Legislature(2009 - 2010)CAPITOL 106
04/09/2010 03:15 PM House LABOR & COMMERCE
| Audio | Topic |
|---|---|
| Start | |
| SB159 | |
| HCR21 | |
| SB279 | |
| Adjourn |
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
| += | SB 159 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | HCR 21 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | SB 279 | TELECONFERENCED | |
HCR 21-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLANNING COMMISSION
3:38:29 PM
CHAIR OLSON announced that the next order of business would be
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 21, Creating and relating to the
Economic Development Planning Commission. [Before the committee
was CSHCR 21(EDT)].
ROB EARL, Staff, Representative Bob Herron, Alaska State
Legislature, introduced himself.
ERIN HARRINGTON, Staff, Representative Alan Austerman, Alaska
State Legislature, introduced herself.
3:39:18 PM
REPRESENTATIVE CHENAULT made a motion to adopt Amendment 1,
labeled 26-LS1446\P.3, Cook, 4/5/10.
Page 2, line 8:
Delete "public member"
Insert "member of the House of Representatives"
Page 2, lines 9 - 11:
Delete all material.
Insert "Representatives;"
Page 2, lines 12 - 13:
Delete "who is not an officer of the state or
employed by officers of the state,"
Page 2, line 13:
Delete "sector,"
Insert "sector"
Page 2, lines 15 - 17:
Delete all material and insert:
"(5) one member of the Senate appointed by
the President of the Senate;"
Page 2, line 21:
Delete "one public member"
Insert "two public members"
Page 2, line 24:
Delete "one public member"
Insert "two public members"
CHAIR OLSON objected for the purpose of discussion.
3:39:45 PM
MR. EARL explained that Amendment 1 would change the appointment
authority for the legislative members of the commission. The
President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House rather than
the co-chairs of the Finance Committees would make the
appointments. Thus, the resolution would maintain the same
membership composition of six public members, including two
legislators, two members of the executive branch, the
committee's prior amendment on March 30th to include the
president of the Alaska Partnership for Economic Development, or
the president's designee, and one additional public appointment.
Amendment 1 also would remove the requirement for four of the
appointees to not be officers of the state or employed by
officers of the state. This requirement was removed to provide
the flexibility to select qualified candidates from the
executive branch or the Governor's office if a potential
candidate has the needed expertise.
3:41:10 PM
CHAIR OLSON removed his objection. There being no further
objection, Amendment 1 was adopted.
3:41:36 PM
REPRESENTATIVE CHENAULT made a motion to adopt Conceptual
Amendment 1, labeled, Conceptual Amendment to Amendment P.3,
which read [original punctuation provided]:
INSERT at line 1:
P. 2, lines 4-7
Delete all material
INSERT at line 19:
P. 2, lines 18-19
Delete "who is not an officer of the state or
employed by officers of the state"
CHAIR OLSON objected for purpose of discussion.
3:41:56 PM
MR. EARL restated Conceptual Amendment 1. He referred to page
2, lines 4-7. He stated that Conceptual Amendment 1 is
essentially "clean up" language. The effect of Conceptual
Amendment 1 is that the two legislators members would be
appointed by presiding officers of the legislature. He referred
to page 2, lines 18-19, to paragraph (6) and related that the
language "...who is not an officer of the state or employed by
officers of the state..." would also be deleted. This reference
was inadvertently omitted from the list of the four public
member appointees that should be allowed to be officers of the
state.
CHAIR OLSON removed his objection. There being no further
objection, Conceptual Amendment 1 was adopted.
3:42:41 PM
REPRESENTATIVE CHENAULT made motion to adopt Amendment 1, as
amended by Conceptual Amendment 1.
CHAIR OLSON related that this would motion would combine
Amendment 1 and the Conceptual Amendment 1, which were both
adopted at today's hearing.
There being no objection, Amendment 1, as amended was adopted.
3:45:09 PM
CHAIR OLSON, after first determining that no one else wished to
testify, closed the public hearing on HCR 21.
3:45:33 PM
REPRESENTATIVE T. WILSON asked whether the sponsor would object
to removing the funding for the staff person from the fiscal
note.
REPRESENTATIVE ALAN AUSTERMAN, Alaska State Legislature, said he
thought that he could work with the Department of Commerce,
Community, & Economic Development (DCCED) on the bill. He
stated that he did not have a problem removing the staff person
and the attached funding.
3:46:00 PM
REPRESENTATIVE T. WILSON offered that she did not object to the
travel and per diem in the amount of $22,000 included in the
fiscal note.
3:46:17 PM
REPRESENTATIVE CHENAULT moved to report HCR 21, as amended, out
of committee with individual recommendations and the
accompanying fiscal notes. There being no objection, CSHCR
21(L&C) was reported from the House Labor and Commerce Standing
Committee.