HJR 25 - CONST. AM: PERM. FUND INCOME & DIVIDEND CHAIRMAN GREEN announced the committee would meet in executive session to hear House Joint Resolution No. 25, proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska to guarantee the permanent fund dividend, to provide for inflation-proofing, and to require a vote of the people before spending undistributed income from the earnings reserve of the permanent fund; and relating to the permanent fund. CHAIRMAN GREEN advised members that the executive session was for the purpose of reviewing potential tax consequences associated with modifying the procedure by which permanent fund dividends are paid and inflation-proofing is accomplished. REPRESENTATIVE BRIAN PORTER made a motion to go into executive session. There being no objection, the committee went into executive session at 8:33 a.m. CHAIRMAN GREEN, following the executive session, reported that he had gaveled out at 9:47 a.m. CHAIRMAN GREEN listed those who had attended, noting that not everyone was present the entire time. In addition to committee members, present from the legislature were Representative Alan Austerman, sponsor of HJR 25; Tamara Cook, Director, Legislative Legal and Research Services, Legislative Affairs Agency; and Lisa Kirsch, committee aide for the House Judiciary Standing Committee. In attendance from the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation were Byron I. Mallott, Executive Director; Peter A. Bushre, Chief Financial Officer; Jim Kelly, Director of Communications; and Ronald W. Lorensen of Simpson, Tillinghast, Sorensen and Lorensen, legal counsel.