HB 350-AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINES: FEES                                                                         
                                                                                                                              
4:40:36 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR KITO  announced that the  final order of business  would be                                                               
HOUSE BILL  NO. 350, "An Act  relating to certain fees  for using                                                               
an automated teller machine."                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
4:40:34 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CAROLINE  HAMP, Staff,  Representative  Dan  Ortiz, Alaska  State                                                               
Legislature,  reintroduced HB  350  on  behalf of  Representative                                                               
Ortiz, prime sponsor.   She stated the proposed  bill would allow                                                               
individually-owned  ATMs to  charge a  fee on  international card                                                               
users.    She  added  it   would  not  affect  fees  to  domestic                                                               
cardholders  or bank-owned  ATMs.   She  informed that  currently                                                               
individually-owned  ATMs cannot  charge  a  fee to  international                                                               
cards and  given the  high volume  of international  travelers to                                                               
the state, closing the gap would  allow income from those ATMs to                                                               
be collected from international tourists.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
4:42:00 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR KITO  closed public testimony  on HB 350  upon ascertaining                                                               
that there was no one else who wished to testify.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
4:42:05 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE WOOL moved to report  HB 350 out of committee with                                                               
individual  recommendations and  the  accompanying fiscal  notes.                                                               
There being no objection, it was so ordered.