05/18/1999 12:43 PM Senate C01

              SB 101-DISASTERS: DEFINITION & FUND                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR HALFORD called the Conference Committee on SB 101 to order                                                             
at 12:43 p.m.  All members were present except Senator Hoffman.                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR HALFORD informed committee members the proposed changes to                                                             
SB 101 are as follows:                                                                                                          
     1.  the extension of a disaster emergency must be approved by                                                              
     law as in the Senate version, rather than by resolution;                                                                   
     2. the expenditure limitations were taken from the House                                                                   
     version: those limits are $500,000 per incident, $1,000,000                                                                
     per disaster, and no limit applies to wildland fires;                                                                      
     3.  a poll must be taken by the presiding officer or his/her                                                               
     designee, in any form, and responded to by a majority of the                                                               
     legislative membership; and                                                                                                
     4.  the House language of the list of disasters, incidents,                                                                
     etc., remains.                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR PARNELL moved to adopt Version Z, dated 5/14/99, as the                                                                 
working document of the Conference Committee.  There being no                                                                   
objection, the motion carried.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR HALFORD noted the presence of Senator Hoffman.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE BUNDE moved to pass the Conference Committee                                                                     
Substitute to SB 101 out of committee without objection.  There                                                                 
being no objection, the motion carried.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
There being no further business to come before the committee, CO-                                                               
CHAIR HALFORD adjourned the meeting at 12:45 p.m.