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: Appropriation: Grant to Arctic Power for ANWR
Passed House!
Sponsored by the
An Act making a special appropriation for a grant to Arctic Power to promote the opening of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil and gas exploration and development; and providing for an effective date.
02-26-03 : The Alaska House of Representatives passed House Bill 101 by a vote of 34 to three on Wednesday. Sponsored by the House Finance Committee, HB 101 appropriates $1.1 million in general funds to Arctic Power to promote the opening of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil and gas developments. The Native Village of Kaktovik and the governor's office will receive $100,000 each for the same purpose. HB 101 moves to the Senate.
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: AIDEA Dividends To State
Signed into Law! Chapter 75 SLA 03
Sponsored by the
An Act relating to the definitions of 'net income' and 'unrestricted net income' for purposes of calculating the dividends to be paid to the state by the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority; and providing for an effective date.
05-12-03 : The Alaska State Senate unanimously approved House Bill 203 by a vote of 20 to zero on Monday. Sponsored by the House Finance Committee, HB 203 further clarifies the definition of income that AIDEA uses to determine the dividend it will pay back to the state. HB 203 excludes expenses recorded as a result of recognizing impairment losses on development projects owned and operated by the authority. Impairment losses do not require current or future cash expenditure. Impairment losses recognize a write-down of the carrying value of physical assets paid for in the past.
After a vote of reconsideration, HB 203 moves to the .
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: Parole For Medical/Cognitive Disability
Signed into Law! Chapter 25 SLA 03
Sponsored by the
An Act relating to special medical parole and to prisoners who are severely medically and cognitively disabled.
05-18-03 : Gov. Murkowski signed HB 229 into law. Sponsored by the House Finance Committee, HB 229 allows prisoners with medical or cognitive disabilities to be released on parole. The prisoner's condition must be such that he or she will not pose a threat to the public. HB 229 also authorizes a SARS control program.
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: Dividend Payment To State By AHFC
Signed into Law! Chapter 76 SLA 03
Sponsored by the
An Act relating to a dividend payment to the state made by the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation each fiscal year; and providing for an effective date.
05-19-03 : The Alaska State Senate approved House Bill 256 by a vote of 12 to eight on Monday. Sponsored by the House Finance Committee, HB 256 amends and codifies the agreement between the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation and the Legislature calling for the transfer of AHFC's net income to the State General Fund in the form of an annual dividend that funds debt service for certain bonds and capital projects. After a reconsideration vote, HB 256 will move to the House for concurrence.
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: Commercial Motor Vehicles: Regulations
Signed into Law! Chapter 80 SLA 03
Sponsored by the
An Act relating to the regulation of commercial motor vehicles to avoid loss or withholding of federal highway money, and to out-of-service orders concerning commercial motor vehicles; amending Rule 43.1, Alaska Rules of Administration; and providing for an effective date.
06-12-03 : Gov. Murkowski signed HB 280 into law. Sponsored by the House Finance Committee, HB 280 transfers certain authority to regulate motor vehicles from the Department of Public Safety to the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities.
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: Operating Budget Missions And Measures
Sponsored by the
An Act relating to missions and measures to be applied to certain expenditures by the executive branch of state government and the University of Alaska and by the judicial branch of state government from the state operating budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004; and providing for an effective date.
: Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, Certain Devices
Passed Legislature! Await Transmit to Gov.
Sponsored by the
An Act relating to the Alaska Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, including sales, advertising, certain devices, food donors, and food banks; making certain violations of organic food provisions and of the Alaska Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices under certain of the state's unfair trade practices and consumer protection laws; and providing for an effective date.
Version: HB 378
Contact: Geraldine McIntosh, 465-3424
Action: 05-06-04: Passed the Senate
The bill makes it possible for DEC to require food-handling operators to become trained and certified and assess fines. Both of these capacities are needed as part of the new food safety paradigm - Active Managerial Control. In addition, the bill defines a violation of labeling or advertising as a violation of the unfair trade and consumer protection provisions.
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: Budget Reserve Fund Investment
Passed House!
Sponsored by the
An Act repealing the special subaccount established in the constitutional budget reserve fund; relating to the powers of the Department of Revenue for the investment of amounts in the constitutional budget reserve fund; and providing for an effective date.
Version: CS HB 422 (STA)
Contact: James Armstrong, 465-3424
Action: 05-09-04: (S)FIN » (S)RLS
House Bill 422 would repeal the Constitutional Budget Reserve (CBR) sub account and allow the entire CBR balance to be invested in fixed income securities along with the general fund and other non-segregated money.
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: Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement
Passed House!
Sponsored by the
An Act relating to the tobacco product Master Settlement Agreement; and providing for an effective date.
Version: HB 503
Contact: Tom Wright, 465-4859
Action: 04-19-04: (S)JUD » (S)FIN
House Bill 503 closes a loophole in the model statutes that costs states a significant amount in MSA payments every year.
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: Bad Check Charge
Sponsored by the
An Act relating to a charge for a bad check.
Version: CSHB 516 (STA)
Contact: James Armstrong, 465-3424
Action: 03-08-04: (H)STA ==> (H)JUD
This bill raises the bad check charge from a maximum of $25 to a maximum of $30
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: State Mechanical Code
Sponsored by the
An Act relating to the state's mechanical code, to mechanical contractors and mechanical administrators, to mechanical standards and inspections involved in certain housing loans, and to the adoption of the state's mechanical code; and providing for an effective date.
: Gambling & Gaming
Passed House!
Sponsored by the
An Act relating to the creation of the Alaska Gaming Commission to
regulate gambling; authorizing the Alaska Gaming Commission to license
gambling games and gambling casino owners and suppliers and to issue
occupational licenses for gambling employees; limiting casino gambling
to municipalities with a population of 150,000 or more; allowing the
Alaska Gaming Commission to issue only one owner's license for a
gambling casino in certain municipalities with a population of 150,000
or more; creating crimes relating to gambling and setting requirements
for gambling; creating the state gaming fund in the general fund;
setting a gross receipts tax on gambling games; limiting the authority
of a municipality to tax the adjusted gross receipts of gambling games.
Version: CS HB 552 (FIN) Am
Contact: Sue Stancliff
Action: 05-03-04: Passed the House
Establishes a gaming commission to oversee present and any future gaming operations.
Allows a municipality to hold an election to determine whether or not gaming should be allowed.
: Permanent Fund Appropriations & Investments
Sponsored by the
An Act relating to investments of the Alaska permanent fund and to the income of and appropriations from the Alaska permanent fund and making conforming amendments; relating to the determination of net income of the mental health trust fund; and providing for an effective date.
Version: HB 553
Contact: Pete Ecklund 465-3424
Action: 04-14-04: (H)FIN » (H)RLS
HB 553 is effective only if a Percent of Market Value (POMV) constitutional amendment is approved by the voters during the 2004 general election and takes effect. HB 553 provides conforming language to existing statue to accommodate changing the constitutional requirement that all income of the Permanent Fund be deposited into the general fund to the more limiting appropriation mechanism of 'up to 5%' of market value in the proposed POMV constitutional amendments which protect the fund's principal.
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: STEP Program Continuance
Passed Legislature! Await Transmit to Gov.
Sponsored by the
An Act repealing the termination of the state training and employment program; and providing for an effective date.
Version: HB 559 Am
Contact: Tom Wright, 465-3424
Action: 05-10-04: Passed the Senate
House Bill 559 reauthorizes the State Training and Employment Program (STEP), which was established by the Legislature in 1989.
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: Suspend Uniform Rules For SB 115
Passed Legislature! Leg. Resolve 17
Sponsored by the
Suspending Rules 24(c), 35, 41(b), and 42(e), Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature, concerning , relating to correctional industries.
: Suspend Uniform Rules For SB 283
Passed House!
Sponsored by the
Suspending Rules 24(c), 35, 41(b), and 42(e), Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature, concerning , making appropriations from the budget reserve fund (art. IX, sec. 17, Constitution of the State of Alaska) and other funds.
: Alaska Energy Policy Task Force
Sponsored by the
Continuing the Alaska Energy Policy Task Force.
: Constitutional Amendment: Permanent Fund Appropriations/ Inflation-Proofing
Sponsored by the
Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to the principal of the Alaska permanent fund; limiting appropriations from the Alaska permanent fund to amounts equal to that part of the market value of the fund that exceeds the principal based on an averaged percent of the fund market value.
Version: HJR 46
Contact: Pete Ecklund 465-4930
Action: 04-14-04: (H)FIN » (H)RLS
HJR 46 proposes an amendment to the constitution that would create a modified Percent of Market Value (POMV) endowment approach to managing the permanent fund. HJR 46 proposes an amendment to the constitution that would create a modified Percent of Market Value (POMV) endowment approach to managing the permanent fund.
The amendment would limit appropriations from the fund to up to 5% of the total market value of the fund, averaged over a 5-year period. However, if there is not sufficient market value above principal to payout the 5% calculation, the payout would be restricted to the amount equal to that part of the market value of the fund that exceeds principal.
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: Constitutional Amendment: Permanent Fund Appropriations/ Inflation-Proofing
Sponsored by the
Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to the principal of the Alaska permanent fund; limiting appropriations from the Alaska permanent fund to amounts equal to that part of the market value of the fund that exceeds the principal based on an averaged percent of the fund market value; and permitting appropriations from the permanent fund only for costs of administering the fund, a program of dividend payments for state residents, and public education.
Version: HJR 47
Contact: Pete Ecklund 465-3424
Action: 04-14-04: (H)FIN » (H)RLS
HJR 47 proposes an amendment to the constitution that would create a modified Percent of Market Value (POMV) endowment approach to managing the permanent fund. The amendment would limit appropriations from the fund to up to 5% of the total market value of the fund, averaged over a 5-year period. However, if there is not sufficient market value above principal to payout the 5% calculation, the payout would be restricted to the amount equal to that part of the market value of the fund that exceeds principal.
HJR 47 limits appropriations from the payout to only being used for the following purposes: 1) costs of administering the permanent fund, 2) dividends to state residents, and 3) public education.
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