Ken Alper
26:49 - 27:46
"the portion that would be attributed to the gas treatment plant would say 90% of that would be going specifically to the North Slope Borough where that's located, and 10%, a portion, would be retained by the state"
“the portion that would be attributed to the gas treatment plant would say 90% of that would be going specifically to the North Slope Borough where that's located, and 10%, a portion, would be retained by the state”
- Speaker
- Ken Alper
- Timestamp
- 26:49 – 27:46
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
- June 10, 2026
From the transcript
And the other important thing that this amendment is doing is it really delves into, Mr. Chairman, the mechanics of the allocation of that money among the municipalities. The underlying amendment, which was my understanding, Representative Staff's amendment, is really drawn from House Bill 2001, the governor's special session bill. Talks about allocation to the location where the, where the assets are located, which becomes another kind of keeping track of like, how do you do the pipeline portion? So what this amendment does is it breaks the tax itself into 3 separate components and divides it up a little more clarity. So the, for example, The portion that would be attributed to the gas treatment plant would say 90% of that would be going specifically to the North Slope Borough where that's located, and 10%, a portion, would be retained by the state.
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