SENATE RULES COMMITTEE April 28, 1994 4:02 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 HOUSE BILL NO. 71 "An Act relating to the involuntary dissolution of Native corporations; and providing for an effective date." HOUSE BILL NO. 180 am "An Act relating to the residential housing inspection requirements of the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation." CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 302(STA) "An Act excluding certain sports officials and certain recreational activities sanctioned by an employer from coverage provided under workers' compensation; and providing for an effective date." CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 392(FIN) am "An Act relating to the confidentiality of permanent fund dividend application information; relating to the permanent fund dividend program; and providing for an effective date." CS FOR SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 397(FIN) "An Act relating to the power to levy property taxes in second class cities." HOUSE BILL NO. 400 "An Act relating to administrative proceedings involving a determination of eligibility for a permanent fund dividend or authority to claim a dividend on behalf of another." CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 442(FIN) "An Act relating to criminal justice information; providing procedural requirements for obtaining certain criminal justice information; and providing for an effective date." CS FOR SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 497(CRA)(title am) "An Act relating to the titles that describe the two principal executive officers of electric and telephone cooperatives." HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 34 Declaring June 5 - 11, 1994, as Alaska Garden Week. HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 34 Requesting the Department of Commerce to give a high priority to fisheries development project grants for the Alaska salmon industry. PREVIOUS SENATE COMMITTEE ACTION HB 71 - See Community & Regional Affairs minutes dated 4/28/93. See Judiciary minutes dated 3/9/94 and 3/11/94. HB 180 - See Community & Regional Affairs minutes dated 4/22/93, 4/24/93. See Rules minutes dated 4/26/94. HB 302 - See Judiciary minutes dated 4/23/94. HB 392 - Finance report dated 4/27/94. HB 397 - See Community & Regional Affairs minutes dated 3/22/94. See Judiciary minutes dated 4/18/94. Finance report dated 4/28/94. HB 400 - See State Affairs minutes dated 4/25/94. Finance report 4/28/94. HB 442 - Finance report 4/28/94. HB 497 - See State Affairs minutes dated 4/11/94. See Labor and Commerce minutes dated 4/26/94. HCR 34 - See State Affairs minutes dated 4/27/94. HJR 34 - See Resources minutes dated 3/25/94 and 3/28/94. Finance report dated 4/27/94. WITNESS REGISTER David Harding, Staff to Representative Eileen MacLean State Capitol Juneau, AK 99801-1182 POSITION STATEMENT: Offered information on HB 180 ACTION NARRATIVE TAPE 94-6, SIDE A Number 001 CHAIRMAN RICK HALFORD called the Senate Rules Committee meeting to order at 4:02 p.m. SENATOR RIEGER moved and asked unanimous consent that HB 71 (DISSOLUTION OF NATIVE CORPORATIONS) be approved for calendaring at the Chair's discretion. Hearing no objection, it was so ordered. SENATOR RIEGER moved and asked unanimous consent that CSHB 302(STA) ) (WORKERS COMP FOR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES) be approved for calendaring at the Chair's discretion. Hearing no objection, it was so ordered. SENATOR RIEGER moved and asked unanimous consent that CSHB 392(FIN) ) am (PERMANENT FUND DIVIDEND PROGRAM) be approved for calendaring at t the Chair's discretion. Hearing no objection, it was so ordered. SENATOR RIEGER moved and asked unanimous consent that CSSSHB 397(FIN) (TAXING POWER OF SECOND CLASS CITIES) 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 400 (PFD ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS) be approved for calendaring at the Chair's discretion. Hearing no objection, it was so ordered. SENATOR RIEGER moved and asked unanimous consent that CSHB 442(FIN) ) (CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION) be approved for calendaring at the Chair's discretion. Hearing no objection, it was so ordered. SENATOR RIEGER moved and asked unanimous consent that CSSSHB 497(CRA)(title am) (OFFICERS OF UTILITY COOPERATIVES) 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 34 (ALASKA GARDEN WEEK) be approved for calendaring at the Chair's discretion. Hearing no objection, it was so ordered. SENATOR RIEGER moved and asked unanimous consent that HJR 34 (FED FISH RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT GRANTS) be approved for calendaring at the Chair's discretion. Hearing no objection, it was so ordered. CHAIRMAN HALFORD brought HB 180 am (AHFC HOUSING INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS) before the committee as the next order of business. SENATOR LITTLE directed attention to a proposed amendment to HB 180. She explained it keeps the intent of the bill intact and allows flexibility in areas where an ICBO certified inspector isn't reasonably available, as well as allowing for the inspector to make a case-by-case determination. She believes it is a better way to handle the problem than the video tape idea as proposed in the bill before the committee. DAVID HARDING, staff to the prime sponsor of the legislation, Representative Eileen MacLean, said it was unclear exactly what the amendment would accomplish. He thinks the approval on a case-by- case basis would be overly burdensome to AHFC. He also pointed out that in vast areas of the Bush there aren't any ICBO inspectors, because the volume of new construction is so small. The intent of the bill was to create some built in flexibility and opportunity for some qualified people to be able to do these inspections without having each case reviewed by AHFC. He noted AHFC thinks the language proposed in the bill is fine. SENATOR LITTLE said her real problem is with the video taping and the possible liability. She has been a building inspector and she can see a situation where a person video taping a structure could avoid an area, either purposely or accidently, and could miss a big problem with a structure. CHAIRMAN HALFORD asked Mr. Harding if he thought the sponsor would object to having inspections performed by a licensed architect or by a license engineer, whether or not the inspections are in rural areas. SENATOR LITTLE commented that she would like to keep the rural provision in there since that's where the difficulty is. She said she would be willing to work with the sponsor to come up with something that gets the problem resolved, but is a little more acceptable. CHAIRMAN HALFORD stated action on HB 180 am would be withheld until Senator Little and the sponsor get together to discuss her concerns. There being no further business to come before the committee, the meeting was adjourned at 4:15 p.m.