ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE  FREE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON HB 71  February 19, 2014 12:39 p.m. MEMBERS PRESENT Representative Mike Hawker, Chair Representative Kurt Olson Senator Mike Dunleavy, Chair Senator Cathy Giessel Senator Bill Wielechowski MEMBERS ABSENT  Representative Andrew Josephson COMMITTEE CALENDAR  HOUSE BILL NO. 71 "An Act extending the termination date of the Alaska regional economic assistance program; and providing for an effective date." - MOVED FCCS HB 71 OUT OF COMMITTEE PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION  BILL: HB 71 SHORT TITLE: AK REGIONAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAM SPONSOR(s): REPRESENTATIVE(s) HUGHES 01/16/13 (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS 01/16/13 (H) L&C, FIN 02/18/13 (H) L&C AT 3:15 PM BARNES 124 02/18/13 (H) Heard & Held 02/18/13 (H) MINUTE(L&C) 03/04/13 (H) L&C AT 3:15 PM CAPITOL 106 03/04/13 (H) Scheduled But Not Heard 03/05/13 (H) L&C AT 8:00 AM BARNES 124 03/05/13 (H) -- Meeting Continued from 3/4/13 -- 03/07/13 (H) L&C RPT CS(L&C) 1DP 5NR 03/07/13 (H) DP: JOSEPHSON 03/07/13 (H) NR: MILLETT, REINBOLD, HERRON, CHENAULT, OLSON 03/18/13 (H) FIN AT 1:30 PM HOUSE FINANCE 519 03/18/13 (H) Moved CSHB 71(FIN) Out of Committee 03/18/13 (H) MINUTE(FIN) 03/20/13 (H) FIN RPT CS(FIN) NT 10DP 1AM 03/20/13 (H) DP: T.WILSON, EDGMON, THOMPSON, NEUMAN, MUNOZ, HOLMES, COSTELLO, GARA, STOLTZE, 03/20/13 (H) AUSTERMAN 03/20/13 (H) AM: KAWASAKI 03/27/13 (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) 03/27/13 (H) VERSION: CSHB 71(FIN) 03/28/13 (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS 03/28/13 (S) L&C, FIN 04/04/13 (S) L&C AT 5:00 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg) 04/04/13 (S) Heard & Held 04/04/13 (S) MINUTE(L&C) 04/06/13 (S) L&C RPT 2DP 1NR 04/06/13 (S) DP: DUNLEAVY, MICCICHE 04/06/13 (S) NR: STEDMAN 04/06/13 (S) L&C AT 9:00 AM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg) 04/06/13 (S) Moved CSHB 71(FIN) Out of Committee 04/06/13 (S) MINUTE(L&C) 04/11/13 (S) FIN RPT SCS 4DP 3NR NEW TITLE 04/11/13 (S) DP: OLSON, HOFFMAN, FAIRCLOUGH, BISHOP 04/11/13 (S) NR: KELLY, MEYER, DUNLEAVY 04/11/13 (S) FIN AT 9:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532 04/11/13 (S) Scheduled But Not Heard 04/11/13 (S) FIN AT 1:30 PM SENATE FINANCE 532 04/11/13 (S) Moved SCS CSHB 71(FIN) Out of Committee 04/11/13 (S) MINUTE(FIN) 04/12/13 (S) VERSION: SCS CSHB 71(FIN) 04/13/13 (H) CONCUR MESSAGE 04/13/13 (H) CONFERENCE COMMITTEE APPOINTED 04/13/13 (H) HUGHES (CHAIR), JOHNSON, TARR 04/13/13 (H) HB71 AT 8:30 PM BARNES 124 04/13/13 (H) -- MEETING CANCELED -- 04/14/13 (S) RECEDE MESSAGE READ 04/14/13 (S) CONFERENCE COMMITTEE APPOINTED 04/14/13 (S) STEDMAN (CHAIR), EGAN, FRENCH 04/14/13 (H) CONFERENCE COMMITTEE DISCHARGED 04/14/13 (H) HB71 AT 10:00 AM BARNES 124 04/14/13 (H) Failed To Move Out Of Committee 04/14/13 (H) MINUTE(HB71) 01/24/14 (H) 2D CONFERENCE COMMITTEE APPOINTED 01/24/14 (H) PRUITT (CHAIR), LEDOUX, KAWASAKI 01/29/14 (S) 2D CONFERENCE COMMITTEE APPOINTED 01/29/14 (S) COGHILL (CHAIR), GARDNER, MICCICHE 02/03/14 (H) HB71 AT 9:45 AM BARNES 124 02/03/14 (H) -- MEETING CANCELED -- 02/12/14 (S) LIMITED POWERS FREE CONFERENCE GRANTED 02/12/14 (H) LIMITED POWERS FREE CONFERENCE GRANTED 02/12/14 (H) HB71 AT 9:00 AM CAPITOL 17 02/12/14 (H) Failed To Move Out Of Committee 02/12/14 (H) MINUTE(HB71) 02/14/14 (S) 2D CONFERENCE COMMITTEE DISCHARGED 02/14/14 (H) 2D CONFERENCE COMMITTEE DISCHARGED 02/14/14 (H) FREE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE APPOINTED 02/14/14 (H) HAWKER (CHAIR), OLSON, JOSEPHSON 02/18/14 (S) FREE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE APPOINTED 02/18/14 (S) DUNLEAVY (CHAIR), GIESSEL, WIELECHOWSKI 02/19/14 (H) HB71 AT 12:30 AM CAPITOL 106 WITNESS REGISTER JULI LUCKY, Staff Representative Mike Hawker Alaska State Legislature Juneau, Alaska POSITION STATEMENT: Presented the changes contained in the proposed Committee Substitute (CS) for HB 71. ACTION NARRATIVE 12:39:14 PM CHAIR MIKE HAWKER called the Free Conference Committee meeting to order at 12:39 p.m. Present at the call to order were Representatives Hawker and Olson, and Senators Dunleavy, Giessel, and Wielechowski. HB 71-AK REGIONAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAM  CHAIR HAWKER announced that the only order of business would be HOUSE BILL NO. 71, "An Act extending the termination date of the Alaska regional economic assistance program; and providing for an effective date." He noted that the committee would be operating under Uniform Rule 42, Conference and Free Conference Committees, to consider the proposed committee substitute (CS). 12:41:10 PM CHAIR DUNLEAVY moved to adopt the proposed Free Conference Committee Substitute (FCCS) for HB 71, labeled 28-LS0288\T, Martin, 2/18/14, as the working draft. CHAIR HAWKER objected for discussion. 12:41:56 PM JULI LUCKY, Staff, Representative Mike Hawker, Alaska State Legislature, noted the previously appointed and discharged conference committees, acting with limited powers, which have preceded the appointment of today's Free Conference Committee (FCC). She explained the language that has subsequently been proposed, with accord, for the committee to consider in the FCCS. The Alaska Regional Development Organization (ARDOR) programs will be retroactively reinstated, as of 7/1/13, with a new sunset date of 7/1/16. Further, the governing department, Department of Commerce, Community & Economic Development (DCCED), will be required to implement additional reporting about the activities and projects of the ARDORs. Transitional language is included to allow the existing ARDOR regulations to remain in place pending the department's adoption of new regulations. The CS also reenacts the vessel-based limited entry fisheries system for the Bering Sea hair crab fishery, effective immediately upon passage of the bill, with a sunset date of 12/30/18. A biennial report on the harvest and earnings of the Bering Sea hair crab fishery is a stipulated requirement, commencing in 2015. Finally, she pointed out that the previously considered extension of the vessel limited Weathervane scallop fishery is not included in the proposed legislation. 12:44:09 PM CHAIR HAWKER [removed his objection], and without further objection, Version T was before the committee. 12:44:47 PM CHAIR DUNLEAVY moved to report FCCS HB 71, 28-LS0288\T, Martin, 2/18/14, out of committee with individual recommendations and the accompanying fiscal notes. Without objection FCCS HB 71, was moved from the Free Conference Committee on HB 71. CHAIR HAWKER thanked the members and the gallery. 12:45:41 PM ADJOURNMENT  There being no further business before the committee, the Free Conference Committee on HB 71 meeting was adjourned at 12:46 p.m.