2004-05-07                     House Journal                      Page 3972
Representative Gara objected.                                                                       
                                                                                                    
Amendment to Amendment No. 9 was offered  by Representative                                          
Gara:                                                                                               
                                                                                                    
In Amendment No. 8, following, "member of that house":                                              
 Insert "of the same political party"                                                               
                                                                                                    
Representative Gara moved and asked unanimous consent that                                          
Amendment to Amendment No. 9 be adopted.  There being no                                            
objection, Amendment to Amendment No. 9 was adopted.                                                
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
There being no further objection, Amendment No. 9 as amended was                                    
adopted and the new title follows:                                                                  
                                                                                                    
    CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 563(JUD) am(efd add)                                                      
    "An Act relating to legislative branch ethics, to open meetings                                 
    guidelines applicable to legislators, to the confidentiality of                                 
    complaints and proceedings involving alleged violations of AS                                   
    24.60, and to hearings on formal charges by the Select Committee                                
    on Legislative Ethics or its subcommittees; and providing for an                                
    effective date."                                                                                
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
Amendment No. 10 was offered  by Representative Rokeberg:                                            
                                                                                                    
Page 4, line 10, following "occurred.":                                                             
 Insert "Except to the extent that the confidentiality provisions                               
are waived by the subject of the complaint, the person filing a                                 
complaint shall keep confidential the fact that the person has filed                            
a complaint under this section as well as the contents of the                                   
complaint filed."                                                                               
                                                                                                    
Page 4, line 25, following "complaint.":                                                        
 Insert "Dismissal of a complaint under this subsection does not                                
affect the right of the committee or any person other than the                                  
complainant to initiate a complaint based on the same factual                                   
allegations."