Legislature(2019 - 2020)SENATE FINANCE 532
05/10/2019 03:30 PM Senate CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON HB39 AND HB40
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CS FOR SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 39(FIN) am(brf
sup maj fld)
"An Act making appropriations for the operating and
loan program expenses of state government and for
certain programs; capitalizing funds; amending
appropriations; making supplemental appropriations;
and providing for an effective date."
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR SS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 39(FIN) am S
"An Act making appropriations for the operating and
loan program expenses of state government and for
certain programs; capitalizing funds; amending
appropriations; making supplemental appropriations and
reappropriations; and providing for an effective
date."
and
CS FOR SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 40(FIN)
"An Act making appropriations for the operating and
capital expenses of the state's integrated
comprehensive mental health program; and providing for
an effective date."
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR SS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 40(FIN)
"An Act making appropriations for the operating and
capital expenses of the state's integrated
comprehensive mental health program; and providing for
an effective date."
3:31:19 PM
Co-Chair Foster reported that limited powers of Free
Conference had been granted by both the House and the
Senate. He invited David Teal, Director of the Legislative
Finance Division, to come to the testifier table.
He explained how objections would be handled. If there was
an objection, he would make note of that Item and hold it
aside. The committee would continue to go through the other
Items in the department, adopt them, and then would come
back to any Item that had an objection.
In the present meeting the committee would be addressing
open items in HB 39 and HB 40 based on the motion sheets
distributed to members earlier and dated May 9th for the
following departments:
DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
DEBT SERVICE ITEMS
FY 19 SUPPLEMENTALS IN HB 39 AND HB 40
^ADMINISTRATION
3:32:49 PM
Co-Chair Stedman MOVED to ADOPT the following in the
Department of Administration budget:
Item 1 Senate
Item 2 House
Item 3 House
Item 4 House
Item 5 Open
Item 6 Senate
Item 7 Open
Item 8 Open
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. The action
CLOSED conferencable Items 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6, and left OPEN
Items 7 and 8 in the Department of Administration budget.
^COMMERCE, COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
3:33:38 PM
Co-Chair Stedman MOVED to ADOPT the following in the
Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development
budget:
Item 1 House and change fund code 1235 Alaska
Liquefied Natural Gas Project Fund to fund
code 1004 Unrestricted General Fund
Item 2 Senate All Lines
Item 3 Open
Item 4 Open
Item 5 House
Item 6 House
Item 7 Senate
Representative Tilton OBJECTED to Item 2.
Representative Tilton spoke to her objection to Item 2. She
appreciated the roll Serve Alaska had played and the good
things the volunteers had done for the state. However, she
felt the program could be administered better in the
non-profit sector. While the state's model was commonly
used in other states, some were moving towards a model
where dollars were being placed with non-profits to be
administered. She explained that the amount of funding
authorized for Serve Alaska to administer versus the amount
of dollars it actually directed equated to an efficiency
level of only 60 percent. She thought the private sector
could do a better job of administering the grant funding.
3:36:05 PM
Co-Chair Wilson commented that she had investigated the
option of privatizing Serve Alaska, which she found out was
possible but not in the current year. An administrative
order would need to be changed by the governor, someone
would have to be in place to accept the grant funding, and
a non-profit would need to be identified to administer the
grants. She planned to use the interim to get things in
place to make a change. However, if the item was not
accepted in the current day, the program would go away, and
the federal dollars would not be available to use. She
stressed that communities used the funding. She understood
Representative Tilton's point but had not been able to
address the issue on short notice.
3:37:01 PM
Senator Olson asked about the amount of federal dollars
available or in question.
Co-Chair Wilson replied that there was $1.8 million in
federal receipts made available with a committee in place.
Although there was a committee in place, a new executive
order by the Governor would have to be executed specifying
a non-profit as the administrator. She explained that there
had not been enough time to address the issue. She noted
that not all of the related grants came due simultaneously.
She did not want to see any grant monies slip away.
Representative Tilton MAINTAINED her OBJECTION.
A roll call vote was taken on the motion.
IN FAVOR: von Imhof, Wilson, Olson, Stedman, Foster
OPPOSED: Tilton
The MOTION PASSED (5/1) [Note: House (2/1); Senate (3/0)].
Item 2 was ADOPTED.
There being NO further OBJECTION, it was so ordered. The
action CLOSED conferencable Items 1, 2, 5, 6 and 7 and left
OPEN Items 3 and 4 in the Department of Commerce, Community
and Economic Development budget.
^EDUCATION
3:39:39 PM
Co-Chair Stedman MOVED to ADOPT the following in the
Department of Education and Early Development budget:
Item 1 Senate
Item 2 House
Item 3 House
Item 4 Open
Item 5 House
Item 6 House
Item 7 House
Item 8 Open
Item 9 House
Item 10 Open
Item 11 House
Item 12 Open
Item 13 Senate
Item 14 Open
Item 15 Open
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. The action
CLOSED conferencable Items 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, and
left OPEN Items 4, 8, 10, 12, 14, and 15 in the Department
of Education and Early Development budget.
^GOVERNOR
3:40:45 PM
Co-Chair Stedman MOVED to ADOPT the following in the Office
of the Governor's budget:
Item 1 Senate
Item 2 Open
Item 3 Open
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. The action
CLOSED conferencable Item 1 and left OPEN Items 2 and 3 in
the Office of the Governor budget.
^LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
3:41:17 PM
Co-Chair Stedman MOVED to ADOPT the following in the
Department of Labor and Workforce Development budget:
Item 1 Senate
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. The action
CLOSED conferencable Item 1 in the Department of Labor and
Workforce Development budget.
^MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS
3:41:38 PM
Co-Chair Stedman MOVED to ADOPT the following in the
Department of Military and Veterans Affairs budget:
Item 1 Open
Item 2 Senate All Lines
Item 3 Senate
Item 4 House
Item 5 Senate All Lines
Item 6 Open
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. The action
CLOSED conferencable Item 2, 3, 4, and 5 and left OPEN
Items 1 and 6 in the Department of Military and Veterans
Affairs budget.
^REVENUE
3:42:23 PM
Co-Chair Stedman MOVED to ADOPT the following in the
Department of Revenue's budget:
Item 1 Senate
Item 2 Senate
Item 3 Senate
Item 4 House All Lines
Item 5 House
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. The action
CLOSED conferencable Items 1 through 5 in the Department of
Revenue budget.
^DEBT SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS
3:42:56 PM
Co-Chair Stedman MOVED to ADOPT the following in Debt
Service Appropriations:
Item 1 Open
Item 2 Senate All Lines
Item 3 Senate All Lines
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. The action
CLOSED conferencable Items 2 and 3 and left OPEN Item 1 in
Debt Service Appropriation.
^FY 19 SUPPLEMENTALS
3:43:30 PM
Co-Chair Stedman MOVED to ADOPT the following in FY 19
Supplementals in HB 39 and HB 40:
Page 15 Items 1 through 9 Senate
3:43:43 PM
AT EASE
3:45:31 PM
RECONVENED
3:45:39 PM
Co-Chair Stedman restated his motion. He MOVED to ADOPT the
following in FY 19 Supplementals in HB 39 and HB 40:
Page 15 Items 1 through 9 Senate
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. The action
CLOSED conferencable Items 1 through 9 in FY 19
Supplementals.
3:46:03 PM
Co-Chair Stedman MOVED to ADOPT the following in FY 19
Supplementals in HB 39 and HB 40:
Page 16 Items 10 through 20 Senate
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. The action
CLOSED conferencable Items 10 through 20 in FY 19
Supplementals.
3:46:18 PM
Co-Chair Stedman MOVED to ADOPT the following in FY 19
Supplementals in HB 39 and HB 40:
Page 17 Items 21 through 31 Senate
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. The action
CLOSED conferencable Items 21 through 31 in FY 19
Supplementals.
3:46:34 PM
Co-Chair Stedman MOVED to ADOPT the following in FY 19
Supplementals in HB 39 and HB 40:
Page 18 Items 32 through 35, 37 and 38 Senate
Page 18 Item 36 Open
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. The action
CLOSED conferencable Items 32 through 35, 37, and 38 and
left OPEN Item 36 in FY 19 Supplementals.
3:46:57 PM
Co-Chair Stedman MOVED to ADOPT the following in FY 19
Supplementals in HB 39 and HB 40:
Page 19 Items 39 through 41 Senate
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. The action
CLOSED conferencable Items 39 through 41 in FY 19
Supplementals.
3:47:30 PM
Co-Chair Foster concluded the business for the committee
hearing. Once the next meeting date and time was
determined, the meeting would be noticed on BASIS.
Co-Chair Stedman MOVED to ADJOURN. There being NO
OBJECTION, it was so ordered.
HB 39 was HEARD and HELD in committee for further
consideration.
HB 40 was HEARD and HELD in committee for further
consideration.
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