Legislature(1999 - 2000)
01/19/2000 04:14 PM House RLS
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HOUSE RULES STANDING COMMITTEE
January 19, 2000
4:14 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Representative John Cowdery, Chairman
Representative Gail Phillips
Representative Pete Kott
Representative Ethan Berkowitz
MEMBERS ABSENT
Representative Brian Porter
Representative Joe Green
Representative Reggie Joule
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 16
Proposing an amendment to the Uniform Rules of the Alaska State
Legislature relating to standing committees; and providing for an
effective date.
- MOVED CSHCR 16(RLS) OUT OF COMMITTEE
PREVIOUS ACTION
BILL: HCR 16
SHORT TITLE: AMEND UNIFORM RULES; STANDING COMMITTEES
Jrn-Date Jrn-Page Action
1/10/00 1885 (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
1/10/00 1885 (H) RLS
1/10/00 1885 (H) REFERRED TO RULES
1/19/00 (H) RLS AT 4:00 PM BELTZ ROOM 211
WITNESS REGISTER
JONATHON LACK, Legislative Assistant
to Representative Halcro
Alaska State Legislature
Capitol Building, Room 418
Juneau, Alaska 99801
POSITION STATEMENT: Presented HCR 16.
ACTION NARRATIVE
TAPE 00-1, SIDE A
Number 0001
CHAIRMAN JOHN COWDERY called the House Rules Standing Committee
meeting to order at 4:14 p.m. Members present at the call to order
were Representatives Cowdery, Phillips, Kott and Berkowitz.
Representatives Porter, Green, and Joule were not in attendance.
HCR 16-AMEND UNIFORM RULES; STANDING COMMITTEES
[Due to recorder malfunction, there are a couple of minutes of
blank space at the beginning of the tape.]
CHAIRMAN COWDERY announced that the only order of business before
the committee would be HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 16,
Proposing an amendment to the Uniform Rules of the Alaska State
Legislature relating to standing committees; and providing for an
effective date.
Number 0080
JONATHON LACK, Legislative Assistant to Representative Halcro,
Alaska State Legislature, explained that HCR 16 is in response to
last year's passage of HB 40, which consolidated and renamed some
departments. This is strictly a technical bill that allows
committee jurisdiction to parallel the new names of the state
departments. Mr. Lack noted that the only difference would be on
page 2, lines 6 and 7, which specifies that the Community and
Regional Affairs Committee will take over jurisdiction of the
functions in the unorganized boroughs. He explained that this
change is in response to testimony received during Community and
Regional Affairs Committee hearings last year. The affected
committee chairmen have been notified of the legislation and no
response has been received from them.
REPRESENTATIVE PHILLIPS referred to the change on page 2, line 7,
and commented that the language reflects the intent of the
legislation [HB 40].
Number 0175
REPRESENTATIVE BERKOWITZ referred to page 2, line 4, and said that
language should parallel the language on page 2, line 7, but it
does not. He asked if there is a reason for the difference.
MR. LACK answered that there is not a reason. He explained that
the Department of Community and Economic Development does not have
specific jurisdiction over the unorganized boroughs, and therefore
there is no need for such redundancy on page 2, line 4. If the
committee saw fit to modify the language on page 2, line 4, to
include "and government services", he did not believe
Representative Halcro would have a problem with that.
REPRESENTATIVE BERKOWITZ stated that he would prefer reconciling
the language in order to avoid confusion later. Therefore,
Representative Berkowitz moved the following amendment:
Page 2, line 7,
Delete "and government services or function in
the unorganized borough"
MR. LACK requested clarification on what language was being
deleted.
REPRESENTATIVE BERKOWITZ repeated the language to be deleted. He
then asked if Mr. Lack felt it important to specifically mention
the unorganized borough.
MR. LACK said that the desire was to specifically mention the
unorganized borough.
REPRESENTATIVE BERKOWITZ requested that he modify his proposed
amendment to read as follows:
Page 2, line 4, after "government"
Insert "and government services or function in
the unorganized borough"
Representative Berkowitz explained that the intention is to make
the language parallel in both places. He said that this second
amendment is the one he is offering.
CHAIRMAN COWDERY clarified then that Representative Berkowitz's
first amendment is withdrawn and the second amendment as specified
is before the committee. He asked if there were any objections.
There being none, the amendment was adopted.
Number 310
REPRESENTATIVE PHILLIPS referred to the language on page 2, line 4,
where there is a closing parenthesis. She inquired as to the
location of the initial parenthesis.
MR. LACK pointed out that the initial parenthesis is located on
page 1, line 16, after the word "Commerce".
REPRESENTATIVE KOTT acknowledged that HCR 16 is an important piece
of legislation. He asked if HCR 16 is Representative Halcro's
number one priority.
MR. LACK informed the committee that Representative Halcro's number
one priority is a 90-day session.
Number 0451
REPRESENTATIVE KOTT moved to report HCR 16 as amended out of
committee with individual recommendations and the accompanying zero
fiscal note. There being no objection, it was so ordered and CSHCR
16(RLS) was forwarded for calendaring.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business before the committee, the House
Rules Standing Committee meeting was adjourned at 4:17 p.m.
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