00HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 6                                                                                     
01 Establishing the Task Force on the Impacts of Transfers of Governmental                                                 
02 Functions to Local Governments.                                                                                         
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                              
04  WHEREAS the legislature is considering how best to allocate functions of state                                       
05 government given the fall in the price of oil and the resulting decrease in revenue to the state;                       
06 and                                                                                                                     
07  WHEREAS the delegation of state functions to local governments has repercussions                                     
08 for the local governments and individual taxpayers; and                                                                 
09  WHEREAS some governmental functions are best performed by the state because the                                      
10 state is in the best position to realize economies of scale;                                                            
11  BE IT RESOLVED by the Alaska State Legislature that the Task Force on the                                            
12 Impacts of Transfers of Governmental Functions to Local Governments is established for the                              
13 purpose of studying the effect on local governments of the transfer of functions now                                    
14 performed by the state; and be it                                                                                       

01  FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force shall be composed of six members, as                                            
02 follows:                                                                                                                
03   (1)  three members of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate; two                                        
04 members shall be members of the majority and one member shall be a member of the                                        
05 minority; and                                                                                                           
06   (2)  three members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker                                           
07 of the House of Representatives; two members shall be members of the majority and one                                   
08 member shall be a member of the minority; and be it                                                                     
09  FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force may conduct its work during the                                                 
10 legislative session and during the interim between sessions, may use the teleconference                                 
11 network and meet by teleconference, and may conduct public hearings; and be it                                          
12  FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force shall report its findings and                                                   
13 recommendations to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the                                 
14 Senate no later than January 19, 2000; and be it                                                                        
15  FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force is terminated at 11:59 p.m. on March 1,                                         
16 2000.