                                   
pervious  bill   heard  by  the   Committee  on   the  Salary                                                                   
Commission.  He noted  that it duplicates  the previous  bill                                                                   
with one exception.  In the original bill that  was heard and                                                                   
moved from  Committee the bill  had provided that  the salary                                                                   
commission could  review benefits.  This has been  changed to                                                                   
very narrowly  define benefits  so that  it does not  include                                                                   
the PERS issue. The bill sponsor  of the original bill worked                                                                   
closely with the Senate President on the language.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
7:02:56 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Stedman  WITHDREW  his OBJECTION.  There  being  NO                                                                   
OBJECTION, Amendment #1 was adopted.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Stedman MOVED to ADOPT Amendment #2.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
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Co-Chair Stedman OBJECTED for discussion.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Senator Elton disclosed that Amendment  #2 was recommended by                                                                   
the Department  of Administration  as  a technical change  to                                                                   
avoid a look-back provision.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
7:04:06 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
JESSE KEAL, STAFF, SENATOR ELTON  responded that Amendment #2                                                                   
is  a  technical  fix without  an  immediate  effect  on  the                                                                   
provisions  that Section  16 of  the original  pay bill  made                                                                   
retroactive through legal means.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Stedman  WITHDREW  his OBJECTION.  There  being  NO                                                                   
OBJECTION, Amendment #2 was adopted.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
7:05:04 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Hoffman MOVED to REPORT  SCS HB 417 out of committee                                                                   
with  individual  recommendations   and  accompanying  fiscal                                                                   
notes.                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Stedman OBJECTED for discussion.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Stedman  reviewed  the   attached  previous  fiscal                                                                   
notes.                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
AT EASE:  7:06:07 PM                                                                                                          
RECONVENED: 7:06:58 PM                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Stedman  WITHDREW  his OBJECTION.  There  being  NO                                                                   
further OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
SCS  HB 417  (FIN)  was REPORTED  out  of Committee  with  no                                                                   
recommendations and accompanying  previously published fiscal                                                                   
notes from the Alaska Court System,  Office of Management and                                                                   
bnd the Legislative Affairs Agency.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
AT EASE: 7:07:28 PM                                                                                                           
RECONVENED: 7:07:59 PM