04/21/2004 01:15 PM House JUD

HB 427 - PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Number 0037                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR McGUIRE  announced that the  first order of  business would                                                               
be  HOUSE BILL  NO. 427,  "An Act  relating to  guardianships and                                                               
conservatorships,  to  the  public  guardian and  the  office  of                                                               
public advocacy,  to private  professional guardians  and private                                                               
professional  conservators,  to court  visitors,  court-appointed                                                               
attorneys,  guardians  ad  litem,  and fiduciaries,  and  to  the                                                               
protection  of the  person or  property  of certain  individuals,                                                               
including minors;  amending Rules  16(f) and 17(e),  Alaska Rules                                                               
of Probate Procedure; and providing  for an effective date."  [In                                                               
committee packets  was a new  proposed committee  substitute (CS)                                                               
for HB 427, Version 23-LS1627\S, Bannister, 4/21/04.]                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Number 0095                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE   GRUENBERG  made   a   motion   to  rescind   the                                                               
committee's  action   on  4/14/04  in  reporting   CSHB  427(JUD)                                                               
[Version 23-LS1627\I, Bannister, 4/14/04]  from committee.  There                                                               
being no objection, Version I was back before the committee.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Number 0105                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
VANESSA  TONDINI, Staff  to Representative  Lesil McGuire,  House                                                               
Judiciary   Standing   Committee,   Alaska   State   Legislature,                                                               
explained that  in drafting CSHB 427(JUD)  [following the hearing                                                               
on  4/14/04]  some  technical  changes   were  suggested  by  the                                                               
drafter,  and that  these changes  have been  outlined in  a memo                                                               
from the drafter.   One change pertains to  including a provision                                                               
for changing Rule  17(c) of the Alaska Rules  of Civil Procedure.                                                               
Additionally  included  are  conforming changes  to  proposed  AS                                                               
08.26.050  regarding  references   to  "a  nationally  recognized                                                               
organization in the field of  guardianships"; a grammatical tense                                                               
change [to  proposed AS 13.26.145(d)(1) and  AS 13.26.210(d)(1)];                                                               
and  Section  37  now  reflects  that  Section  34  has  its  own                                                               
effective date.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Number 0232                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE GRUENBERG moved  to adopt the new  proposed CS for                                                               
HB 427,  Version 23-LS1627\S, Bannister, 4/21/04,  as the working                                                               
document.   There being  no objection, Version  S was  before the                                                               
committee.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR McGUIRE  noted that although  HB 427  will be heard  in the                                                               
House   Finance   Committee   next,    she   decided   that   the                                                               
aforementioned changes would  be more properly made  in the House                                                               
Judiciary Standing Committee.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  GARA  indicated that  the  title  appeared to  be                                                               
tight enough.                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Number 0289                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE GRUENBERG moved to report  the new proposed CS for                                                               
HB  427,   Version  23-LS1627\S,   Bannister,  4/21/04,   out  of                                                               
committee  with individual  recommendations and  the accompanying                                                               
fiscal notes.   There being  no objection, new CSHB  427(JUD) was                                                               
reported from the House Judiciary Standing Committee.