SENATE RULES COMMITTEE                                    
                         April 1, 1996                                         
                           12:22 p.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. 152                                                           
 "An Act relating to geographic differentials for the salaries of              
 certain state employees who are not members of a collective                   
 bargaining unit; relating to periodic salary surveys and                      
 preparation of an annual pay schedule regarding certain state                 
 employees; relating to certain state aid calculations based on                
 geographic differentials for state employee salaries; and providing           
 for an effective date."                                                       
                                                                               
 SENATE BILL NO. 268                                                           
 "An Act relating to release before trial in cases involving                   
 controlled substances."                                                       
                                                                               
 HOUSE BILL NO. 411                                                            
 "An Act naming Mountain View Road in Gustavus."                               
                                                                               
 CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 59(RES)                                     
 Respectfully requesting the Environmental Protection Agency to                
 issue a final National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System                 
 permit for Cook Inlet oil and gas operations that omits the                   
 incremental permittee monitoring and reporting obligations                    
 identified in the Agency's draft permit and, consistent with the              
 philosophy of the Agency's 1996 National Water Program Agenda,                
 allows the permittees to operate under pollutant discharge                    
 monitoring and reporting requirements that are not more rigorous              
 than those requirements of the Cook Inlet National Pollutant                  
 Discharge Elimination System permit in place.                                 
                                                                               
  PREVIOUS SENATE COMMITTEE ACTION                                             
                                                                               
 SB 152 - Finance report 3/29/96.                                              
                                                                               
 SB 268 - See Judiciary minutes dated 3/13/96, 3/22/96, 3/25/96 and            
      3/27/96.                                                                 
 HB 411 - See Senate Transportation minutes dated 3/28/96.                     
                                                                               
 HJR 59 - See Resources minutes dated 3/27/96.                                 
                                                                               
    ACTION NARRATIVE                                                           
                                                                               
 TAPE 96-5, SIDE A                                                             
                                                                               
  CHAIRMAN MILLER  called the Senate Rules Committee meeting to order          
 at 12:22 p.m.                                                                 
                                                                               
 CHAIRMAN MILLER brought  SB 152  (GEOGRAPHIC PAY DIFFERENTIALS)               
 before the committee.  Hearing no discussion, he asked for the                
 pleasure of the committee.                                                    
                                                                               
 SENATOR SHARP moved and asked unanimous consent SB 152 be approved            
 for calendaring.  Hearing no objection, it was so ordered.                    
                                                                               
 CHAIRMAN MILLER brought  SB 268  (PRETRIAL RELEASE FOR CERTAIN                
 OFFENSES) before the committee.  Hearing no discussion, he asked              
 for the pleasure of the committee.                                            
                                                                               
 SENATOR SHARP moved and asked unanimous consent SB 268 be approved            
 for calendaring.  Hearing no objection, it was so ordered.                    
                                                                               
 CHAIRMAN MILLER brought  HB 411  (MOUNTAIN VIEW ROAD - GUSTAVUS)              
 before the committee.  Hearing no discussion, he asked for the                
 pleasure of the committee.                                                    
                                                                               
 SENATOR PEARCE moved and asked unanimous consent HB 411 be approved           
 for calendaring.  Hearing no objection, it was so ordered.                    
                                                                               
 CHAIRMAN MILLER brought CSHJR 59(RES) (NPDES PERMIT FOR COOK INLET            
 OIL & GAS) before the committee.  Hearing no discussion, he asked             
 for the pleasure of the committee.                                            
                                                                               
 SENATOR PEARCE moved and asked unanimous consent CSHJR 59(RES) be             
 approved for calendaring.  Hearing no objection, it was so ordered.           
                                                                               
 There being no further business to come before the committee, the             
 meeting was adjourned at 12:00 p.m.