SB 101 - REVISOR'S BILL 2:24:38 PM CHAIR McGUIRE announced that the next order of business would be CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 101(JUD), "An Act making corrective amendments to the Alaska Statutes as recommended by the revisor of statutes; and providing for an effective date." REPRESENTATIVE GRUENBERG relayed that he has received an answer to the question he'd posed at the bill's last hearing. REPRESENTATIVE GARA asked the bill's presenter to provide comments on a question he'd asked of him. JAMES CRAWFORD, Assistant Revisor, Legislative Legal Counsel, Legislative Legal and Research Services, Legislative Affairs Agency (LAA), on behalf of the Senate Rules Standing Committee, sponsor of the bill by request of Legislative Council, recounted that Representative Gara's question was whether the proposed removal of references to the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) from some sections of Title 14 would hinder the ability of the Department of Education and Early Development (DEED) to contract with the BIA with respect to costs relating to boarding schools. He relayed that he has not yet heard back from the DEED on this issue. MR. CRAWFORD suggested, therefore, that the committee adopt a conceptual amendment to delete from the bill those sections proposing to remove references to the BIA. Then, if he subsequently learns from the DEED that it still feels it is appropriate to remove the BIA references from statute, that change can be incorporated into next year's revisor's bill. He characterized such a conceptual amendment as appropriately conservative for a revisor's bill, adding that there isn't any particular "time pressure" to remove the aforementioned references. 2:27:12 PM REPRESENTATIVE GARA made a motion to adopt Conceptual Amendment 1, to delete from SB 101 the provisions that address removing references to the BIA. MR. CRAWFORD, in response to comments, relayed that those provisions are located in Sections 25, 26, 28, and 91. In response to a question, he said he doesn't know when he will hear back from the DEED. REPRESENTATIVE GRUENBERG suggested that if Mr. Crawford gets a response from the DEED before SB 101 is heard on the House floor, then those provisions could be added back in on the House floor if the DEED still advocates for their inclusion. CHAIR McGUIRE asked whether there were any objections to Conceptual Amendment 1. There being none, Conceptual Amendment 1 was adopted. 2:28:38 PM REPRESENTATIVE DAHLSTROM moved to report CSSB 101(JUD), as amended, out of committee with individual recommendations and the accompanying zero fiscal note. There being no objection, HCS CSSB 101(JUD) was reported from the House Judiciary Standing Committee.