05/06/1999 01:22 PM House JUD

HB 192 - PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRMAN KOTT announced that the next order of business is House                                                                
Bill No. 192, "An Act relating to reciting the pledge of allegiance                                                             
by public school students."  He announced that the committee needed                                                             
to rescind its action in passing out HB 192, yesterday.  He                                                                     
explained that one of the amendments that the committee adopted was                                                             
a bit problematic.  He further explained, "That amendment ...                                                                   
basically says that the school district must notify all persons,                                                                
and that was the area dealing with those particular evaluations.                                                                
We didn't want someone who didn't participate to be negatively                                                                  
affected, because of their lack of participation."  The current                                                                 
language could be  construed to refer to every Alaskan, which he                                                                
didn't think was the intent.  Therefore, he suggested inserting one                                                             
word, "affected" after "all" on page 1, line 14.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
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REPRESENTATIVE KERTTULA made a motion to rescind the committee's                                                                
previous action of passing out HB 192 [CSHB 192(JUD)].  There being                                                             
no objection, HB 192 was before the committee.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE KERTTULA made a motion to make the following                                                                     
conceptual amendment:                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
     Page 1, line 14, after "all"                                                                                               
     Insert "affected"                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
There being no objection, the conceptual amendment was adopted.                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Number 0367                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE KERTTULA made a motion to move CSHB 192 out of                                                                   
committee with individual recommendations and a zero fiscal note.                                                               
There being no objection, [the new amended] CSHB 192(JUD) was moved                                                             
from the House Judiciary Standing Committee.