00HOUSE BILL NO. 144                                                                                                    
01 "An Act relating to access to public buildings or public facilities by legislators                                      
02 and to audits of public buildings or public facilities."                                                                
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1.  AS 24.20.201(a) is amended to read:                                                                  
05  (a)  The Legislative Budget and Audit Committee has the power to                                                      
06   (1)  organize, adopt rules for the conduct of its business, and prescribe                                            
07 procedures for the comprehensive fiscal analysis, budget review, and post-audit                                         
08 functions;                                                                                                              
09   (2)  hold public hearings, administer oaths, issue subpoenas, compel the                                             
10 attendance of witnesses and production of papers, books, accounts, documents, and                                       
11 testimony, and have the deposition of witnesses taken in a manner prescribed by court                                   
12 rule or law for taking depositions in civil actions;                                                                    
13   (3)  require all state officials and agencies of state government to give                                            
14 full cooperation to the committee or its staff in assembling and furnishing requested                                   

01 information;                                                                                                            
02   (4)  review revenue projections, state agency appropriation requests, the                                            
03 expenditure of state funds, including the relationship between state agency program                                     
04 accomplishments and legislative intent, and the fiscal policies and procedures of state                                 
05 government;                                                                                                             
06   (5)  review and approve proposed changes to agency authorized budgets                                                
07 as provided in AS 37.07 (Executive Budget Act);                                                                         
08   (6)  make recommendations concerning appropriations, their expenditure,                                              
09 and the fiscal policies and procedures of state government to the governor when                                         
10 appropriate, and to the legislature;                                                                                    
11   (7)  prepare and distribute reports, memoranda, or other necessary                                                   
12 materials;                                                                                                              
13   (8)  sue in the name of the legislature during the interim between                                                   
14 sessions if authorized by majority vote of the full membership of the committee;                                        
15   (9)  hold public hearings on the confirmation of the members of the                                                  
16 Board of Trustees of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation;                                                             
17   (10)  make recommendations to the legislature and to agencies of the                                                 
18 state that perform lending or investment functions concerning the structure and                                         
19 operating practices of the agencies;                                                                                    
20   (11)  enter into and enforce all contracts necessary or desirable for the                                            
21 functions of the committee;                                                                                             
22   (12)  provide for annual post audits of the Alaska Housing Finance                                                   
23 Corporation, the Alaska Aerospace Development Corporation, and the Alaska Industrial                                    
24 Development and Export Authority ;                                                                                     
25   (13)  provide for annual audits of a building or facility operated by                                                
26 a state agency or a political subdivision of the state .                                                               
27    * Sec. 2.  AS 35.95 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                    
28  Sec. 35.95.020.  Access to a public building or public facility by a legislator.                                     
29 A legislator may not be denied reasonable access to a public building or public facility.