HOUSE FINANCE COMMITTEE MARCH 23, 1996 9:05 A.M. TAPE HFC 96 - 87, Side 1, #000 - end. TAPE HFC 96 - 87, Side 2, #000 - end. TAPE HFC 96 - 88, Side 1, #000 - end. TAPE HFC 96 - 88, Side 2, #000 - end. TAPE HFC 96 - 89, Side 1, #000 - end. TAPE HFC 96 - 89, Side 2, #000 - end. TAPE HFC 96 - 90, Side 1, #000 - end. TAPE HFC 96 - 90, Side 2, #000 - end. TAPE HFC 96 - 91, Side 1, #000 - end. TAPE HFC 96 - 91, Side 2, #000 - #382. CALL TO ORDER Co-Chair Mark Hanley called the House Finance Committee meeting to order at 9:05 A.M. PRESENT Co-Chair Hanley Representative Martin Co-Chair Foster Representative Mulder Representative Brown Representative Kohring Representative Grussendorf Representative Parnell Representative Kelly Representative Therriault Representative Navarre participated via teleconference. ALSO PRESENT Representative Kim Elton; Representative Caren Robinson; Representative Gene Kubina; Representative David Finkelstein; Representative Bettye Davis; Representative Irene Nicholia; Representative Ivan Ivan; Representative Con Bunde. JUNEAU TESTIMONY: Amy Skilbred, Juneau; Jon Newstrom, Juneau; Leo Land, Juneau; Janell Meade, Juneau; Ken Waldman, Juneau; Barbara Mahoney, Juneau; Jean Rogers, Juneau; George Rogers, Juneau; Laura Rorem, Juneau; Ron Reed, Juneau; Debra Gerrish, Juneau; Rod McCoy, Juneau; Dick Myron, Juneau; Ron Clarke, Juneau; Paul DeSloover, Juneau; Lauree Hugonin, Juneau; Katie Jensen, Juneau; Aaron Brakel, Juneau; Bill Walker, Juneau. TELECONFERENCED TESTIMONY: 1 Val LeBar, Sitka; Mako Haggerty, Homer; Polly Lee, Petersburg; Beth Floor, Petersburg; Richard Harris, Fairbanks; Hap Ryder, Fairbanks; Renata Riffe, Cordova; Mike Davis, Dillingham; Tish Evans, Dillingham; Jerry Gastineau, Anchorage; Andrew White, Anchorage; George Hanson, Anchorage; Susan Reed, Anchorage; John Morris, Anchorage; Margaret Mettes, City of Hughes; Kristyn Pollard, Ketchikan; Victoria Lord, Ketchikan; Jack Phelps, Ketchikan; James Fisher, Kenai; Vesta Leigh, Kenai; Robert Ernst, Kenai; Bill Hatch, Kenai; Hugh Motley, Kenai; Loran Brown, Naukati; Endil, Nenana; Carl Burger, Bethel; Mary Jean Sebens, Haines; Jenny Stevens, Kodiak; Pat Holmes, Kodiak; Barbara Rudio, Kodiak; Hank Pennington, Kodiak; Barbara Burch, Kodiak; Nat Good, Delta Junction; Tom Brown, Matsu; Tim Anderson, Matsu; Carol Meyer, Matsu; Ernest Line, Matsu; Baerent Strandberg, Matsu; John Cannon, Matsu; Jim Herbert, Seward; Riggie Joule, Kotzebue; Richard Beneville, Nome; Myrtle Johnson, Nome; Lisa Shon Jodwalis, Fairbanks; Peter Biesiot, Fairbanks; Sam Medsker, Fairbanks; Gene Kingrea, Fairbanks; Louis Charles, Fairbanks; Myron Naneng, Bethel; Roberta Ward, Bethel; Marywilda Warner, Bethel; Marie Daton, Allakaket; Irene Henry, Allakaket; Samson Henry, Allakaket; Gilbert Vent, Allakaket; David Stutzer, Homer; Walter Johnson, Homer; Scot Wheat, Homer; Marian Allen, Sitka; Colette Casavant, Sitka; Kathleen Lyons, Sitka; Kathy Wasterman, Sitka; Ronni Sullivan, Anchorage; Tom Murphy, Anchorage; Jerry Deugan, Anchorage; Nancy Miesler, Anchorage; Betty Bartels, Anchorage; Herman Morgan, Aniak; Wendy Hiadick, Dillingham; Gregg Burton, Dillingham; Cindy Lynn, Petersburg; Larry Roberts, Petersburg; Carla Potter, Ketchikan; Tom Fouts, Ketchikan; Ronnie Epperson, Fairbanks; Hilda Melchoir, Fairbanks; Joy Morrison, Fairbanks; Betsey Turner-Bogren, Fairbanks; Rocky Pavey, Fairbanks; Don Gray, Fairbanks; Don Lynch, Anchorage; Jacquie Imle, Kenai; Richard Warrington, Kenai; John Gill, Nenana; Caroline Lee, Anchorage; Gladys Thompson, Anchorage; Diane Duvall, Anchorage; Mot McGee, Anchorage; Joan Sheppard, Anchorage; Charles Hamburg, Anchorage; Mrs. Lare, Anchorage; Lahaie Lee, Anchorage; Dorothy Peavey, Anchorage; Marlene Luke, Anchorage; Nancy Hillstrand, Anchorage; Laura Norton, Homer; Katie Hurley, Matsu; Alice Hollinger, Matsu; Val Bergman, Allakaket; Lori Gilbert, Anchorage; Dodd Shey, Anchorage; Steve Jensen, Anchorage; Sam Rose, Anchorage; Michael Christy, Anchorage; Mrya Olsen, Egegik; Joyce Hughes, Fort Yukon; Barbara Stek, Anchorage; Bill Bjork, Fairbanks. SUMMARY STATEWIDE TELECONFERENCE HB 412 An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses of state government, for 2 certain programs, and to capitalize 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. HB 412 was HELD in Committee for further consideration. (Copies of log notes, meeting tapes and handouts will be on file with the House Finance Committee secretaries until after the 19th Legislative Session. Contact #465-2378 or meeting tapes and handouts will be located at the Legislative Library, #465-3808). 3