Legislature(2001 - 2002)
2002-05-11 Senate Journal
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Full Journal pdf2002-05-11 Senate Journal Page 3340 The following previously published fiscal information applies: Fiscal Note No. 1, indeterminate, Department of Corrections Fiscal Note No. 2, indeterminate, Department of Law The bill was referred to the Finance Committee. HB 499 The Judiciary Committee considered CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 499(JUD) "An Act declaring legislative intent to reject the continuity of enterprise exception to the doctrine of successor liability adopted in Savage Arms, Inc. v. Western Auto Supply, 18 P.3d 49 (Alaska 2001) as it relates to products liability; providing that a successor corporation or other business entity that acquires assets of a predecessor corporation or other business entity is subject to liability for harm to persons or property caused by a defective product sold or otherwise distributed commercially by the predecessor only if the acquisition is accompanied by an agreement for the successor to assume the liability, results from a fraudulent conveyance to escape liability for the debts or liabilities of the predecessor, constitutes a consolidation or merger with the predecessor, or results in the successor's becoming a continuation of the predecessor; defining 'business entity' that acquires assets to include a sole proprietorship; and applying this Act to the sale, lease, exchange, or other disposition of assets by a corporation, a limited liability company, a partnership, a limited liability partnership, a limited partnership, a sole proprietorship, or other business entity that occurs before, on, or after the effective date of this Act." Signing no recommendation: Senator Taylor, Chair, Senator Ellis. Signing do pass: Senator Cowdery. The following previously published fiscal information applies: Fiscal Note No. 1, zero, Department of Community and Economic Development The bill was referred to the Rules Committee. HB 507 The Transportation Committee considered HOUSE BILL NO. 507 am "An Act naming the Trooper Hans-Peter Lothar Roelle Memorial Weigh Station and the Officer Justin Todd Wollam Memorial Bike Trail; and providing for an effective date" and recommended it be replaced with