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HB 69                                                                                                                         
The Finance Committee considered:                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 69                                                                                                           
    "An Act repealing the Workers' Compensation Appeals                                                                         
    Commission; relating to decisions and orders of the Workers'                                                                
    Compensation Appeals Commission; relating to superior court                                                                 
    jurisdiction over appeals from Alaska Workers' Compensation                                                                 
    Board decisions; repealing Rules 201.1, 401.1, and 501.1, Alaska                                                            
    Rules of Appellate Procedure, and amending Rules 202(a), 204(a)                                                             
    - (c), 210(e), 601(b), and 603(a), Alaska Rules of Appellate                                                                
    Procedure; and providing for an effective date."                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
    CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 69(JUD)                                                                                               
    "An Act repealing the Workers' Compensation Appeals                                                                         
    Commission; relating to decisions and orders of the Workers'                                                                
    Compensation Appeals Commission; relating to superior court                                                                 
    jurisdiction over appeals from Alaska Workers' Compensation                                                                 
    Board decisions; repealing Rules 201.1, 401.1, and 501.1, Alaska                                                            
    Rules of Appellate Procedure, and amending Rules 202(a), 204(a)                                                             
    - (c), 210(e), 601(b), 602(c) and (h), and 603(a), Alaska Rules of                                                          
    Appellate Procedure; and providing for an effective date."                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
The report was signed by Representatives Seaton and Foster, Co-                                                                 
chairs, with the following individual recommendations:                                                                          
                                                                                                                                

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Do pass (6):  Wilson, Guttenberg, Gara, Thompson, Seaton, Foster                                                                
                                                                                                                                
No recommendation (3):  Kawasaki, Pruitt, Tilton                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal note(s) apply to CSHB 69(JUD):                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
2.  Zero, Judiciary                                                                                                             
3.  Fiscal, Dept. of Labor & Workforce Development                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
HB 69 was returned to the Rules Committee for placement on the                                                                  
calendar.