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04/06/2012 01:00 PM Senate LABOR & COMMERCE


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01:01:20 PM Start
01:01:43 PM Confirmation Hearings
01:04:45 PM Adjourn
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Governor's Appointments - Rescheduled from 4/5/12
                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
          SENATE LABOR AND COMMERCE STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                        
                         April 6, 2012                                                                                          
                           1:01 p.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Senator Dennis Egan, Chair                                                                                                      
Senator Joe Paskvan, Vice Chair                                                                                                 
Senator Linda Menard                                                                                                            
Senator Bettye Davis                                                                                                            
Senator Cathy Giessel                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
All members present                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
GOVERNOR'S APPOINTMENTS                                                                                                         
     Regulatory Commission of Alaska                                                                                          
          Janis Wilson - Anchorage                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
     State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and                                                               
     Land Surveyors                                                                                                           
          Howard "Keith" Walters - Healy                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
     Board of Marine Pilots                                                                                                   
          Tom Rueter - Anchorage                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     Alaska Workers' Compensation Board                                                                                       
          Robert Weel - Anchorage                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
      - CONFIRMATIONS ADVANCED                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
No previous Committee Action to Record                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
WITNESS REGISTER                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
No witnesses to record                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
ACTION NARRATIVE                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
1:01:20 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR  DENNIS EGAN  said he  is reconvening  the recessed  Senate                                                             
Labor and  Commerce Standing  Committee meeting  from April  5 at                                                               
1:01  p.m. Present  at the  call  to order  were Senators  Davis,                                                               
Paskvan, Menard, and Chair Egan.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
^Confirmation Hearings                                                                                                          
                     CONFIRMATION HEARINGS                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
1:01:43 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR EGAN  announced consideration of the  Governor's appointees                                                               
as follows:                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Regulatory Commission of Alaska                                                                                               
Janis Wilson - Anchorage                                                                                                        
Appointed:     4/10/2006                                                                                                        
Reappointed:   4/1/2012       Term Expires: 3/1/2018                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land                                                               
Surveyors                                                                                                                     
Howard "Keith" Walters - Healy                                                                                                  
Appointed:     3/1/2012       Term Expires: 3/1/2016                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Board of Marine Pilots                                                                                                        
Tom Rueter - Anchorage                                                                                                          
Appointed:     4/1/2012       Term Expires: 3/1/2016                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Alaska Workers' Compensation Board                                                                                            
Robert Weel - Anchorage                                                                                                         
Appointed:     1/23/2006                                                                                                        
Reappointed:   3/1/2006                                                                                                         
Reappointed:   3/1/2009                                                                                                         
Reappointed:   3/1/2012       Term Expires: 3/1/2015                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
1:02:01 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR GIESSEL joined the committee.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
1:02:41 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR PASKVAN moved  to forward the names of  Janice Wilson for                                                               
the  Regulatory  Commission of  Alaska,  Howard  Walters for  the                                                               
State Board  of Registration for  Architects, Engineers  and Land                                                               
Surveyors,  Tom Reuter  and for  the Board  of Marine  Pilots and                                                               
Robert Weel  for the  Alaska Workers'  Compensation Board  to the                                                               
full  body of  the  legislature. He  added that  this  in no  way                                                               
indicated intent to vote either  for or against the appointees in                                                               
a joint session.                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR EGAN found no further comments and no objections, and said                                                                
the names were forwarded.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
1:04:10 PM                                                                                                                    
Recess from 1:04:10 to 1:04:45 p.m.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
1:04:45 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR EGAN called the Senate Labor and Commerce Standing                                                                        
Committee meeting back to order at 1:04:45 and recessed it to a                                                                 
call of the Chair at 1:04:47 p.m.                                                                                               

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