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09/16/2020 01:00 PM Senate LEGISLATIVE BUDGET & AUDIT

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01:00:45 PM Start
01:01:25 PM Executive Session
03:14:18 PM Preliminary Audit Release
03:15:28 PM Adjourn
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Executive Session
+ Preliminary Audit Release TELECONFERENCED
-Board of Governors of the Alaska Bar
Association (Sunset)
-Special Education Service Agency (Sunset)
-Citizens' Advisory Commission on Federal Areas
(Sunset)
-Board of Public Accountancy (Sunset)
-Criminal Justice Commission (Sunset)
-Regulatory Commission of Alaska
(FY19 Annual Report)
-Department of Revenue Mustang Operations
Center 1 LLC Loan (Special)
                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
             LEGISLATIVE BUDGET AND AUDIT COMMITTEE                                                                           
                       September 16, 2020                                                                                       
                           1:00 p.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Representative Chris Tuck, Chair                                                                                                
Representative Neal Foster                                                                                                      
Representative Andy Josephson                                                                                                   
Representative Ivy Spohnholz                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Senator Bert Stedman                                                                                                            
Senator Natasha von Imhof                                                                                                       
Senator Cathy Giessel                                                                                                           
Senator Lyman Hoffman                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Representative Mark Neuman                                                                                                      
Representative Jennifer Johnston (alternate)                                                                                    
Senator Click Bishop, Vice Chair                                                                                                
Senator Bill Wielechowski (alternate)                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
EXECUTIVE SESSION                                                                                                               
PRELIMINARY AUDIT RELEASE                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
No previous action to record                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
WITNESS REGISTER                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
No witnesses to record                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
ACTION NARRATIVE                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
1:00:45 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  CHRIS  TUCK  called  the   Legislative  Budget  and  Audit                                                             
Committee meeting  to order at  1:00 p.m.   Representatives Tuck,                                                               
Josephson,   Johnston,  and   Foster  (via   teleconference)  and                                                               
Senators Stedman,  von Imhof, Geissel,  and Hoffman  were present                                                               
at the  call to order.   Representative Spohnholz arrived  as the                                                               
meeting  was  in progress.    Also  present were  Representatives                                                               
Rauscher, Merrick, Edgmon, and Tarr and Senator Reinbold.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
^EXECUTIVE SESSION                                                                                                              
                       EXECUTIVE SESSION                                                                                    
                                                                                                                              
1:01:25 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR TUCK  announced that the  first order of business  would be                                                               
an executive  session to consider  the preliminary  audit release                                                               
to the department of the following audits:                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
   • Alaska Court System, Board of Governors of the Alaska                                                                      
     Bar Association Sunset Audit                                                                                               
   • Department of Education  and  Early  Development  and                                                                      
       Department of Health and Social Services, Special                                                                        
     Education Service Agency Sunset Audit                                                                                      
   • Department of Natural Resources,  Citizens'  Advisory                                                                      
     Commission on Federal Areas Sunset Audit                                                                                   
   • Department of  Commerce,   Community,  and   Economic                                                                      
     Development, Board of Accountancy Sunset Audit                                                                             
   • Governor's Office, Criminal Justice Commission Sunset                                                                      
     Audit                                                                                                                      
   • Department of  Commerce,   Community,  and   Economic                                                                      
       Development, Regulatory Commission of Alaska FY 19                                                                       
     Annual Report Special Audit                                                                                                
   • Department of Revenue, Mustang Operations Center 1 LLC                                                                     
     Loan Special Audit                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
1:02:26 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPHSON  moved that  the Legislative  Budget and                                                               
Audit Committee go  into Executive Session under  Uniform Rule 22                                                               
(b) (3), discussion  of matters that may, by law,  be required to                                                               
be confidential.                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
1:02:48 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR TUCK  said the following  persons would remain in  the room                                                               
or  on the  phone lines:  the legislative  auditor and  necessary                                                               
staff for the auditor; any  legislators not on the committee; and                                                               
staff for legislators who are members of the committee.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
1:03:06 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  TUCK   announced  that  there  being   no  objection,  the                                                               
committee would go into executive session.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
1:03:11 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
The committee  took an at-ease  from 1:03  p.m. to 3:13  p.m. for                                                               
the purpose of the executive session.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
3:13:25 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  TUCK called  the Legislative  Budget  and Audit  Committee                                                               
back to  order at 3:13  p.m.  Present at  the call back  to order                                                               
were  Representatives Tuck,  Josephson, Johnston,  Spohnholz, and                                                               
Foster  (via teleconference)  and Senators  Stedman and  Giessel.                                                               
Senator  von  Imhof re-joined  the  meeting  in progress.    Also                                                               
present were Representatives Rauscher,  Merrick, Edgmon, and Tarr                                                               
and Senator Reinbold.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
^PRELIMINARY AUDIT RELEASE                                                                                                      
                   PRELIMINARY AUDIT RELEASE                                                                                
                                                                                                                              
3:14:18 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR TUCK  announced that the  final order of business  would be                                                               
the preliminary audit release.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
3:14:21 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPHSON  moved that  the Legislative  Budget and                                                               
Audit Committee  release the following preliminary  audits to the                                                               
agencies for response:                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
   • Alaska Court System, Board of Governors of the Alaska                                                                      
     Bar Association Sunset Audit                                                                                               
   • Department of Education and Early Development and                                                                          
       Department of Health and Social Services, Special                                                                        
     Education Service Agency Sunset Audit                                                                                      
   • Department of Natural Resources, Citizens' Advisory                                                                        
     Commission on Federal Areas Sunset Audit                                                                                   
   • Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic                                                                            
     Development, Board of Accountancy Sunset Audit                                                                             
   • Governor's Office, Criminal Justice Commission Sunset                                                                      
     Audit                                                                                                                      
   • Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic                                                                            
       Development, Regulatory Commission of Alaska FY 19                                                                       
     Annual Report Special Audit                                                                                                
   • Department of Revenue, Mustang Operations Center 1 LLC                                                                     
     Loan Special Audit                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
There being no objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
3:15:28 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
There being no further business before the committee, the                                                                       
Legislative Budget and Audit Committee meeting was adjourned at                                                                 
[3:15] p.m.                                                                                                                     

Document Name Date/Time Subjects
20-09-16 LBA Agenda Amended.pdf JBUD 9/16/2020 1:00:00 PM