Legislature(2001 - 2002)
02/22/2001 10:50 AM Senate RLS
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ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
SENATE RULES COMMITTEE
February 22, 2001
10:50 a.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Senator Drue Pearce, Chair
Senator John Cowdery, Vice Chair
Senator Randy Phillips
Senator Gene Therriault
Senator Johnny Ellis
MEMBERS ABSENT
All Members Present
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
SENATE BILL NO. 16
"An Act regarding oil discharge prevention and cleanup involving
self-propelled nontank vessels exceeding 400 gross registered
tonnage and railroad tank cars and related facilities and
operations and requiring preparation and implementation of oil
discharge contingency plans for those nontank vessels and railroad
tank cars; amending the definition of 'response action' that
relates to releases or threatened releases of oil and thereby
amending the duties and liabilities of response action contractors;
and authorizing compliance verification for nontank vessels and for
trains and related facilities and operations; and providing for an
effective date."
-ADOPTED SENATE RULES CS AND APPROVED FOR CALENDARING
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 19(HES)
"An Act relating to federal child support enforcement requirements
regarding social security number information, employer reports
about employees, and certain kinds of automated data matching with
financial institutions; repealing the termination date of changes
made by ch. 87, SLA 1997, and ch. 132, SLA 1998, regarding child
support enforcement and related programs; repealing the
nonseverability provision of ch. 132, SLA 1998; repealing
uncodified laws relating to ch. 87, SLA 1997, and ch. 132, SLA
1998; and providing for an effective date."
-APPROVED FOR CALENDARING
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION
SB 19 - See Resources minutes dated 1/24/01 and HESS minutes dated
1/29/01 and 2/5/01.
SB 16 - See Resources minutes dated 1/17/01 and 1/22/01.
WITNESS REGISTER
Ms. Barbara Miklos, Director
Child Support Enforcement Division
Department of Revenue
550 W 7th Ave., Suite 310
Anchorage, AK 99501
POSITION STATEMENT: Gave a brief explanation of CSSB 19(HES)
Mr. Kevin Shores
Department of Law
PO Box 110300
Juneau, AK 99811-0300
POSITION STATEMENT: Explained Section 14 of CSSB 19(HES)
ACTION NARRATIVE
TAPE 01-2, SIDE A
Number 001
CHAIRMAN DRUE PEARCE called the Senate Rules Committee meeting to
order at 10:50 a.m. Present were Senators Cowdery, Phillips,
Therriault and Pearce. The first order of business to come before
the committee was SB 19.
SB 19-CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT/SOC SEC. #
SENATOR PHILLIPS said he wanted assurance that all of the repeal
sections should be included in the bill. He asked for an
explanation of Section 14.
MS. BARBARA MIKLOS, Director of the Child Support Enforcement
Division (CSED), said the repeals in Section 14 are the repeals of
the original sunsets on the first bill. Sections 1 through 13 put
new sunsets on the language pertaining to social security and the
financial data match. She noted she does not understand the one
that refers to canned salmon.
MR. KEVIN SHORES, Human Services Division, Department of Law,
explained that two child support laws were passed; Chapter 87, SLA
1997 and Chapter 132, SLA 1998. Those were the principal
legislative vehicles in which federal welfare reform requirements
were implemented in the state. Those two pieces of law contained
sunset provisions. The primary effect of Section 14 is to repeal
those sunset provisions. He noted that according to the sectional
analysis, a portion of that section refers to Senator Austerman's
canned salmon processor reporting bill. He believes that was
included because changes were made to the canned salmon reporting
requirement law independent of the child support provisions. Those
involved with the canned salmon reporting requirement do not want
those changes to sunset.
SENATOR ELLIS moved to calendar all versions of SB 19. There being
no objection, the motion carried.
CHAIR PEARCE announced that before the committee was a proposed
Senate Rules committee substitute for SB 16-OIL DISCH PREVENTION:
NONTANK VESSELS/RR. It incorporates changes made in House
committees to the companion bill, HB 55. She asked Pat Carter to
explain the changes.
SENATOR COWDERY moved to adopt CSSB 16(RLS) as the working document
of the committee (Version J). There being no objection, the motion
carried.
MR. PAT CARTER, legislative aide to Senator Pearce, informed
committee members that the House adopted a letter of intent and
incorporated it into Section 1 of the bill. The intent was that
the recommendations that the task force came up with for the
negotiated rule making with the Department of Environmental
Conservation (DEC) would be used for the rule making process. The
intent of adopting CSSB 16(RLS) is to make SB 16 similar to the
House version so that it does not have to come back to the Senate
for concurrence. He pointed out none of the task force members
objected.
SENATOR COWDERY moved to calendar CSSB 16(RLS). There being no
objection, the motion carried.
There being no further business to come before the committee,
CHAIR PEARCE adjourned the meeting at 10:57 a.m.
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