SENATE RULES COMMITTEE May 4, 1994 5:44 p.m. MEMBERS PRESENT Senator Rick Halford, Chair Senator Steve Rieger, Vice Chair Senator George Jacko Senator Fred Zharoff MEMBERS ABSENT Senator Suzanne Little COMMITTEE CALENDAR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 319(FIN) "An Act relating to the training of law enforcement and corrections officers; to the establishment of surcharges to be assessed for violations of certain traffic offenses; allowing defendants who are unable to pay the surcharge to perform community work; creating the Alaska police standards training fund; and providing for an effective date." CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 43(FIN) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to the rights of crime victims. SENATE BILL NO. 301 "An Act increasing elementary and secondary instructional units for certain school districts with 800 or fewer students in average daily membership; and providing for an effective date." SENATE BILL NO. 362 "An Act relating to insurance, to the licensing, accreditation, examination, regulation, and solvency of persons engaged in the insurance business, including insurers, nonadmitted insurers, purchasing groups, risk retention groups, and United States branches of alien insurers; relating to the management of and the filing of reports by persons licensed or otherwise doing business under the insurance code; amending Alaska Rule of Civil Procedure 45; and providing for an effective date." SENATE BILL NO. 378 "An Act relating to permanent fund dividend program notice requirements and to dividends of individuals convicted of felonies or misdemeanors; and providing for an effective date." SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 52 Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to the budget reserve fund. PREVIOUS SENATE COMMITTEE ACTION HB 319 - See Judiciary minutes dated 4/26/94. Finance report 5/2/94. HJR 43 - See Judiciary minutes dated 11/16/93 and State Affairs minutes dated 3/9/94, 3/21/94, 3/23/94, and 3/28/94. See Judiciary minutes dated 4/26/94, 4/30/94 & 5/3/94. Finance referral waived 5/4/94. SB 301 - See Health, Education & Social Services minutes dated 3/30/94, 4/18/94 and 4/25/94. Finance report 5/4/94. SB 362 - See Labor & Commerce minutes dated 3/29/94 and 3/31/94. See Judiciary minutes dated 4/11/94 and 4/30/94. SB 378 - See State Affairs minutes dated 4/18/94 and 4/20/94. Finance report 5/2/94. SJR 52 - Finance report 5/4/94. ACTION NARRATIVE TAPE 94-8, SIDE A Number 001 CHAIRMAN RICK HALFORD called the Senate Rules Committee meeting to order at 5:44 p.m. SENATOR JACKO moved and asked unanimous consent that CSHB 319(FIN) (ALASKA POLICE STNDS TRAINING FUND) be approved for calendaring at the Chair's discretion. Hearing no objection, it was so ordered. SENATOR JACKO moved and asked unanimous consent that CSHJR 43(FIN) (RIGHTS OF CRIME VICTIMS; CRIMINAL ADMIN) be approved for calendaring at the Chair's discretion. Hearing no objection, it was so ordered. SENATOR JACKO moved and asked unanimous consent that SB 301 (REVISE SE FOUNDATION FORMULA, SMALL SCHOOLS) be approved for calendaring at the Chair's discretion. SENATOR ZHAROFF objected, stating that it doesn't include the "fix" for the single dual site schools. He then withdrew his objection. Hearing no further objection, it was so ordered. SENATOR JACKO moved and asked unanimous consent that SB 362 (OMNIBUS INSURANCE REFORM) be approved for calendaring at the Chair's discretion. Hearing no objection, it was so ordered. SENATOR JACKO moved and asked unanimous consent that SB 378 (NO PFD:PERSONS JAILED FOR FELONY OR MISD.) be approved for calendaring at the Chair's discretion. Hearing no objection, it was so ordered. CHAIRMAN HALFORD brought SJR 52 (BUDGET RESERVE FUND AMENDMENT) before the committee as the final order of business. He requested that Senator Rieger explain the difference between the proposed Rules CS and the Finance CS. Senator Rieger directed attention to page 1, line 7 of the Senate Finance CS and the phrase "money in the budget reserve fund shall be treated as general funds", which was intended to refer to the manner of appropriation of the fund. Tam Cook, Director of the Division of Legal Services, raised concern that the phrase might raise questions of how it is invested, etc. Senator Rieger suggested changing "shall be treated" to "may be appropriated" to make it clear that it is only referring to the manner in which the money is appropriated. Senator Rieger said there was also a sentence in the Finance CS that read "For the purpose of this section money from the budget reserve fund shall be considered to be the last used in a fiscal year", which was an attempt to make sure that the general fund monies were used before using monies from the budget reserve. A number of questions were raised that showed it is somewhat impractical, and he suggested removing that language altogether. Senator Rieger also recommended changing "prior year's level" to "prior fiscal year's level." CHAIRMAN HALFORD asked for the pleasure of the committee on the proposed Rules CS. SENATOR RIEGER moved that CSSJR 52(RLS) be adopted. Hearing no objection, the motion carried. SENATOR RIEGER moved that CSSJR 52(RLS) be passed out of committee with individual recommendations. Hearing no objection, it was so ordered. SENATOR RIEGER moved and asked unanimous consent that CSSJR 52(RLS) 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 5:50 p.m.