HB 134-PROPERTY TRANSFER TAX; MUNI TELECOMM TAX                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
8:23:34 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR MCCORMICK announced  that the next order  of business would                                                               
be HOUSE  BILL NO. 134,  "An Act prohibiting  municipalities from                                                               
levying a tax  on the transfer of real  property; prohibiting the                                                               
state from  levying a tax on  the transfer of real  property; and                                                               
relating  to  municipal  taxation  of  mobile  telecommunications                                                               
services."                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
8:23:55 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  JULIE  COULOMBE,  Alaska  State  Legislature,  as                                                               
prime  sponsor, presented  HB 134.  She  said that  HB 134  would                                                               
prohibit municipalities  and state  government from  imposing tax                                                               
transfers  on the  buying or  selling of  a home.   She  said tax                                                               
rates have  been increasing  across the country  in the  past few                                                               
years, which  has led  to higher transfer  taxes having  a ripple                                                               
effect on home ownership in Alaska.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
8:25:20 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR MCCORMICK moved to adopt  the proposed committee substitute                                                               
(CS) for  HB 134, Version  33-LS0618\S, Dunmire, 4/16/24,  as the                                                               
working document. There being no  objection, Version S was before                                                               
the committee.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
8:26:01 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR MCCORMICK announced that HB 134 was held over.