00SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 11                                                                                     
01 Proposing amendments to the Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature                                               
02 relating to certain committee meetings held outside of the state capital and to                                         
03 recess of the legislature during the period the meetings are held; and providing                                        
04 for an effective date.                                                                                                  
05 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
06  Section 1.  The Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature are amended by adding                                    
07 a new rule to read:                                                                                                     
08  RULE 23A.  COMMITTEE MEETINGS HELD OUTSIDE OF THE STATE                                                               
09 CAPITAL.  (a)  Each standing committee shall hold at least one meeting at a location                                    
10 outside of the state capital during the period beginning with the 61st day of each                                      
11 regular session and ending on and including the 70th day.  Committee chairs shall                                       
12 coordinate the scheduling of meetings held under this rule so that a meeting of a                                       
13 standing committee is held in as many different locations in the state as possible.                                     
14  (b)  Notwithstanding Uniform Rule 23, written notice of the time, place, and                                          

01 subject matter of a meeting held under this rule shall be provided by the person who                                    
02 chairs the committee to the chief clerk or secretary by 4:00 p.m. of the 50th day of the                                
03 regular session.  Changes to the time, place, or subject matter of a meeting held under                                 
04 this rule may not be made unless the person who chairs the committee determines that                                    
05 the change is essential to the conduct of the business of the committee.  Notice of a                                   
06 change shall be provided to the chief clerk or secretary by 4:00 p.m. of the 55th day                                   
07 of the session.  The chief clerk or secretary shall publish and distribute copies of the                                
08 schedule of meetings held under this rule and of changes to that schedule.                                              
09  (c)  A committee may report a bill out of committee during a meeting held                                             
10 under this rule.  However, a member attending the meeting by teleconference who is                                      
11 not physically present at the location of the meeting may not vote to report the bill out                               
12 of committee.                                                                                                           
13  (d)  Subject to Sec. 10, Art. II of the State Constitution, each house of the                                         
14 legislature shall remain in recess during the period meetings are scheduled under this                                  
15 rule.                                                                                                                   
16    * Sec. 2.  Rule 52 of the Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature is amended by                                
17 adding a new subsection to read:                                                                                        
18  (b)  Before the 40th day of each regular session each body shall consider the                                         
19 question of concurring in a recess in excess of three days by the other body during the                                 
20 period beginning with the 61st day of the session and ending on and including the 70th                                  
21 day for the purpose of holding committee meetings outside of the state capital under                                    
22 Rule 23A.                                                                                                               
23    * Sec. 3.  The amendments proposed by this resolution take effect on the convening of the                            
24 First Session of the Nineteenth Alaska State Legislature.