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Representative Coghill moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                   
following committee substitute be adopted in lieu of the original bill:                             
                                                                                                    
    HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 45(FIN)                                                     
    (same title)                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
There being no objection, it was so ordered.                                                        
                                                                                                    
Amendment No. 1 was offered  by Representatives Berkowitz, Cissna,                                   
Crawford, Gara, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Kapsner, Kerttula, Kookesh,                                  
and Moses:                                                                                          
                                                                                                    
   * Sec. 2.  AS 24.20.161 is amended to read:                                                    
     Sec. 24.20.161. Membership.  The Legislative Budget and                                      
    Audit Committee is composed of 10 members: the chairs                                       
    [CHAIRMEN] of the senate and house finance committees; one                                      
    member selected from each of the senate and house finance                                       
    committees and appointed by the president of the senate and the                                 
    speaker of the house, respectively; and three members appointed                                 
    from each house by the respective presiding officer.  The chair                             
    [CHAIRMAN] of the finance committee may choose not to serve                                     
    on the committee.  If this occurs, the presiding officer of the                                 
    appropriate house shall appoint a replacement from the finance                                  
    committee.  The membership from each house shall meet the                                   
    requirements of (b) of this section [INCLUDE AT LEAST ONE                                   
    MEMBER FROM EACH OF THE TWO MAJOR POLITICAL                                                     
    PARTIES].  The committee shall select its own chair                                         
    [CHAIRMAN].                                                                                     
   * Sec. 3.  AS 24.20.161 is amended by adding a new subsection to                               
read:                                                                                               
    (b) The membership from each house must include at least                                        
    one member from each of the two major political parties.  The                                   
    membership from each house must also include the number of                                      
    minority members that is proportional to the number of minority                                 
    members in the house compared to the total house membership or                                  
    to one seat, whichever is greater.  In calculating the number of