
Will Stapp
24:43 - 25:03
"it removes municipalities' ability to negotiate their own separate tax structure from the volumetric structure of the bill"
“it removes municipalities' ability to negotiate their own separate tax structure from the volumetric structure of the bill”
And the other thing it does is it removes municipalities' ability to negotiate their own separate tax structure from the volumetric structure of the bill. So those are the two. 2 Fundamental critical things. I'm happy to go in depth and ask questions, but it might be helpful if we work through conceptually first. Okay, let's go ahead and do that.
The House Finance Committee voted 11-0 Wednesday to advance a major natural gas pipeline bill after adopting amendments that restructure municipal taxes and increase community impact aid to $80 million.

The Alaska House Finance Committee voted 7-4 Wednesday to strip municipalities of their ability to negotiate separate tax structures for the proposed gas pipeline. The change drew opposition from committee leadership despite passing. North Slope Borough officials said they wanted to keep control over resources in their region.
