00                HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 5(title am)                                                             
01 Proposing amendments to Uniform Rules 20(a), 37, and 49(a)(4) of the Alaska State                                       
02 Legislature.                                                                                                            
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1.  Rule 20(a), Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature, is amended to read:                       
05            (a)  Each house has the following standing committees with the jurisdiction                                  
06       indicated:                                                                                                        
07            Finance (all appropriation, revenue, capital improvement, and bonding                                        
08       measures, the executive budget, and the programs and activities of the Department of                              
09       Revenue)                                                                                                          
10            Health, Education and Social Services (the programs and activities of the                                    
11       Department of Health and Social Services, the Department of Education and Early                               
12       Development, and the University of Alaska)                                                                    
13            Judiciary (the programs and activities of the Alaska Court System, the                                   
14       Department of Corrections, and the Department of Law, and the legal and                                       
15       substantive review of bills referred to it for that purpose)                                                      
16            Labor and Commerce (the programs and activities of the Department of Labor                                   

01       and Workforce Development relating to labor-management relations, industrial                                  
02       safety, unemployment compensation, and workers' compensation and the programs                                     
03       and activities of the Department of Community [COMMERCE] and Economic                                         
04       Development that do not primarily relate to local government or to government                                 
05       services or functions in the unorganized borough)                                                             
06            Community and Regional Affairs (the programs and activities of the                                           
07       Department of Community and Economic Development that primarily relate to                                     
08       local government and government services or functions in the unorganized                                      
09       borough, [REGIONAL AFFAIRS] and other matters relating to political                                           
10       subdivisions)                                                                                                     
11            Resources (the programs and activities of the Departments of Fish and Game,                                  
12       Natural Resources, and Environmental Conservation)                                                                
13            Rules (interpretation of the Uniform Rules, calendar, the internal                                           
14       administration of the house and matters pertaining to the management of the                                       
15       legislature as a whole)                                                                                           
16            State Affairs (programs and activities of the Office of the Governor and the                                 
17       Departments of Administration, Military and Veterans' Affairs, and Public Safety,                         
18       and programs and activities of the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities                             
19       relating to public facilities)                                                                                    
20            Transportation (programs and activities of the Department of Transportation                                  
21       and Public Facilities relating to transportation and other legislative matters relating to                        
22       transportation).                                                                                                  
23    * Sec. 2.  Rule 37, Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature, is amended to read:                             
24            Rule 37.  Introduction of Bills.  (a)  Any member, group of members,                                       
25       standing, special, or joint committee may introduce a bill, subject to the provisions of                          
26       these Uniform Rules.  A bill must be introduced, in proper form as approved by the                                
27       enrolling secretary of the legislature, with the original and three [TWO CARBON]                              
28       copies delivered to the chief clerk or secretary.  The bill is then assigned a number                             
29       which it retains through subsequent changes and substitutions.  The bill is considered                            
30       formally introduced when the clerk or secretary reads the heading and title aloud in                              
31       open session (first reading).  Bills may be introduced through the Rules Committees                               

01       by the governor and the permanent interim committees pursuant to provisions of law.                               
02            (b)  The original copy of a bill or resolution, or any substitute therefor, remains                          
03       at all times in the custody of the chief clerk or secretary.  [WHEN THE ORIGINAL                                  
04       COPY HAS BEEN PHOTOGRAPHED FOR DUPLICATION EACH PAGE OF                                                           
05       THE BILL IS MARKED OR STAMPED "ORIGINAL COPY".]  The first copy                                               
06       [CARBON] of the original bill is jacketed and marked "committee copy" and is                                      
07       delivered on receipt to the chairman of the committee of first reference.  The                                    
08       "committee copy" is the official copy used to accompany committee reports within a                                
09       house.  If the committee copy is lost or is not otherwise available, a certified                              
10       photocopy of the original copy may be used.  The original of the enrolled copy is used                            
11       for certification by each house for transmittal to the governor.                                                  
12    * Sec. 3.  Rule 49(a)(4), Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature, is amended to read:                       
13                 (4)  A special concurrent resolution is employed to consider                                            
14       disapproval of an executive order of the governor laid before the legislature under                               
15       provisions of Sec. 23, Art. III, of the State Constitution.  This resolution must be                              
16       considered by a standing [JOINT] committee of each house and may be adopted by a                          
17       majority vote of the full membership of the legislature in joint session without                                  
18       recourse to three readings.