Legislature(2001 - 2002)

05/02/2001 05:10 PM Senate STA

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                     ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                   
                  SENATE STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE                                                                              
                            May 2, 2001                                                                                         
                             5:10 p.m.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
Senator Gene Therriault, Chair                                                                                                  
Senator Randy Phillips, Vice Chair                                                                                              
Senator Bettye Davis                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Senator Rick Halford                                                                                                            
Senator Drue Pearce                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Confirmation  Hearings  for Jim Duncan,  Glenn  G. Godfrey,  Colonel                                                            
Craig  Noal Christensen,  John  Dapcevich,  Mark  Thurston  Handley,                                                            
Judge Roy Harding Madsen, Martha L. Gore                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
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CHAIRMAN GENE  THERRIAULT called the Senate State  Affairs Committee                                                          
meeting to order at 5:10  p.m. Present were Senators Davis, Phillips                                                            
and Chairman Therriault.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Chairman Therriault said  he had a list of names of individuals that                                                            
were referred to the committee  for review before both bodies gather                                                            
in joint  session  for confirmation.  Before  the  meeting he  asked                                                            
committee  members to contact  him if they  had any questions  after                                                            
reading the resumes.  If there were questions the  individuals would                                                            
have  been  contacted  so  they  could  respond  in  person  or  via                                                            
teleconference.  There had been no inquiries but if  any arose as he                                                            
read the  list of individuals,  he would set  those names aside  and                                                            
the individuals  would appear  in person  or via teleconference  the                                                            
following  day.  He then  read  the  following  list and  asked  for                                                            
objections, if any, to be registered as the name was read:                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
   · Former Senator Jim Duncan for Commissioner of the Department                                                               
     of Administration                                                                                                          
   · Glenn G. Godfrey for Commissioner of the Department of Public                                                              
     Safety                                                                                                                     
   · Colonel Craig Noal Christensen for Alaska Army National Guard                                                              
     Brigadier General                                                                                                          
   · John Dapcevich as the Alaska Public Offices Commission                                                                     
     appointee from Juneau                                                                                                      
   · Mark Thurston Handley as an Alaska Public Offices Commission                                                               
     appointee from Juneau                                                                                                      
   · Judge Roy Harding Madsen from Kodiak for the State Commission                                                              
     for Human Rights                                                                                                           
   · Martha L. Gore from Anchorage for State Commission for Human                                                               
     Rights                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
There was no objection to moving all candidates' names forward.                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
The Chairman  presented a  letter for members  to sign stating  they                                                            
had reviewed the qualifications  and recommended the appointments be                                                            
forwarded to  both bodies in a joint  session for consideration.  He                                                            
announced that  there were no stated  objections, but that  does not                                                            
reflect an  intent by any committee  members to vote for  or against                                                            
the appointments during further sessions.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
He asked for a motion to forward the names for consideration.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR PHILLIPS moved the names be forwarded for consideration.                                                                
There were no objections.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
The meeting was adjourned at 5:20 p.m.                                                                                          

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