02/10/2012 01:00 PM House JUDICIARY

        HB 216 - REGULATIONS: INFORMATIVE SUMMARY/BILLS                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
2:23:41 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR GATTO  announced that the  next order of business  would be                                                               
HOUSE  BILL NO.  216,  "An  Act relating  to  deadlines in  bills                                                               
directing  the adoption  of regulations  and  to the  informative                                                               
summary required for the proposed  adoption, amendment, or repeal                                                               
of a  regulation."   [Before the committee  was CSHB  216(STA); a                                                               
proposed  committee  substitute  (CS)  for HB  216,  Version  27-                                                               
LS0701\T, Bannister,  2/2/12, was adopted  as the work  draft and                                                               
amended on 2/3/12.]                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
2:24:05 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  HOLMES moved  to adopt  a new  proposed committee                                                               
substitute  (CS)  for  HB 216,  Version  27-LS0701\R,  Bannister,                                                               
2/9/12, as the working document.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  PRUITT objected  for the  purpose of  discussion.                                                               
[Although  that   objection  was  never  formally   removed,  the                                                               
committee treated Version R as the work draft before it.]                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
2:25:36 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE PEGGY WILSON, Alaska  State Legislature, sponsor -                                                               
after briefly  recapping that HB  216 is intended to  ensure that                                                               
proposed  regulatory changes  are completed  in a  timely manner,                                                               
and  that  the associated  notices  are  accompanied by  a  brief                                                               
description  of the  proposed changes  written in  clear, easily-                                                               
readable language  - explained that in  addition to incorporating                                                               
Amendment 1  to Version  T, Version R  now also  contains changes                                                               
intended  to   address  members'  concerns  and   suggestions  as                                                               
expressed during  the bill's last  hearing.   Specifically, under                                                               
Version  R, Section  1's proposed  AS 24.08.035(f)  now clarifies                                                               
that  it will  be the  affected department  that shall  include a                                                               
deadline   in  its   fiscal  note;   Section  1's   proposed  [AS                                                               
24.08.035(g) clarifies  that as used in  proposed subsection (f),                                                               
the   term,  "agency"   includes  the   Alaska  Housing   Finance                                                               
Corporation (AHFC), the Alaska  Industrial Development and Export                                                               
Authority (AIDEA),  the Alaska Public Offices  Commission (APOC),                                                               
and  the Alaska  Oil  and Gas  Conservation Commission  (AOGCC)];                                                               
Section  2's  proposed AS  44.62.200(d)  no  longer contains  the                                                               
words,  "without  cross-referencing   the  Alaska  Administrative                                                               
Code"  at  the  end  of  its  second  sentence;  and  newly-added                                                               
Section 4 provides for an effective date of July 1, 2012.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  GRUENBERG questioned  whether that's  the correct                                                               
effective date to provide for.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  P.  WILSON said  she  would  research that  issue                                                               
further.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  GATTO announced  that HB  216,  Version R,  would be  held                                                               
over.