ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                   
                      SENATE RULES COMMITTEE                                                                                  
                            May 2, 2001                                                                                         
                             1:20 p.m.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Senator Drue Pearce, Chair                                                                                                      
Senator John Cowdery, Vice Chair                                                                                                
Senator Randy Phillips                                                                                                          
Senator Gene Therriault                                                                                                         
Senator Johnny Ellis                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
All Members Present                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                              
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 48(RES)                                                                                                   
"An Act eliminating  a requirement that a social security  number be                                                            
provided  by an  applicant  for  certain  hunting or  sport  fishing                                                            
licenses,  tags,   and  permits;  eliminating  a  requirement   that                                                            
applications  for  certain licenses  and  tags be  sworn  to by  the                                                            
applicants  before an officer  authorized  to administer oaths;  and                                                            
providing for an effective date."                                                                                               
     APPROVED FOR CALENDARING                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 110(JUD)                                                                                                  
"An Act  relating to driver's  licenses  and instructional  permits;                                                            
and providing for an effective date."                                                                                           
     APPROVED FOR CALENDARING                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 194(FIN)                                                                                                  
"An  Act  relating  to fees  for  commercial  fishing  licenses  and                                                            
permits; and providing for an effective date."                                                                                  
     APPROVED FOR CALENDARING                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 26                                                                                                   
Requesting  the National  Marine Fisheries  Service to relocate  the                                                            
Alaska Fisheries  Science Center Steller  sea lion research  team to                                                            
Alaska.                                                                                                                         
     APPROVED FOR CALENDARING                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 27(MLV)                                                                                       
Supporting the  erection of monuments in Alaska, Russia,  and Canada                                                            
to commemorate  the  World  War II  lend-lease program  between  the                                                            
United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.                                                                      
     APPROVED FOR CALENDARING                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
HB 48 - No previous Senate committee action.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
HB 110 - No previous Senate committee action.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
HB 194 - See Finance Report dated 4/28/01.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
HJR 26 - See Resources minutes dated 4/30/01.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
HJR 27 - See State Affairs minutes dated 4/26/01 and 4/30/01.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
ACTION NARRATIVE                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
[NO RECORDING IS AVAILABLE FOR THIS MEETING.]                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRMAN DRUE  PEARCE called the Senate  Rules Committee  meeting to                                                          
order at 1:20 p.m.  All members were present.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR PHILLIPS moved  to calendar CSHB  48(RES)-HUNT/FISH LICENSE:                                                        
NO SS#  OR OATHS REQ'D  and to add  a new fiscal  note to the  bill.                                                        
There being no objection, the motion carried.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR PHILLIPS  moved to calendar CSHB 110(JUD)-SOCIAL  SECURITY #                                                        
& DRIVER'S  LICENSES  with  its accompanying  fiscal  notes.   There                                                        
being no objection, the motion carried.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR PHILLIPS moved  to calendar CSHB 194(FIN)-COMMERCIAL FISHING                                                        
LICENSE  & PERMIT  FEES with its  accompanying  fiscal notes.  There                                                        
being no objection, the motion carried.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR PHILLIPS moved  to calendar HJR 26-STELLER SEA LION RESEARCH                                                        
TEAM TO ALASKA.  There being no objection, the motion carried.                                                              
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRWOMAN PEARCE announced  that the Senate State Affairs Committee                                                            
adopted  a committee substitute  for HJR  27-WWII ALASKA-USSR  LEND-                                                        
LEASE MONUMENTS.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR THERRIAULT moved to calendar all Senate versions of HJR 27.                                                             
There being no objection, the motion carried.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
There being no further business to come before the committee,                                                                   
CHAIRWOMAN PEARCE adjourned the meeting at 1:23 p.m.