03/21/2014 01:30 PM Senate JUDICIARY

                   HB 292-2014 REVISOR'S BILL                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
1:58:12 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR  COGHILL  announced  the consideration  of  HB  292.  [CSHB
(JUD) was before the committee.]                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
1:58:21 PM                                                                                                                    
LISA  KIRSCH,  Assistant  Revisor of  Statutes,  Legal  Services,                                                               
Legislative  Affairs Agency,  Alaska  State Legislature,  Juneau,                                                               
Alaska, said the purpose of the  Revisor's Bill is to improve the                                                               
form of  the statutes  - to  clean up the  statutes. It  does not                                                               
change  any policy.  The Attorney  General's Office  has reviewed                                                               
the bill and has no objections to it.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
MS.  KIRSCH  reviewed  several  highlights   of  HB  292.  A  few                                                               
references  have been  changed. The  words "adoptive  child" were                                                               
changed to  "adopted child."  There are new  names for  a federal                                                               
bureau, there is a boiler  code name change, several instances of                                                               
"but not  limited to"  were removed, a  typo for  "stimulate" was                                                               
fixed, and  obsolete terms  were corrected.  She stated  that the                                                               
bill is policy neutral.                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
2:01:31 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR COGHILL  referenced Section 11  and asked if the  U.S. code                                                               
was changed.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MS. KIRSCH said the site changed; the code is the same.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR DYSON  expressed a  desire to meet  and discuss  with the                                                               
director about obsolete provisions.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR COGHILL solicited a motion.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
2:03:29 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR  DYSON  moved  to  report   CSHB  292,  Version  O,  from                                                               
committee  with individual  recommendations  and attached  fiscal                                                               
note(s).                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  COGHILL announced  that without  objection, CSHB  292(JUD)                                                               
moved from the Senate Judiciary Standing Committee.