HB 295-PFD ELIGIBILITY; PILOT ALLOWABLE ABSENCE                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
4:54:26 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR CARRICK  announced that the  first order of  business would                                                               
be HOUSE  BILL NO.  295, "An Act  relating to  allowable absences                                                               
for eligibility for a permanent  fund dividend; and providing for                                                               
an effective date."                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  CARRICK  opened  public  testimony   on  HB  295.    After                                                               
ascertaining  there  was  no  one  who  wished  to  testify,  she                                                               
announced  that  she would  leave  public  testimony open  for  a                                                               
future hearing on the bill.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
[HB 295 was held over.]