Legislature(1999 - 2000)
03/17/2000 09:06 AM Senate FIN
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SENATE BILL NO. 281
"An Act relating to missions and measures to be
applied to certain expenditures by the executive
branch of state government and the University of
Alaska from the state operating budget for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 2001; and providing for an
effective date."
Amendment #1: This amendment deletes old and inserts new
language as follows:
DELETE (b)(1) - (b)(2)
Insert:
(b)(1) Amount of revenue from land and cash.
(b)(2) Percent of disbursement of Trust
income for mental health programs
Senator Leman made a motion to adopt Amendment #1.
Senator Leman explained that the Mental Health Trust
Authority is not a direct provider, which the current
legislation would seem to imply. He noted that this
amendment would rectify this misrepresentation.
Co-Chair Torgerson hearing no objection ADOPTED Amendment
Amendment #2: This amendment would delete old and insert
new language as follows:
Page 6, line 15:
Delete "of public officials"
Insert "to the public of candidates and public
officials in accordance with the Alaska Statutes"
Page 6, line 16:
Delete "division"
Insert "commission"
Page 6, line 19, following "by":
Insert "candidates and"
Page 6, line 20, following "the":
Insert "average"
Co-Chair Parnell made a motion to adopt Amendment #2.
Co-Chair Parnell explained that this amendment addresses
the missions and measures for Alaska Public Offices
Commission (APOC) to ensure the accountability of public
officials and candidates. He added that there was no
opposition to this amendment, but told Senator Adams that
he did not believe that APOC had necessarily reviewed it.
Senator Wilken noted that the Department of Administration
had signed off of both amendment #2 and #3.
Co-Chair Torgerson hearing no objection ADOPTED Amendment
Amendment #3: deletes old and inserts new language as
follows:
Page 6, line 25:
Delete "appeals"
Insert "permits"
Co-Chair Parnell made a motion to adopt Amendment #3.
Co-Chair Parnell explained that Amendment #3 clarifies that
the Conservation Commission as referenced processes permits
rather than hearing appeals.
Co-Chair Torgerson hearing no objection ADOPTED Amendment #
3.
Amendment #4: This amendment deletes old and inserts new
language as follows:
Page 8, line 29, following "increase":
Delete "the"
Page 8, line 30, following "international":
Insert "trade and"
Page 9, lines 30 - 31:
Delete all material and insert:
"(4) the increase in student achievement and
interest in math and science as a result of ASTF teacher
grants."
Page 10, lines 14 - 18:
Delete all material and insert:
"(1) the number of unscheduled outages of
hydroelectric projects owned by the authority;
(2) the number of four-dam pool project
repairs and upgrades completed on time and within budget;
(3) the amount of revenue created by
projects owned by the authority."
Senator Green made a motion to adopt Amendment #4.
Senator Green explained that the department requested these
changes. She added that these changes helped to better
define what the department's roles are, including very
technical changes for grammatical purposes.
Co-Chair Torgerson hearing no objection ADOPTED Amendment
Amendment #5: This amendment deletes old and inserts new
language as follows:
Page 43, line 13, following "develop":
Insert ", operate, maintain,"
Co-Chair Parnell made a motion to adopt Amendment #5.
Co-Chair Torgerson explained that the department brought
this amendment.
Co-Chair Torgerson hearing no objection ADOPTED Amendment
Amendment #6: Co-Chair Torgerson noted that this amendment
was WITHDRAWN.
Amendment #7: This amendment deletes old and inserts new
language as follows:
Page 2, line 9
Delete "track"
Insert "reach"
Co-Chair Parnell made a motion to adopt Amendment #7.
Co-Chair Parnell explained that this amendment was provided
by the Department of Administration.
Co-Chair Torgerson hearing no objection ADOPTED Amendment
Amendment #8: This amendment deletes old and inserts new
language as follows:
Page 37, lines 23 - 26:
Delete all material.
Renumber the following bill sections accordingly.
Page 47, following line 4:
Insert a new bill section to read:
"* Sec. 149. DOT/PF - Highway Safety Planning
Agency. (a) The mission of the Highway Safety Planning
Agency is to administer Grant programs that promote safer
highways.
(b) The legislature intends to measure the
success of the agency in achieving its mission by
considering the number of highway deaths per year."
Renumber the following bill sections accordingly.
Co-Chair Parnell made a motion to adopt Amendment #8.
Co-Chair Parnell explained that it was important to measure
how state services or facilities are maintained for the
public. He noted that one measure for the related agency
to assess their success is to tabulate how many individuals
are killed on highways and he added that ultimately, this
number of deaths should be reduced over time.
Co-Chair Torgerson hearing no objection ADOPTED Amendment
Amendment #9: This amendment deletes old and adds new
language as follows:
Page 1, line 7:
Delete "secs. 1 - 153"
Insert "secs. 1 - 154"
Page 23, following line 12:
Insert a new bill section to read:
"*Sec. 73. DF&G - Division of Subsistence. (a)
The mission of the Division of Subsistence is to
(1) gather, quantify, evaluate, and report data
about uses, users, and methods of
subsistence hunting and fishing; and
(2) make recommendations on the impacts of
federal and state laws and regulations on
subsistence uses and users.
(b) The legislature intends to measure the success of
the division in achieving its mission by considering the
percentage of
(1) Alaska communities in each region for which
fisheries harvest data are collected and
reported;
(2) Alaska communities in each region for which
wildlife harvest data are collected and
reported;
(3) Subsistence proposals at meetings of the
Board of Fisheries and the Board of Game for
which subsistence data are assessed and
recommendations are made;
(4) Proposed statutory and regulatory changes by
federal and other state entities for which
subsistence data are assessed and
recommendations are made."
Renumber the following bill sections accordingly.
Page 29, line 19:
Delete "secs. 94 - 97"
Insert "secs. 95 - 98"
Co-Chair Parnell made a motion to adopt Amendment #9.
KEVIN BROOKS, Director, Division of Administrative
Services, Department of Fish & Game explained that the
department had proposed this amendment.
Co-Chair Torgerson hearing no objection ADOPTED Amendment
Amendment #10: This amendment deletes old and adds new
language as follows:
Page 48 line 6 - 10 delete all material and insert:
(2) the number of students enrolled in and
graduated in teacher education, health careers, process
technology, transportation and logistics, information
technology and other high demand job areas;
Renumber sections accordingly
Co-Chair Parnell made a motion to adopt Amendment #10.
Co-Chair Parnell explained that this section as currently
written considers the new or expanded degree programs as
noted. He felt it was appropriate to measure how many
expanded degree programs are created as versus trying to
measure the quality of programs, which already exist, by
determining the number of enrollees and graduates.
Senator Green suggested a language change.
Co-Chair Parnell made a motion to amend Amendment #10 to
delete "number of students enrolled in and graduate in
teacher," and insert "percentage of students graduating
with degrees in teacher." A general discussion regarding
the ways to clarify this assessment language followed.
Without objection, Amendment #10 was AMENDED.
Co-Chair Parnell made a motion to move SB 281, work order
number 1-LS1392\D from Committee.
Co-Chair Torgerson hearing no objection moved SB 218 FROM
THE COMMITTEE.
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