Legislature(2001 - 2002)
04/24/2002 03:38 PM Senate RES
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CSHB 286(RES)am-FISHING PERMITS/ASSOCIATIONS/ASSESSMENTS CHAIRMAN TORGERSON announced CSHB 286(RES) am to be up for consideration. He reminded members about their concern that if a tax is levied to buy out the permits, it might never go away. He explained that Amendment 1 requires organizations to tell members when voting on whether or not to tax or assess, when the tax will stop and then have another vote. SENATOR TAYLOR moved Amendment 1 as follows: 22-LS1099\T.1 Utermohle 10/31/02 A M E N D M E N T 1 TO: CSHB 286( ), Draft Version "T" Page 8, following line 2: Insert a new subsection to read: "(e) The provisions of AS 43.05 and AS 43.10 apply for the enforcement and collection of a salmon fishery assessment levied under AS 43.76.220 - 43.76.280." SENATOR ELTON said this would also require that the re-vote reach the supermajority that originally voted. CHAIRMAN TORGERSON said it would reach the people who hold the permits. He explained, "It does away the cloud of one group could buy out a bunch of others and leave that tax on there and have a broader scope than what we wanted originally." SENTOR ELTON asked Representative Scalzi what he thought. TAPE 02-22, SIDE B REPRESENTATIVE SCALZI said he concurred with the amendment. CHAIRMAN TORGERSON asked Mary McDowell, Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission (CFEC), if she supported this amendment and she indicated she did. He announced that there were no objections to Amendment 1 and it was adopted. MS. DORIS CABANA, Homer resident, said she opposed SCS CSHB 286(RES). She thought it would cause a lot of problems. CHAIRMAN TORGERSON said this is what the members want and all it does is create an ability to vote. MR. PAUL SEATON said he thought this bill may have unintended consequences because in some areas a majority of permits aren't being fished. This will create a situation where people who are not fishing could vote this in. Meanwhile, those who are fishing will be taxed and the money will be distributed among the people who aren't fishing so that they will continue to not fish. MS. SUE ASPELUND, Cordova Fishermen United (CFU), said CFU supports SCS CSHB 286(RES). SENATOR WILKEN moved to pass SCS CSHB 286(RES) from committee with individual recommendations and its zero fiscal note. There were no objections and it was so ordered.
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