Legislature(2007 - 2008)CAPITOL 106

01/24/2007 12:00 PM House RULES


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12:02:46 PM Start
12:03:19 PM Organizational
12:05:46 PM Adjourn
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                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
                 HOUSE RULES STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                               
                        January 24, 2007                                                                                        
                           12:02 p.m.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Representative John Coghill, Chair                                                                                              
Representative John Harris                                                                                                      
Representative Anna Fairclough                                                                                                  
Representative Craig Johnson                                                                                                    
Representative Ralph Samuels                                                                                                    
Representative Beth Kerttula                                                                                                    
Representative David Guttenberg                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
All members present                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
ORGANIZATIONAL                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
No previous action to record                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
WITNESS REGISTER                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
No witnesses to record                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
ACTION NARRATIVE                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  JOHN COGHILL  called the  House  Rules Standing  Committee                                                             
meeting  to  order  at 12:02:46  PM.    Representatives  Coghill,                                                             
Harris,  Fairclough, Johnson,  Samuels, Kerttula,  and Guttenberg                                                               
were present at the call to order.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
^Organizational                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
12:03:19 PM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR COGHILL announced that this meeting would address the                                                                     
organizational issues of the House Rules Standing Committee.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
12:03:24 PM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  HARRIS  moved   that  Representative  Samuels  be                                                               
nominated and elected  as Vice Chair of the  House Rules Standing                                                               
Committee.  There being no objection, it was so ordered.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
12:03:47 PM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  SAMUELS  moved  that  the  House  Rules  Standing                                                               
Committee  delegate authority  to  calendar all  measures to  the                                                               
Chair  of the  House Rules  Standing Committee.   There  being no                                                               
objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
12:04:12 PM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  SAMUELS  moved  that  the  House  Rules  Standing                                                               
Committee  adopt  a  policy  that  does  not  require  electronic                                                               
recording of  subcommittee meetings if minutes  are prepared, and                                                               
requires the  subcommittee to submit  a subcommittee  report form                                                               
to the full committee, and  requires that "Notice of subcommittee                                                               
meeting must  be posted no  later than  4:00 p.m. the  day before                                                               
the meeting is to be held."                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR COGHILL  explained that  previous policy  required five-day                                                               
notice  of  subcommittee  meetings.     However,  compliance  was                                                               
difficult.    Therefore,  this   proposed  policy  provides  some                                                               
flexibility  while  providing  a  "bright line"  with  regard  to                                                               
notification requirements.   He  noted that the  committee packet                                                               
should include further explanation with  regard to this policy as                                                               
well as the subcommittee report form that will be utilized.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
12:05:16 PM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  KERTTULA  related   her  understanding  that  the                                                               
problem  has   been  that  there   hasn't  been  any   notice  of                                                               
subcommittee  meetings   in  the  past,  and   thus  this  policy                                                               
strengthens the notice requirements for subcommittee meetings.                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
12:05:46 PM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  COGHILL, upon  determining  that there  was no  objection,                                                               
announced   that  the   aforementioned  policy   on  subcommittee                                                               
meetings was adopted.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
There being no  further business before the  committee, the House                                                               
Rules Standing Committee meeting was adjourned at 12:06 p.m.                                                                    

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