Legislature(2017 - 2018)SENATE FINANCE 532
03/27/2018 09:00 AM Senate FINANCE
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| Audio | Topic |
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| Start | |
| SB154 | |
| SB86 | |
| Adjourn |
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
| + | HB 286 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | TELECONFERENCED | ||
| += | SB 154 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | SB 86 | TELECONFERENCED | |
SENATE BILL NO. 86
"An Act relating to the sale or other disposal,
leasing, or encumbrance of Alaska Railroad Corporation
land; and providing for an effective date."
9:40:07 AM
Co-Chair MacKinnon directed attention to SB 86. The
committee had heard the bill on March 5, 2018. The public
hearing was opened and closed. Multiple people testified,
and the committee reviewed the fiscal note. There was a
committee substitute currently before the committee. She
asked for a motion.
Vice-Chair Bishop MOVED to ADOPT proposed committee
substitute for SB 86, Work Draft 30-LS0487\U (Laffen,
3/26/18).
Co-Chair MacKinnon OBJECTED for discussion.
JULI LUCKY, STAFF, CO-CHAIR MACKINNON, discussed the
changes to the bill. She indicated that the Senate Finance
Committee had brought up several concerns when the bill was
first heard. The committee substitute was drafted to
address those concerns. The first changes were on pages 1
and 2. Sections 1 and 2 were added and related to the
retention of subsurface rights. It added these types of
land disposals to existing law where the state retained the
subsurface rights for various other land disposals. There
was a 3-year sunset which was why there were 2 sections.
The first section would put the section into law for 3
years in which the railroad would not have to have
legislative approval. Section 2 would remove Section 1 from
law once the 3-year period was over.
Ms. Lucky reviewed the next change which was on page 8. The
bill sponsor rewrote the current Section 14 to codify
additional specificity in the requirements prior to the
disposal of land and to place a few side bars on the public
notice process. One of the requirements was to determine
that land was not needed for railroad purposes and that the
action was in the best interest of the state (currently in
law). It would be reentered into the section of law that
would be in place in the 3 years that legislative approval
was not needed. She also reported that there would be a
minimum public notice requirement of 60 days, found on line
14, and a requirement that adjacent land owners were
notified in addition to any other public process on page 8,
lines 18-19. Another change that was discussed in committee
but had not been added to the bill at the time it was first
presented was a limit of 90 days for the exercise of the
right-of-first-refusal. There was also a sentence added to
the section that specified that the right-of-first-refusal
was extinguished the lease holder rejected it in writing.
The railroad would not have to hold it over 90 days as long
as all lease holders provided their rejections in writing.
Ms. Lucky reviewed the next changes on page 9-10 of the
bill. Section 17 and Section 18 were technical changes
accidentally omitted from the first bill by Legislative
Legal Services. Technical drafting errors were corrected in
the current version. Section 17 placed the section into the
bill, and Section 18 deleted language after the conclusion
of the 3-year period.
Ms. Lucky indicated that the final change that was made on
behalf of the committee was the inclusion of Section 19
through Section 22 beginning on page 10 of the bill. There
had been discussion about outstanding bond authority that
the railroad had been granted over a period of a number of
years. Much of the bond authority might have had sunsets,
but there were 3 bonding authorities not needed by the
railroad which the bill sponsor confirmed with the
railroad. They sunset in the bill. She had reviewed all of
the changes to the bill other than some technical
clarifications that needed to be included.
Co-Chair MacKinnon WITHDREW her OBJECTION. There being NO
further OBJECTION, it was so ordered.
9:44:49 AM
AT EASE
9:45:10 AM
RECONVENED
Co-Chair MacKinnon asked if Ms. Moss had any comments on
the CS for the committee's consideration.
RYNNIEVA MOSS, STAFF, SENATOR JOHN COGHILL, stated that the
sponsor was amendable to the bill moving out of committee
with the changes.
Senator McKinnon asked if Ms. Moss had contacted the Alaska
Railroad earlier to inform them the CS was being
introduced. Ms. Moss responded that she had contacted Tim
Sullivan earlier in the morning.
Co-Chair MacKinnon OPENED and CLOSED public testimony.
Vice-Chair Bishop MOVED to report CSSB 86(FIN) out of
Committee with individual recommendations and the
accompanying fiscal note. There being NO OBJECTION, it was
so ordered.
CSSB 86(FIN) was REPORTED out of committee with a "do pass"
recommendation and with one zero fiscal note: FN 1(CED).
Vice-Chair Bishop noted that the zero-impact fiscal note
had been reviewed previously.
9:47:09 AM
AT EASE
9:50:06 AM
RECONVENED
Co-Chair MacKinnon relayed that the committee had been
having a brief discussion on the following day's meeting.
She cancelled the Wednesday afternoon meeting scheduled for
the following day and would see if there was anything the
committee could prepare for the following morning's
meeting. She discussed the agenda for the following day.
| Document Name | Date/Time | Subjects |
|---|---|---|
| SB 86 work draft v. U.pdf |
SFIN 3/27/2018 9:00:00 AM |
SB 86 |
| SB 154 work draft v. O.pdf |
SFIN 3/27/2018 9:00:00 AM |
SB 154 |
| SB 86 - Sectional Version U.pdf |
SFIN 3/27/2018 9:00:00 AM |
SB 86 |