Legislature(2007 - 2008)CAPITOL 120
04/02/2008 01:00 PM House JUDICIARY
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| Adjourn |
* first hearing in first committee of referral
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= bill was previously heard/scheduled
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= bill was previously heard/scheduled
| + | SB 260 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | HB 421 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | SB 293 | TELECONFERENCED | |
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ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
HOUSE JUDICIARY STANDING COMMITTEE
April 2, 2008
1:23 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Representative Jay Ramras, Chair
Representative Nancy Dahlstrom, Vice Chair
Representative John Coghill
Representative Ralph Samuels
Representative Max Gruenberg
MEMBERS ABSENT
Representative Bob Lynn
Representative Lindsey Holmes
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 260(STA)
"An Act making corrective amendments to the Alaska Statutes as
recommended by the revisor of statutes; and providing for an
effective date."
- MOVED CSSB 260(STA) OUT OF COMMITTEE
HOUSE BILL NO. 421
"An Act relating to electronic communication devices and to
personal information and making certain violations related to
electronic communication devices unfair trade practices."
- SCHEDULED BUT NOT HEARD
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 293(JUD)
"An Act relating to electronic communication devices and to
personal information and making certain violations related to
electronic communication devices unfair trade practices."
- SCHEDULED BUT NOT HEARD
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION
BILL: SB 260
SHORT TITLE: 2008 REVISOR'S BILL
SPONSOR(S): RULES BY REQUEST OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
02/04/08 (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
02/04/08 (S) STA, FIN
03/18/08 (S) STA AT 9:00 AM BELTZ 211
03/18/08 (S) Scheduled But Not Heard
03/19/08 (S) STA AT 9:30 AM BELTZ 211
03/19/08 (S) Moved CSSB 260(STA) Out of Committee
03/19/08 (S) MINUTE (STA)
03/19/08 (S) STA RPT CS 1DP 3NR SAME TITLE
03/19/08 (S) DP: MCGUIRE
03/19/08 (S) NR: FRENCH, STEVENS, GREEN
03/24/08 (S) FIN AT 9:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
03/24/08 (S) Moved CSSB 260(STA) Out of Committee
03/24/08 (S) MINUTE(FIN)
03/24/08 (S) FIN RPT CS(STA) 5DP
03/24/08 (S) DP: STEDMAN, ELTON, THOMAS, DYSON,
HUGGINS
03/26/08 (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H)
03/26/08 (S) VERSION: CSSB 260(STA)
03/27/08 (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
03/27/08 (H) JUD, FIN
04/02/08 (H) JUD AT 1:00 PM CAPITOL 120
WITNESS REGISTER
PAMELA FINLEY, Revisor of Statutes
Legislative Legal and Research Division
Legislative Affairs Agency (LAA)
Juneau, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: Speaking as the revisor of statutes,
presented SB 260 on behalf of the Senate Rules Standing
Committee, sponsor by request of Legislative Council.
ACTION NARRATIVE
VICE CHAIR NANCY DAHLSTROM called the House Judiciary Standing
Committee meeting to order at 1:23:30 PM. Representatives
Gruenberg, Dahlstrom, Coghill, and Ramras were present at the
call to order. Representative Samuels arrived as the meeting
was in progress.
SB 260 - 2008 REVISOR'S BILL
1:23:45 PM
VICE CHAIR DAHLSTROM announced that the only order of business
would be CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 260(STA), "An Act making
corrective amendments to the Alaska Statutes as recommended by
the revisor of statutes; and providing for an effective date."
1:24:17 PM
PAMELA FINLEY, Revisor of Statutes, Legislative Legal and
Research Division, Legislative Affairs Agency (LAA), relayed on
behalf of the Senate Rules Standing Committee, sponsor by
request of Legislative Council, that the revisor's bill is
provided for by statute and is mentioned in the Alaska State
Constitution as an exception to the "single subject" rule. The
purpose of a revisor's bill is to correct errors in the statutes
without making any policy changes.
MS. FINLEY said that SB 260: [removes references in statute] to
the Board of Dispensing Opticians because that board no longer
exists; changes the word, "crime" to the word, "offense" in some
criminal statutes because the thing being described is a
violation; [updates references] to federal statutes such as
those that pertain to education, the Jones Act, and the
Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC), which was abolished in
1995; adds a short title for the public records Act; and moves
the definition of "cigarettes" to the correct place. She
observed that members' packets also contain a sectional analysis
of SB 260.
REPRESENTATIVE COGHILL referred to Section 53 - proposed AS
47.14.100(m) - and asked what the difference is between the
language being deleted - "GROUNDS FOR DENIAL OF" - and the
language that's replacing it - "the failure to meet the
requirements for", and whether there was a regulation adopted.
MS. FINLEY explained that it used to be that AS 47.35.019 and AS
47.35.021 referred to the denying of a foster care license, but
those provisions were repealed in 2005, and the Department of
Health and Social Services (DHSS) was instead authorized to
promulgate regulations to impose licensing requirements. So the
language referencing statutory grounds for denial is being
changed to language referencing a failure to meet regulatory
licensing requirements; this change was requested by the DHSS.
In response to a question, she said that AS 47.14.100(m) should
have been amended in this fashion when the aforementioned
statutes were repealed, but it wasn't.
REPRESENTATIVE COGHILL referred to Section 55, which changes the
term "census date" to "census data".
MS. FINLEY indicated that this change merely corrects a
typographical error, and was requested by the Department of Law
(DOL).
MS. FINLEY, in response to a question, said that her division
doesn't have a specific method by which to be made aware of
changes to federal law, though she does try and keep an eye on
what occurs at the federal level in that regard; furthermore,
the division reads approximately seven to eight federal titles
every year, and many things are caught during that process. For
the most part, though, such changes are brought to the
division's attention by others. In response to a further
question, she relayed that there is a person in her division who
specifically looks at the state's regulations and will notify
her of mistakes. A lot of the errors that the revisor's bill
addresses are found through review by her division, the DOL,
members of the public, attorneys, or legislators, or during the
committee process with bills that make substantive changes.
REPRESENTATIVE COGHILL said he always considers revisor's bills
carefully because of the sections that repeal statute and
because of the "gender-neutral change" that was meant to be a
conforming change [but instead in part sparked the same-sex
marriage debate].
REPRESENTATIVE GRUENBERG noted that with regard to the change
proposed via Section 31, the sectional analysis says in part
that Ms. Finley was directed to speak to "Griz".
MS. FINLEY confirmed that when she'd gone to the Department of
Public Safety (DPS) and asked about fireworks regulations and
how statute should be changed given that the ICC has been
abolished, Mr. Belanger of the DPS told her that "Griz" of the
Alaska Pyrotechnics Guild could best address her questions.
1:32:51 PM
REPRESENTATIVE SAMUELS moved to report CSSB 260(STA) out of
committee with individual recommendations and the accompanying
fiscal notes. There being no objection, CSSB 260(STA) was
reported from the House Judiciary Standing Committee.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business before the committee, the House
Judiciary Standing Committee meeting was adjourned at 1:33 p.m.
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