02/20/2008 01:00 PM House JUDICIARY

HB 237 - REMOVING A REGENT                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
2:58:59 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR RAMRAS announced that the  final order of business would be                                                               
HOUSE BILL  NO. 237, "An  Act authorizing the governor  to remove                                                               
or suspend a member of the  Board of Regents of the University of                                                               
Alaska for good  cause; establishing a procedure  for the removal                                                               
or suspension of a regent;  and providing for an effective date."                                                               
[Before the committee  was CSHB 237(STA), which had  failed to be                                                               
reported from committee on 5/3/07 by a vote of 3-3.]                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
3:00:40 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE GRUENBERG reminded members  that HB 237 provides a                                                               
due-process procedure  by which  the governor, for  [good] cause,                                                               
can suspend or remove a member  of the University of Alaska Board                                                               
of Regents.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR RAMRAS  indicated that  at a  future hearing  the committee                                                               
might consider the  question of whether to rescind  its action in                                                               
failing to report CSHB 237(STA) from committee.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
[CSHB 237(STA) was held over.]