SENATE BILL NO. 152 "An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses of state government and for certain programs; capitalizing funds; making appropriations under art. IX, sec. 17(c), Constitution of the State of Alaska, from the constitutional budget reserve fund; and providing for an effective date." 9:13:56 AM Co-Chair Stedman noted that the first hearing of SB 152 was on February 27. Co-Chair von Imhof made a motion. [The motion was redone shortly after.] 9:14:53 AM AT EASE 9:15:14 AM RECONVENED Co-Chair Stedman clarified that there had been an inadvertent error and Co-Chair von Imhof would re-do the motion. Co-Chair von Imhof MOVED to ADOPT proposed committee substitute for SB 152, Work Draft 31-GS2197\U (Bruce, 3/16/20). Co-Chair Stedman OBJECTED for discussion. 9:15:44 AM PETE ECKLUND, STAFF, SENATOR BERT STEDMAN, informed that the Committee Substitute (CS) being considered was the governor's introduced version of the bill, re-drafted in the style of the Legislative Legal Services and the Legislative Finance Division, which was different than that of the Department of Law. He furthered that some sections of the bill were reordered but the bill was substantively the same. He informed that the Senate was completing budget subcommittee close-outs and the following Monday there would be a forthcoming CS for the House version of the operating budget. He qualified that for comparison purposes, it was easier for the public to track changes if the committee adopted the version being considered. Co-Chair Stedman asked for a review of eight items in the bill that were worthy of attention. Mr. Ecklund addressed a Summary of Changes document (copy on file): 1. Title: Add "supplemental appropriations. 2. The lead-in language in section 1 on page 2 was modified to the legislature's standard language that appears in both HB 205 and HB 206 and that includes the addition of this sentence, "A department-wide, agency-wide, or branch-wide unallocated reduction set out in this section may be allocated among the appropriations made in this section to that department, agency, or branch 3. Section 8 (page 50, starting line 21): Reorder sections so that royalty deposits are first. Reword section (c) so that the net amount to the general fund is shown rather than the entire POMV draw. 4. Section 19(e) (page 57, line 7): Reword to simplify since UA is the only named recipient. Because the Governor did not include the appropriations for DOTPF and AEA debt, the previous formatting with a list of projects is unnecessary. 9:19:00 AM Mr. Ecklund continued to address the changes in the CS: 5. Section 21(w) (page 65, line 10): Add fiscal year that the revenue will be collected. 6. Section 22(l) (page 66, line 14): Add "unexpended and unobligated" to clarify that existing fund obligations are not affected by this appropriation. 7. Section 25(g) (page 71, line 18): Change 2020 to 2019 to correct error in Governor's bill. 8. Section 28 (page 72, line 8): Update references due to reordering of sections. 9:19:58 AM Co-Chair Stedman WITHDREW his OBJECTION. There being NO further OBJECTION, it was so ordered. The CS for SB 152 was adopted. Co-Chair Stedman commented that the bill was conformed for clarity, so that when the operating budget was put together by members there would be a clear comparison for the public. 9:20:51 AM AT EASE 9:21:23 AM RECONVENED Co-Chair Stedman reminded that there would be public testimony on the operating budget the following two days. He set the bill aside for further review. [Co-Chair Stedman handed the gavel to Co-Chair von Imhof] 9:22:05 AM AT EASE 9:23:19 AM RECONVENED