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Bill Summary for Bill Number SB16-035 Date: 03/28/2016
Location: SCR 356
Final
BILL SUMMARY for SB16-035

SENATE COMMITTEE ON STATE, VETERANS, & MILITARY AFFAIRS

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Adopt amendment L.008 (Attachment B). The motion p
Refer Senate Bill 16-035, as amended, to the Commi
PASS
PASS



04:57 PM -- SB16-035

Senator Johnston, co-prime sponsor, presented Senate Bill 16-035. The bill creates the Public School Fund Investment Board (board) to oversee investment of the Public School Fund (or Permanent Fund) and broadens the allowable investment options for the fund. The board is charged with establishing policies concerning allowable investments of the fund and the distribution of income and interest earnings. The bill allows the board to hire a private fund manager to advise it about fund investments.

Under current law, the first $21 million in interest earned from investments on the Permanent Fund is used to pay costs of K-12 education through the annual School Finance Act.

Amendment L.008 (Attachment B), which strikes everything below the enacting clause, was distributed to the committee.

16SenateState0328AttachB.pdf16SenateState0328AttachB.pdf

04:59 PM --
Tobin Follenweider, representing the State Land Board, testified in support of the bill.

05:01 PM --
Jon Forbes, Deputy Treasurer, testified in support of the bill.


05:04 PM

The committee discussed the bill with Senator Johnston.
BILL: SB16-035
TIME: 05:07:07 PM
MOVED: Cooke
MOTION: Adopt amendment L.008 (Attachment B). The motion passed on a vote of 3-1, with 1 excused.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Hill
Excused
Jones
No
Ulibarri
Yes
Sonnenberg
Yes
Cooke
Yes
YES: 3 NO: 1 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS


BILL: SB16-035
TIME: 05:08:11 PM
MOVED: Cooke
MOTION: Refer Senate Bill 16-035, as amended, to the Committee on The motion passed on a vote of 3-1, with 1 excused.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Hill
Excused
Jones
No
Ulibarri
Yes
Sonnenberg
Yes
Cooke
Yes
Final YES: 3 NO: 1 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS



05:09 PM

The committee adjourned.