04-27-06 : Senator Stedman Questions House Commitment to Retirement Reform
Pension Reform Advocate Dubious of House Delay Tactics

03-10-06 : Senator Stedman Renews Commitment to Solving Retirement System Shortfall
PERS Relief Included in Revenue Sharing Bills

SB 77 : AK Regional Economic Assistance Program
Companion Bill HB 119 Signed Into Law!
Chapter 51 SLA 05
Sponsored by Sen. Community & Regional Affairs Committee

An Act extending the termination date of the Alaska regional economic assistance program; and providing for an effective date.

Companion Bill : HB 119
Contact : : 465-4989
Last Action : (S) CRA » (S) FIN : 02-07-05

| Fact Sheet | [PDF - 105 KB]
| Sponsor Statement |

02-04-05 : Extends the termination date of the Alaska regional economic assistance program within the Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development, until 2013.

SB 114 : Service Areas In Second Class Boroughs
Sponsored by Sen. Community & Regional Affairs Committee

An Act relating to consolidating or abolishing certain service areas in second class boroughs.

Version : CS SB 114 (CRA)
Contact : : 465-4989
Last Action : (S) CRA » (S) RLS : 04-07-05

| Fact Sheet | [PDF - 105 KB]
| Sponsor Statement |

04-06-05 : Enables a Second Class Borough to eliminate or consolidate service areas that are non functional or are operating below minimum standards. Any consolidations or dissolutions will be decided by the local government. SB 114 protects service areas that tax at an adaquate level to maintain roads within the service area.

SB 246 : Appropriation: PERS Liab/ Revenue Sharing Fund
Sponsored by Sen. Community & Regional Affairs Committee by Request

An Act making a special appropriation from the Alaska capital income fund to the revenue sharing fund; and providing for an effective date.

Version : CS SB 246 (CRA)
Contact : : 465-3873
Last Action : (S) CRA » (S) FIN : 03-13-06

| Sponsor Statement |
| Fact Sheet | [PDF - 20 KB]
| CS SB 247 CRA Appropriation Amounts |

03-10-06 : Appropriates $28 million from the Alaska capital income fund (AS 37.05.565) to the revenue sharing fund (AS 29.60.800), contingent on passage of a bill that establishes the revenue sharing fund. Allocates an additional $29.3 million in general funds to the municipal employees' retirement system unfunded liability relief account.

SB 247 : PERS Unfunded Liability/ Revenue Sharing
Sponsored by Sen. Community & Regional Affairs Committee by Request

An Act relating to the revenue sharing program; and providing for an effective date.

Version : CS SB 247 (CRA)
Contact : : 465-3873
Last Action : (S) CRA » (S) FIN : 03-13-06

| Sponsor Statement |
| Fact Sheet | [PDF - 21 KB]
| CS SB 247 CRA Appropriation Amounts |

03-10-06 : Creates the revenue sharing fund and allows the legislature to make appropriations to the revenue sharing fund from the Alaska capital income fund. Also creates the municipal public employees' retirement system unfunded liability relief account.

SB 248 : Administrative Boroughs/ Borough Grants/
Sponsored by Sen. Community & Regional Affairs Committee
Requested by

An Act relating to administrative boroughs; relating to municipal school districts; relating to standards for incorporation of boroughs and unified municipalities; eliminating obsolete provisions relating to a third class borough and making technical changes to statutes relating to regional educational attendance areas; and relating to new borough grants for certain newly incorporated boroughs and unified municipalities.

Contact : : 465-3873
Last Action : (S) CRA » (S) FIN : 03-30-06

| Fact Sheet | [PDF - 21 KB]
| Sponsor Statement |

03-29-06 : Establishes the Administrative Borough as a new class of municipal government. Provides an organizational grant of $250,000 per year for three years for Administrative Boroughs. Gives boroughs that incorporate within four years of the effective date of the act a ''new borough grant'' that can be invested and earnings used for municipal purposes.

SCR 5 : Suspend Uniform Rules For HB 42
Passed Legislature! Legis Resolve 7
Sponsored by Sen. Community & Regional Affairs Committee

Suspending Rules 24(c), 35, 41(b), and 42(e), Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature, concerning House Bill No. 42, relating to the Joe Williams, Sr., Coastal Trail.

Current Status : Legis Resolve 7 : 05-17-05

SCR 14 : Leg Commission On Local Government
Passed Legislature! Legis Resolve 25
Sponsored by Sen. Community & Regional Affairs Committee

Relating to the Advisory Commission on Local Government.

Version : SCR 14 Am H
Contact : : 465-4989
Last Action : Signed into Law : 09-01-05
Current Status : Legis Resolve 25 : 09-01-05

| Fact Sheet | [PDF - 20 KB]

05-10-05 : Senate unanimously concurred with House changes 5/10. Establishes the Advisory Commission on Local Government consisting of three senators appointed by the senate president, three representatives appointed by the speaker of the house, and three public members appointed jointly by the senate president and speaker.