Legislature(1999 - 2000)

1999-03-11 House Journal

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1999-03-11                     House Journal                      Page 0424
HB 83                                                                        
The Judiciary Committee has considered:                                        
                                                                               
HOUSE BILL NO. 83                                                             
"An Act relating to the licensing of, acts and practices of, notice           
filings required of, duties of, registration of, capitalization of,            
financial requirements for, bonding of, coordinated securities                 
examinations of, recordkeeping by, and documents filed by certain              
securities occupations; relating to public entity investment pools;            
relating to investment advisory contracts; relating to the                     
examination of records of certain securities occupations; relating             
to federal covered securities; relating to the registration of                 
securities; relating to the general exemptions for securities and              
transactions; relating to offers of securities on the Internet; relating       
to the confidentiality of investigative files under the Alaska                 
Securities Act; relating to the payment by certain securities                  
occupations of expenses and fees of investigations and                         
examinations; relating to petitions to superior court by the                   
administrator to reduce civil penalties to judgment; exempting                 
certain violations of the Alaska Securities Act from criminal                  
penalties; relating to time limitations in bringing court actions for          

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HB 83                                                                        
violations of the Alaska Securities Act; relating to the affirmative          
defense of timeliness in court actions relating to securities;                 
prohibiting certain lawsuits involving buyers of securities; relating          
to time limitations for bringing court actions involving the receipt           
of a written offer related to securities; relating to offers to repay          
buyers of securities; relating to notification of certain securities           
occupations regarding administrative hearings; relating to fees                
established by the administrator; relating to a sale, a purchase, or           
an offer to sell or purchase under the Alaska Securities Act;                  
relating to the locations of offers to buy or sell; relating to consent        
to service; amending the Alaska Securities Act definitions of                  
'agent,' 'broker-dealer,' 'person,' 'Securities Act of 1933,' and              
'security;' defining for purposes of the Alaska Securities Act                 
'advisory client,' 'advisory fee,' 'advisory services,' 'Bank Holding          
Company Act of 1956,' 'clients who are natural persons,' 'federal              
covered adviser,' 'federal covered security,' 'Federal Deposit                 
Insurance Act,' 'Home Owners' Loan Act,' 'investment adviser                   
representative,' 'Investment Advisers Act of 1940,' 'investment                
advisory business,' 'investment advisory contract,' 'Investment                
Company Act of 1940,' 'NASDAQ,' 'National Securities Markets                   
Improvement Act of 1996,' 'notice filing,' 'place of business,'                
'principal place of business,' 'Securities Exchange Act of 1934,'              
'securities business,' 'state investment adviser,' 'substantial portion        
of the business,' 'supervised person,' and 'viatical settlement';              
relating to the title of the Alaska Securities Act; relating to the            
definitions in the Alaska Securities Act of 'assignment' and                   
'investment adviser'; relating to implementation of the changes to             
the Alaska Securities Act; and providing for an effective date."               
                                                                               
and recommends it be replaced with:                                            
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 83(JUD)                                                 
"An Act relating to the licensing of and revocation of licenses of,           
acts and practices of, notice filings required of, duties of,                  
registration of, capitalization of, financial requirements for,                
bonding of, coordinated securities examinations of, recordkeeping              
by, and documents filed by certain securities occupations; relating            
to public entity investment pools; relating to investment advisory             
contracts; relating to the examination of records of certain                   
securities  occupations;  relating  to  federal  covered  securities;          

1999-03-11                     House Journal                      Page 0426
HB 83                                                                        
relating to the registration of securities;  relating  to  the  general       
exemptions for securities and transactions; relating to offers of             
securities on the Internet; relating to the confidentiality of                 
investigative files under the Alaska Securities Act; relating to the           
payment by certain securities occupations of expenses and fees of              
investigations and examinations; relating to petitions to superior             
court by the administrator to reduce civil penalties to judgment;              
exempting certain violations of the Alaska Securities Act from                 
criminal penalties; relating to time limitations in bringing court             
actions for violations of the Alaska Securities Act; relating to the           
affirmative defense of timeliness in court actions relating to                 
securities; prohibiting certain lawsuits involving buyers of                   
securities; relating to time limitations for bringing court actions            
involving the receipt of a written offer related to securities;                
relating to offers to repay buyers of securities; relating to                  
notification of certain securities occupations regarding                       
administrative hearings; relating to fees established by the                   
administrator; relating to a sale, a purchase, or an offer to sell or          
purchase under the Alaska Securities Act; relating to the locations            
of offers to buy or sell; relating to consent to service; amending             
the Alaska Securities Act definitions of 'agent,' 'broker-dealer,'             
'person,' 'Securities Act of 1933,' and 'security;' defining for               
purposes of the Alaska Securities Act 'advisory client,' 'advisory             
fee,' 'advisory services,' 'Bank Holding Company Act of 1956,'                 
'clients who are natural persons,' 'federal covered adviser,' 'federal         
covered security,' 'Federal Deposit Insurance Act,' 'Home Owners'              
Loan Act,' 'investment adviser representative,' 'Investment Advisers           
Act of 1940,' 'investment advisory business,' 'investment advisory             
contract,' 'Investment Company Act of 1940,' 'NASDAQ,' 'National               
Securities Markets Improvement Act of 1996,' 'notice filing,' 'place           
of business,' 'principal place of business,' 'Securities Exchange Act          
of 1934,' 'securities business,' 'state investment adviser,' 'substantial      
portion of the business,' and 'supervised person'; relating to the             
title of the Alaska Securities Act; relating to the definitions in the         
Alaska Securities Act of 'assignment' and 'investment adviser';                
relating to implementation of the changes to the Alaska Securities             
Act; and providing for an effective date."                                     
                                                                               
The report was signed by Representative Kott, Chair, with the                  
following individual recommendations:                                          

1999-03-11                     House Journal                      Page 0427
HB 83                                                                        
Do pass (7): Croft, Murkowski, Green, Kott, James, Rokeberg, Kerttula          
                                                                               
The following fiscal note applies to CSHB 83(JUD):                             
                                                                               
Zero fiscal note, Dept. of Commerce & Economic Development,                    
2/24/99                                                                        
                                                                               
HB 83 was referred to the Rules Committee for placement on the                 
calendar.