SB 8-PFD CONTRIBUTIONS TO TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS   3:32:14 PM CHAIR MEYER announced the consideration of Senate Bill 8 (SB 8). He noted that at a previous hearing, Senator Wilson raised a concern pertaining to prohibition of a guardian contributing a child's Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) to a tribal government. 3:32:59 PM DOUG LETCH, Staff, Senator Stevens, Alaska State Legislature, Juneau, Alaska, said SB 8 is straight forward legislation to allow PFD contributions to tribal native nonprofit organizations. He noted that an amendment will be offered that addresses Senator Wilson's question. He disclosed that Senator Stevens supports the proposed amendment by Senator Wilson. He noted that Melissa Borton, Tribal Administrator for the Native Village of Afognak intends to testify from Kodiak. He pointed out that the Native Village of Afognak was one of the tribal organizations in Kodiak that approached Senator Stevens about accessing the PFD's Pick.Click.Give program. 3:35:11 PM CHAIR MEYER opened public testimony. 3:36:04 PM NINA KEMPPEL, President & CEO, The Alaska Community Foundation (ACF), Anchorage, Alaska, testified in support of SB 8. She explained that ACF manages the Pick.Click.Give program in concert with other partners including the Rasmuson Foundation and The Foraker Group. She said ACF has no inherent concerns regarding SB 8. She noted that there was an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) ruling that allows federally recognized tribal organizations to receive charitable donations. 3:37:24 PM SARA RACE, Director, Permanent Fund Dividend Division, Alaska Department of Revenue, Juneau, Alaska, addressed the division's fiscal note as to how SB 8 could impact the PFD Division and noted that SB 8 is in line with the other participating organizations in the Pick.Click.Give program where 7 percent of the contributions are collected by the PFD Division to cover administrative costs. CHAIR MEYER asked how the division arrived at the dollar amount in their fiscal note. MS. RACE explained that the division has a contract with United Way for the Pick.Click.Give program's application process. She detailed that United Way provided their billing input regarding programming hours for changes required for SB 8. 3:39:43 PM CHAIR MEYER closed public testimony. 3:39:56 PM SENATOR WILSON moved to adopt Amendment 1, labeled 30- LS0176\A.2. A M E N D M E N T 1 OFFERED IN THE SENATE BY SENATOR WILSON Page 4, following line 28: Insert a new bill section to read: "* Sec. 7. AS 43.23.062 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: (o) A person who claims a dividend on behalf of an unemancipated minor under AS 43.23.005(c) when the minor is the subject of an adoption or guardianship proceeding pending in a tribal court may not elect to make a contribution from the minor's dividend to a federally recognized tribal government under (a) of this section." SENATOR WILSON explained that the amendment inserts a new bill section under page 4, [following line 28]. He said the amendment seeks to protect the unemancipated minors PFD when the minor is the subject of an adoption or guardianship proceeding in a tribal court. This is like AS 47.10.15 for a PFD under AS 43.23.15 where the Office of Children's Services (OCS) puts a minor's PFD into a trust until the minor turns 21 or reaches 18 and is emancipated. He summarized that SB 8 would add a layer of protection to make sure a child's PFD is not used to help fund tribal governments. MR. LETCH stated that Senator Stevens supports Senator Wilson's amendment because it clarifies the process. CHAIR MEYER announced that seeing no objection, Amendment 1 is adopted. 3:42:02 PM SENATOR GIESSEL moved to report SB 8, [CSSB 8(STA)], version 30- LS0176\A as amended from committee with individual recommendations and attached fiscal note. 3:42:27 PM CHAIR MEYER announced that being no objection, the motion carried.