04/20/2006 01:30 PM Senate LABOR & COMMERCE
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| Start | |
| HB439 | |
| SB282 | |
| SB315 | |
| HB338 | |
| HB31 | |
| Adjourn |
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= bill was previously heard/scheduled
| + | HB 31 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | HB 338 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| *+ | SB 315 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | TELECONFERENCED | ||
| += | HB 439 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | SB 282 | TELECONFERENCED | |
ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
SENATE LABOR AND COMMERCE STANDING COMMITTEE
April 20, 2006
1:31 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Senator Con Bunde, Chair
Senator Ralph Seekins, Vice Chair
Senator Ben Stevens
Senator Bettye Davis
MEMBERS ABSENT
Senator Johnny Ellis
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 439(L&C) am
"An Act relating to authorizing the state to join with other
states in entering into the Interstate Insurance Product
Regulation Compact."
MOVED CSHB 439(L&C) AM FROM COMMITTEE
SENATE BILL NO. 282
"An Act relating to the use of broadcasting to promote raffles
and lotteries."
MOVED SB 282 FROM COMMITTEE
SENATE BILL NO. 315
"An Act relating to the disposition of unredeemed property; and
providing for an effective date."
MOVED CSSB 315(L&C) FROM COMMITTEE
CS FOR SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 31(FIN)
"An Act relating to the presumption of coverage for a workers'
compensation claim for disability as a result of certain
diseases for certain occupations."
HEARD AND HELD
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 338(L&C)
"An Act relating to applications, qualifications, and criminal
history and background checks for a certificate of fitness for
explosives handlers; and providing for an effective date."
MOVED CSHB 338(L&C) FROM COMMITTEE
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION
BILL: HB 439
SHORT TITLE: INSURANCE PRODUCT REGULATION COMPACT
SPONSOR(s): REPRESENTATIVE(s) COGHILL
02/10/06 (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
02/10/06 (H) L&C, JUD
03/01/06 (H) L&C AT 3:15 PM CAPITOL 17
03/01/06 (H) Moved CSHB 439(L&C) Out of Committee
03/01/06 (H) MINUTE(L&C)
03/03/06 (H) L&C RPT CS(L&C) NT 3DP 3NR
03/03/06 (H) DP: LYNN, ROKEBERG, KOTT;
03/03/06 (H) NR: CRAWFORD, LEDOUX, GUTTENBERG
03/22/06 (H) JUD AT 1:00 PM CAPITOL 120
03/22/06 (H) <Bill Hearing Postponed to 03/24/06>
03/24/06 (H) JUD AT 1:00 PM CAPITOL 120
03/24/06 (H) Scheduled But Not Heard
03/27/06 (H) JUD AT 1:00 PM CAPITOL 120
03/27/06 (H) Moved CSHB 439(L&C) Out of Committee
03/27/06 (H) MINUTE(JUD)
03/28/06 (H) JUD RPT CS(L&C) NT 4DP 2AM
03/28/06 (H) DP: COGHILL, ANDERSON, KOTT, MCGUIRE;
03/28/06 (H) AM: GARA, GRUENBERG
04/05/06 (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S)
04/05/06 (H) VERSION: CSHB 439(L&C) AM
04/07/06 (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
04/07/06 (S) L&C, JUD
04/11/06 (S) L&C AT 1:30 PM BELTZ 211
04/11/06 (S) Heard & Held
04/11/06 (S) MINUTE(L&C)
04/20/06 (S) L&C AT 1:30 PM BELTZ 211
BILL: SB 282
SHORT TITLE: BROADCASTING PROMOTING CHARITABLE GAMING
SPONSOR(s): SENATOR(s) STEVENS G
02/13/06 (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
02/13/06 (S) L&C, STA
04/11/06 (S) L&C AT 1:30 PM BELTZ 211
04/11/06 (S) Heard & Held
04/11/06 (S) MINUTE(L&C)
04/20/06 (S) L&C AT 1:30 PM BELTZ 211
BILL: SB 315
SHORT TITLE: DISPOSITION OF UNREDEEMED PROPERTY
SPONSOR(s): RULES
04/12/06 (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
04/12/06 (S) L&C, FIN
04/20/06 (S) L&C AT 1:30 PM BELTZ 211
BILL: HB 31
SHORT TITLE: WORKERS' COMP: DISEASE PRESUMPTION
SPONSOR(s): REPRESENTATIVE(s) ANDERSON
01/10/05 (H) PREFILE RELEASED 12/30/04
01/10/05 (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
01/10/05 (H) L&C, HES, FIN
02/09/05 (H) L&C AT 3:15 PM CAPITOL 17
02/09/05 (H) Heard & Held
02/09/05 (H) MINUTE(L&C)
03/04/05 (H) SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE INTRODUCED
03/04/05 (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
03/04/05 (H) L&C, HES, FIN
03/04/05 (H) L&C AT 3:15 PM CAPITOL 17
03/04/05 (H) Moved Out of Committee
03/04/05 (H) MINUTE(L&C)
03/07/05 (H) L&C RPT 4DP 3NR
03/07/05 (H) DP: CRAWFORD, LYNN, GUTTENBERG,
ANDERSON;
03/07/05 (H) NR: KOTT, LEDOUX, ROKEBERG
03/29/05 (H) HES AT 3:00 PM CAPITOL 106
03/29/05 (H) Moved Out of Committee
03/29/05 (H) MINUTE(HES)
04/01/05 (H) HES RPT 2DP 1DNP 1NR
04/01/05 (H) DP: ANDERSON, MCGUIRE;
04/01/05 (H) DNP: WILSON;
04/01/05 (H) NR: KOHRING
04/21/05 (H) FIN AT 1:30 PM HOUSE FINANCE 519
04/21/05 (H) Moved CSSSHB 31(FIN) Out of Committee
04/21/05 (H) MINUTE(FIN)
04/22/05 (H) FIN RPT CS(FIN) 3DP 4NR
04/22/05 (H) DP: HAWKER, CROFT, STOLTZE;
04/22/05 (H) NR: WEYHRAUCH, JOULE, KELLY, CHENAULT
03/30/06 (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S)
03/30/06 (H) VERSION: CSSSHB 31(FIN)
03/31/06 (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
03/31/06 (S) L&C, FIN
04/20/06 (S) L&C AT 1:30 PM BELTZ 211
BILL: HB 338
SHORT TITLE: CERTIF. OF FITNESS FOR EXPLOSIVE HANDLERS
SPONSOR(s): REPRESENTATIVE(s) CHENAULT, LYNN
01/09/06 (H) PREFILE RELEASED 12/30/05
01/09/06 (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
01/09/06 (H) L&C, FIN
01/18/06 (H) L&C AT 3:15 PM CAPITOL 17
01/18/06 (H) Heard & Held
01/18/06 (H) MINUTE(L&C)
01/27/06 (H) L&C AT 3:15 PM CAPITOL 17
01/27/06 (H) Heard & Held
01/27/06 (H) MINUTE(L&C)
02/15/06 (H) L&C AT 3:15 PM CAPITOL 17
02/15/06 (H) Moved CSHB 338(L&C) Out of Committee
02/15/06 (H) MINUTE(L&C)
02/17/06 (H) L&C RPT CS(L&C) 3DP 1NR
02/17/06 (H) DP: CRAWFORD, LYNN, ANDERSON;
02/17/06 (H) NR: ROKEBERG
03/01/06 (H) FIN AT 1:30 PM HOUSE FINANCE 519
03/01/06 (H) Moved CSHB 338(L&C) Out of Committee
03/01/06 (H) MINUTE(FIN)
03/03/06 (H) FIN RPT CS(L&C) 6DP 4NR
03/03/06 (H) DP: KERTTULA, JOULE, MOSES, FOSTER,
MEYER, CHENAULT;
03/03/06 (H) NR: STOLTZE, HAWKER, HOLM, KELLY
03/17/06 (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S)
03/17/06 (H) VERSION: CSHB 338(L&C)
03/20/06 (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
03/20/06 (S) L&C, FIN
04/20/06 (S) L&C AT 1:30 PM BELTZ 211
WITNESS REGISTER
RYNNIEVA MOSS
Staff to Representative John Coghill
State Capitol
Juneau AK
POSITION STATEMENT: Commented on HB 439 for the sponsor.
DOUG LETCH
Staff to Senator Gary Stevens
Alaska State Capitol
Juneau, AK 99801-1182
POSITION STATEMENT: Commented on SB 282 for the sponsor.
DENNIS BOOKEY, General Manager
Morris Communications
Anchorage AK
POSITION STATEMENT: Supported SB 282.
ANNETTE SKIBINSKI
Staff to Senator Cowdery
Alaska State Capitol
Juneau, AK 99801-1182
POSITION STATEMENT: Commented on SB 315 for the sponsor.
ED SNIFFEN, Assistant Attorney General
Department of Law
PO Box 110300
Juneau, AK 99811-0300
POSITION STATEMENT: Commented on SB 315.
LALANYA SNYDER
Staff to Representative Chenault
Alaska State Capitol
Juneau, AK 99801-1182
POSITION STATEMENT: Commented on HB 338 for the sponsor.
GRAY MITCHEL, Director
Division of Labor Standards and Safety
Department of Labor & Workforce
Development
PO Box 21149
Juneau, AK 99802-1149
POSITION STATEMENT: Supported HB 338.
REPRESENTATIVE TOM ANDERSON
Alaska State Capitol
Juneau, AK 99801-1182
POSITION STATEMENT: Sponsor of HB 31.
JEFF BUSH, Executive Director
Alaska Public Entity Insurance
POSITION STATEMENT: Opposed HB 31.
TOM BOEDEKER, City Manager
Soldotna AK
POSITION STATEMENT: Opposed HB 31.
DAVID TALERICO, Mayor
Denali Borough
Healy AK 99743
POSITION STATEMENT: Opposed HB 31.
ACTION NARRATIVE
CHAIR CON BUNDE called the Senate Labor and Commerce Standing
Committee meeting to order at 1:31:13 PM. Present at the call to
order were Senators Davis, Seekins, Ben Stevens and Chair Bunde.
CSHB 439(L&C) am -INSURANCE PRODUCT REGULATION COMPACT
CHAIR CON BUNDE announced CSHB 439(L&C) AM to be up for
consideration.
RYNNIEVA MOSS, staff to Representative John Coghill, explained
that industry requested this legislation so that it could save a
little money on these insurance policies by conforming on a
national level. She stressed that one of the reasons
Representative Coghill got involved in this legislation was
because there was grumbling with Washington, D.C. that the feds
would like to get into the action and this is one way to avoid
that.
CHAIR BUNDE asked Linda Hall, Director, Division of Insurance,
if she wanted to make additional comments. She indicated no.
1:32:40 PM
SENATOR SEEKINS moved to pass CSHB 439(L&C) AM from committee
with individual recommendations and attached fiscal notes.
Senators Davis, Seekins, Ben Stevens and Chair Bunde voted yea;
and so CSHB 439(L&C) AM moved from committee.
SB 282-BROADCASTING PROMOTING CHARITABLE GAMING
CHAIR CON BUNDE announced SB 282 to be back up for
consideration.
DOUG LETCH, staff to Senator Gary Stevens, sponsor of SB 282,
said he would be happy to answer questions.
CHAIR BUNDE said that the radio broadcasting industry was
concerned that promoting charitable gaming wasn't fair at this
point.
SENATOR BETTYE DAVIS asked if it was clarified that the
promoters had to be residents of Alaska.
CHAIR BUNDE responded that he had received an Attorney General's
opinion that stated outside raffles by non-profits would be able
to advertise their raffles for lottery in Alaska in newspapers
and on the radio.
DENNIS BOOKEY, General Manager, Morris Communications, said he
had already testified, didn't have anything new to add and
didn't want to hold up passage of the bill.
1:36:15 PM
SENATOR SEEKINS moved to report SB 282 from committee with
individual recommendations and attached fiscal note. Senators
Davis, Ben Stevens, Seekins, and Chair Bunde voted yea; so SB
282 moved from committee.
SB 315-DISPOSITION OF UNREDEEMED PROPERTY
CHAIR CON BUNDE announced SB 315 to be up for consideration.
ANNETTE SKIBINSKI, staff to Senator Cowdery, explained that SB
315 has to do with property that is left at a pawn shop
unclaimed past the unredeemed property deadline. Currently,
there is a pawn loan limit of $500, which was set 13 years ago.
This bill does not seek to change that limit, but it brings the
disparity in the ratio between pawn loan limits and unredeemed
property back to what it was originally, twice the pawn loan
limit. The loan limit was changed, but the unredeemed property
limit was not. SB 315 would raise the ratio to twice the loan
limit and has an immediate effective date.
CHAIR BUNDE asked if under current law a person who had a loan
for $100 could get an additional loan for up to $400.
MS. SKIBINSKI replied if someone brought a ring worth $1,200 to
a pawnshop, the shop could loan up to $500 on it. If after 60
days, the property has not been claimed or payments made, the
pawnshop has a right to sell the ring. Currently, any profit the
shop makes over $400 has to be split with the person who brought
the ring in and didn't claim it. She said the shop would have to
sell the ring for at least $600 just to get its $500 back. SB
315 changes the ratio back to twice the loan limit - what it was
when the pawn limit was $200.
CHAIR BUNDE clarified the bill wasn't changing the notion that
unredeemed property could be sold, but just changing the
existing law as to the amount that could be charged for the
unredeemed property.
MS. SKIBINSKI responded no; that it changes the amount that is
split with the person who pawned the property when he didn't
claim it. She said the current law says the pawnshop has to
split proceeds 50/50 with the person who brought the property in
that sold for over $400.
CHAIR BUNDE asked if the ring were sold for $1,200, would the
$200 in excess of $1,000 get split.
MS. SKIBINSKI replied that was correct.
1:42:35 PM
ED SNIFFEN, Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law (DOL),
didn't have a problem with the bill, but suggested inserting a
notification provision that alerts consumers that this is a
consequence of failure to comply with the terms of the loan.
CHAIR BUNDE asked him to fax language to him and held the bill.
CSHB 338(L&C)-CERTIF. OF FITNESS FOR EXPLOSIVE HANDLERS
CHAIR CON BUNDE announced CSHB 338(L&C) to be up for
consideration.
LALANYA SNYDER, staff to Representative Chenault, sponsor of HB
338, explained that currently the Department of Labor and
Workforce Development (DOLWD) has the authority to issue a
license known as a Certificate of Fitness to explosives handlers
in Alaska. These applicants are required to submit a criminal
background check within Alaska. However, this check does not
require fingerprints to verify proper identification and does
not capture criminal acts an applicant may have committed in
other states. HB 338 would give the DOLWD and Department of
Public Safety (DPS) the authority to perform the fingerprint-
based, nationwide criminal history search.
GRAY MITCHEL, Director, Division of Labor Standards and Safety,
DOLWD, said he issues about 180 licenses to explosives handlers
in the construction industry and currently doesn't have
statutory authority to do a criminal background check on them.
He does a state background check, but it's not verified by
fingerprints and isn't mandated by law. If someone challenged
the department, it would be hard-pressed to force these
individuals to provide that information. Explosives handlers
don't include people who are dealing with fireworks, mining or
some other activities where explosives are used. It really only
applies to its use in the construction industry because that is
what his division has jurisdiction over.
1:48:30 PM
SENATOR SEEKINS moved to report CSHB 338(L&C) from committee
with individual recommendations and attached fiscal note.
Senators Davis, Ben Stevens, Seekins and Chair Bunde voted yea;
so CSHB 338(L&C) moved from committee.
1:49:31 PM recess 1:51:56 PM
CSSSHB 31(FIN)-WORKERS' COMP: DISEASE PRESUMPTION
CHAIR CON BUNDE announced CSSSHB 31(FIN) to be up for
consideration.
REPRESENTATIVE TOM ANDERSON, sponsor of HB 31, explained that
the bill has to do with workers' compensation for firefighters
and first responders. These folks are basically enduring
exposure on a daily basis to smoke, heat, and various toxic
substances. As a result, they are more likely to contract heart
disease, cancer and other related problems. Since firefighters
assume the roll of the state's leading providers of emergency
medical services, they are also exposed to infectious diseases.
Recognizing this linkage, 38 states have enacted a presumptuous
law, which presumes that cardiovascular and infectious diseases
and certain cancers are job-related for purposes of workers'
compensation and disability retirement unless proven otherwise.
The Firefighters Association asked him for this legislation. It
is fair and cost effective in the context that so few
firefighters have ever made this claim; and it will not affect
the risk pool.
1:55:08 PM
REPRESENTATIVE ANDERSON said that most states have acknowledged
that the occupational hazards attributed to firefighting have
presumptive disabilities laws, which is why 38 other states have
some form of this. Alaska firefighters regularly respond to
HAZMAT incidences involving chemical, radiological and
biological hazards.
He said that the cancers covered are exposure-specific. He
explained that two firefighters went to enough fires over the
course of their careers that suddenly one came up with brain
cancer and one developed bladder cancer. While those cancers are
mostly hereditary, these men didn't have that in their
hereditary records and suddenly developed it. It was believed to
be from their service and at least one of them wasn't covered.
He mentioned that having this coverage would also be a good
recruitment tool.
CHAIR BUNDE asked if a smoker could receive benefits under this
coverage if he developed lung cancer and was a firefighter also.
REPRESENTATIVE ANDERSON replied that language on page 3, lines
16 - 18, indicated that as a smoker, he wouldn't qualify.
1:57:44 PM
JEFF BUSH, Executive Director, Alaska Public Entity Insurance,
opposed HB 31. His organization is a non-profit pool that
insures 18 Alaskan municipalities that employ 150 people who
would be affected by this legislation. He referenced a letter in
the committee packets from Kevin Smith, Alaska Municipal League
Joint Insurance Association - the other pool that does municipal
insurance - that accurately reflected his position, which was
based purely on financial considerations. He said it would
adversely affect the insurance rates for municipalities. It
wouldn't affect the risk pool because the state and
municipalities are essentially self-insured or belong to self-
insured pools.
His major concern was that the state's workers' compensation
system was designed with a lot of presumptions in favor of
coverage and in most cases there already is coverage. This bill
extends that workers' compensation coverage to some cases where
the disease the person develops is truly not work-related and
gives a presumption to firefighters and other emergency
personnel that people in other occupations don't have.
2:00:05 PM
He said Mr. Smith's letter estimated the cost of coverage would
increase by 10 to 20 percent. The Division of Risk Management
pointed out in its fiscal note that the presumption would
require a lot of sorting out about when it would and wouldn't
apply and, therefore, increase litigation, which would add more
costs. Required medical screenings for emergency personnel and
firefighters in order to prequalify for this coverage would cost
more, as well - an additional $8 million for municipalities in
the first year alone. In general, Mr. Bush said that workers'
compensation costs are always going up and they are going up for
municipalities just like they are for everyone else and this
just adds to the cost.
CHAIR BUNDE asked if the prescreening cost would be borne by the
employee or potential employee.
MR. BUSH replied no, not as the bill is written now.
2:01:48 PM
TOM BOEDEKER, City Manager, Soldotna, said he had some concerns
in general with the premise that firefighters have more risk
than medical workers and others in hazardous professions. This
presumption would have to be extended to those professionals as
well, and he thought that was a door best left closed. He also
opined the reason that the number of people who applied for this
was minimal was because a presumption in their favor didn't
exist. He thought that would change significantly if this
measure went forward.
MR. BOEDEKER also had questions about the additional expense
that would be associated with pre-employment physicals that
currently don't include screening for cancer and other
conditions.
2:04:49 PM
MIKE DAVIDSON, Legislative Liaison, Alaska Professional
Firefighters' Association, supported HB 31. Many of the diseases
they are discussing don't result from a single exposure to a
known carcinogen, but rather to continuous exposure. Sometimes
emergency response personnel are exposed to things such as
blood-borne pathogens, but aren't aware of it until after the
fact.
He said that firefighters and law enforcement and military
personnel are very health conscious and are healthier than the
average populous. Because of this "healthy worker effect" many
statistics compared firefighters to police officers.
Firefighters in American acquire and die of brain cancer at a
rate that is 88 percent greater than police officers or 109
percent greater than the normal populace. They acquire bladder
cancer at an 111 percent greater rate than police and a 319
percent greater rate than the average populace; they acquire
non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at a 227 percent greater rate than police
and acquire leukemia at a 270 percent greater rate than the
police. They acquire skin cancer at a nearly three times greater
rate than the average populace.
MR. DAVIDSON said the bill was focused so it couldn't be applied
everywhere. To qualify for the cancer provisions, you have to
have served at least 10 years as a firefighter, based on
documented cases of exposures and cancers. The presumptive
coverage only extends for a certain period of time after
finishing work - not to exceed 60 months - and is based on years
of work. An exclusion provision was established for known
tobacco users and an employer could refute any claim with a
preponderance of evidence including the use of tobacco products,
physical fitness, weight, lifestyle, heredity factors and
exposure from other employment or non-employment activities.
The bill doesn't require employers to provide physicals. It does
say you don't qualify for the presumption if you don't have an
entry-level physical. He thought that provision would provide
protection for the employer because it would create a base line
for contagious diseases prior to beginning a person's
employment.
MR. DAVIDSON argued that he thought this bill would decrease
litigation. People with terminal illnesses have had to fight the
system in their final months as the exact date of exposure was
established. The reality is that the cause is not from a simple
single toxic event, but rather continuous exposure.
Most states have a legal principle called the "fireman's rule"
that says because firefighters and police officers are asked to
respond to situations that are beyond their control, they are
afforded less protection when arriving at those situations than
other occupations. Because of that, they deserve increased
protections from the results of that response. An example of
this principle being used is the 2002 Alaska Supreme Court
decision, Moody v. Delta Western.
MR. DAVIDSON said that the majority of other occupations, like
steel working and road construction, are regulated by OSHA
[Occupational Safety and Health Administration] and NIOSH
[National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health] that
establish safety standards in the workplace. But it is
impossible for a firefighter to eliminate absorption of toxic
byproducts in his work environment - the worst exposure risk
being through the skin. He concluded saying that this bill would
tremendously impact the families of the small number of people
it would affect.
2:15:02 PM
KEVIN SMITH, Executive Director, Alaska Municipal League's Joint
Insurance Association, said the association is a not-for-profit
self-insurance mechanism for cities, boroughs and school
districts in Alaska. He said the bill as drafted turns
presumption on its head - but only for certain employees and
certain conditions. As it is now, a presumption exists in favor
of compensability on all claims and the presumption is overcome
by substantial evidence to the contrary. Under the standard in
HB 31, to avoid the presumption, the employer must disprove the
claim by a preponderance of evidence. So it shifts the burden of
proof from the plaintiff to the defendant.
2:17:35 PM
MR. SMITH said the state's workers' compensation system already
covers claims that are clearly work-related, but the things
contemplated in HB 31 have many life style and hereditary
causes. He referenced a National Fire Protection Association
study that showed that 75 percent of fatalities in the fire
service are heart attacks and most of the workers had
preexisting conditions. It was a call to arms for fire
departments to start recruiting people in better condition. They
are automatically covered if they have a heart attack picking up
a book with no consideration of diet, exercise or heredity.
2:18:52 PM
Regarding the comment that 38 other states have laws like this,
he remembered growing up here that we don't care how they do it
outside. He thought that many states had negotiated language
like this in their pension agreements and that 38 states
adopting this language was an exaggeration. He also thought the
timing for this issue was poor considering that the workers'
compensation system was in the process of getting fixed.
CHAIR BUNDE asked if firefighters have traditional health
insurance.
MR. SMITH replied yes, particularly the career firefighters.
2:20:14 PM
DAVE TALERICO, Mayor, Denali Borough, agreed with Mr. Smith's
comments. He said that traditional workers' compensation would
cover any legitimate on-the-job injuries for everyone. He was
particularly troubled by section (c). He concluded saying he
opposed this bill.
CHAIR BUNDE said he would set the bill aside.
SB 315-DISPOSITION OF UNREDEEMED PROPERTY
CHAIR BUNDE announced SB 315 to be back up for consideration.
ANNETTE SKIBINSKI, staff to Senator Cowdery, said the sponsor
was okay with conceptual Amendment 1 that Mr. Sniffen suggested
regarding notification to consumers of the consequences of
failing to comply with the terms of the loan.
CHAIR BUNDE asked if there were any objections to Amendment 1.
There were none; so Amendment 1 was adopted.
2:22:59 PM
SENATOR SEEKINS moved to pass CSSB 315(L&C) from committee with
individual recommendations and attached fiscal note. Senators
Davis, Ben Stevens, Seekins and Chair Bunde voted yea; and CSSB
315(L&C) moved from committee.
There being no further business to come before the committee,
Chair Bunde adjourned the meeting at 2:23:56 PM.
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