03/27/2014 01:30 PM Senate LABOR & COMMERCE

            HB 167-ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, SURVEYORS                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
1:42:46 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR  DUNLEAVY   reconvened  the   meeting  and   announced  the                                                               
consideration of HB 167. It is the second hearing on the bill.                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
ANNA  LATHAM,  Staff,  Representative Kurt  Olson,  Alaska  State                                                               
Legislature, Juneau,  Alaska, presented HB  167 on behalf  of the                                                               
sponsor. She  explained that the bill  is an Act relating  to the                                                               
regulation   of  architects,   engineers,  land   surveyors,  and                                                               
landscape architects. It  is a housekeeping bill  and all changes                                                               
were brought  forth by  their board.  It requires  registrants to                                                               
sign the  seals on documents  instead of stamping  the documents,                                                               
signing and  indicating which portion  of the documents  they are                                                               
taking  credit for.  It  requires  documents containing  multiple                                                               
fields of  practice to  be sealed and  signed by  each registrant                                                               
and it adds definitions.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
She noted the bill  passed the House last year by  a vote of 29:0                                                               
and it  was previously  heard by this  committee on  February 11,                                                               
2014.                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR DUNLEAVY asked if there were any questions.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
1:44:34 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR DUNLEAVY opened and closed public testimony.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
1:45:12 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR STEDMAN moved to report CS for HB 167, Version N, from                                                                  
committee with individual recommendations and attached fiscal                                                                   
note.                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR DUNLEAVY announced that without objection, CSHB 167(RLS)                                                                  
was reported from the Senate Labor and Commerce Standing                                                                        
Committee.