Legislature(1997 - 1998)
03/20/1998 11:58 AM Senate RLS
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SENATE RULES COMMITTEE
March 20, 1998
11:58 a.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Senator Tim Kelly, Chair
Senator Loren Leman, Vice Chair
Senator Robin Taylor
Senator John Torgerson
MEMBERS ABSENT
Senator Jim Duncan
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
SENATE BILL NO. 76
"An Act relating to long-term plans of certain state agencies and
recommendations regarding elimination of duplication in state
agency functions."
SENATE BILL NO. 313
"An Act relating to sponsor certification of initiative petitions;
relating to sponsor identification during petition circulation;
relating to the voidability of an initiated law; placing
limitations on the compensation that may be paid to sponsors of
initiative petitions; prohibiting payments to persons who sign or
refrain from signing initiative petitions; and repealing procedures
for filing a supplementary initiative petition."
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 14
Establishing the Alaska Task Force on Parity for Mental Health.
PREVIOUS SENATE COMMITTEE ACTION
SB 76 - See State Affairs minutes dated 2/19/98 and 2/24/98.
Finance report 3/20/98.
SB 313 - See Judiciary Committee minutes dated 3/18/98.
Finance referral waived 3/19/98.
SCR 14 - See HESS minutes dated 4/30/97, 1/30/98, 2/4/98, 2/11/98
and 2/16/98.
Finance report 3/20/98.
WITNESS REGISTER
Senator Sean Parnell
State Capitol
Juneau, AK 99801-1182
POSITION STATEMENT: Prime Sponsor of SB 76
ACTION NARRATIVE
TAPE 98-3, SIDE A
CHAIRMAN KELLY called the Senate Rules Committee meeting to order
at 11:58 a.m., and noted the presence of Senators Taylor, Leman,
Torgerson and Kelly.
SB 313 - PROCEDURES FOR INITIATIVES
CHAIRMAN KELLY brought SB 313 before the committee as the first
order of business.
SENATOR LEMAN moved and asked unanimous consent SB 313 be approved
for calendaring at the discretion of the Chair. Hearing no
objection, it was so ordered.
SCR 14 - PARITY FOR MENTAL HEALTH TASK FORCE
CHAIRMAN KELLY brought SCR 14 before the committee as the next
order of business.
SENATOR LEMAN moved and asked unanimous consent SCR 14 be approved
for calendaring at the discretion of the Chair. Hearing no
objection, it was so ordered.
SB 76 - STATE LONG-TERM PLANNING
CHAIRMAN KELLY brought SB 76 before the committee as the final
order of business. There was a proposed amendment to the bill for
the committee's consideration.
SENATOR SEAN PARNELL, prime sponsor of SB 76, explained the
legislation simply amends the Executive Budget Act to make it clear
that the Legislature sets the policy with respect to budgeting. He
directed attention to language on pages 3 and 4 that requires a
truth in budgeting statement from the governor to be submitted with
the annual budget on December 15 of every year. He said the truth
in budgeting statement is really tangential to the bill and
unnecessary to the bill, and the amendment would delete that
language.
SENATOR LEMAN moved the adoption of the following amendment to SB
76:
Amendment No. 1
Page 3, line 31, through page 4, line 1: Delete "The copies shall
be accompanied by a statement of "Truth in Budgeting" prepared
under (e) of this section."
Page 4, lines 4 - 20: Delete all material.
Renumber the following bill sections accordingly.
Hearing no objection to the motion to adopt the amendment, CHAIRMAN
KELLY stated the amendment was adopted and would be incorporated
into a Rules CS.
SENATOR LEMAN moved and asked unanimous consent CSSB 76(RLS) be
approved for calendaring at the discretion of the Chair. Hearing
no objection, it was so ordered.
There being no further business to come before the committee, the
meeting adjourned at 12:03 p.m.
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