ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON JHB104
April 15, 2012
7:48 p.m.
HOUSE MEMBERS PRESENT
Representative Bill Thomas, Chair
Representative Les Gara
Representative Alan Austerman
HOUSE MEMBERS ABSENT
All members present
SENATE MEMBERS PRESENT
Senator Lyman Hoffman, Chair
Senator Joe Thomas
Senator Kevin Meyer
SENATE MEMBERS ABSENT
All members present
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
HOUSE BILL NO. 104
"An Act renaming the Alaska performance scholarship and relating
to the scholarship and tax credits applicable to contributions
to the scholarship; establishing the Alaska performance
scholarship investment fund and the Alaska performance
scholarship award fund and relating to the funds; making
conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date."
- MOVED CCS HB 104 OUT OF COMMITTEE
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION
BILL: HB 104
SHORT TITLE: ALASKA PERFORMANCE SCHOLARSHIPS
SPONSOR(s): RULES BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR
01/18/11 (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
01/18/11 (H) EDC, FIN
02/09/11 (H) EDC AT 8:00 AM CAPITOL 106
02/09/11 (H) Heard & Held
02/09/11 (H) MINUTE(EDC)
02/14/11 (H) EDC AT 8:00 AM CAPITOL 106
02/14/11 (H) Heard & Held
02/14/11 (H) MINUTE(EDC)
02/21/11 (H) EDC AT 8:00 AM CAPITOL 106
02/21/11 (H) Heard & Held
02/21/11 (H) MINUTE(EDC)
02/25/11 (H) EDC AT 8:00 AM CAPITOL 106
02/25/11 (H) <Bill Hearing Postponed to 2/28/11>
02/28/11 (H) EDC AT 8:00 AM CAPITOL 106
02/28/11 (H) Heard & Held
02/28/11 (H) MINUTE(EDC)
03/07/11 (H) EDC AT 8:00 AM CAPITOL 106
03/07/11 (H) Heard & Held
03/07/11 (H) MINUTE(EDC)
03/16/11 (H) EDC AT 8:00 AM CAPITOL 106
03/16/11 (H) Heard & Held
03/16/11 (H) MINUTE(EDC)
03/21/11 (H) EDC AT 8:00 AM CAPITOL 106
03/21/11 (H) Moved CSHB 104(EDC) Out of Committee
03/21/11 (H) MINUTE(EDC)
03/23/11 (H) EDC RPT CS(EDC) NT 2DP 4AM
03/23/11 (H) DP: SEATON, DICK
03/23/11 (H) AM: CISSNA, P.WILSON, PRUITT, FEIGE
03/30/11 (H) FIN AT 1:30 PM HOUSE FINANCE 519
03/30/11 (H) Scheduled But Not Heard
04/07/11 (H) FIN AT 8:30 AM HOUSE FINANCE 519
04/07/11 (H) Heard & Held
04/07/11 (H) MINUTE(FIN)
04/07/11 (H) FIN AT 1:30 PM HOUSE FINANCE 519
04/07/11 (H) Heard & Held
04/07/11 (H) MINUTE(FIN)
04/12/11 (H) FIN RPT CS(FIN) NT 2DP 7NR 2AM
04/12/11 (H) DP: GUTTENBERG, GARA
04/12/11 (H) NR: T.WILSON, EDGMON, JOULE, COSTELLO,
DOOGAN, STOLTZE, THOMAS
04/12/11 (H) AM: FAIRCLOUGH, NEUMAN
04/12/11 (H) FIN AT 1:30 PM HOUSE FINANCE 519
04/12/11 (H) Moved CSHB 104(FIN) Out of Committee
04/12/11 (H) MINUTE(FIN)
04/14/11 (H) RLS AT 4:00 PM CAPITOL 120
04/14/11 (H) Moved CSHB 104(RLS) Out of Committee
04/14/11 (H) MINUTE(RLS)
04/15/11 (H) RLS RPT CS(RLS) NT 1DP 5NR 1AM
04/15/11 (H) DP: GATTO
04/15/11 (H) NR: CHENAULT, AUSTERMAN, TUCK, OLSON,
JOHNSON
04/15/11 (H) AM: GRUENBERG
04/15/11 (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S)
04/15/11 (H) VERSION: CSHB 104(RLS)
04/16/11 (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
04/16/11 (S) FIN
04/18/11 (H) SPECIAL SESSION BILL
04/18/11 (S) SPECIAL SESSION BILL
04/19/11 (S) FIN AT 11:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
04/19/11 (S) Scheduled But Not Heard
01/18/12 (S) FIN AT 9:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
01/18/12 (S) Heard & Held
01/18/12 (S) MINUTE(FIN)
02/15/12 (S) FIN AT 9:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
02/15/12 (S) Heard & Held
02/15/12 (S) MINUTE(FIN)
03/05/12 (S) FIN AT 9:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
03/05/12 (S) Scheduled But Not Heard
03/30/12 (S) FIN RPT SCS 3DP 3NR NEW TITLE
03/30/12 (S) DP: THOMAS, EGAN, ELLIS
03/30/12 (S) NR: STEDMAN, HOFFMAN, OLSON
03/30/12 (S) FIN AT 9:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
03/30/12 (S) Moved SCS CSHB 104(FIN) Out of
Committee
03/30/12 (S) MINUTE(FIN)
04/12/12 (S) VERSION: SCS CSHB 104(FIN)
04/14/12 (H) CONFERENCE COMMITTEE APPOINTED
04/14/12 (H) THOMAS (CHAIR), AUSTERMAN, GARA
04/14/12 (S) RECEDE MESSAGE READ AND TAKEN UP
04/14/12 (S) CONFERENCE COMMITTEE APPOINTED
04/14/12 (S) HOFFMAN (CHAIR), MEYER, THOMAS
04/14/12 (H) HB104 AT 6:00 PM SENATE FINANCE 532
04/14/12 (S) -- MEETING CANCELED --
04/15/12 (H) HB104 AT 8:45 AM FAHRENKAMP 203
04/15/12 (H) HB104 AT 2:00 PM HOUSE FINANCE 519
WITNESS REGISTER
No witnesses to record
ACTION NARRATIVE
7:48:06 PM
CHAIR BILL THOMAS called the meeting to order at 9:35 a.m.
Representatives Thomas and Gara, and Austerman; and Senators
Hoffman, Meyer, and Thomas were present at the call to order.
HB 104-ALASKA PERFORMANCE SCHOLARSHIPS
7:48:42 PM
CHAIR THOMAS announced that the only order of business would be
HOUSE BILL NO. 104, "An Act renaming the Alaska performance
scholarship and relating to the scholarship and tax credits
applicable to contributions to the scholarship; establishing the
Alaska performance scholarship investment fund and the Alaska
performance scholarship award fund and relating to the funds;
making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective
date."
CHAIR THOMAS stated that the conference committee received the
requested limited powers of free conference, enabling members to
consider and amend the following aspects of the bill: Sections
3-7 and 30, relating to a high school diploma by examination;
Sections 4 and 5, relating to the course requirement waiver;
Section 11, relating to the funding "waterfall"; Sections 11 and
13, relating to the funding formula; and Section 13, relating to
the payout mechanism.
7:49:01 PM
SENATOR HOFFMAN moved to adopt CCS HB 104, Version 27-GH1893\G,
Mischel, 4/15/12.
CHAIR THOMAS objected for purposes of discussion.
7:49:23 PM
The committee took an at-ease from 7:49 p.m. to 7:50 p.m.
7:50:47 PM
SENATOR HOFFMAN explained the changes made to the working
document, Senate Version S, as incorporated in the proposed
Version G, which are: adopts the 2/3 scholarship 1/3 grants
concept from Version S, as a defined split of the total funding;
the payout mechanism is changed from 10 to 7 percent; the course
requirement waiver provision in Section 5 allows 24 versus 12
months for students to complete academic requirements; all
references to a high school diploma by examination (GED)[general
educational development] have been removed; and the "waterfall"
provisions are removed, thus returning all excess funds from
both the scholarship and grants accounts to the Alaska Higher
Education Investment Fund.
7:51:58 PM
The committee took an at-ease from 7:51 p.m. to 7:55 p.m.
7:55:56 PM
SENATOR HOFFMAN moved to have the following language
appropriately reinserted into the proposed Version G [original
punctuation provided]:
(e) If an insufficient number of applicants apply for
the available amount reserved under (d) of this
section, the commission shall redeposit the remaining
amount in the account from which the funds originated.
Hearing no objection, the amendment was adopted.
7:56:50 PM
CHAIR THOMAS removed his objection to CCS HB 104. There being
no further objection, Version G was before the committee.
7:57:35 PM
SENATOR HOFFMAN moved to report CCS HB 104, 27-GH1893\G out of
committee, as amended. Without objection, it was so ordered.
7:57:47 PM
REPRESENTATIVE THOMAS ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business before the committee, the
Conference Committee on HB 104 meeting was adjourned at 7:57
p.m.