Legislature(1999 - 2000)
05/04/1999 11:30 AM Senate RLS
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SENATE RULES COMMITTEE
May 4, 1999
11:30 a.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Senator Tim Kelly, Chair
Senator Loren Leman, Vice Chair
Senator Mike Miller
Senator Drue Pearce
Senator Johnny Ellis
MEMBERS ABSENT
None
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
SENATE BILL NO. 67
"An Act relating to taxation, including taxation of income of
individuals, estates, and trusts; and providing for an effective
date."
-MOVED SB 67 OUT OF COMMITTEE
SENATE BILL NO. 128
"An Act relating to the storage tank assistance fund; eliminating
the grant portion of a program relating to risk assessment,
containment, corrective action, and cleanup of underground
petroleum storage tank systems and replacing the grant portion with
a loan program; relating to discharges from underground petroleum
storage tank systems; and providing for an effective date."
-MOVED ALL VERSIONS OF SB 128 OUT OF COMMITTEE
SENATE BILL NO. 133
"An Act creating and providing for the Alaska Energy Conservation
Commission and transferring to it the powers and duties of the
Alaska Public Utilities Commission and the Alaska Oil and Gas
Conservation Commission; repealing the Alaska Public Utilities
Commission and the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission;
relating to regulation of waste collection and disposal; relating
to the powers of the chair of the Alaska Energy Conservation
Commission; relating to the appellate procedures of the Alaska
Energy Conservation Commission; and providing for an effective
date."
-MOVED ALL VERSIONS OF SB 133 OUT OF COMMITTEE
PREVIOUS SENATE COMMITTEE ACTION
SB 67 - See Finance report dated 5/4/99.
SB 128 - See Resources Committee minutes dated 4/7/99 and Finance
report dated 4/30/99.
SB 133 - See Resources committee minutes dated 4/12/99 and 4/26/99
and Finance report dated 4/30/99.
WITNESS REGISTER
Senator Dave Donley
Alaska State Capitol
Juneau, AK 99801-1182
POSITION STATEMENT: Commented on SB 128
Pat Carter, Legislative Aide
Alaska State Capitol
Juneau, AK 99801-1182
POSITION STATEMENT: Testified for Senator Pearce, sponsor of SB
133
ACTION NARRATIVE
TAPE 99-8, SIDE A
CHAIRMAN KELLY called the Senate Rules Committee meeting to order
at 11:30 a.m. All members were present.
SENATOR LEMAN moved to calendar SB 67-GOVERNOR'S INC
TAX:INDIVID/EST/TRUSTS for the purpose of a floor debate. SENATOR
ELLIS objected. The motion to calendar SB 67 carried with Senators
Pearce, Leman, Miller and Kelly voting "yea," and Senator Ellis
voting "nay."
SENATOR LEMAN moved to calendar SB 128-STORAGE TANK ASSISTANCE
FUND.
SENATOR DONLEY questioned whether the Senate Rules Committee was
meeting in compliance with Rule 23(d) since the meeting was not
noticed a full 24 hours in advance.
CHAIRMAN KELLY noted the Rules Committee is exempted under Rule
23(e).
SENATOR PEARCE clarified that the Legislative Ethics Committee has
advised that under the 24 hour rule, a committee meeting must be
noticed by 5:00 p.m. the previous day, therefore 24 hours do not
need to lapse. She added the only time a strict interpretation of
the 24 hour rule is applied is to conference committee meetings.
There being no objection to Senator Leman's motion to calendar SB
128, CHAIRMAN KELLY announced the motion carried.
SENATOR DONLEY requested time to prepare amendments before SB 133
is taken up on the Senate floor. CHAIRMAN KELLY announced the
Rules Committee substitute would be presented and adopted, and then
the Senate would recess before the daily calendar begins to give
Senator Donley time to draft amendments.
PAT CARTER, legislative aide to Senator Pearce, sponsor of SB 133,
discussed the changes made in the proposed Senate Rules Committee
substitute (Version X) as follows. The AOGCC and APUC will not be
merged at this time; the merger will take place after the
Legislative Budget and Audit (LBA) report is completed. Pipeline
regulation will also fall under the new authorization to LBA to
study the two commissions independently and their respective
functions, and report which format will best serve the state's
interest to the Legislature and the Governor. Language on page 4,
lines 24-26, was amended to set new advocacy standards; those
advocacy standards can now be applied to major public policy
considerations before the commission, and/or matters in which the
financial interest of the public is at stake. The previous version
of the bill allowed the application of advocacy standards to
adjudicated matters only.
SENATOR ELLIS questioned whether the proposed committee substitute
changes the fiscal impact of the bill. MR. CARTER said it does
not.
SENATOR PEARCE moved to adopt CSSB 133(RLS)-REGULATORY COMMISSION
OF ALASKA. There being no objection, the motion carried.
SENATOR PEARCE moved to calendar all versions of SB 133. There
being no objection, the motion carried.
CHAIRMAN KELLY announced the Senate Rules Committee would be
meeting again following the Senate floor session and adjourned the
meeting.
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