SENATE RULES COMMITTEE April 11, 1994 1:12 p.m. MEMBERS PRESENT Senator Rick Halford, Chair Senator Steve Rieger, Vice Chair Senator George Jacko Senator Suzanne Little Senator Fred Zharoff MEMBERS ABSENT All Members Present COMMITTEE CALENDAR CS FOR HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 24(JUD) am Supporting the governor's decision to authorize a suit against the United States government for violating the Alaska Statehood Act and the Alaska Statehood Compact. CS FOR HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 25(L&C) am S Relating to a state materials exchange. SENATE BILL NO. 215 "An Act relating to and redesignating the oil and hazardous substance release response fund and to its use in the event of a disaster emergency; repealing the authority in law by which marine highway vessels may be designed and constructed to aid in oil and hazardous substance spill cleanup in state marine water using money in the oil and hazardous substance release response fund; amending requirements relating to the revision of state and regional master prevention and contingency plans; altering requirements applicable to liens for recovery of state expenditures related to oil or hazardous substances; amending the authority to contract to provide personnel to respond to a release or threatened release of oil or a hazardous substance and to contract to conduct spill related research; reassigning responsibility for the oil and hazardous substance response corps and for the emergency response depots to the Department of Environmental Conservation, and for the operation of the state emergency response commission and its attendant responsibilities for the local emergency planning commissions to the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs; and modifying definitions of terms relating to the preceding provisions; terminating the nickel-per-barrel oil conservation surcharge; levying and collecting two new oil surcharges; and providing for the suspension and reimposition of one of the new surcharges; and providing for an effective date." SENATE BILL NO. 248 "An Act relating to services for and protection of vulnerable adults; and providing for an effective date." SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 14 Relating to the naming of the Harold Z. Hansen Hatchery at Main Bay in Prince William Sound. SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 19 Suspending Uniform Rules 24(c), 35, 41(b), and 42(e) of the Alaska State Legislature concerning House Joint Resolution No. 43, relating to a constitutional amendment concerning victims of crime. SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 50 Requesting the governor to file suit in the United States Supreme Court against the United States government alleging violations of the civil rights of Americans listed as prisoners of war or missing in action in Southeast Asia; and requesting the other states to join in this suit. HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 62 Urging the Congress to reevaluate its practice of imposing unfunded mandates on state and local governments. PREVIOUS SENATE COMMITTEE ACTION HCR 24 - See Judiciary minutes dated 3/14/94 and 3/18/94. HCR 25 - See State Affairs minutes dated 3/9/94 and 3/11/94. SB 215 - See Resources minutes dated 11/19/93, 1/19/94, 2/7/94, and 2/16/94. See Labor & Commerce minutes for 2/22/94. Finance report 4/8/94. SB 248 - See Health, Education & Social Services minutes dated 2/2/94, 2/4/94, 2/16/94, and State Affairs minutes dated 3/11/94. Finance report 3/24/94. SCR 14 - See Community & Regional Affairs minutes dated 3/3/94. See Resources minutes dated 4/8/94. SCR 19 - See State Affairs minutes dated 4/11/94. SJR 50 - See State Affairs minutes dated 4/11/94. HJR 62 - No previous action to record. WITNESS REGISTER ACTION NARRATIVE TAPE 94-5, SIDE A Number 001 CHAIRMAN RICK HALFORD called the Senate Rules Committee meeting to order at 1:12 p.m. SENATOR RIEGER moved and asked unanimous consent that HCR 24 (SUPPORT SUIT AGAINST FEDERAL GOVERNMENT) be approved for calendaring at the Chair's discretion. Hearing no objection, it was so ordered. SENATOR RIEGER moved and asked unanimous consent that HCR 25 (STATE TE INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS EXCHANGE) be approved for calendaring at the Chair's discretion. Hearing no objection, it was so ordered. SENATOR RIEGER moved and asked unanimous consent that SB 248 (ASSIST & PROTECT VULNERABLE ADULTS) be approved for calendaring at the Chair's discretion. Hearing no objection, it was so ordered. SENATOR RIEGER moved and asked unanimous consent that SCR 14 (NAME E HATCHERY AT MAIN BAY: H.Z. HANSEN) be approved for calendaring at the Chair's discretion. Hearing no objection, it was so ordered. SENATOR RIEGER moved and asked unanimous consent that SCR 19 (SUSPEND UNIFORM RULES FOR HJR 43) be approved for calendaring at the Chair's discretion. Hearing no objection, it was so ordered. SENATOR RIEGER moved and asked unanimous consent that SJR 50 (SUIT T RE POWS & MIAS AGAINST U.S. & OTHERS) be approved for calendaring at the Chair's discretion. Hearing no objection, it was so ordered. SENATOR RIEGER moved and asked unanimous consent that SB 215 (OIL/HAZARDOUS SUBS.FUND & SURCHARGE) be approved for calendaring at the Chair's discretion. SENATOR LITTLE objected. The roll was taken with the following result: Senators Jacko, Rieger and Halford voted "Yea" and Senators Little and Zharoff voted "Nay." The Chair stated the motion carried. CHAIRMAN HALFORD opened the public hearing on HJR 62 (UNFUNDED FEDERAL MANDATES). He noted HJR 62 was a companion to SJR 49, which passed out of the Judiciary Committee with five "do pass" recommendations. There being no witnesses present to testify on HJR 62, CHAIRMAN HALFORD asked for the will of the committee. SENATOR JACKO moved and asked unanimous consent that HJR 62 be approved for calendaring at the Chair's discretion. Hearing no objection, it was so ordered. SENATOR JACKO moved and asked unanimous consent that HJR 62 (UNFUNDED FEDERAL MANDATES) be approved for calendaring at the Chair's discretion. Hearing no objection, it was so ordered. There being no further business to come before the committee, the meeting was adjourned at 1:18 p.m.