04/14/2010 08:30 AM House FINANCE

SENATE BILL NO. 230                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act  making and amending  appropriations, including                                                                    
     capital  appropriations,  supplemental  appropriations,                                                                    
     and  other  appropriations;  making  appropriations  to                                                                    
     capitalize  funds;  and   providing  for  an  effective                                                                    
     date."                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
9:11:23 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
JAMES  ARMSTRONG, STAFF,  CO-CHAIR  STOLTZE, introduced  the                                                                    
legislation.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
9:12:10 AM          AT EASE                                                                                                   
9:12:36 AM          RECONVENED                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Hawker MOVED to ADOPT  CS SB 230(FIN) (26-GS2824\P)                                                                    
as working document before the committee.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Stoltze OBJECTED for discussion.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Mr. Armstrong  provided a sectional analysis  of the capital                                                                    
budget  using  the  spreadsheet  "2010  Legislature  Capital                                                                    
Budget: Statewide Totals,  Senate Structure" (4/13/10; 13:07                                                                    
by  the  Legislative Finance  Division,  copy  on file).  He                                                                    
explained  that  the   spreadsheet  details  the  difference                                                                    
between  the governor's  request and  the Senate  version of                                                                    
the bill.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Mr.  Armstrong began  with Section,  noting that  earlier in                                                                    
the legislative session the governor  had put capital budget                                                                    
money into  the supplemental bill. The  supplemental portion                                                                    
was  put into  the Senate  version of  the capital  bill and                                                                    
totaled $118 million. Section 2  is the deferred maintenance                                                                    
portion of the  governor's request and was  increased by the                                                                    
Senate by  roughly $19 million  to a total of  $124 million.                                                                    
Section 3 is  the governor's main request  and totals $1.631                                                                    
million.  Section 4  includes the  Senate  additions to  the                                                                    
bill and totals $472,574,000 in  general funds. Section 5 is                                                                    
the cruise ship  money; the Senate added  $20 million cruise                                                                    
ship funds for projects  mainly in Southeast Alaska. Section                                                                    
6  is appropriating  language for  the education  bonds, the                                                                    
Senate's  version;  he  noted that  the  language  would  be                                                                    
amended in  another version based  on what the  House passed                                                                    
out the  previous day. Section  7 is total spending  for the                                                                    
Senate,  or   $2,771,481.2.  Section   8  compares   to  the                                                                    
governor's request of $1,921,212.0.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Mr.  Armstrong pointed  out that  there  are also  technical                                                                    
corrections that would be addressed in a forthcoming CS.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
9:16:14 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Representative   Fairclough  asked   for  more   information                                                                    
regarding duplicated  funds. Mr.  Armstrong replied  that he                                                                    
would get the information.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Stoltze WITHDREW  his  OBJECTION.  There being  NO                                                                    
further  OBJECTION,   the  CS  was  ADOPTED   as  a  working                                                                    
document.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
CSSB 230(FIN)  was HEARD and  HELD in Committee  for further                                                                    
consideration.