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: Appropriation: K - 12 Public Education
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An Act making special appropriations for the support of K-12 public education in the state; and providing for an effective date.
Companion Bill :
Current Status : : 01-14-05
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: Appropriation: Mental Health Budget
Companion Bill HB 66 Signed Into Law!
Chapter 5 FSSLA 05
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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.
Companion Bill :
Current Status : : 01-14-05
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: Appropriation: Operating Budget/ Loans/ Funds/ CBR
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An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses of state government, for 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.
Current Status : : 01-14-05
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: Budget: Capital & Other/ BRF
Signed into Law! Chapter 3 FSSLA 05
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An Act making and amending appropriations, including capital appropriations, supplemental appropriations, reappropriations, and appropriations 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.
Version : HCS 2D CS SB 46 (FIN) Am H(BRF SUP MAJ PFLD H
Last Action : Signed into Law : 06-28-05
Current Status : Chapter 3 FSSLA 05 : 06-28-05
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05-09-05 : Unanimously passed Senate 5/9. Full description available later.
: Public Assistance Programs
Signed into Law! Chapter 22 SLA 05
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An Act relating to contracts for the provision of state public assistance to certain recipients in the state; providing for regional public assistance plans and programs in the state; relating to grants for Alaska Native family assistance programs; relating to assignment of child support by Alaska Native family assistance recipients; relating to paternity determinations and genetic testing involving recipients of assistance under Alaska Native family assistance programs; and providing for an effective date.
Version : CS SB 51 (FIN)
Companion Bill :
Contact : : 465-3200
Last Action : Signed into Law : 05-17-05
Current Status : Chapter 22 SLA 05 : 05-17-05
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04-27-05 : Reauthorizes the Department of Health and Social Services to award and administer state funds under the Alaska Native family assistance grant program to support the operation of federally approved Tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Programs. Clarifies that if the federal government decreases funding of the federal block grant, the State is not obligated to replace the funding with State funds.
: Occupations/ Corporations/ Banks/ Securities
Signed into Law! Chapter 14 SLA 05
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An Act relating to certain functions of the division of banking, securities, and corporations and the division of occupational licensing in the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development; relating to program receipts and record search fees of the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development related to banking, securities, and corporations; and providing for an effective date.
Version : CS SB 52 (L&C)
Companion Bill :
Contact : : 465-2538
Last Action : Signed into Law : 05-05-05
Current Status : Chapter 14 SLA 05 : 05-05-05
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04-15-05 : Makes changes necessary to implement Administrative Order No. 219, which streamlines and centralizes activities relating to the formation of corporations and other business entities within the Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development. Purpose is to provide ''one-stop-shopping'' for the formation of business entities and other business related functions.
: AK Peninsula Oil & Gas Lease Sale; Taxes
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An Act relating to a credit for certain exploration expenses against oil and gas properties production taxes on oil and gas produced from a lease or property in the state; relating to the deadline for certain exploration expenditures used as credits against production tax on oil and gas produced from a lease or property in the Alaska Peninsula competitive oil and gas areawide lease sale area after July 1, 2004; and providing for an effective date.
Current Status : : 01-12-05
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: Increase Amount Of Base Student Allocation
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An Act increasing the base student allocation for state financing of public schools; and providing for an effective date.
Current Status : : 01-14-05
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: Appropriation: Division Of Elections
Signed into Law! Chapter 1 SLA 05
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An Act making a supplemental appropriation for increased operating costs of the division of elections; and providing for an effective date.
Companion Bill :
Contact : : 465-4611
Last Action : Signed into Law : 03-09-05
Current Status : Chapter 1 SLA 05 : 03-09-05
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02-24-05 : Passed House Feb. 24 by a vote of 30 to 3. SB 62 appropriates $694,900 to the division of elections for increased operating costs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2005, including $304,000 for temporary hires and overtime to process five petitions, absentee ballots and a recall petition; $243,200 for a court-ordered ballot reprint; and $104,600 to include a municipality of Anchorage bond question on the general election ballot.
: Offenses By Minors/ Against Teachers
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An Act relating to certain weapons offenses involving minors; to aggravating factors in sentencing for certain offenses committed against a school employee; and providing for an effective date.
Contact : : 465-2133
Last Action : » : 02-09-05
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02-09-05 : Addresses the issue of school violence by adopting an aggravating factor in sentencing a person convicted of a crime against a person directed at a school employee. Holds minors 16 years and older accountable to the same legal consequences as adults for Class A and B felonies involving misconduct with weapons in the first and second degree.
: Absentee Voting; Recounts; Interference
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An Act relating to absentee voting by mail or electronic transmission; relating to unlawful interference with an election; relating to election recounts; and providing for an effective date.
Companion Bill :
Current Status : : 01-19-05
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: Crimes Involving Controlled Substances
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An Act relating to controlled substances regarding the crimes of manslaughter, endangering the welfare of a child, and misconduct involving a controlled substance; and providing for an effective date.
Version : CS SB 70 (JUD)
Companion Bill :
Contact : : 465-2133
Last Action : » : 03-24-05
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03-23-05 : Amends the crime of manslaughter to include deaths that are the direct result of ingesting drugs knowingly manufactured or delivered illegally. Makes it an aggravated form of manufacturing methamphetamine, with a greater sentencing range, to manufacture or attempt to manufacture in a place frequented by children or by using children to assist in the manufacturing. Raises to an A felony possession of methamphetamine in an organic solution with the intent to extract powder meth from it. Adds anabolic steroids to the list of controlled substances. Restricts the release on bail of repeated offenders of meth manufacturing.
: Nonunion Public Employee Salary & Benefit
Companion Bill HB 98 Signed Into Law!
Chapter 53 SLA 05
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An Act relating to the compensation of certain public officials, officers, and employees not covered by collective bargaining agreements; and providing for an effective date.
Companion Bill :
Current Status : : 01-21-05
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: Oaths; Notaries Public; State Seal
Companion Bill HB 97 Signed Into Law!
Chapter 60 SLA 05
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An Act relating to the authority to take oaths, affirmations, and acknowledgments in the state, to notarizations, to verifications, to acknowledgments, to fees for issuing certificates with the seal of the state affixed, and to notaries public; and providing for an effective date.
Companion Bill :
Contact : : 465-3520
Current Status : : 01-21-05
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01-21-05 : Comprehensively updates statutes governing notaries public, which includes qualifications, duties, and liability in the event of misconduct or neglect.
: School Bond Reimbursement/ Virology Lab
Signed into Law! Chapter 7 FSSLA 05
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An Act relating to reimbursement of municipal bonds for school construction; relating to a lease-purchase agreement for the construction, equipping, and financing of a state virology laboratory in Fairbanks to be operated by the Department of Health and Social Services; relating to the issuance of certificates of participation for the laboratory; relating to the use of certain investment income for certain construction and equipment costs for the laboratory; and providing for an effective date.
Version : CCS SB 73
Contact : : 465-8613
Last Action : Signed into Law : 07-22-05
Current Status : Chapter 7 FSSLA 05 : 07-22-05
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05-08-05 : Unanimously passed Senate 5/8. Authorizes sale of $24 million in certificates of participation (in a state lease financing obligation) to finance construction of a virology laboratory in Fairbanks.
: Crimes Involving Marijuana/ Other Drugs
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An Act making findings relating to marijuana use and possession; relating to marijuana and misconduct involving a controlled substance; and providing an effective date.
Version : CS SB 74 (JUD)
Companion Bill :
Contact : : 465-3600
Last Action : » : 05-05-05
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05-05-05 : Proposes that the legislature make certain findings about the problems with widespread use of marijuana. Full description available later.
: Public Health Disasters/ Emergencies
Companion Bill HB 95 Signed Into Law!
Chapter 54 SLA 05
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An Act relating to public health and public health emergencies and disasters; relating to duties of the public defender and office of public advocacy regarding public health matters; relating to certain claims for public health matters; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.
Companion Bill :
Contact : : 465-8613
Last Action : » : 02-14-05
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02-09-05 : Clearly defines the legal authority of the Department of Health and Social Services to act to protect the public from public health threats while protecting the due process rights of affected individuals.
: Elections
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An Act relating to qualifications of voters, requirements and procedures regarding independent candidates for President and Vice-President of the United States, voter registration and voter registration records, voter registration through a power of attorney, voter registration using scanned documents, voter residence, precinct boundary and polling place designation and modification, recognized political parties, voters unaffiliated with a political party, early voting, absentee voting, application for absentee ballots through a power of attorney, or by scanned documents, ballot design, ballot counting, voting by mail, voting machines, vote tally systems, initiative, referendum, recall, and definitions in the Alaska Election Code; relating to incorporation elections; and providing for an effective date.
Current Status : : 01-21-05
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: Senior Care Program
Companion Bill HB 106 Signed Into Law!
Chapter 89 SLA 05
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An Act establishing the senior care program and relating to that program; creating a fund for the provision of the senior care program; repealing ch. 3, SLA 2004; and providing for an effective date.
Version : CS SB 78 (HES)
Companion Bill :
Last Action : » : 02-24-05
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02-23-05 : Authorizes the continuation and expansion of the SeniorCare program, which provides a cash or drug benefit to eligible seniors age 65 or older. Allows seniors with incomes below 135% of the federal poverty guideline to continue to be eligible for the $120 monthly cash payment. Seniors with incomes below 300% of the federal poverty guideline would be eligible to have their premiums and deductibles for Medicare Part D, or other similar prescription drug coverage, paid for by the new SeniorCare drug benefit beginning Jan. 1, 2006.
: Medicaid For Adult Dental Services
Companion Bill HB 105 Signed Into Law!
Chapter 52 SLA 06
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An Act relating to coverage for adult dental services under Medicaid; and providing for an effective date.
Companion Bill :
Contact : : 465-1618
Last Action : » : 02-18-05
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02-16-05 : Allows the Department of Health and Social Services to expand dental coverage to encompass preventative and restorative care for approximately 41,000 Alaskans enrolled in the Medicaid program. Repeals 47.07.900(1), defining adult dental services as the minimum treatment for the immediate relief of pain and acute infection provided by a licensed dentist. The department would adopt regulations implementing the expanded service, which could include regulations defining the scope of services, a maximum amount of benefits per fiscal year, and the amount of reimbursement for dental services.
: Child Protection Interview/ Transport
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An Act relating to child protection, including forensic interviews and transportation of children; and providing for an effective date.
Companion Bill :
Contact : : 465-3548
Last Action : » : 02-18-05
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02-16-05 : Permits the Department of Health and Social Services to conduct, without the permission of the child's parents, a forensic interview of a child suspected of suffering sexual abuse or serious physical abuse. Gives the department explicit authority to transport the child for forensic interviews authorized by the bill. Requires the department to notify the parent as soon as possible after taking action.
: Termination Parental Rights/ CINA/ Delinquency Cases
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An Act relating to the retaining of certain privileges of a parent in a relinquishment and termination of a parent and child relationship proceeding; relating to eligibility for permanent fund dividends for certain children in the custody of the state; relating to child in need of aid proceedings and juvenile delinquency proceedings; and providing for an effective date.
Version : CS SB 83 (JUD)
Companion Bill :
Contact : : 465-3548
Last Action : » : 02-28-05
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02-24-05 : Adds language to Alaska's adoption laws to permit parents to relinquish their parental rights while retaining certain privileges, such as ongoing communication or visitation. Authorizes retained privileges in appropriate cases where it is in the child's best interest. Allows children placed outside the state by the Department of Health and Social Services-- in out-of-state treatment facilitiies, for instance--to remain eligible for a Permanent Fund dividend. Permits courts to dispense with expert witness appearances in child in need of aid cases involving parents who cannot be located or identified. Amends the definition of ''mental health professional'' to include professionals licensed in other states. Requires the court to rule whether the Department has made reasonable efforts towards permanency for a child, which is necessary to receive federal Title IV-E funds for foster care.
: Child Protection Confidentiality
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An Act relating to the confidentiality of investigations, court hearings, and public agency records and information in child-in-need-of-aid matters and certain child protection matters; relating to immunity regarding disclosure of information in child-in-need-of-aid matters and certain child protection matters; amending Rules 3 and 22, Alaska Child in Need of Aid Rules of Procedure; and providing for an effective date.
Version : CS SB 84 (JUD)
Companion Bill :
Contact : : 465-3548
Last Action : » : 03-04-05
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03-03-05 : Provides greater public access to child-in-need-of-aid hearings and other information that has been historically closed to the public. Allows the Department of Health and Social Services Office of Children Services the discretion to respond to the public in cases where the parents or legal guardian have discussed their case with the media; where the perpetrator of child abuse/neglect has been criminally charged; or in cases of child fatalities or near fatalities.
: State/ Municipal Liability For Attorney Fees
Passed Senate!
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An Act relating to the liability of the state and municipalities for attorney fees in certain civil actions and appeals.
Version : CS SB 86 (CRA)(EFD FLD)
Companion Bill :
Contact : : 465-4021
Last Action : House Floor » : 05-07-05
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05-05-05 : Passed the Senate 11 to 8 on 5/5. Limits the award of attorney's fees against the state and municipalities to public interest litigants, who are often granted full fees in cases determined by the court to be advancing an issue that reflects strong public policies. To ensure that public money is not disbursed as a subsidy to these litigants without an appropriate legislative authorization, the bill provides, as a matter of sovereign immunity, that the state or municipality would not be liable for attorney fee awards in excess of certain percentages of a money judgment or, if a money judgment is not recovered, certain percentages of the reasonable actual attorney fees the prevailing party incurred in litigating the issues upon which the party prevailed.
: University Land Grant/ State Forest
Companion Bill HB 130 Signed Into Law!
Chapter 8 FSSLA 05
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An Act granting certain state land to the University of Alaska and establishing the university research forest; and providing for an effective date.
Version : CS SB 96 (RES)
Companion Bill :
Contact : : 465-4730
Last Action : » : 04-20-05
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04-18-05 : Provides for the conveyance of approximately 253,000 acres of state land to the University of Alaska, most of it over the next three years. Allows the Department of Natural Resources to correct various omissions and errors in the land list. Protects timber harvest in the university research forest. Codifies university public notice requirements, and creates a new section that sets aside several parcels to accommodate borough formation in Southeast Alaska.
: Supplemental Appropriations/ CBR
Passed Senate!
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An Act making supplemental, capital, and other appropriations, and reappropriations; amending appropriations; making appropriations to capitalize funds; making an appropriation under art. IX, sec. 17(c), Constitution of the State of Alaska, from the constitutional budget reserve fund; and providing for an effective date.
Version : CS SB 97 (FIN) Am
Companion Bill :
Last Action : » : 05-17-05
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: Fast Track Supplemental Appropriations/ CBRF
Signed into Law! Chapter 6 SLA 05
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An Act making supplemental appropriations, capital appropriations, and other appropriations; amending appropriations; making appropriations 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.
Version : CCS SB 98
Contact : : 465-3709
Last Action : Signed into Law : 04-08-05
Current Status : Chapter 6 SLA 05 : 04-08-05
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04-08-05 : SB 98 was signed by the Governor April 8, with line item vetoes. SB 98 appropriates $854 million of general funds into a new public education fund established earlier this session by HB 158, which was signed into law April 4. The $854 million includes $400 million from the projected $500 million Fiscal Year 05 surplus, $440 million in FY 06 general funds and $14 million lapsing from the FY 05 K-12 budget. The bill also provides about $78 million in “Fast Track” general funds to cover needs for the current fiscal year. Also included: $58.7 million in federal funds for roadway, airport and other transportation needs; $5 million for computer network security needs; $6 million for infrastructure upgrades to Alaska's Land Mobile Radio system; $79 million in federal and state funding for Medicaid caseload and cost increases. The governor vetoed: $22 million appropriated to the Legislative Budget & Audit for contracts with state departments, agencies and commissions for natural gas pipeline work; $200,000 for Mt. Edgecumbe that the administration says it had already agreed to fund; $1.525 million to the Department of Natural Resources for gas pipeline work; $125,000 to the Office of the Governor for ANWR advocacy.
: Revisor's Bill
Signed into Law! Chapter 56 SLA 05
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An Act making corrective amendments to the Alaska Statutes as recommended by the revisor of statutes; and providing for an effective date.
Version : HCS CS SB 101 (JUD)
Last Action : Signed into Law : 06-24-05
Current Status : Chapter 56 SLA 05 : 06-24-05
05-10-05 : Senate concurred 18 to 1. Makes corrective amendments to Alaska Statutes as recommended by the revisor of statutes.
: Oil & Gas: Regulation Of Underground Injection
Signed into Law! Chapter 32 SLA 05
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An Act relating to regulation of underground injection under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act; and providing for an effective date.
Companion Bill :
Contact : : 793-1221
Last Action : Signed into Law : 06-02-05
Current Status : Chapter 32 SLA 05 : 06-02-05
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05-04-05 : Provides the State of Alaska with the ability to obtain primary enforcement for the underground injection of waste streams associated with oil and gas development in Alaska. Under the Federal government's Safe Drinking Water Act, the State currently manages a majority of the oil and gas field underground injection activity, with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency managing the remainder of the program. If passed, the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission would be the primary agency overseeing all injection associated with oil and gas development. SB 103 will reduce duplication and confusion by streamlining the permitting process for the oil and gas industry.
: Insurance
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An Act relating to the regulation of insurance, insurance licensing, surplus lines, insurer deposits, motor vehicle service contracts, guaranteed automobile protection products, health discount plans, third-party administrators, self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangements, and self-funded governmental plans; and providing for an effective date.
Version : CS SB 108 (L&C)
Contact : : 465-2503
Last Action : » : 04-15-05
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04-14-05 : Streamlines and strengthens state regulation of the insurance industry to make it conform with current insurance laws in other states. For example, it gives the state Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development the ability to regulate health discount plans and to streamline producer licensing.
: Pollution Discharge & Waste Treatment/ Disposal
Signed into Law! Chapter 95 SLA 05
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An Act relating to regulation of the discharge of pollutants under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.
Version : HCS CS SB 110 (FIN) Am H
Companion Bill :
Contact : : 465-5290
Last Action : Signed into Law : 08-27-05
Current Status : Chapter 95 SLA 05 : 08-27-05
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05-10-05 : Senate concurred 13 to 6 on 5/10. Transfers responsibility for the federal Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program to the State of Alaska. Requires the Department of Environmental Conservation to report to the legislature annually until full authority for adminstering the NPDES has been transferred. Currently the DEC and federal Environmental Protection Agency jointly oversee surface wastewater discharges in Alaska. This has created a situation where federal regulators are making decisions with a limited understanding of the issues specific to our state. SB 110 will allow the NPDES program to be run in a streamlined, efficient manner that benefits industry and protects the environment.
: School District Cost Factors
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An Act relating to school funding and adjusting the district cost factors; and providing for an effective date.
Companion Bill :
Contact : : 465-6590
Current Status : : 02-24-05
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: State Of AK Capital Corporation ; Bonds
Passed Senate!
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An Act establishing the State of Alaska Capital Corporation; authorizing the issuance of bonds by the State of Alaska Capital Corporation to finance capital improvements in the state; and providing for an effective date.
Companion Bill :
Contact : : 465-2302
Last Action : » : 05-17-05
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04-28-05 : Establishes the Alaska capital income account as a separate account of the Alaska permanent fund and authorizes depositing the earnings on money received from State v. Amerada Hess. Proposes to end inflation proofing of the part of the pernament fund principal attributable to the Amerada Hess settlement and to authorize depositing the earnings into the capital income account. The money could be appropriated by the legislature for any valid public purpose, including covering debt service on bonds to finance capital improvements in the state issued by the State of Alaska Capital Corporation under a companion bill.
: Amerada Hess Income; Capital Income Account
Passed Senate!
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An Act establishing the Alaska capital income account within the Alaska permanent fund; relating to deposits into the account; relating to certain transfers regarding the Amerada Hess settlement to offset the effects of inflation on the Alaska permanent fund; and providing for an effective date.
Contact : : 465-2302
Last Action : » : 05-17-05
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04-28-05 : Establishes the State of Alaska Capital Corporation with the authority to issue bonds to finance up to $350 million in state capital improvements, including the cost of issuing the bonds. Intent is to cover the debt service on bonds issued by the corporation using appropriations from the earnings on the settlement proceeds derived from the Amerada Hess royalty settlement.
: Fisheries Business License; Bond
Signed into Law! Chapter 24 SLA 05
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An Act relating to requirements to obtain and maintain a fisheries business license; relating to security required of fish processors and primary fish buyers; and providing for an effective date.
Version : HCS CS SB 124 (FIN) Am H
Companion Bill :
Contact : : 465-2302
Last Action : Signed into Law : 05-17-05
Current Status : Chapter 24 SLA 05 : 05-17-05
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05-10-05 : Senate unanimously concurred 5/10. Requires fisheries business license holders to pay all required taxes and fines in order to obtain and maintain their license. License holders must pay taxes including assessments supporting the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute, employment security contributions, local fish taxes and any fines levied by the Alaska Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The bill is intended to prevent fishing businesses from obtaining a license if they repeatedly demonstrate an unwillingness to pay taxes and fines that support the fishing industry and ensure workplace safety. SB 124 also repeals and reenacts a requirement for primary fish buyers and fish processors to have a performance bond. The proposed bond requirements enhance protections for employees and fishermen without placing additional requirements or costs on processors with no history of problems. Eases licensing requirements for processors of good standing by eliminating the current requirement to secure two years of taxes during the Jan. 1 to March 31 period.
: Licensing Medical Or Care Facilities
Signed into Law! Chapter 57 SLA 05
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An Act relating to the licensing, regulation, enforcement, and appeal rights of ambulatory surgical centers, assisted living homes, child care facilities, child placement agencies, foster homes, free-standing birth centers, home health agencies, hospices or agencies providing hospice services or operating hospice programs, hospitals, intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded, maternity homes, nursing facilities, residential child care facilities, residential psychiatric treatment centers, runaway shelters, and rural health clinics; relating to possession of a firearm at licensed entities and facilities; relating to criminal history requirements, and a registry, regarding certain licenses, certifications, approvals, and authorizations by the Department of Health and Social Services; relating to the personal needs allowance for assisted living home residents, and authorizing emergency regulations relating to the personal needs allowance; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.
Version : CCS SB 125
Companion Bill :
Contact : : 465-3139
Last Action : Signed into Law : 06-24-05
Current Status : Chapter 57 SLA 05 : 06-24-05
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05-10-05 : CC report approved 5/10. Consolidates the licensing functions of the Department of Health and Social Services as part of a reorganization initiated by Executive Order #108 to streamline DHSS program operations. Requires DHSS to implement a single, consolidated background check process across all programs to reduce the risk of abuse and neglect of its vulnerable clients.
: Workers' Compensation/ Insurance
Signed into Law! Chapter 10 FSSLA 05
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An Act relating to workers' compensation and to assigned risk pools; relating to the Alaska Insurance Guaranty Association; establishing the Task Force on Workers' Compensation; amending Rule 45, Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure; and providing for an effective date.
Version : FCCS SB 130 (EFD PFLD H)
Contact : : 465-2790
Last Action : Signed into Law : 08-09-05
Current Status : Chapter 10 FSSLA 05 : 08-09-05
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05-08-05 : Passed House by a vote of 35 to 4 on 5/8. Proposes multiple amendments to increase the efficiency and flexibility of the current workers' compensation system. Full description available later.
: Human Rights Commission
Signed into Law! Chapter 63 SLA 06
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An Act relating to complaints filed with, investigations, hearings, and orders of, and the interest rate on awards of the State Commission for Human Rights; and making conforming amendments.
Version : HCS SB 132 (FIN) Am H
Companion Bill :
Contact : : 465-3994
Last Action : Signed into Law : 06-15-06
Current Status : Chapter 63 SLA 06 : 06-15-06
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05-07-06 : Senate concurred with House amendments 18-2. Enhances the effectiveness of the Alaska State Commission for Human Rights by allowing the commission to be more selective about the cases it prosecutes to remedy unlawful discrimination. SB 132 reverses a state Supreme Court decision (ADFG v. Meyer) that decided a hearing is mandatory if there is substantial evidence to back up the complaint. This bill gives the commission the power to determine which complaints of unlawful discrimination merit pursuit thereby most effectively utilizing the commission's limited resources.
: Aviation Advisory Board
Signed into Law! Chapter 18 SLA 05
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An Act establishing the Aviation Advisory Board; and providing for an effective date.
Companion Bill :
Contact : : 465-3904
Last Action : Signed into Law : 05-14-05
Current Status : Chapter 18 SLA 05 : 05-14-05
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05-03-05 : Creates a permanent advisory board within the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities to advise the commissioner on the department's aviation functions. The board will consist of 11 members appointed by the governor to staggered three year terms. All board members will serve at the pleasure of the governor.
: Occupational Boards/ Agencies
Signed into Law! Chapter 58 SLA 05
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An Act relating to termination and oversight of boards, commissions, and agency programs; extending the termination date of the Board of Marital and Family Therapy; and providing for an effective date.
Version : HCS CS SB 139 (FIN)
Contact : : 465-3613
Last Action : Signed into Law : 06-24-05
Current Status : Chapter 58 SLA 05 : 06-24-05
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05-10-05 : Senate unanimously concurred 5/10. Extends the sunset date of the Board of Marital and Family Therapy from June 30, 2005 to June 30, 2010. Adds the following to the criteria that must be considered in the sunset review of Agencies, Boards and Commissions: the extent to which the agency, board or commission has effectively attained its objectives and the efficiency with which it has operated; the extent to which the board, commission or agency duplicates the activities of another governmental agency or the private sector. Changes the standard sunset period for boards or commissions scheduled to terminate under AS 44.66 or AS 08.03 from four years to eight years. Provides for the transfer of authority for regulatory boards that are terminated.
: Decoupling From Federal Tax Deduction
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An Act excepting from the Alaska Net Income Tax Act the federal deduction regarding income attributable to certain domestic production activities; and providing for an effective date.
Companion Bill :
Contact : : 465-2302
Last Action : » : 04-25-05
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04-25-05 : Decouples the Alaska Net Income Tax Act from the federal deduction for domestic production activities. Last year Congress passed legislation that created a new federal tax deduction for corporations equal to a portion of income attributable to certain domestic production activities. Alaska tax law automatically adopts such federal tax deductions unless the legislature explicitly excepts to them. Unlike the calculation under federal law the Alaska deduction would not be limited to domestic production income. Passage of this legislation will maintain Alaska's corporate income tax structure the way it is currently.
: International Airports Revenue Bonds
Signed into Law! Chapter 28 SLA 05
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An Act relating to international airports revenue bonds; and providing for an effective date.
Companion Bill :
Contact : : 465-3900
Last Action : Signed into Law : 05-26-05
Current Status : Chapter 28 SLA 05 < | 
