02/23/2006 03:30 PM Senate STATE AFFAIRS

            SB 290-LIFE INSURANCE FOR NATIONAL GUARD                                                                        
                                                                                                                              
3:42:55 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR GENE THERRIAULT announced SB 290 to be up for                                                                             
consideration. Without objection he moved \F version committee                                                                  
substitute (CS) as  the working document. He asked  Mr. Temple to                                                               
come forward and explain the changes.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
3:43:24 PM                                                                                                                    
JOSH TEMPLE,  Staff to Senator  Huggins, addressed  the following                                                               
changes to SB  290: language was added so the  funds would not be                                                               
swept  into the  CBR;  provisions for  complementary hunting  and                                                               
fishing  licenses were  incorporated;  the  retroactive date  was                                                               
changed  to  January   1,  2005;  and  a  two   year  cutoff  was                                                               
established for hunting and fishing licenses.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR THERRIAULT read  the language on page 2,  lines 7-9 related                                                               
to the complementary license.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
MR. TEMPLE read page 2, lines 9-12.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR HUGGINS  stated that from a  bookkeeping standpoint, it's                                                               
smart to  establish a  cutoff date for  the reimbursement  and if                                                               
that isn't included in the CS it could be inserted.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR THERRIAULT said  he wouldn't object to him  working on that                                                               
before the bill moved to the Finance Committee.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR THERRIAULT asked Mr. Cramer to comment on the changes.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
JOHN CRAMER, Administrative Services  Director for the Department                                                               
of Military & Veterans Affairs  (DMVA), advised that the original                                                               
language would  not prevent the  funds from being swept,  but the                                                               
drafters included language in the CS to clarify that point.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR THERRIAULT called a brief at ease at3:48:10 PM.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR THERRIAULT reconvened the meeting and asked for a motion.                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
3:48:29 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR  HUGGINS motioned  to report  CSSB 290(STA),  \F version,                                                               
from  committee  with  individual  recommendations  and  attached                                                               
fiscal notes.                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR THERRIAULT  announced that without objection  CSSB 290(STA)                                                               
would move from committee and  that updated fiscal notes from the                                                               
Department of  Military and Veterans  Affairs and  the Department                                                               
of  Fish and  Game  would be  prepared and  passed  along to  the                                                               
Finance Committee.