2005-03-18                     Senate Journal                      Page 0617
HB 81                                                                                             
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 81(L&C) BY THE HOUSE LABOR                                                    
AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE, entitled:                                                                   
                                                                                                    
           "An Act establishing an administrative fine and                                          
           procedure for construction contractors in certain                                        
           circumstances; increasing the amount of a civil                                          
           penalty for persons acting in the capacity of                                            
           contractors or home inspectors; modifying the                                            
           elements of a crime involving contractor registration                                    
           and residential contractors; modifying the exemptions                                    
           from regulation under AS 08.18 for contractors; and                                      
           exempting the administrative hearings for imposing                                       
           an administrative fine on construction contractors                                       
           from the hearings conducted by the office of                                             
           administrative hearings in the Department of                                             
           Administration."                                                                         
                                                                                                    
was read the first time and referred to the Labor and Commerce and                                  
Judiciary Committees.