04/21/2021 09:00 AM Senate FINANCE

SENATE BILL NO. 71                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     "An  Act  relating   to  special  request  registration                                                                    
     plates  celebrating the  arts; relating  to artwork  in                                                                    
     public  buildings  and   facilities;  relating  to  the                                                                    
     management of  artwork under the  art in  public places                                                                    
     fund; relating to  the powers and duties  of the Alaska                                                                    
     State  Council  on  the  Arts;  and  providing  for  an                                                                    
     effective date."                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Bishop  announced that this  was the  third hearing                                                                    
of the bill in committee.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Senator Olson  MOVED to ADOPT proposed  committee substitute                                                                    
for SB 71, Work Draft 32-LS0310\W (Fisher, 4/19/21).                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Bishop OBJECTED for discussion.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
9:09:37 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Ms. Shine relayed that the  proposed CS contained amendments                                                                    
adopted  in  the previous  bill  hearing  in committee.  She                                                                    
noted that  the first  change was  a title  amendment, which                                                                    
added  the establishment  of the  Alaska  Arts and  Cultural                                                                    
Investment fund.  She furthered that  in Section 1,  page 2,                                                                    
lines  12-13,  were conforming  changes  to  Section 6.  She                                                                    
added that  Section 2, page  2, lines 14-15, added  the fund                                                                    
created in Section 6, to  AS 37.05.146(C). She detailed that                                                                    
Section 4,  page 3, line  11, which added the  management of                                                                    
the fund  as they duty  of the  Alaska State Council  on the                                                                    
Arts. The new  Section 6 detailed that the  fund was created                                                                    
in the general  fund and consisted of  money appropriated by                                                                    
the  legislature,  including  donations, monies  from  other                                                                    
sources, and interest  earned on the fund.  She related that                                                                    
Section 5 had been removed.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
9:11:05 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Bishop  WITHDREW  his objection.  There  being  NO                                                                    
OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
9:11:16 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Senator   Wielechowski   discussed   a  fiscal   note   from                                                                    
Department   of  Education   and   Early  Development,   OMB                                                                    
Component number  3193, which listed a  one-time expenditure                                                                    
of  $6,000  for  legal  fees   to  implement  the  necessary                                                                    
regulation changes and for policy review.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Senator  Wielechowski  addressed  a  fiscal  note  from  the                                                                    
Department  of  Administration,   which  projected  expected                                                                    
revenue  from  license  plate   cost  increases  that  would                                                                    
annually raise 55,560 between FY22-FY27.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
9:12:05 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Senator Olson MOVED to report  CSSB 71(FIN) out of Committee                                                                    
with individual recommendations  and the accompanying fiscal                                                                    
notes. There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
CSSB 71(FIN) was REPORTED out  of committee with a "do pass"                                                                    
recommendation and with one new  fiscal impact note from the                                                                    
Department  of  Education  and  Early  Development  and  one                                                                    
previously published fiscal impact note: FN 1(ADM).