Legislature(2005 - 2006)CAPITOL 17

04/27/2005 03:15 PM House LABOR & COMMERCE


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03:36:20 PM Start
03:37:27 PM Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
03:39:25 PM Board of Marine Pilots
03:40:29 PM State Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Board
03:41:26 PM Real Estate Commission
03:41:52 PM Adjourn
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+ Confirmation hearings: TELECONFERENCED
Alcoholic Beverage Control
Dental Examiners
Marine Pilots
Pharmacy
Physical Therapy & Occupational Therapy
Professional Counselors
Real Estate Commission
+ Bills Previously Heard/Scheduled TELECONFERENCED
                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
          HOUSE LABOR AND COMMERCE STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                         
                         April 27, 2005                                                                                         
                           3:36 p.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Representative Tom Anderson, Chair                                                                                              
Representative Gabrielle LeDoux                                                                                                 
Representative Bob Lynn                                                                                                         
Representative Norman Rokeberg                                                                                                  
Representative Harry Crawford                                                                                                   
Representative David Guttenberg                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Representative Pete Kott                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CONFIRMATION HEARING(S)                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
     Michael Gordon - Anchorage                                                                                                 
     William Tull - Palmer                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Board of Dental Examiners                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
     Dr. William Gerace, D.D.S. - Anchorage                                                                                     
     Greg Gursey - Anchorage                                                                                                    
     Vickie Hauff - Anchorage                                                                                                   
     Dr. Rebecca Neslund, D.M.D. - Kodiak                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Board of Marine Pilots                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
     Dale Collins - Ketchikan                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Board of Pharmacy                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
     Mary Mundell - Homer                                                                                                       
     Leona Oberts - Soldotna                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
State Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Board                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
     JoAnne Boehme - Juneau                                                                                                     
     Gary Burleson - Anchorage                                                                                                  
     Alec Kay - Anchorage                                                                                                       
     Jay McDiarmid - Fairbanks                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Board of Professional Counselors                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
     James (Randy) Morton - Nome                                                                                                
     Tashawna Olson - Homer                                                                                                     
     Dr. Kerry Turnbow - Fairbanks                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Real Estate Commission                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
     Gene DuVal - Fairbanks                                                                                                     
     Roger Stone - Ketchikan                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
No previous action to record                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
WITNESS REGISTER                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
No witnesses to record                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
ACTION NARRATIVE                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR TOM ANDERSON  called the House Labor  and Commerce Standing                                                             
Committee  meeting  to  order at  3:36:20  PM.    Representatives                                                             
Anderson, LeDoux,  Lynn, Rokeberg, Crawford, and  Guttenberg were                                                               
present at the call to order.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
^CONFIRMATION HEARING(S)                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  ANDERSON reminded  the committee  that  last week  members                                                               
were provided  with copies  of the  applications and  resumes for                                                               
the latest  group of appointments  from the administration.   Due                                                               
to  the lack  of any  requests  to [speak]  with the  appointees,                                                               
Chair  Anderson  interpreted that  to  mean  no one  objected  to                                                               
forwarding  the names  to  the  joint session  of  the House  and                                                               
Senate.  Therefore, he announced  that the confirmation committee                                                               
report would be circulated for  members' signatures.  He reminded                                                               
the committee  that the signature  on the report  doesn't reflect                                                               
the  intent to  vote in  support  or opposition  to an  appointee                                                               
during the joint floor session.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
^Alcoholic Beverage Control Board                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
3:37:27 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR ANDERSON  announced that the  committee would  consider the                                                               
appointments of Michael Gordon and  William Tull to the Alcoholic                                                               
Beverage Control (ABC) Board.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  ROKEBERG  related  his  strong  support  for  Mr.                                                               
Gordon, who is  a friend and has  also been the chair  of the ABC                                                               
Board.                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  ROKEBERG moved  that  the  committee advance  the                                                               
names  of  Michael  Gordon  and William  Tull  to  the  Alcoholic                                                               
Beverage  Control Board  to the  joint session  of the  House and                                                               
Senate  for   confirmation.    There  being   no  objection,  the                                                               
aforementioned  names  were advanced  from  the  House Labor  and                                                               
Commerce Standing Committee.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
^Board of Dental Examiners                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR ANDERSON  announced that the  committee would  now consider                                                               
the  appointments of  Dr. William  Gerace, Mr.  Greg Gursey,  Ms.                                                               
Vickie  Hauff, and  Dr. Rebecca  Neslund to  the Board  of Dental                                                               
Examiners.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  LEDOUX commented  that  Dr. Neslund,  one of  her                                                               
constituents, will do a great job in this position.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  LEDOUX  moved  that  the  committee  advance  the                                                               
aforementioned  names to  the Board  of Dental  Examiners to  the                                                               
joint session  of the House  and Senate for confirmation.   There                                                               
being  no  objection,  the  names of  Dr.  William  Gerace,  Greg                                                               
Gursey, Vickie Hauff, and Dr.  Rebecca Neslund were advanced from                                                               
the House Labor and Commerce Standing Committee.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
^Board of Marine Pilots                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
3:39:25 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR ANDERSON  announced that the  committee would  consider the                                                               
appointment  of  Dale Collins  to  the  Board of  Marine  Pilots.                                                               
Chair Anderson  opined that Mr.  Collins has done  an exceptional                                                               
job with the Board of Marine Pilots.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE LYNN moved that the  committee advance the name of                                                               
Dale Collins to  the Board of Marine Pilots to  the joint session                                                               
of  the  House and  Senate  for  confirmation.   There  being  no                                                               
objection, the  aforementioned name  was advanced from  the House                                                               
Labor and Commerce Standing Committee.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
^Board of Pharmacy                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR ANDERSON  announced that the  committee would  now consider                                                               
the appointments  of Mary Mundell  and Leona Oberts to  the Board                                                               
of Pharmacy.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE LYNN  moved that  the committee advance  the names                                                               
of Mary Mundell and Leona Oberts  to the Board of Pharmacy to the                                                               
joint session  of the House  and Senate for confirmation.   There                                                               
being no  objection, the aforementioned names  were advanced from                                                               
the House Labor and Commerce Standing Committee.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
^State Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Board                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR ANDERSON  announced that the  committee would  now consider                                                               
the appointments  to the State Physical  Therapy and Occupational                                                               
Therapy Board.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
3:40:29 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE LEDOUX moved that  the committee advance the names                                                               
of JoAnne Boehme,  Gary Burleson, Alec Kay, and  Jay McDiarmid to                                                               
the  State  Physical  Therapy  and  Occupational  Therapy  Board.                                                               
There being no objection, the  aforementioned names were advanced                                                               
from the House Labor and Commerce Standing Committee.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
^Board of Professional Counselors                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR ANDERSON  announced that the  committee would  consider the                                                               
appointments  of  James Morton,  Tashawna  Olson,  and Dr.  Kerry                                                               
Turnbow to the Board of Professional Counselors.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  ROKEBERG moved  that  the  committee advance  the                                                               
aforementioned names  to the Board of  Professional Counselors to                                                               
the  joint session  of  the House  and  Senate for  confirmation.                                                               
There being  no objection,  the names  of James  Morton, Tashawna                                                               
Olson, and  Dr. Kerry Turnbow  was advanced from the  House Labor                                                               
and Commerce Standing Committee.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
^Real Estate Commission                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR ANDERSON  announced that the  committee would  now consider                                                               
the appointment of Gene DuVal and  Roger Stone to the Real Estate                                                               
Commission.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
3:41:26 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  LYNN   moved  that  the  committee   advance  the                                                               
aforementioned names to  the Real Estate Commission  to the joint                                                               
session of  the House and  Senate for confirmation.   There being                                                               
no objection,  the names of  Gene DuVal and Roger  Stone advanced                                                               
from the House Labor and Commerce Standing Committee.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
3:41:33 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
There being no further business before the committee, the House                                                                 
Labor and Commerce Standing Committee meeting was adjourned at                                                                  
3:41:52 PM.                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                

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