SB 173 - 2012 REVISOR'S BILL 1:08:02 PM VICE CHAIR THOMPSON announced that the first order of business would be SENATE BILL NO. 173, "An Act making corrective amendments to the Alaska Statutes as recommended by the revisor of statutes; and providing for an effective date." 1:08:36 PM KATHRYN KURTZ, Assistant Revisor of Statutes, Legislative Legal Counsel, Legislative Legal and Research Services, Legislative Affairs Agency (LAA), mentioning that a revisor's bill is introduced each year to address deficiencies, conflicts, and obsolete provisions in statute, explained that this year, SB 173 primarily addresses obsolete provisions. Specifically, Sections 1 and 2 would remove references to dates long past; Section 3 would remove a reference to now-obsolete federal law; Section 4 would make conforming changes regarding the name of a grant fund that was statutorily changed last year; and Sections 5 and 6, respectively, would delete a reference to a definition scheduled to be repealed next year, and add that definition to the pertinent statute, with Section 5 additionally replacing a reference to an effective date with the date itself. MS. KURTZ went on to explain that Section 7 would replace a reference to a since-repealed definition with the definition itself, with Sections 8-12 making conforming changes to statutes that reference that definition; Section 13 would delete a now- no-longer-necessary exemption regarding electronic notification of proposed regulatory changes; Section 14 would repeal a statutory provision pertaining to since-repealed statutes; and Section 15 would provide for an immediate effective date. In response to a question, she assured the committee that no other issues need to be addressed via SB 173. 1:22:16 PM REPRESENTATIVE KELLER moved to report SB 173 out of committee with individual recommendations and the accompanying fiscal notes. There being no objection, SB 173 was reported from the House Judiciary Standing Committee.