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Conference committee removes “and capital debt” from House Bill 11 34000
Summary
A conference committee amended House Bill 11 34000 to remove the phrase “and capital debt” from a provision directing reductions to school district sinking and interest funds; the amendment passed on a roll call and the committee then approved replacing the working draft with the amended version and closed the committee.
A legislative conference committee for the House of Representatives voted to remove the three words “and capital debt” from language in House Bill 11 34000 that directs reductions be applied to school district sinking and interest funds.
The change was proposed during a conference meeting when Representative Heyer raised concerns about the phrase “capital debt repayment” appearing on page 11, line 14 of the working draft. Heyer said she wanted the provision to refer only to “bonded indebtedness” so school officials would not be confused by the language. “I would just like to see us remove and just leave it as bonded indebtedness instead of capital debt,” Representative Heyer said.
Committee members discussed the procedural effect of changing the text, including that a substantive wording change could require further votes on both floors. The committee rescinded an earlier motion to accept the Senate amendments in order to propose the narrower amendment. Representative Heyer formally proposed removing the words “and capital debt” from House Bill 11 34000; a second was made but the seconding member was not specified on the record.
The roll-call vote on the amendment was: Chairman Richter — No; Representative Heiner — Yes; Representative Jonas — Yes; Senator Axeman — Yes; Senator Beard — No; Senator Shyblade — Yes. The amendment carried on that vote and the committee then moved to replace the draft before it with the newly amended version. On a subsequent roll call, all present voted yes to adopt the amended version and the conference committee was adjourned.
The committee transcript shows the change removes the phrase “and capital debt” so the sentence reads that reductions shall be “applied specifically to bonded indebtedness repayment obligations.” The record does not include additional substantive changes to the bill text, nor does it record floor votes beyond the committee actions taken at this meeting.
The committee’s actions conclude the conference committee work session on this specific item; the transcript records the chairs as carriers and the committee as complete.
