03/02/2009 04:30 PM Senate RESOURCES
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ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
SENATE RESOURCES STANDING COMMITTEE
March 2, 2009
4:35 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Senator Lesil McGuire, Co-Chair
Senator Bill Wielechowski, Co-Chair
Senator Hollis French
Senator Bert Stedman
Senator Gary Stevens
MEMBERS ABSENT
Senator Charlie Huggins, Vice Chair
Senator Thomas Wagoner
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
SENATE BILL NO. 3
"An Act authorizing an Alaska regional development organization
to use the Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission as an
informational resource."
MOVED SB 3 OUT OF COMMITTEE
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION
BILL: SB 3
SHORT TITLE: CFEC AS INFORMATION RESOURCE
SPONSOR(s): SENATOR(s) OLSON
01/21/09 (S) PREFILE RELEASED 1/9/09
01/21/09 (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
01/21/09 (S) CRA, RES
02/05/09 (S) CRA AT 3:30 PM BELTZ 211
02/05/09 (S) Moved SB 3 Out of Committee
02/05/09 (S) MINUTE(CRA)
02/06/09 (S) CRA RPT 3DP 2NR
02/06/09 (S) DP: FRENCH, THOMAS, MENARD
02/06/09 (S) NR: OLSON, KOOKESH
WITNESS REGISTER
TIM BENINTENDI, Staff to Senator Olson, sponsor SB 3, read the
sponsor statement.
POSITION STATEMENT:
FRANK HOHMAN, Chairman
Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission
POSITION STATEMENT: Supported SB 3.
ACTION NARRATIVE
4:35:26 PM
CO-CHAIR LESIL MCGUIRE called the Senate Resources Standing
Committee meeting to order at 4:35 p.m. Present at the call to
order were Senators Wielechowski, Stevens, French, Stedman and
McGuire.
SB 3-CFEC AS INFORMATION RESOURCE
4:35:59 PM
CHAIR MCGUIRE announced SB 3 to be up for consideration.
TIM BENINTENDI, Staff to Senator Olson, sponsor of SB 3, said SB
3 would provide a benefit to Alaska's Economic Development
Organizations (ARDOR) by providing them with the opportunity to
obtain information from the Commercial Fisheries Entry
Commission (CFEC) without charge - in reference to AS 16,05.815,
which says no confidential information may be disclosed.
Contractors working for ARDORs would be able to get information,
but they would have to have a letter showing that they were on
ARDOR business.
The information would especially benefit the eight ARDORs with
commercial fishing as a significant portion of their economies,
and would help them anticipate regional economic trends and
development opportunities. The CFEC supports this bill; they
have determined the loss of revenue would be negligible.
4:37:13 PM
SENATOR WIELECHOWSKI asked how much data he was talking about.
MR. BENINTENDI answered that he didn't know exactly, but this
would not affect the routine volume of work year to year.
FRANK HOHMAN, Chairman, Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission,
said it would be negligible because the data is already provided
on their website. It would take a few minutes of an analyst's
time.
SENATOR FRENCH asked if they are collecting data about fish or
the fisheries participants.
MR. HOHMAN answered that they collect data about both from every
fish ticket in every fishery. The CFEC can't release individual
records, but they can release area-wide statistics.
4:40:03 PM
SENATOR FRENCH asked if they release area earnings.
4:40:07 PM
MR. HOHMAN replied that they just provide regional earnings, not
individual. They never release anything with less than four
sources of information.
4:40:18 PM
SENATOR MCGUIRE asked what prompted the bill.
MR. BENINTENDI replied that it was introduced last year and
didn't have time to go through the process. He wasn't sure of
the original impetus.
SENATOR WIELECHOWSKI asked if he expected more of a work load
for the ARDORs if people come to them with a request for
information.
MR. BENINTENDI replied that folks can't do that; the ARDORs
don't work as a middle entity. They generated the request to
analyze their own region.
SENATOR WIELECHOWSKI wondered if some groups would be subject to
public disclosure requirements.
MR. HOHMAN reminded him that these groups would not be given any
confidential information. The bill is designed to assist the
regional development corporations.
CO-CHAIR WIELECHOWSKI asked if they are subject to Alaska's
public disclosure laws.
4:42:25 PM
MR. HOHMAN said he couldn't answer that, but he did know they
wouldn't get anything confidential from the CFEC.
MR. BENINTENDI agreed.
CO-CHAIR WIELECHOWSKI asked if you disclose something to an
ARDOR, could someone ask it for the information. He was
concerned that this would cause more work for them.
MR. HOHMAN replied that the information is for their own use.
4:43:39 PM
CO-CHAIR MCGUIRE closed public testimony.
CO-CHAIR WIELECHOWSKI moved to report SB 3 from committee with
individual recommendations and attached fiscal note(s). There
were no objections and it was so ordered.
4:44:24 PM
There being no further business to come before the committee,
Co-chair McGuire adjourned the meeting at 4:44 p.m.
| Document Name | Date/Time | Subjects |
|---|---|---|
| SB 3 Packet - CFEC Info.pdf |
SRES 3/2/2009 4:30:00 PM |
SB 3 |