02/25/1997 08:05 AM House STA

 HCR 7 - AMEND UNIFORM RULES:COM. MEETING NOTICE                             
                                                                               
 The next order of business to come before the House State Affairs             
 Standing Committee was HCR 7, Proposing an amendment to the Uniform           
 Rules of the Alaska State Legislature relating to notice of                   
 committee meetings held during the first week of a first regular              
 session.                                                                      
                                                                               
 CHAIR JAMES called on Representative Joe Green, sponsor of HCR 7,             
 to present the resolution.                                                    
                                                                               
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 REPRESENTATIVE JOE GREEN, Alaska State Legislature, explained that            
 Mr. Jeffrey A. Logan would present the resolution today.                      
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 JEFFREY A. LOGAN, Legislative Assistant to Representative Joe                 
 Green, explained the need for HCR 7 was to allow for committee                
 meetings to be scheduled the first week of session.  The resolution           
 was the result of trying to schedule a meeting during the first               
 week of session which was denied by the Office of the Chief Clerk             
 in accordance with the Uniform Rules.  "It is not our intent in any           
 way to criticize or condemn the Clerk's office because they do a              
 wonderful job and they have gone beyond and above the call of duty            
 to help us on a number of occasions.  It's just that that's where             
 the action took place."  As a result, the sponsor went to Tamara              
 Cook, Director, Legislative Legal and Research Services,                      
 Legislative Affairs Agency, to discuss the matter.  She stated that           
 the concern had been a problem for a number of years and suggested            
 that he take care of it.                                                      
                                                                               
 MR. LOGAN explained the issue further.  On the preceding Thursday,            
 a notice had to be given to the Clerk's office.  But, the chair               
 would not necessarily be the same when the hearing took place                 
 because the Committee on Committees report was not adopted until              
 the first day of session.  Therefore, the chair on the preceding              
 Thursday was not the chair on the first legislative day, and the              
 chair on the first legislative day had already missed the preceding           
 Thursday deadline.  Thus, the resolution asked for a 24 hours                 
 notice of a meeting during the first week of session.  He noted               
 that the five day notice would still be maintained.                           
                                                                               
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 CHAIR JAMES called for a motion to move the bill out of the                   
 committee.                                                                    
                                                                               
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 REPRESENTATIVE IVAN moved that HCR 7 move from the committee with             
 attached fiscal note(s) and individual recommendations.  There was            
 no objection, HCR 7 was so moved from the House State Affairs                 
 Standing Committee.