Legislature(2013 - 2014)SENATE FINANCE 532
04/09/2013 04:00 PM House CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON HB 65 AND HB 66
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* first hearing in first committee of referral
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CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 65(FIN)
"An Act making appropriations for the operating and
loan program expenses of state government and for
certain programs, capitalizing funds, and making
reappropriations; and providing for an effective
date."
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 65(FIN)
"An Act making appropriations for the operating and
loan program expenses of state government and for
certain programs, capitalizing funds, and making
reappropriations; and providing for an effective
date."
and
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 66(FIN)
"An Act making appropriations for the operating and
capital expenses of the state's integrated
comprehensive mental health program and making a
reappropriation; and providing for an effective date."
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 66(FIN)
"An Act making appropriations for the operating and
capital expenses of the state's integrated
comprehensive mental health program and making a
reappropriation; and providing for an effective date."
DEPARTMENTS
Department of Administration
Department of Corrections
Department of Environmental Conservation
Department of Labor and Workforce Development
Department of Law
Department of Transportation and Public Facilities
5:32:59 PM
Chair Austerman communicated that the conference committee
would be meeting on HB 65 and HB 66 open items. He noted
that Limited Powers of Free Conference had been granted by
both the Senate and the House. Departments with open items
would be taken up based on the motion sheets distributed to
members earlier in the day and dated 04/04/13. He relayed
that the conference committee would not address open items
from the following departments during the current meeting:
the Department of Commerce, Community and Economic
Development, the Department of Education and Early
Development, the Department of Fish and Game, the
Department of Health and Social Services, the Department of
Military and Veterans Affairs, the Department of Natural
Resources, the Department of Public Safety, the Department
of Revenue, the University of Alaska, the Alaska Court
System, and the Legislature.
DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION
5:34:23 PM
Vice-Chair Kelly MOVED to ADOPT the Chair's recommendation
on the following items for the Department of
Administration's budget:
Item 1 House
Item 2 Senate
Item 3 Senate
Item 4 House
Item 5 Senate minus $300.0
5:34:50 PM
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. The action
closed all conferencable items in the budget for the
Department of Administration.
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS:
5:35:02 PM
Vice-Chair Kelly MOVED to ADOPT the Chair's recommendation
on the following items for the Department of Corrections'
budget:
Item 1 Senate
5:35:10 PM
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. The action
closed all conferencable items in the budget for the
Department of Correction.
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION:
5:35:19 PM
Vice-Chair Kelly MOVED to ADOPT the Chair's recommendation
on the following items for the Department of Environmental
Conservation's budget:
Item 1 Senate
Item 2 House
5:35:37 PM
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. The action
closed all conferencable items in the budget for the
Department of Environmental Conservation.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT:
5:35:48 PM
Vice-Chair Kelly MOVED to ADOPT the Chair's recommendation
on the following items for the Department of Labor &
Workforce Development's budget:
Item 1 House
Item 2 Senate
Item 3 Senate minus $50.0
Item 4 Senate
5:36:07 PM
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. The action
closed all conferencable items in the budget for the
Department of Labor & Workforce Development.
DEPARTMENT OF LAW:
5:36:18 PM
Vice-Chair Kelly MOVED to ADOPT the Chair's recommendation
on the following items for the Department of Law's budget:
Item 1 House
Item 2 House
Item 3 House
Item 4 House
Item 5 House
Item 6 House
Item 7 Senate
Item 8 House
Item 9 Senate minus $500.0
5:36:44 PM
Senator Hoffman OBJECTED for the purpose of discussion. He
commented on the Department of Law's Criminal Division,
particularly regarding the prosecuting attorneys in Juneau,
Fairbanks, and Bethel. He understood the need to "tighten"
the operating budget items, but expressed concerns that the
problems would still exist in Juneau, Fairbanks, and
Bethel; he opined that the legislature should figure out
how to address those problems in the future. He
acknowledged the financial constraints that the state was
facing.
5:37:27 PM
Senator Hoffman WITHDREW his OBJECTION.
5:37:32 PM
Representative Gara OBJECTED for the purpose of discussion.
He noted that Item 8, which was for the complex litigation
on oil and gas, was $2 million less than the governor had
requested; however, the intention with the intention with
this item was to have the other $2 million put in the
capital budget, which seemed appropriate. He pointed to
Item 9, which was for the work of experts and attorneys in
order to move the possible "big gasline" forward; he hoped
that if the governor needed additional funds for this item,
it would be requested in a supplemental. He offered that
that the compromise seemed reasonable.
5:38:14 PM
Representative Gara WITHDREW his OBJECTION.
5:38:23 PM
There being NO further OBJECTION, it was so ordered. The
action closed all conferencable items in the budget for the
Department of Law.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION & PUBLIC FACILITIES:
5:38:34 PM
Vice-Chair Kelly MOVED to ADOPT the Chair's recommendation
on the following items for the Department of Transportation
and Public Facilities' budget:
Item 1 House
Item 2 House
Item 3 House
Item 4 House and change "FY2015" to "FY2016"
Item 5 House
Item 6 Senate minus $175.0
Item 7 Senate minus $108.4
Item 8 Senate minus $44.6
Item 9 Senate minus $81.8
Item 10 Senate minus $102.0
Item 11 House plus $650.0
Item 12 House plus $250.0
Item 13 House plus $30.0
Item 14 Senate
Item 15 Senate
5:40:12 PM
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. The action
closed all conferencable items in the budget for the
Transportation and Public Facilities.
SALARY ADJUSTMENTS:
5:40:25 PM
Vice-Chair Kelly MOVED to ADOPT the Chair's recommendation
on the following items for the following Branch-wide
Contractual Salary Adjustments:
Item 1 Senate
Item 2 Senate
5:40:47 PM
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. The action
closed all conferencable items in the budget for the
Branch-wide Contractual Salary Adjustment items.
FUND CAPITALIZATIONS:
5:40:54 PM
Vice-Chair Kelly MOVED to ADOPT the Chair's recommendation
on the following items for the Fund Capitalizations subject
to Conference:
Item 1 Senate minus $1 million
5:41:13 PM
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. The action
closed all conferencable items in the budget for the Fund
Capitalization item subject to Conference.
FUND TRANSFERS:
5:41:30 PM
Vice-Chair Kelly MOVED to ADOPT the Chair's recommendation
on the following items for the Fund Transfers subject to
Conference:
Item 1 Senate
Item 2 House
5:41:44 PM
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. The action
closed all conferencable items in the budget for the Fund
Transfers subject to Conference.
5:41:53 PM
MENTAL HEALTH CAPITAL BUDGET HB 66:
Vice-Chair Kelly MOVED to ADOPT the Chair's recommendation
on the following items for the Mental Health Capital Budget
items in HB 66:
Item 1 Senate
Item 2 House
Item 3 House
Item 4 House
Item 5 House & change GF to GF Mental Health
Item 6 House & change GF to GF Mental Health
Item 7 House
5:42:31 PM
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. The action
closed all conferencable capital budget items for HB 66,
the Mental Health Capital Budget.
5:42:49 PM
Chair Austerman anticipated that the next meeting would be
on Wednesday, April 10th at 4:00 p.m. and related that it
would be noticed on BASIS.
5:43:09 PM
Chair Austerman queried if there was any other business,
questions, or comments from committee members
Vice-Chair Kelly MOVED to ADJOURN. There being NO
OBJECTION, it was so ordered.
HB 65 was HEARD and HELD in committee for further
consideration.
HB 66 was HEARD and HELD in committee for further
consideration.
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