HB 273-PFD: DELAY PAYMENT FOR ALLOWABLE ABSENCES                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
10:32:12 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SEATON announced that the  last order of business was HOUSE                                                               
BILL NO.  273, "An Act  relating to the dividends  of individuals                                                               
claiming  allowable  absences;  and providing  for  an  effective                                                               
date."                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
10:32:22 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
TERRY  HARVEY, Staff  to Representative  Bruce Weyhrauch,  Alaska                                                               
State Legislature, introduced HB  273 on behalf of Representative                                                               
Weyhrauch, sponsor.   He  said HB  273 is  timely because  of the                                                               
latest  statistics from  the  Permanent  Fund Dividend  division.                                                               
The bill will  require the state to hold dividends  of any person                                                               
who is out of the state with an allowable absence until that                                                                    
person returns to the state.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
10:33:46 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SEATON said there is an update in the committee packet                                                                    
regarding the amount of money that is leaving Alaska.  He said                                                                  
the committee will take up HB 273 on Thursday in more detail.