Legislature(2019 - 2020)BUTROVICH 205
03/23/2020 03:30 PM Senate RESOURCES
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| SB184 | |
| HB203 | |
| SJR15 | |
| Adjourn |
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| += | SB 204 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | SJR 15 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | SB 184 | TELECONFERENCED | |
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| += | HB 203 | TELECONFERENCED | |
SB 184-EXTEND FISHERY RESOURCE LAND. TAX CREDIT
3:45:49 PM
CHAIR MICCICHE announced that the first order of business would
be SENATE BILL NO. 184, "An Act extending the fishery resource
landing tax credit for certain taxpayers that harvest fishery
resources under the provisions of a community development quota;
providing for an effective date by amending the effective date
of sec. 36, ch. 61, SLA 2014; and providing for an effective
date."
3:46:30 PM
SETH BEAVER, Staff, Senator Donny Olson, Alaska State
Legislature, Juneau, Alaska, stated that SB 184 would extend the
termination date for the fishery resource landing tax credit for
10 years. The taxpayer contributions through the program are
directed towards nonprofit corporations incorporated within the
state for scholarships for study within the state, fisheries
management training within the state, seafood industry
employment, and capital contributions in the form of loans to
construct or improve seafood transportation facilities such as
docks.
CHAIR MICCICHE noted that he was not aware of any opposition to
SB 184.
3:47:40 PM
DENISE LICCIOLI, Staff, Senator Donny Olson, Alaska State
Legislature, Juneau, Alaska, said the sponsor sends his regrets
for not attending the bill hearing due to illness.
MR. BEAVER summarized that SB 184 would extend the fishery
resource landing tax credit termination date to December 31,
2030.
3:48:02 PM
CHAIR MICCICHE opened public testimony.
3:48:34 PM
NORMAN VAN VACTOR, Chief Executive Officer, Bristol Bay Economic
Development Corporation, Dillingham, Alaska, testified in
support of SB 184. He said the fishery resource landing tax
credit has served the Bristol Bay region and the State of Alaska
exceptionally well.
3:49:01 PM
ANGEL DROBNICA, Director of Fisheries and Government Affairs,
Aleutian Pribilof Island Community Development Association,
Juneau, Alaska, testified in support of SB 184. She said the
Aleutian Pribilof Island Community Development Association
(APICDA) is one of the six groups in the Community Development
Quota (CDQ) Program. The CDQ Program has provided very important
sources of revenue for the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
region that helps support the mission of APICDA.
MS. DROBNICA detailed that APICDA has received approximately
$600,000 in tax credit funds over the past 5 years. APICDA has
expended funds on the statutorily allowable categories including
training in the state for employment in the seafood industry and
making capital contributions to fisheries processing facilities.
3:50:21 PM
RICK WALICKI, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer, Norton
Sound Economic Development Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska,
testified in support of SB 184. He said the Norton Sound
Economic Development Corporation (NSEDC) is one of the CDQ
groups. They work with the Norton Sound Fund to spend tax credit
funds on fisheries research and employment training for the
Norton Sound region. He said they would like that to continue.
3:51:00 PM
GERALD DAVIS, General Counsel, Yukon Delta Fisheries Development
Association, Anchorage, Alaska, testified in support of SB 184.
He said the Yukon Delta Fisheries Development Association
(YDFDA) is one of the six CDQ groups. He said YDFDA fully
utilizes all aspects of the fishery resource landing tax credit.
They use approximately $100,000 a year from the tax credit to
directly pay for all aspects of in-season fish testing on the
Lower Yukon by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G).
YDFDA will do even more in 2020 because ADF&G was reevaluating
their efforts and the association would likely be picking up the
scale sampling for the department. YDFDA uses the tax credit
money without offsets, without administration fees, and directly
pays the fisheries monitoring work on the Lower Yukon River.
3:52:03 PM
HEATHER MCCARTY, Consultant, Central Bering Sea Fishermen's
Association, Juneau, Alaska, testified in support of SB 184. She
said the Central Bering Sea Fishermen's Association (CBSFA)
represents St. Paul in the Pribilof Islands as one of the six
CDQ groups. The funds that CBSFA has received and expended under
the tax credit program have helped the association support
several important scientific undertakings that have directly
benefited both community fishermen and the marine resources that
the region depends on, notably halibut and crab. CBSFA has
supported funding for studies for the International Pacific
Halibut Commission (IPHC) regarding the affective water
temperature on halibut movement, whale degradation, and blue
king crab restoration for the Pribilof Islands. CBSFA could not
have funded the important studies without the tax credit funds.
3:53:06 PM
CHAIR MICCICHE closed public testimony.
3:53:28 PM
SENATOR COGHILL moved to report SB 184, work order 31-LS1539\A,
from committee with individual recommendations and attached
fiscal note.
3:53:36 PM
CHAIR MICCICHE found no objection and SB 184 was reported from
the Senate Resources Standing Committee.
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