28TH ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE FIRST SESSION CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON HB266 and HB267 April 18, 2014 4:35 p.m. 4:35:45 PM CALL TO ORDER Chair Kelly called the Conference Committee meeting on HB266 and HB267 to order at 4:35 p.m. MEMBERS PRESENT: Senate: Senator Pete Kelly, Chair Senator Kevin Meyer Senator Lyman Hoffman House: Representative Alan Austerman, Vice-Chair Representative Bill Stoltze Representative Les Gara MEMBERS ABSENT ALSO PRESENT: David Teal, Director, Legislative Finance Division; fiscal analysts with the Office of Management and Budget and Legislative Finance Division; and aides to committee members and other members of the Legislature. SUMMARY HB 266 APPROP: OPERATING BUDGET/LOANS/FUNDS HB 266 was HEARD and HELD in committee for further consideration. HB 267 APPROP: MENTAL HEALTH BUDGET HB 267 was HEARD and HELD in committee for further consideration. CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 266(FIN) "An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses of state government and for certain programs, capitalizing funds, and making reappropriations; and providing for an effective date." SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 266(FIN) "An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses of state government and for certain programs, capitalizing funds, and making reappropriations; and providing for an effective date." and CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 267(FIN) "An Act making appropriations for the operating and capital expenses of the state's integrated comprehensive mental health program; and providing for an effective date." SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 267(FIN) "An Act making appropriations for the operating and capital expenses of the state's integrated comprehensive mental health program; and providing for an effective date." DEPARTMENTS DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA 4:36:47 PM AT EASE 4:36:52 PM RECONVENED 4:36:58 PM Chair Kelly communicated that the conference committee would be meeting on HB 266 and HB 267 open items. He noted that Limited Powers of Free Conference had been granted by both the Senate and the House. Departments with open items would be taken up based on the motion sheets distributed to members earlier in the day and dated 4/18/14. He relayed that the conference committee would not address open items from the following departments during the current meeting: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 4:37:49 PM Vice-Chair Austerman MOVED to ADOPT the Chair's recommendation on the following items for the Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development's budget: Item 1: Senate Item 2: Open Item 3: House Item 4: Open Item 5: Senate Item 6: House Item 7: Senate Item 8: Senate Item 9: House Item 10: Senate Item 11: Senate Item 12: Senate 4:38:44 PM There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. Excluding Items 2 and 4, the action closed all conferencable items in the budget for the Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT 4:39:32 PM AT EASE 4:39:51 PM RECONVENED 4:40:02 PM Vice-Chair Austerman MOVED to ADOPT the Chair's recommendation on the following items for the Department of Education and Early Development's budget: Item 1: Senate Item 2: Open Item 3: Open Item 4: Senate plus $46,400 Item 5: Open Item 6: House Item 7: Open Item 8: Open Item 9: Open Item 10: Senate Item 11: Open Item 12: House 4:40:48 PM There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. Chair Kelly related that items 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, and 11 in the Department of Education and Early Development's budget would be discussed at a future meeting. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION 4:41:12 PM Vice-Chair Austerman MOVED to ADOPT the Chair's recommendation on the following items for the Department of Environmental Conservation's budget: Item 1: Senate Item 2: Senate Item 3: House Item 4: House Item 5: House Item 6: Open 4:41:44 PM There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. Excluding Item 6, the action closed all conferencable items in the budget for the Department of Environmental Conservation. DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME 4:42:04 PM Vice-Chair Austerman MOVED to ADOPT the Chair's recommendation on the following items for the Department of Fish and Game's budget: Item 1: Open Item 2: House Item 3: House Item 4: Senate Item 5: Senate Item 6: Senate Item 7: House Item 8: House Item 9: Open 4:42:59 PM There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. Excluding Items 1 and 9, the action closed all conferencable items in the budget for the Department of Fish and Game. 4:43:13 PM AT EASE 4:44:09 PM RECONVENED DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 4:44:14 PM Vice-Chair Austerman MOVED to ADOPT the Chair's recommendation on the following items for the Department of Labor and Workforce Development's budget: Item 1: House Item 2: House plus $700,000 Item 3: Senate Item 4: Open Item 5: Senate Item 6: Open Item 7: Senate plus $22,200 Item 8: Senate 4:45:13 PM Representative Gara OBJECTED for purpose of discussion and requested an explanation of what had occurred with Item 2. 4:45:37 PM AT EASE 4:46:02 PM RECONVNED 4:46:06 PM Representative Gara WITHDREW his objection. 4:46:08 PM There being NO further OBJECTION, the motion PASSED. Excluding Items 4 and 6, the action closed all conferencable items in the budget for the Department of Labor and Workforce Development. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY 4:46:37 PM Vice-Chair Austerman MOVED to ADOPT the Chair's recommendation on the following items for the Department of Public Safety's budget: Item 1: Senate Item 2: Senate plus $550,000 Item 3: Senate Item 4: House Item 5: House Item 6: House Item 7: House Item 8: Senate Item 9: Senate plus $479,000 Item 10: Senate for all 4 funding sources. 4:47:39 PM There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. The action closed all conferencable items in the budget for the Department of Public Safety. 4:47:51 PM AT EASE 4:49:40 PM RECONVENED 4:49:44 PM Chair Kelly MOVED to REOPEN the items in the Department of Public Safety's budget. 4:49:53 PM Chair Kelly noted that there was a typo on Item 10 and requested that the motion on that item be restated. 4:49:57 PM Vice-Chair Austerman MOVED to ADOPT the Chair's recommendation on the following items for the Department of Public Safety's budget: Item 10: Senate for all 5 funding sources. 4:50:14 PM There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. The action closed all conferencable items in the budget for the Department of Public Safety. 4:50:23 PM UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA 4:50:47 PM Vice-Chair Austerman MOVED to ADOPT the Chair's recommendation on the following items for the University of Alaska's budget: Item 1: House Item 2: House Item 3: House Item 4: Senate Item 5: Senate Item 6: Senate Item 7: Senate Item 8: Open Item 9: Open Item 10: Senate 4:51:43 PM There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. Excluding Items 8 and 9, the action closed all conferencable items in the budget for the University of Alaska. MENTAL HEALTH CAPITAL 4:51:58 PM Vice-Chair Austerman MOVED to ADOPT the Chair's recommendation on the following items for the mental health capital project's budget: Item 1: Senate Item 2: House Replace AHFC Dividends (1139) with GF/MH (1037) Item 3: House Item 4: House Item 5: House 4:52:52 PM There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. The action closed all conferencable items in the budget for the mental health capital projects. LANGUAGE ITEM #4 4:53:00 PM Vice-Chair Austerman MOVED to ADOPT the Chair's recommendation on the following items in the language section portion of the budget: Item 4: House 4:53:20 PM There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. The action closed Item 4 within the open items of language portion of the budget. Chair Kelly relayed that the next meeting would be held on 4/19/14 at 2 p.m. 4:54:04 PM AT EASE 4:55:13 PM RECONVENED 4:55:18 PM Co-Chair Austerman MOVED to REOPEN the Department of Fish and Game's budget items. 4:55:37 PM Chair Kelly MOVED to HOLD OPEN Item 7 in the Department of Fish and Game's budget. There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. 4:55:58 PM AT EASE 4:56:36 PM RECVONENED 4:56:43 PM Chair Kelly restated his motion and MOVED to HOLD OPEN Item 7 in the Department of Fish and Game's budget. 4:56:50 PM There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered. Excluding Items 1, 7, and 9, the action closed all conferencable items in the budget for the Department of Fish and Game. HB 266 was HEARD and HELD in committee for further consideration. HB 267 was HEARD and HELD in committee for further consideration. ADJOURNMENT 4:57:03 PM The meeting was adjourned at 4:57 p.m.