2007-05-03                     House Journal                      Page 1065
HB 209                                                                                                                        
The Judiciary Committee considered:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
     HOUSE BILL NO. 209                                                                                                         
     "An Act relating to the chair of and the membership of and                                                                 
     qualifications of members of the Regulatory Commission of                                                                  
     Alaska; adding positions to the partially exempt service; creating                                                         
     an administrative law division and natural gas and oil pipeline                                                            
     division within the commission; amending the timeline                                                                      
     requirements for a final order of the commission; relating to the                                                          
     commission's regulatory cost charges; and adding to the duties of                                                          
     the Alaska Judicial Council as they relate to the presentation of                                                          
      nominees for consideration for appointment to the commission."                                                           
                                                                                                                                
and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
     CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 209(JUD)                                                                                             
     "An Act relating to the chair of the Regulatory Commission of                                                              
     Alaska and amending the timeline requirements for a final order                                                            
     of the commission; and providing for an effective date."                                                                   
                                                                                                                                

2007-05-03                     House Journal                      Page 1066
The report was signed by Representative Ramras, Chair, with the                                                                 
following individual recommendations:                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Do pass (1):  Ramras                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
No recommendation (6):  Coghill, Dahlstrom, Samuels, Holmes,                                                                    
Gruenberg, Lynn                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal note(s) apply to CSHB 209(JUD):                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
1.  Zero, House Labor & Commerce Committee/Dept. of Commerce,                                                                   
Community, & Economic Development                                                                                               
2.  Zero, House Labor & Commerce Committee/Alaska Court System                                                                  
3.  Zero, Dept. of Law                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
HB 209 was referred to the Finance Committee.