02/02/1993 09:01 AM Senate CRA

                                                                               
          SENATE COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE                        
                        February 2, 1993                                       
                            9:01 a.m.                                          
                                                                               
                                                                               
  MEMBERS PRESENT                                                              
                                                                               
  Senator Randy Phillips, Chairman                                             
  Senator Rick Halford                                                         
  Senator Al Adams                                                             
  Senator Fred Zharoff                                                         
                                                                               
  MEMBERS ABSENT                                                               
                                                                               
  Senator Robin Taylor, Vice Chairman                                          
                                                                               
  COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                           
                                                                               
  SENATE BILL NO. 15                                                           
  "An  Act  relating  to the  village  public  safety officers                 
  program."                                                                    
                                                                               
  PREVIOUS SENATE COMMITTEE ACTION                                             
                                                                               
  SB 15 - See Community & Regional Affairs minutes dated                       
          1/26/93.                                                             
                                                                               
  WITNESS REGISTER                                                             
                                                                               
  Dean Guaneli, Criminal Division                                              
  Department of Law                                                            
  P.O. Box 110300                                                              
  Juneau, AK 99811-O300                                                        
  POSITION STATEMENT:  Offered information on proposed                         
                       CSSB 15 (CRA)                                           
                                                                               
  Commissioner Richard Burton                                                  
  Department of Public Safety                                                  
  P.O. Box 11200                                                               
  Juneau, AK 99811-1200                                                        
  POSITION STATEMENT:  Supports CSSB 15 (CRA)                                  
                                                                               
  ACTION NARRATIVE                                                             
                                                                               
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  Number 001                                                                   
                                                                               
  The Senate Community & Regional Affairs Committee was called                 
  to order by Chairman Randy Phillips at 9:01 a.m.                             
  CHAIRMAN RANDY PHILLIPS brought SB 15 (VILLAGE PUBLIC SAFETY                 
  OFFICERS PROGRAM) before the committee.                                      
                                                                               
                                                                               
  Number 015                                                                   
                                                                               
  DEAN GUANELI, Criminal Division, Department of Law, speaking                 
  to  a  draft  committee substitute  dated  2/1/93,  said the                 
  proposed language was requested  by Commissioner Burton, and                 
  the changes in the statute would more accurately reflect and                 
  codify  the  Village  Public Safety  Officer  program  as it                 
  exists today.                                                                
                                                                               
  One  major change  in the  committee substitute  is  that it                 
  restricts the grants that can  be made to regional nonprofit                 
  corporations.  The  change was made  at the suggestion of  a                 
  number of the  regional nonprofits corporations  who thought                 
  it was more appropriate  that they be the funding  mechanism                 
  on a  regional basis  rather than  the Department  of Public                 
  Safety dealing with villages on a  village-by-village basis.                 
  Mr. Guaneli said it  makes sense in terms of  efficiency, as                 
  well as in  terms of more uniformity in  services throughout                 
  regions.                                                                     
                                                                               
  Mr. Guaneli  noted  the question  had arose  of whether  the                 
  phrase  "regional  nonprofit  corporations" is  sufficiently                 
  understood  to  limit  it  to  the Native  corporations,  or                 
  whether  some  other  corporation  could  form itself  as  a                 
  nonprofit group and come under the provision.                                
                                                                               
  Number 085                                                                   
                                                                               
  SENATOR  ADAMS   stated  his   support  for  the   committee                 
  substitute, saying it achieves the same goal as the original                 
  bill.                                                                        
                                                                               
  Number 088                                                                   
                                                                               
  CHAIRMAN RANDY PHILLIPS  asked Senator  Adams if he  thought                 
  there should  be a  definition section  to define  "regional                 
  nonprofit corporations."    SENATOR ADAMS  answered that  he                 
  wanted to limit  it to a  regional nonprofit and he  thought                 
  including a definition section would be appropriate.                         
                                                                               
  Number 105                                                                   
                                                                               
  There  was  brief  discussion and  it  was  agreed that  the                 
  appropriate language would  be drafted into a  new committee                 
  substitute  and  that the  bill  would  be  back before  the                 
  committee at its next meeting on Thursday.                                   
  There  being  no   further  business  to  come   before  the                 
  committee, Chairman Randy Phillips adjourned  the meeting at                 
  9:10 a.m.