00CS FOR HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 6(CRA)                                                                         
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 decline in daily production and the resulting                         
06 decrease in revenue to the state; 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; and                                                        
11  WHEREAS, for a variety of reasons, many governmental functions are best performed                                    
12 by local governments;                                                                                                   
13  BE IT RESOLVED by the Alaska State Legislature that the Task Force on the                                            
14 Impacts of Transfers of Governmental Functions to Local Governments is established to                                   

01   (1)  study the effect on local governments of the transfer of functions now                                           
02 performed by the state; and                                                                                             
03   (2)  examine the roles of the federal, state, tribal, and municipal governments                                       
04 in providing services and to determine whether changes ought to be made in those roles and                              
05 recommend legislation needed to accomplish those changes; and be it                                                     
06  FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force shall be composed of seven members, as                                          
07 follows:                                                                                                                
08   (1)  two members of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate; one                                          
09 member shall be a member of the majority and one member shall be a member of the                                        
10 minority; and                                                                                                           
11   (2)  two members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker                                             
12 of the House of Representatives; one member shall be a member of the majority and one                                   
13 member shall be a member of the minority; and                                                                           
14   (3)  two members appointed by the Alaska Municipal League and one member                                              
15 appointed by the Alaska Federation of Natives to represent the unincorporated communities                               
16 in the unorganized borough of the state; members appointed under this paragraph are not                                 
17 entitled to travel or per diem payments from the state; and be it                                                       
18  FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force may conduct its work during the                                                 
19 legislative session and during the interim between sessions, may use the teleconference                                 
20 network and meet by teleconference, and may conduct public hearings; and be it                                          
21  FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force shall report its findings and                                                   
22 recommendations to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the                                 
23 Senate no later than January 19, 2000; and be it                                                                        
24  FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force is terminated at 11:59 p.m. on March 1,                                         
25 2000.