04/03/1997 03:35 PM Senate STA

Number 525                                                                     
                                                                               
              SB 21 ALASKA MARINE HIGHWAY AUTHORITY                            
                                                                               
CHAIRMAN GREEN brought CSSB 21(TRA) before the committee as the                
final order of business.                                                       
                                                                               
JOE AMBROSE, staff to Senator Robin Taylor, directed attention to              
a proposed Amendment No. 3 to CSSB 21(TRA).   At the first hearing             
on the legislation, two amendments were adopted.                               
                                                                               
Mr. Ambrose explained the first part of the amendment makes the                
chief executive officer of the Marine Highway Authority the                    
equivalent to commissioner for the purposes of computing the                   
interport differential.  That same provision already applies in law            
when it relates to the president of the University of Alaska for               
any vessels they might have.                                                   
                                                                               
Mr. Ambrose said the main portion of the amendment relates to the              
computation of the interport differential and designates that the              
ports that are designated as home ports in the state of Alaska for             
Alaska Marine Highway vessels become the delivery and redelivery               
ports for purposes of calculating the interport differential.                  
                                                                               
SENATOR WARD moved the adoption of the following amendment to CSSB
(TRA)                                                                        
                                                                               
Amendment No. 3                                                                
                                                                               
Page 16, lines 12 - 16:                                                        
     Delete "In this subsection, "commissioner of the department               
that operates the marine vessel" includes the president of the                 
University of Alaska with regard to a vessel operated by the                   
university and the chief executive officer of the Alaska Marine                
Highway Authority with regard to a vessel operated by the Alaska               
Marine Highway Authority."                                                     
     Insert "A detailed list of the costs and factors considered in            
calculating the interport differential must be provided to each                
person who expresses an interest in submitting a bid to perform                
maintenance or repair work on a marine vessel owned by the state.              
[IN THIS SUBSECTION, "COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT THAT OPERATES             
THE MARINE VESSEL: INCLUDES THE PRESIDENT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE              
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA WITH REGARD TO A VESSEL OPERATED BY THE                   
UNIVERSITY.]"                                                                  
                                                                               
Page 16, line 18, through page 17, line 1:                                     
     Delete all material and insert:                                           
          "(c)  The commissioner of a department that operates a               
marine vessel shall adopt regulations establishing the criteria                
that the department shall use to determine whether the cost of                 
maintenance or repair work at a shipyard facility located in the               
state is reasonable under (a) of this section.  The commissioner               
shall designate by regulation the designated base port for each                
vessel operated by the department.  A vessel's designated base port            
is the vessel's delivery and redelivery port.  The Alaska Marine               
Highway Authority shall adopt regulations establishing the criteria            
that the authority shall  use in calculating the interport                     
differential under this section.  The criteria for calculating the             
interport differential must include costs incurred from the time               
that the vessel leaves the vessel's designated base port to enter              
the shipyard facility until the time that the vessel returns to the            
designated base port from the shipyard facility.                               
          (d)  In this section,                                                
               (1)  "commissioner of the department that operates              
the marine vessel" includes the president of the University of                 
Alaska with regard to a vessel operated by the university and the              
chief executive officer of the Alaska Marine Highway authority with            
regard to a vessel operated by the Alaska Marine Highway Authority;            
               (2)  "interport differential" includes all costs                
related to the performance of the maintenance or repair work of a              
marine vessel at a shipyard located outside  of the state,                     
including travel costs incurred moving the vessel from its                     
designated base port to the shipyard outside of the state;                     
additional fuel consumption; cost of consumables including                     
lubricants and other engine and deck stores; maintenance costs                 
incurred during running time; cost of crew transfers including                 
airfare between Alaska and the shipyard; wages in travel status;               
crew room and board; and other interport costs identified by the               
Alaska Marine Highway Authority."                                              
                                                                               
Hearing no objection to the adoption of Amendment No. 3, CHAIRMAN              
GREEN stated the amendment was adopted.                                        
                                                                               
Number 575                                                                     
                                                                               
There being no further amendments or testimony on CSSB 21(TRA),                
CHAIRMAN GREEN asked for the will of the committee.                            
                                                                               
SENATOR WARD moved CSSB 21(TRA), as amended, and the accompanying              
fiscal notes be passed out of committee with individual                        
recommendations.  SENATOR DUNCAN objected.  The roll was taken with            
the following result:  Senators Miller, Ward, and Green voted "Yea"            
and Senator Duncan voted "Nay."  The Chairman stated the motion                
carried.