Legislature(2005 - 2006)SENATE FINANCE 532

04/24/2006 09:00 AM Senate FINANCE


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9:07:00 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     SENATE BILL NO. 231                                                                                                        
     "An   Act    making   appropriations,    including   capital                                                               
     appropriations and  appropriations to capitalize  funds; and                                                               
     providing for an effective date."                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
This was the second hearing for this bill in the Senate Finance                                                                 
Committee.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Green announced that a committee substitute would be                                                                   
released for review.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
GINGER BLAISDELL, Staff to Co-Chair Green, outlined the proposed                                                                
CS SB 231, 24-GS2034\F, as follows.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
     Section 1 includes  the capital projects as  adjusted to the                                                               
     Governor's capital bill  (SB 231). The start  date for these                                                               
     projects   is  July   1,  2006.   Generally,  all   deferred                                                               
     maintenance  was combined  into a  single appropriation  for                                                               
     each  agency   and  was  fully  funded   at  the  Governor's                                                               
     requested level.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
     Section 4 includes  the capital projects as  adjusted to the                                                               
     Governor's  regular supplemental  bill (SB  263). The  start                                                               
     date for these projects is immediate.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
     Section  7 includes  the operating  projects as  adjusted to                                                               
     the  Governor's regular  supplemental  (SB  263). The  start                                                               
     date  for   these  projects  is   immediate.  Some   of  the                                                               
     Governor's  requested  supplemental  items are  still  under                                                               
     review  by  the  House  and Senate  Co-Chairs  and  will  be                                                               
     considered for addition in the  next version of this capital                                                               
     bill (SB 231).                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
     Sections  10 -  25  are the  language  sections and  include                                                               
     provisions  that become  effective immediately  (from FY  06                                                               
     supplemental   requests),  fund   transfer  provisions   and                                                               
     reappropriations  that will  become  effective  on June  30,                                                               
     2006, and some  language that will become  effective July 1,                                                               
     2007.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
     District  Reappropriations  begin  with  Section  26  -  42.                                                               
     Please double check  this section to ensure  that your local                                                               
    communities' reappropriations are included as requested.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
     Section  43 is  the language  for the  Constitutional Budget                                                               
     Reserve for  FY 06 and  FY 07  and includes an  increase for                                                               
     the Department of Revenue,  treasury division for investment                                                               
     fee increases.                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
     All  projects that  will  be included  in  the Tobacco  Bond                                                               
     legislation  have been  removed  from this  bill. The  House                                                               
     will complete  their work on  the Tobacco Bond bill  and add                                                               
     the projects before  it is forwarded to the  Senate. We will                                                               
     work  closely  with the  House  to  coordinate projects  and                                                               
     insure inclusion in both bills.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     Legislative priorities will be included  in the next CS that                                                               
     will be  provided on Wednesday or  Thursday. Amendments will                                                               
     be  heard on  Saturday morning  beginning at  9:00am. Please                                                               
     have all  amendments to  my office  by 4:00pm  Friday, April                                                               
     28th.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
     Tomorrow  and  Wednesday  we will  hear  from  the  agencies                                                               
     regarding   the  committee's   changes  to   the  Governor's                                                               
     requested  capital projects  and FY  07 supplemental  needs.                                                               
     Each  agency  should take  no  longer  than 10  minutes  and                                                               
     discuss  only critical  needs. The  order of  testimony will                                                               
     be:                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
          Tuesday:                                                                                                              
          Department of Corrections                                                                                             
         Department of Education and Early Development                                                                          
         Department of Labor and Workforce Development                                                                          
          Department of Commerce, Community and Economic                                                                        
          Development                                                                                                           
          Department of Environmental Conservation                                                                              
          Department of Natural Resources                                                                                       
          Department of Transportation and Public Facilities                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
          Wednesday:                                                                                                            
          University of Alaska                                                                                                  
          Department of Law                                                                                                     
          Department of Public Safety                                                                                           
          Department of Revenue                                                                                                 
          Department of Administration                                                                                          
          Alaska Court System                                                                                                   
          Department of Fish and Game                                                                                           
          Department of Health and Social Services                                                                              
          Department of Military and Veterans Affairs                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
     Thursday  and  Friday  we will  hear  public  testimony.  If                                                               
     public testimony  is brief  we will  continue to  hear other                                                               
     bills in committee.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
No action was  taken on the proposed committee  substitute or the                                                               
bill.                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
The bill was HELD in Committee.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
AT EASE 9:13:11 AM / 9:14:17 AM                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                

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