SENATE RULES COMMITTEE April 12, 1994 1:08 p.m. MEMBERS PRESENT Senator Rick Halford, Chair Senator Steve Rieger, Vice Chair Senator Suzanne Little Senator Fred Zharoff MEMBERS ABSENT Senator George Jacko COMMITTEE CALENDAR SENATE BILL NO. 248 "An Act relating to services for and protection of vulnerable adults; and providing for an effective date." SENATE BILL NO. 332 "An Act relating to the method of calculating the weight of live marijuana plants for purposes of applying controlled substance laws and amending the definition of `marijuana'." SENATE BILL NO. 349 "An Act amending Alaska Rule of Criminal Procedure 6(r) relating to admissibility of hearsay evidence by peace officers before the grand jury." SENATE BILL NO. 351 "An Act amending Alaska Rule of Evidence 404, relating to the admissibility of certain character evidence in court proceedings." SENATE BILL NO. 353 "An Act amending Alaska Rule of Criminal Procedure 24(d) relating to peremptory challenges of jurors in felony criminal proceedings." HOUSE BILL NO. 3 "An Act relating to public home care providers; and providing for an effective date." CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 4(JUD) "An Act relating to failure to report harm or assaults of the elderly or disabled." CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 59(MLV) "An Act making a special appropriation to the Department of Natural Resources for refunds to certain veterans who purchased state land and for reimbursement to the University of Alaska for the veterans' land discount applied to land transferred to the University of Alaska; and providing for an effective date." HOUSE BILL NO. 117 "An Act naming the Manvil H. Olson Bridge." CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 132(FIN) "An Act extending the time period of permits issued by the Department of Environmental Conservation, the Department of Fish and Game, and the Department of Natural Resources relating to the extraction or removal of resources if the permittee, or an agency issuing a permit to the permittee, is involved in administrative or judicial proceedings concerning the issuance or validity of a permit related to the extraction or removal of resources, and the permittee is unwilling to engage in the resource extraction or removal activity due to the proceedings." CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 306(RES) "An Act relating to an optional municipal tax credit for costs of certain river habitat protection improvements." PREVIOUS SENATE COMMITTEE ACTION 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. SB 332 - See Judiciary minutes dated 2/11/94 and 3/11/94. SB 349 - See State Affairs minutes dated 3/14/94. See Judiciary minutes dated 3/25/94 and 4/11/94. SB 351 - See State Affairs minutes dated 3/14/94. See Judiciary minutes dated 3/25/94 and 4/11/94. SB 353 - See State Affairs minutes dated 3/14/94. See Judiciary minutes dated 3/25/94 and 4/11/94. HB 3 - See HESS minutes dated 4/21/93. See Judiciary minutes dated 2/16/94. Finance report 3/24/94. HB 4 - See HESS minutes dated 4/21/93. See Judiciary minutes dated 2/23/94. Finance report 3/18/84. HB 59 - See State Affairs minutes dated 4/21/93. See Resources minutes dated 1/24/94 and 1/28/94. Finance report 2/23/94. HB 117 - See Transportation minutes dated 4/8/93 and State Affairs minutes dated 2/16/94. HB 132 - See Resources minutes dated 3/18/94. HB 306 - No previous action to record. ACTION NARRATIVE TAPE 94-5, SIDE A Number 001 CHAIRMAN RICK HALFORD called the Senate Rules Committee meeting to order at 1:08 p.m. SENATOR RIEGER moved and asked unanimous consent that SB 332 (POSSESION OF 25 LIVE MARIJUANA PLANTS) 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 349 (GRAND ND JURY EVIDENCE BY POLICE OFFICERS) 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 351 (CHARACTER EVIDENCE IN CRIMINAL TRIALS) 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 353 (PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE OF JURORS) be approved for calendaring at the Chair's discretion. Hearing no objection, it was so ordered. SENATOR RIEGER moved and asked unanimous consent that HB 3 (REGULATION OF HOME CARE PROVIDERS) be approved for calendaring at the Chair's discretion. Hearing no objection, it was so ordered. SENATOR RIEGER moved and asked unanimous consent that HB 4 (PROTECT CT ELDERLY AND DISABLED 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 HB 59 (APPROP: VETS' LAND DISCOUNT REFUND) be approved for calendaring at the Chair's discretion. Hearing no objection, it was so ordered. SENATOR RIEGER moved and asked unanimous consent that HB 117 (NAME E MANVIL H. OLSON BRIDGE (SCHROCK RD.) be approved for calendaring at the Chair's discretion. Hearing no objection, it was so ordered. SENATOR RIEGER moved and asked unanimous consent that HB 132 (EXTEND RESOURCE EXTRACTION PERMIT/LEASE) be approved for calendaring at the Chair's discretion. Hearing no objection, it was so ordered. CHAIRMAN HALFORD opened the public hearing on SB 248 (ASSIST & PROTECT VULNERABLE ADULTS). He noted there was a requested proposed committee substitute. SENATOR RIEGER moved the adoption of CSSB 248(RLS). SENATOR LITTLE suggested on page 12, line 2 of the committee substitute changing the word "or" to "and." CHAIRMAN HALFORD stated SB 248 and the motion to adopt the committee substitute would be held over for more information on the committee substitute. CHAIRMAN HALFORD opened the public hearing on CSHB 306(RES) (MUNICIPAL TAX CREDIT/HABITAT PROTECTION). SENATOR LITTLE explained the legislation was the same as SB 240 which was sponsored in the Senate by Senator Pearce. It will allow the Kenai Peninsula Borough to establish an ordinance which would allow for municipal tax credits for habitat protection projects along the Kenai River. Although it will not do any real good for the Kenai River, it is going to give some benefit to people who construct along the river, she said. CHAIRMAN HALFORD asked how long these credits would be in effect. SENATOR LITTLE answered it would be up to the Kenai Borough in their enabling ordinance to decide what they want to do. She added that she has strong concerns with the legislation because it goes in the opposite direction of where we should be going. There being no witnesses present to testify on HB 306, CHAIRMAN HALFORD asked for the pleasure of the committee. SENATOR RIEGER moved and asked unanimous consent that CSHB 306(RES) be passed out of committee with individual recommendations. Hearing no objection, it was so ordered. SENATOR RIEGER moved and asked unanimous consent that CSHB 306(RES) 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 1:17 p.m.