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HB 65 : Appropriation: K - 12 Public Education
Sponsored by Hou. Rules Committee
Requested by Gov. Frank Murkowski

An Act making special appropriations for the support of K-12 public education in the state; and providing for an effective date.

Companion Bill : SB 43
Current Status : (H) EDU : 01-18-05

| Gov's Transmittal Letter |

HB 66 : Appropriation: Mental Health Budget
Signed into Law! Chapter 5 FSSLA 05
Sponsored by Hou. Rules Committee
Requested by Gov. Frank Murkowski

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.

Version : CCS HB 66
Companion Bill : SB 44
Contact : : 465-8175
Last Action : Signed into Law : 06-28-05
Current Status : Chapter 5 FSSLA 05 : 06-28-05

| Governor's Transmittal Letter |
| House FY 2006 Budget Reports |

04-15-05 : The proposed mental health budget represents a cooperative effort between state agencies, the Trustees, and Trust Authority staff. Coupled with the resources that have been appropriated in recent years, these productive working relationships have made a positive difference for Alaska's mental health beneficiaries.

HB 67 : Appropriation: Operating Budget/ Loans/ Funds
Signed into Law! Chapter 4 FSSLA 05
Sponsored by Hou. Rules Committee
Requested by Gov. Frank Murkowski

An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses of state government, for certain programs, and to capitalize funds; and providing for an effective date.

Version : CCS HB 67 (BRF SUP MAJ FLD H)
Companion Bill : SB 228
Contact : : 465-8175
Last Action : Signed into Law : 06-28-05
Current Status : Chapter 4 FSSLA 05 : 06-28-05

| Governor's Transmittal Letter |
| House FY 2006 Budget Reports |

04-15-05 : This operating budget, as well as our other proposals, reflects our administration's priorities to: grow Alaska's economy and create jobs for Alaskans by responsibly developing our abundant natural resources, which also requires a quality education that prepares Alaskans to take these jobs; assure that Alaskans are safe in their communities; and assure that Alaska families are healthy with a good quality of life.

HB 68 : Appropriation: Capital Budget
Sponsored by Hou. Rules Committee
Requested by Gov. Frank Murkowski

An Act making capital appropriations and appropriations to capitalize funds; and providing for an effective date.

Current Status : (H) FIN : 01-18-05

| Gov's Transmittal Letter |

HB 69 : Public Assistance Programs
Companion Bill SB 51 Signed Into Law!
Chapter 22 SLA 05

Sponsored by Hou. Rules Committee
Requested by Gov. Frank Murkowski

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.

Companion Bill : SB 51
Contact : : 465-8174
Last Action : (H) HES » (H) FIN : 02-25-05

| Gov's Transmittal Letter |

02-24-05 : This legislation reauthorizes the Department of Health & Social Services (DHSS) to award and administer state funds under the Alaska Native family assistance program.

HB 70 : Occupations/ Corporations/ Banks/ Securities
Companion Bill SB 52 Signed Into Law!
Chapter 14 SLA 05

Sponsored by Hou. Rules Committee
Requested by Gov. Frank Murkowski

An Act relating to the reorganization of 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; and providing for an effective date.

Companion Bill : SB 52
Current Status : (H) EDT : 01-12-05

| Gov's Transmittal Letter |

HB 71 : Oil & Gas Exploration Credit & Lease Terms
Passed House!
Sponsored by Hou. Rules Committee
Requested by Gov. Frank Murkowski

An Act providing standards for the interpretation of certain terms in state oil and gas leases and unit agreements, requiring development, production, processing, and marketing of gas that is determined to meet those standards, and setting a maximum time limit on that activity; extending and amending the requirements applicable to the credit that may be claimed for certain oil and gas exploration expenses incurred in Cook Inlet against oil and gas properties production (severance) taxes, and amending the credit against those taxes for certain exploration expenditures from leases or properties in the state; and providing for an effective date.

Version : CS HB 71 (FIN) Am
Contact : : 465-4730
Last Action : Passed House » Senate : 04-28-05

| Governor's Transmittal Letter |

04-28-05 : 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, thru July 1, 2010.

HB 73 : Increase Amount Of Base Student Allocation
Sponsored by Hou. Rules Committee
Requested by Gov. Frank Murkowski

An Act increasing the base student allocation for state financing of public schools; and providing for an effective date.

Current Status : (H) EDU : 01-18-05

| Gov's Transmittal Letter |

HB 79 : Appropriation: Division Of Elections
Companion Bill SB 62 Signed Into Law!
Chapter 1 SLA 05

Sponsored by Hou. Rules Committee
Requested by Gov. Frank Murkowski

An Act making a supplemental appropriation for increased operating costs of the division of elections; and providing for an effective date.

Companion Bill : SB 62
Current Status : (H) FIN : 02-04-05

| Gov's Transmittal Letter |

HB 87 : Absentee Voting; Recounts; Interference
Sponsored by Hou. Rules Committee
Requested by Gov. Frank Murkowski

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 : SB 66
Current Status : (H) STA : 01-19-05

| Gov's Transmittal Letter |

HB 88 : Crim Law: Minors, Schools, Drugs, Sentences
Signed into Law! Chapter 66 SLA 05
Sponsored by Hou. Rules Committee
Requested by Gov. Frank Murkowski

An Act relating to certain weapons offenses involving minors; relating to the definition of 'recreation or youth center' for purposes of misconduct involving a controlled substance; to aggravating factors in sentencing for certain offenses committed on school grounds, on a school bus, at a school-sponsored event, or in administrative offices of a school district; to mitigating factors in sentencing for a defendant's assistance to authorities to detect, apprehend, or prosecute other persons who committed an offense; and providing for an effective date.

Version : SCS CS HB 88 (JUD)
Contact : : 465-8174
Last Action : Signed into Law : 07-13-05
Current Status : Chapter 66 SLA 05 : 07-13-05

| Governor's Transmittal Letter |

05-10-05 : This bill would provide that minors who are 16 or 17 years old and commit certain felony misconduct involving weapons are automatically waived to adult court. Amended to add school activities and property as an aggravator.

HB 94 : Elections/ Voters/ Political Parties
Signed into Law! Chapter 2 FSSLA 05
Sponsored by Hou. Rules Committee
Requested by Gov. Frank Murkowski

An Act relating to qualifications of voters, requirements and procedures regarding independent candidates for President and Vice-President of the United States, voter registration, voter residence, precinct boundary and polling place designation and modification, political parties, voters unaffiliated with a political party, early voting, absentee voting, ballot design, ballot counting, voting by mail, voting machines, vote tally systems, qualifications for elected office, initiative, referendum, recall, and definitions in the Alaska Election Code; and relating to incorporation elections.

Version : CCS HB 94
Last Action : Signed into Law : 06-24-05
Current Status : Chapter 2 FSSLA 05 : 06-24-05

| Governor's Transmittal Letters |

04-28-05 : Updates statutes to reflect current practices of the Division of Elections and to bring the statutes into compliance with recent court decisions and federal law.

HB 95 : Public Health Disasters/ Emergencies
Signed into Law! Chapter 54 SLA 05
Sponsored by Hou. Rules Committee
Requested by Gov. Frank Murkowski

An Act relating to the duties of the Department of Health and Social Services as those duties pertain to public health and public health emergencies and disasters; relating to medical treatment, information, isolation and quarantine for the prevention and management of conditions of public health importance; relating to duties of the public defender and office of public advocacy regarding public health emergencies and disasters; relating to liability for actions arising from public health procedures; making conforming amendments; relating to the treatment and transportation of dead bodies; amending Rules 4, 7, 8, 38, 40, 65, 72, and 77, Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure; and providing for an effective date.

Version : SCS CS HB 95 (JUD)
Companion Bill : SB 75
Contact : : 465-8174
Last Action : Signed into Law : 06-24-05
Current Status : Chapter 54 SLA 05 : 06-24-05

| Governor's Transmittal Letter |

05-08-05 : The Department of Health and Social Services (department) routinely uses the traditional public health disease control tools of epidemiological surveillance and investigation, and historically has used isolation and quarantine to stop the spread of disease in the rare times it has been warranted. HB 95 brings Alaska law into alignment with the rest of the nation.

HB 96 : Crimes Involving Marijuana/ Other Drugs
Sponsored by Hou. Rules Committee
Requested by Gov. Frank Murkowski

An Act making findings relating to marijuana use and possession; relating to marijuana and misconduct involving a controlled substance; and providing for an effective date.

Companion Bill : SB 74
Current Status : (H) JUD : 01-21-05

| Gov's Transmittal Letter |

HB 97 : Oaths; Notaries Public; State Seal
Signed into Law! Chapter 60 SLA 05
Sponsored by Hou. Rules Committee
Requested by Gov. Frank Murkowski

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.

Version : SCS CS HB 97 (FIN)
Companion Bill : SB 72
Contact : : 465-3520
Last Action : Signed into Law : 06-24-05
Current Status : Chapter 60 SLA 05 : 06-24-05

| Governor's Transmittal Letter |

05-10-05 : HB 97 will allow the Lieutenant Governor to: focus attention on web-based education for notaries, allow businesses which employ large groups of notaries to keep track of their terms of office, lay a foundation for e-signatures for the future, and continue to provide information to notaries without internet access. Sections 7-14 of the bill would repeal obsolete provisions in AS 44.50, update antiquated language, and add new provisions as needed.

HB 98 : Nonunion Public Employee Salary & Benefit
Signed into Law! Chapter 53 SLA 05
Sponsored by Hou. Rules Committee
Requested by Gov. Frank Murkowski

An Act relating to the compensation of the governor, the lieutenant governor, and certain public officials, officers, and employees not covered by collective bargaining agreements; and providing for an effective date.

Version : SCS CS HB 98 (FIN) Am S
Companion Bill : SB 71
Last Action : Signed into Law : 06-24-05
Current Status : Chapter 53 SLA 05 : 06-24-05

| Governor's Transmittal Letter |

05-10-05 : This bill would revise the salary schedule for certain state officials, officers, and employees who are not covered by collective bargaining agreements to bring those salaries into line with employees in the supervisory bargaining unit. Additionally, this bill would provide for a two percent increase in fiscal years 2006 and 2007, to parallel the offer the state extended to bargaining units with similarly situated employees. This proposal would cover employees in the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of state government who are not covered by a collective bargaining agreement.

HB 99 : Crimes Involving Controlled Substances
Sponsored by Hou. Rules Committee
Requested by Gov. Frank Murkowski

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.

Companion Bill : SB 70
Contact : : 465-8174
Last Action : (H) JUD » (H) FIN : 02-11-05

| Governor's Transmittal Letter |

02-09-05 : Tightens laws relating to the manufacturing of drugs and penities forendangering the welfare of a child, and misconduct involving a controlled substance; and providing for an effective date

HB 100 : State Virology Laboratory
Sponsored by Hou. Rules Committee
Requested by Gov. Frank Murkowski

An Act relating to a lease-purchase agreement for the construction, equipping, and financing of a state virology laboratory in Fairbanks, on land provided by the University of Alaska, 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 : CS HB100 (STA)
Contact : : 465-8174
Last Action : (H) HES » (H) FIN : 03-02-05

| Governor's Transmittal Letter |

03-01-05 : This bill would authorize a lease-purchase agreement under AS 36.30.085, subject to annual appropriation, to finance the new laboratory. It would authorize the state bond committee to issue certificates of participation in the aggregate principal amount of $24,000,000 for the construction of the virology laboratory. Additionally, the bill would provide that the remaining balance and equipping costs be paid from investment income of $200,000 earned on the proceeds of the sale of the certificates of participation. The estimated annual amount of rental obligations under the lease-purchase agreement would be $2,375,000. The estimated total cost of construction, acquisition, and other costs of the project, would be $24,200,000. ammended to allow UAF to lease land for virology lab. Amended to remove ''University of Fairbanks'' from the title.

HB 105 : Medicaid For Adult Dental Services
Signed into Law! Chapter 52 SLA 06
Sponsored by Hou. Rules Committee
Requested by Gov. Frank Murkowski

An Act relating to coverage for adult dental services under Medicaid; and providing for an effective date.

Version : SCS CS HB 105 (FIN)
Companion Bill : SB 79
Contact : : 465-1618
Last Action : Signed into Law : 06-02-06
Current Status : Chapter 52 SLA 06 : 06-02-06

| Governor's Transmittal Letter |

05-09-06 : Passed the Legislature, to be transmitted to the Governor for signature.

This bill would allow 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. Specifically, this bill would repeal AS 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. Under the bill, the Department of Health and Social Services 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.

HB 106 : Senior Care Program
Signed into Law! Chapter 89 SLA 05
Sponsored by Hou. Rules Committee
Requested by Gov. Frank Murkowski

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 : SCS CS HB 106 (FIN)
Companion Bill : SB 78
Contact : : 465-4022
Last Action : Signed into Law : 08-08-05
Current Status : Chapter 89 SLA 05 : 08-08-05

| Governor's Transmittal Letter |

05-10-05 : HB 106 will repeal the temporary law created last year and replace it with a permanent law that will strengthen the SeniorCare program and allow it to continue. It is crucial that the State of Alaska continue to provide critical support for Alaska's most needy senior citizens beyond January 1, 2006.

HB 112 : Child Protection Interview/ Transport
Sponsored by Hou. Rules Committee
Requested by Gov. Frank Murkowski

An Act relating to child protection, including forensic interviews and transportation of children; and providing for an effective date.

Companion Bill : SB 82
Current Status : (H) HES : 01-26-05

| Gov's Transmittal Letter |

HB 113 : Child Protection Confidentiality
Sponsored by Hou. Rules Committee
Requested by Gov. Frank Murkowski

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.

Companion Bill : SB 84
Current Status : (H) HES : 01-26-05

| Gov's Transmittal Letter |

HB 114 : Termination Parental Rights/ CINA/ Delinquency Cases
Sponsored by Hou. Rules Committee
Requested by Gov. Frank Murkowski

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 HB 114 (STA)
Companion Bill : SB 83
Contact : : 465-8174
Last Action : (H) STA » (H) HES : 03-23-05

| Gov's Transmittal Letter |

03-22-05 : The bill would add language to AS 25.23.180 to permit parents to relinquish their parental rights to a child while retaining certain privileges, such as ongoing communication or visitation with the child.

HB 117 : State/ Municipal Liability For Attorney Fees
Companion Bill SB 86 Passed Senate!
Sponsored by Hou. Rules Committee
Requested by Gov. Frank Murkowski

An Act relating to the liability of the state and municipalities for attorney fees in certain civil actions and appeals; and providing for an effective date.

Version : CS HB 117 (CRA)
Companion Bill : SB 86
Contact : : 465-2132
Last Action : (H) CRA » (H) JUD : 03-17-05

| Governor's Transmittal Letter |

03-17-05 : HB 117 would create a new provision in the chapter of AS 09 devoted to immunities. It provides that for civil actions or appeals in which a money judgment is recovered, the state and municipalities are not liable to pay more than 20 percent of the money judgment. In civil actions in which no money judgment is recovered, the liability of the state and municipalities for attorney fees for cases that go to trial is capped at 30 percent of the reasonable actual attorney fees that were necessarily incurred in litigating issues on which the party prevailed, and 20 percent for cases that do not go to trial. For appeals in which no money judgment is recovered, the liability of the state and municipalities for attorney fees.

HB 130 : University Land Grant/ State Forest
Signed into Law! Chapter 8 FSSLA 05
Sponsored by Hou. Rules Committee
Requested by Gov. Frank Murkowski

An Act relating to the grant of certain state land to the University of Alaska; relating to the duties of the Board of Regents; and establishing the university research forest.

Version : CCS HB 130 (EFD FLD S)
Companion Bill : SB 96
Contact : : 465-4730
Last Action : Signed into Law : 07-25-05
Current Status : Chapter 8 FSSLA 05 : 07-25-05

| Governor's Transmittal Letter |

04-21-05 : HB 130would provide for the conveyance of approximately 260,000 acres of state land to the University of Alaska (university), most of it over the next three years.

HB 134 : Supplemental Appropriations/ CBR
Companion Bill SB 97 Passed Senate!
Sponsored by Hou. Rules Committee
Requested by Gov. Frank Murkowski

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.

Companion Bill : SB 97
Current Status : (H) FIN : 02-09-05

| Governor's Transmittal Letter |
| Supplemental Request Spreadsheet |

HB 135 : Supplemental Appropriations: Fast Track
Sponsored by Hou. Rules Committee
Requested by Gov. Frank Murkowski

An Act making supplemental appropriations, capital appropriations, other appropriations, and reappropriations; amending appropriations; making appropriations to capitalize funds; and providing for an effective date.

Current Status : (H) FIN : 02-09-05

| Governor's Transmittal Letter |
| Supplemental Request Spreadsheet |

HB 142 : Oil & Gas: Regulation Of Underground Injection
Companion Bill SB 103 Signed Into Law!
Chapter 32 SLA 05

Sponsored by Hou. Rules Committee
Requested by Gov. Frank Murkowski

An Act relating to regulation of underground injection under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act; and providing for an effective date.

Companion Bill : SB 103
Contact : : 465-3500
Last Action : (H) RES » (H) FIN : 04-04-05

| Governor's Transmittal Letter |

04-01-05 : This action would have several benefits for the state and the industry. First, the AOGCC is generally able to respond more quickly to permit applications than is the EPA. Second, having a single, uniform process for regulating underground injection by the industry will improve efficiency and reduce confusion. Finally, there has been considerable uncertainty over, and considerable agency time and effort devoted to, the question of when a Class II well is appropriate for waste disposal and when a Class I well is required, and this question will likely become much less important with a single agency exercising authority over both classes of wells.

HB 147 : Insurance Regulation
Signed into Law! Chapter 1 FSSLA 05
Sponsored by Hou. Rules Committee
Requested by Gov. Frank Murkowski

An Act relating to notice of suspension or revocation of an insurer's certificate of authority and the effect of the suspension or revocation upon the authority of agents and managing general agents of the insurer; relating to certain deposits under AS 21; relating to the yielding of assets and securities held on deposit; relating to third-party administrators under AS 21; relating to insurance agents, managing general agents, reinsurance intermediary managers, and insurance producers; requiring the director of insurance to notify a licensee of a license renewal before the renewal date; defining the term 'appointment' as used in part of AS 21; relating to the eligibility to provide coverage by a nonadmitted insurer and alien insurer; relating to surplus lines insurance and brokers; relating to misrepresentations and false advertising concerning insurance; relating to health discount plans; providing for limitations on owner controlled and contractor controlled insurance programs and limiting the coverage of those programs; prohibiting excessive, inadequate, or unfairly discriminatory rate charges for health insurance; defining the term 'plan administrator' as used in part of AS 21; defining the term 'transact' as used in AS 21; authorizing the director of insurance to designate a person to receive annual reports from companies; reducing the period for filing a quarterly financial statement; and providing for an effective date.

Version : CCS HB 147
Contact : : 465-3500
Last Action : Signed into Law : 06-24-05
Current Status : Chapter 1 FSSLA 05 : 06-24-05

| Governor's Transmittal Letter |

05-09-05 : Would make changes to the requirements for the administration of insurer deposits and would provide authorization for insurer deposits to be paid to the state insurance guaranty funds rather than becoming an asset of an insolvent insurer. Amended in L&C to address the limitations on the use of Owner Controlled Insurance Programs (OCIP) and Contractor Controlled Insurance Programs (CCIP) to the construction of large ($50,000,000.00+) projects of public or private nature over a defined period of time at a specified location or region.

HB 153 : Pollution Discharge & Waste Treatment/ Disposal
Companion Bill SB 110 Signed Into Law!
Chapter 95 SLA 05

Sponsored by Hou. Rules Committee
Requested by Gov. Frank Murkowski

An Act relating to regulation of the discharge of pollutants under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System; and providing for an effective date.

Version : CS HB 153 (RES)
Companion Bill : SB 110
Contact : : 465-5290
Last Action : (H) RES » (H) FIN : 03-17-05

| Governor's Transmittal Letter |

03-16-05 : HB 153 would give the DEC the general authority to adopt user fee regulations covering the entire state- assumed NPDES primacy program, thereby removing the existing limitation of this authority to only the timber-industry sector.

HB 173 : School District Cost Factors
Sponsored by Hou. Rules Committee
Requested by Legislative Budget & Audit Joint Committee

An Act relating to school funding and adjusting the district cost factors; and providing for an effective date.

Companion Bill : SB 116
Current Status : (H) FIN : 04-22-05

HB 180 : Workers' Compensation
Sponsored by Hou. Rules Committee
Requested by Gov. Frank Murkowski

An Act relating to a special deposit for workers' compensation and employers' liability insurers; relating to assigned risk pools; relating to workers' compensation insurers; stating the intent of the legislature, and setting out limitations, concerning the interpretation, construction, and implementation of workers' compensation laws; relating to the Alaska Workers' Compensation Board; establishing a division of workers' compensation within the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, assigning certain Alaska Workers' Compensation Board functions to the division and the department, and authorizing the board to delegate administrative and enforcement duties to the division; establishing a Workers' Compensation Appeals Commission; providing for workers' compensation hearing officers in workers' compensation proceedings; relating to workers' compensation medical benefits and to charges for and payment of fees for the medical benefits; relating to agreements that discharge workers' compensation liability; relating to workers' compensation awards; relating to reemployment benefits and job dislocation benefits; relating to coordination of workers' compensation and certain disability benefits; relating to division of workers' compensation records; relating to release of treatment records; relating to an employer's failure to insure and keep insured or provide security; providing for appeals from compensation orders; relating to workers' compensation proceedings; providing for supreme court jurisdiction of appeals from the Workers' Compensation Appeals Commission; providing for a maximum amount for the cost-of-living adjustment for workers' compensation benefits; relating to attorney fees; providing for the department to enter into contracts with nonprofit organizations to provide information services and legal representation to injured employees; providing for administrative penalties for employers uninsured or without adequate security for workers' compensation; relating to fraudulent acts or false or misleading statements in workers' compensation and penalties for the acts or statements; providing for members of a limited liability company to be included as an employee for purposes of workers' compensation; establishing a workers' compensation benefits guaranty fund; relating to the second injury fund; making conforming amendments; providing for a study and report by the medical services review committee; and providing for an effective date.

Current Status : (H) L&C : 02-25-05

| Governor's Transmittal Letter |

HB 187 : Amerada Hess Income; Capital Income Fund
Signed into Law! Chapter 49 SLA 05
Sponsored by Hou. Rules Committee
Requested by Gov. Frank Murkowski

An Act relating to money deposited into the Alaska permanent fund as a result of the settlement of State v. Amerada Hess; relating to the Alaska capital income fund and to deposits of income from State v. Amerada Hess settlement money into the Alaska capital income fund.

Version : CS HB 187 (FIN)(EFD FLD)
Last Action : Signed into Law : 06-24-05
Current Status : Chapter 49 SLA 05 : 06-24-05

| Governor's Transmittal Letter |

05-09-05 : Establishes the State of Alaska Capital Corporation. This entity would be a public corporation with the authority to issue bonds to finance up to $350 million in state capital improvements, including the cost of issuing the bonds. The financing technique proposed in this bill would permit the state to leverage a funding source to obtain money for needed capital improvements from the sale of bonds on the major financial markets.

HB 188 : State Of AK Capital Corporation ; Bonds
Companion Bill SB 121 Passed Senate!
Sponsored by Hou. Rules Committee
Requested by Gov. Frank Murkowski

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 : SB 121
Last Action : (H) JUD » (H) FIN : 03-23-05

| Governor's Transmittal Letter |

03-23-05 : Authorizes the deposit of the earnings from the Amerada Hess settlement proceeds into a separate account of the Alaska permanent fund called the Alaska capital income account.

HB 192 : Fisheries Business License; Bond
Companion Bill SB 124 Signed Into Law!
Chapter 24 SLA 05

Sponsored by Hou. Rules Committee
Requested by Gov. Frank Murkowski

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 : CS HB 192 (FSH)
Companion Bill : SB 124
Last Action : (H) L&C » (H) FIN : 04-05-05

| Governor's Transmittal Letter |

04-04-05 : Prevents the licensure of a fisheries business that has demonstrated that it is unwilling to pay its taxes, ASMI assessments, employment security contributions, or OSHA fines.

HB 193 : Licensing Medical Or Care Facilities
Companion Bill SB 125 Signed Into Law!
Chapter 57 SLA 05

Sponsored by Hou. Rules Committee
Requested by Gov. Frank Murkowski

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, hospitals, intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded, maternity homes, nursing facilities, residential child care facilities, residential psychiatric treatment centers, and rural health clinics; relating to criminal history requirements, and a registry, regarding certain licenses, certifications, approvals, and authorizations by the Department of Health and Social Services; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.

Version : CS HB 193 (JUD)
Companion Bill : SB 125
Contact : : 465-4022
Last Action : (H) JUD » (H) FIN : 05-06-05

| Governor's Transmittal Letter |

05-05-05 : Currently, there are at least 12 different statutory schemes for the licensure of different entities by the DHSS. The complexity of the existing statutes and regulations and the absence of any clear rationale for the wide variation in standards for licensing, enforcement, and appeals has resulted in a very burdensome and bureaucratic system. The proposed bill will streamline the licensing process so that the functions are administered in a much more efficient and cost-effective manner by consolidating virtually all of the licensing functions related to standards, enforcement, and appeal rights into a single chapter of the Alaska Statutes. Amended to reflect Senate changes.

HB 202 : Human Rights Commission
Companion Bill SB 132 Signed Into Law!
Chapter 63 SLA 06

Sponsored by Hou. Rules Committee
Requested by Gov. Frank Murkowski

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; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.

Companion Bill : SB 132
Current Status : (H) STA : 03-04-05

| Governor's Transmittal Letter |

HB 209 : Aviation Advisory Board
Companion Bill SB 133 Signed Into Law!
Chapter 18 SLA 05

Sponsored by Hou. Rules Committee
Requested by Gov. Frank Murkowski

An Act establishing the Aviation Advisory Board; and providing for an effective date.

Companion Bill : SB 133
Contact : : 465-4904
Last Action : (H) TRA » (H) FIN : 04-15-05

| Governor's Transmittal Letter |

04-14-05 : This bill would establish a permanent advisory board within the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOTPF) to make recommendations to the commissioner of DOTPF with respect to that department's aviation functions.

HB 235 : Decoupling From Federal Tax Deduction
Sponsored by Hou. Rules Committee
Requested by Gov. Frank Murkowski

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.

Version : CS HB 235 (W&M)
Companion Bill : SB 151
Contact : : 465-8174
Last Action : (H) W&M » (H) FIN : 04-12-05

| Governor's Transmittal Letter |

04-11-05 : With the passage of this legislation, Alaska's corporate income tax structure will stay the same as it is under the current regime. This will provide continued stability and tax certainty to corporations operating in the State of Alaska.

HB 237 : International Airports Revenue Bonds
Companion Bill SB 153 Signed Into Law!
Chapter 28 SLA 05

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