03/03/2005 08:00 AM House STATE AFFAIRS

HJR  7-CONST AM: SEC. OF STATE REFERENCES                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
8:03:24 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  SEATON announced  that  the first  order  of business  was                                                               
HOUSE  JOINT  RESOLUTION  NO.  7,  Proposing  amendments  to  the                                                               
Constitution  of   the  State  of  Alaska   to  correct  obsolete                                                               
references to  the office of  secretary of state  by substituting                                                               
references to the office of lieutenant governor.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
8:03:25 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
JON BITTNER,  Staff to Representative Tom  Anderson, Alaska State                                                               
Legislature,  introduced  HJR  7   on  behalf  of  Representative                                                               
Anderson,  sponsor.   He reported  that  back in  1970, when  the                                                               
legislature proposed a  series of amendments to  the Alaska State                                                               
Constitution that changed the name  of the Office of Secretary of                                                               
State to  the Office of  the Lieutenant Governor,  two references                                                               
to "Secretary of State" were  missed.  Those references appear in                                                               
Article 2,  Section 5, and Article  3, Section 25.   The proposed                                                               
resolution would correct that oversight  and put the issue on the                                                               
ballot for a popular vote of the people.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
8:04:30 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MR.  BITTNER,  in  response to  a  question  from  Representative                                                               
Gardner, said  he is not aware  of anyone who is  opposed to [HJR
].                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
8:04:42 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  SEATON,  after  ascertaining  that there  was  no  one  to                                                               
testify, closed public testimony.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
8:05:22 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE GARDNER  moved to  report HJR  7 out  of committee                                                               
with  individual  recommendations  and  the  accompanying  fiscal                                                               
notes.  There  being no objection, HJR 7 was  reported out of the                                                               
House State Affairs Standing Committee.