04/06/2016 09:00 AM Senate FINANCE

SENATE BILL NO. 154                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act relating to special registration plates                                                                            
     commemorating the Blood Bank of Alaska."                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
9:13:30 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Vice-Chair   Micciche  discussed   the   fiscal  note   (OMB                                                                    
component 2348),  from the Department of  Administration. He                                                                    
conveyed that  it was  essentially a  zero fiscal  note, but                                                                    
reflected  the  revenue  (exceeding  plate  issuance  costs)                                                                    
"that may  be appropriated by  the legislator" to  the Blood                                                                    
Bank  of Alaska.  He  acknowledged  that Co-Chair  MacKinnon                                                                    
intended to zero out the fiscal note.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair MacKinnon  clarified that  the $3,000  in operating                                                                    
expense  listed  on   the  note  would  go   to  zero.  [She                                                                    
incorrectly read $300 to be $3,000.]                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
BRANDON  BREFCZYNSKI,  STAFF,  REPRESENTATIVE  BILL  STOLZE,                                                                    
clarified that  the actual amount  was $250, and  the fiscal                                                                    
note analysis was written as $300.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair MacKinnon  suggested amending the fiscal  note from                                                                    
$300 to $0 for total operating expenditures in FY 17.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
AMY   ERICKSON,  DIRECTOR,   DIVISION  OF   MOTOR  VEHICLES,                                                                    
DEPARTMENT   OF    ADMINISTRATION,   (via   teleconference),                                                                    
explained  that  the  Division  of  Motor  Vehicles  had  no                                                                    
opposition to the proposed zero fiscal note.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Vice-Chair Micciche  asked for an explanation  regarding the                                                                    
text  on the  draft  fiscal note  which  read, "Fiscal  note                                                                    
updated  to reflect  that revenue  exceeding plate  issuance                                                                    
cost  may be  appropriated by  the legislator  to the  blood                                                                    
bank of Alaska."                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Ms. Erickson thought  the text was due to the  fact that the                                                                    
prior version of the bill  did not allow for the legislature                                                                    
to appropriate the funds to the blood bank.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Vice-Chair Micciche  pondered the zero fiscal  note, and was                                                                    
not certain of the reason for the text.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
9:17:21 AM                                                                                                                    
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Co-Chair  MacKinnon  clarified  that  the  committee  had  a                                                                    
discussion  regarding the  language in  the fiscal  note and                                                                    
the financial impact of the bill.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Vice-Chair Micciche  clarified that there was  a zero fiscal                                                                    
note; and some  of the proceeds of the license  plate may be                                                                    
appropriated to the  blood bank, over and above  any cost to                                                                    
the state.  He specified that the  box at the bottom  of the                                                                    
fiscal note should be edited  to state, "Fiscal note updated                                                                    
to reflect  that revenue exceeding plate  issuance costs may                                                                    
be  appropriated by  the legislature  to the  blood bank  of                                                                    
Alaska."                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Vice-Chair  Micciche MOVED  to report  CSSB 154(STA)  out of                                                                    
Committee   with   individual    recommendations   and   the                                                                    
accompanying fiscal note.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
SB  154 was  REPORTED  out  of committee  with  a "do  pass"                                                                    
recommendation  and with  one new  zero fiscal  note by  the                                                                    
Senate   Finance    Committee   for   the    Department   of                                                                    
Administration.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
9:20:14 AM                                                                                                                    
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9:24:20 AM                                                                                                                    
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