SENATE RULES COMMITTEE March 2, 1995 11:33 a.m. MEMBERS PRESENT Senator Mike Miller, Chair Senator Drue Pearce, Vice Chair Senator Bert Sharp Senator Jim Duncan Senator Judy Salo MEMBERS ABSENT All members present COMMITTEE CALENDAR SENATE BILL NO. 3 "An Act relating to an antitrust exemption for persons engaged in the fishing industry." SENATE BILL NO. 41 "An Act relating to reports by fishing vessels that are not registered under the laws of the state." SENATE BILL NO. 78 "An Act related to the authority of certain beverage dispensary licensees to stock alcoholic beverages in guest rooms and prohibiting certain room rentals for the purpose of providing alcoholic beverages to a person under 21 years of age." SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 17 Supporting the Alaska Humanities Forum and the National Endowment for the Humanities; endorsing federal legislation reauthorizing and funding the National Endowment for the Humanities; requesting the United States Congress to fund the National Endowment for the Humanities at a fair and reasonable level; and urging the President of the United States to support legislation reauthorizing and funding at a fair and reasonable level the National Endowment for the Humanities. HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 27 am Requesting the United States Congress to accommodate Alaska's wetlands circumstances in the federal Clean Water Act reauthorization by increasing statutory flexibility on wetlands use in Alaska, and to recognize Alaska's unique and outstanding history of wetlands conservation. HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 11 Designating March 1995 as Sobriety Awareness Month, commonly referred to as "SAM." -- SENATE/COMPUTER SOFTWARE PROPOSAL PREVIOUS SENATE COMMITTEE ACTION SB 3 - See Resources minutes dated 1/25/95, 1/27/95, and 2/3/95. See Judiciary minutes dated 2/27/95. SB 41 - See Resources minutes dated 2/3/95. Finance referral waived 2/28/95. SB 78 - See Labor and Commerce minutes dated 2/14/95. See Judiciary minutes dated 2/13/95. Finance referral waived 2/28/95. SJR 17 - See Health, Education & Social Services minutes dated 3/1/95. HJR 27 - See Resources Committee minutes dated 2/27/95. WITNESS REGISTER Daryel Donaldson, Manager Data Processing Legislative Affairs Agency 130 Seward St., Suite 313 Juneau, AK 99801-2197 ACTION NARRATIVE TAPE 95-3, SIDE A SRLS - 3/2/95 CHAIRMAN MILLER called the Senate Rules Committee meeting to order at 11:33 a.m. He stated HCR 11 (SOBRIETY AWARENESS MONTH: MARCH 1995) was being removed from the agenda for calendaring because it was not yet in the committee's possession. SRLS - 3/2/95 SENATOR DUNCAN moved and asked unanimous consent that SB 3 (ANTITRUST EXEMPTION FOR FISHERMEN) be approved for calendaring. Hearing no objection, it was so ordered. SRLS - 3/2/95 SENATOR SHARP moved and asked unanimous consent that SB 41 (REPORTS BY OUT OF STATE FISHING VESSELS) be approved for calendaring. Hearing no objection, it was so ordered. SRLS - 3/2/95 SENATOR SHARP moved and asked unanimous consent that SB 78 (ALCOHOL SALES IN HOTEL ROOMS) be approved for calendaring. Hearing no objection, it was so ordered. SRLS - 3/2/95 SENATOR PEARCE moved and asked unanimous consent that SJR 17 (NAT'L ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES) be approved for calendaring. Hearing no objection, it was so ordered. SRLS - 3/2/95 SENATOR SHARP moved and asked unanimous consent that HJR 27 am (EXEMPT ALASKA FROM FED CLEAN WATER ACT) be approved for calendaring. Hearing no objection, it was so ordered. CHAIRMAN MILLER stated the last item on the agenda was a Senate proposal to purchase 17 Power Macintosh 6100/66 computers and software for Senate offices. The offices of Senators Miller, Rieger and Torgerson already have the Power Macs, and it is his intention to have one Power Mac installed in the remaining senators' offices. SENATOR DUNCAN asked where these Power Macs would be purchased and if the dollar per unit price contained in the memo was a firm price. CHAIRMAN MILLER answered that the proposal will go through the normal process of being put out for bid. DARYEL DONALDSON, Manager of Data Processing, Legislative Affairs Agency, explained the prices he gave to Senator Miller's office are based upon previous solicitations that the Agency has done. An Apple direct contract they have with the factory is consistently low, although their delivery time is one to three weeks. Quite often, they can get them in less time than that from a dealer, but the dealers have been approximately $200 per unit higher than the Apple direct factory costs. CHAIRMAN MILLER said it was his understanding that the Macintosh SE's that are currently in some Senate offices are pretty antiquated and, as the new computers come on line, his intention is to get rid of some of those SE's. He added that the disposal of those units could be the topic for a future meeting. CHAIRMAN MILLER asked how long it will take to get the computers if the proposal is approved. DARYEL DONALDSON responded that he thought that in three weeks they can have them delivered and be well on their way to installing them. There being no further discussion, CHAIRMAN MILLER asked for the will of the committee. SENATOR SALO moved that the Senate Rules Committee approve the purchase of the 17 Power Macintosh 6100/66 computers and the Microsoft Word 6.0 and Microsoft Office 6.0 software. Hearing no objection, it was so ordered. There being no further business to come before the committee, the meeting was adjourned at 11:41 a.m.