01/25/2001 11:17 AM Senate RLS

                     ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                   
                      SENATE RULES COMMITTEE                                                                                  
                         January 25, 2001                                                                                       
                            11:17 a.m.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Senator Drue Pearce, Chair                                                                                                      
Senator John Cowdery, Vice Chair                                                                                                
Senator Randy Phillips                                                                                                          
Senator Johnny Ellis                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Senator Gene Therriault                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                              
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 5                                                                                                   
Relating to opposition to National Collegiate Athletic Association                                                              
legislative proposal 2000-106.                                                                                                  
     MOVED CSSJR 5(RLS) OUT OF COMMITTEE                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
SENATE BILL NO. 10                                                                                                              
"An Act extending the termination date of the Board of Public                                                                   
Accountancy."                                                                                                                   
     MOVED SB 10 OUT OF COMMITTEE                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
SJR 5 - No previous action.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
SB 10 - See Labor and Commerce minutes dated 1/23/01.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
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CHAIR DRUE PEARCE called the Senate Rules Committee meeting to                                                                
order at 11:17 a.m. Present were Senators Cowdery, Phillips, Ellis                                                              
Therriault and Pearce.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
           SJR  5-NCAA BASKETBALL PRESEASON TOURNAMENTS                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  LOREN LEMAN,  sponsor of  SJR 5, recommended  the  proposed                                                            
CSSJR 5(RLS), which is  a compilation of work done by Senator Wilken                                                            
and himself.   Originally, they worked independently  along the same                                                            
track to support the University  of Alaska in opposing NCAA proposal                                                            
2000-1006.   He  explained  that several  years ago  the  University                                                            
worked  hard to get  a compromise  in the NCAA  rule, which  exempts                                                            
certain  tournaments from  the 28-game  limit  on basketball  games.                                                            
The  exempted  tournaments  are the  Top  of  the World  Classic  in                                                            
Fairbanks and the Shootout  in Anchorage.  Two of those games do not                                                            
count  toward  the limit,  one  does.   The  exemption  provides  an                                                            
additional incentive  for top Division 1 teams to  come to Alaska to                                                            
play.   The compromise also  provided that  no school can play  more                                                            
than once  in four  years to  give many  teams a  chance to play  in                                                            
these tournaments.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR LEMAN  said that the tournaments have been  very successful.                                                            
The teams that  participate say that Alaska's tournaments  are among                                                            
the best in the  United States.  They provide a chance  for Alaska's                                                            
student athletes  to compete with  some of the best athletes  in the                                                            
country,  which is  a drawing  card  for the  University's  athletic                                                            
programs.   The  tournaments  also provide  a financial  benefit  to                                                            
Alaska.  He  noted that this resolution  is on a fast track  because                                                            
the  public  testimony  period  for  the  NCAA  proposal  closes  on                                                            
Tuesday.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  PHILLIPS  moved to  adopt  CSSJR 5(RLS).    There being  no                                                            
objection, CHAIR PEARCE noted the motion carried.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  THERRIAULT  moved  to  calendar  SJR  5.   There  being  no                                                            
objection, CHAIR PEARCE announced the motion carried.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
            SB  10-EXTENDED BOARD OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR PEARCE announced that SB 10 was before the committee.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  THERRIAULT,   sponsor  of   SB  10,  explained   that  this                                                            
legislation was introduced  at the recommendation of the Division of                                                            
Legislative  Budget  and Audit.    It extends  the Board  of  Public                                                            
Accountancy  for the standard four  years.  Although this  board has                                                            
been  extended  for  a  longer  period  of time  in  the  past,  the                                                            
Legislature  prefers  the four  year extension.    He believes  that                                                            
boards with  certain powers to restrict  or oversee people  involved                                                            
in economic activity  should be reviewed more frequently.   He noted                                                            
that committee members' packets contain letters of support.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  PHILLIPS  moved   to  calendar  SB  10.    There  being  no                                                            
objection,  CHAIR PEARCE announced  that SB 10 would be calendared.                                                             
She then adjourned the meeting at 11:22 a.m.