Legislature(1993 - 1994)
04/21/1993 09:20 AM Senate STA
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SENATE STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
April 21, 1993
9:20 a.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Senator Loren Leman, Chairman
Senator Mike Miller, Vice Chairman
Senator Robin Taylor
MEMBERS ABSENT
Senator Jim Duncan
Senator Johnny Ellis
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 59(MLV)
"An Act making a special appropriation to the Department of
Natural Resources for refunds to certain veterans who
purchased state land and for reimbursement to the University
of Alaska for the veterans' land discount applied to land
transferred to the University of Alaska; and providing for
an effective date."
HOUSE BILL NO. 98
"An Act naming the Black Veterans Recognition Bridge on the
Alaska Highway over the Gerstle River."
HOUSE BILL NO. 148
"An Act exempting the University of Alaska from the
administrative adjudication provisions of the Administrative
Procedure Act; and providing for an effective date."
PREVIOUS SENATE COMMITTEE ACTION
HB 59 - No previous action to record.
HB 98 - See Transportation minutes dated 4/8/93.
HB 148 - See HESS minutes dated 4/16/93.
WITNESS REGISTER
Representative Eldon Mulder
State Capitol
Juneau, AK 99801-1182
POSITION STATEMENT: Prime Sponsor of HB 59
Representative Bettye Davis
State Capitol
Juneau, AK 99811-1182
POSITION STATEMENT: Prime Sponsor of HB 98
Elizabeth Roberts, Staff to Representative Bettye Davis
State Capitol
Juneau, AK 99801-1182
POSITION STATEMENT: Offered information on HB 98
Wendy Redman, Vice President for University Relations
University of Alaska
910 Yukon Drive
Fairbanks, AK 99775-2388
POSITION STATEMENT: Testified in support of HB 148
ACTION NARRATIVE
TAPE 93-30, SIDE A
Number 001
The meeting of the Senate State Affairs Committee was called
to order by Chairman Loren Leman 9:20 a.m.
SENATOR LEMAN introduced CSHB 59(MLV) (APPROP: VETS' LAND
DISCOUNT REFUND) as the first order of business.
REPRESENTATIVE ELDON MULDER, prime sponsor of HB 59,
explained the legislation makes a special appropriation to
the Department of Natural Resources for refunds to veterans
who purchase state land between April 1, 1983 and July 6,
1984. It also reimburses the University of Alaska for
veterans' land discounts that apply to land that was
transferred to the university as a result of a lawsuit
settlement with the state.
SENATOR TAYLOR moved that CSHB 59(MLV) be passed out of
committee with individual recommendations. Hearing no
objection, it was so ordered.
Number 075
SENATOR LEMAN introduced HB 98 (BLACK VETS' RECOGNITION
BRIDGE,ALASKA HWY) as the next order of business.
ELIZABETH ROBERTS, staff to Representative Bettye Davis,
said the legislation is a bill that recognizes the eight
months of labor that the black veterans put in on the Alcan
Highway. She said every bit of the Alcan Highway, in
Alaska, was built by the black veterans. They spent eight
months in hideous conditions, and they finished the road in
record time.
HB 98 will name the bride over the Gerstle River the Black
Veterans Recognition Bridge.
REPRESENTATIVE BETTYE DAVIS, prime sponsor of HB 98, urged
the committee's favorable consideration and passage of HB
98. She also noted the Department of Transportation &
Public Facilities' strong support for the legislation.
SENATOR MILLER moved that HB 98 be passed out of committee
with individual recommendations. Hearing no objection, it
was so ordered.
Number 168
SENATOR LEMAN brought HB 148 (EXEMPT U OF AK FROM APA
PROCEDURES) before the committee as the final order of
business.
WENDY REDMAN, representing the University of Alaska, said in
1977 the legislature put the university under the state
fiscal procedures act and under the state accounting act.
At the same time, the university was put under the
adjudications of the APA, and all of the legislative
testimony from that time indicated that that section would
have no effect on the internal management of the university
or on the internal grievance procedures. However, a Supreme
Court ruling said the language was not precise and that the
law needed to be fixed.
Ms. Redman said that the adjudications of the APA are very
cumbersome quasi-judicial processes that are extremely
expensive. HB 148 is an attempt to get the law straight
and to get the exemption clarified just as every other
agency in the state has been exempted.
SENATOR LEMAN noted there was a Senate HESS Letter of
Intent, and he outlined three suggested technical changes to
it. He moved that those changes be adopted. Hearing no
objection, the motion carried. He also moved the adoption
of the Letter of Intent. Hearing no objection, it was so
ordered.
SENATOR TAYLOR moved that HB 148 and the accompanying Letter
of Intent be passed out of committee with individual
recommendations. Hearing no objection, it was so ordered.
Number 243
There being no further business to come before the
committee, the meeting was adjourned at 9:33 a.m.
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