2009-04-07                     House Journal                      Page 0774
HB 186 was referred to the Finance Committee.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
HB 193                                                                                                                        
The Judiciary Committee considered:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 193                                                                                                          
    "An Act relating to representation by a legislator or legislative                                                           
    employee of another person in an administrative hearing; relating                                                           
    to charity events under the Legislative Ethics Act; requiring                                                               
    compensation of public members of the Select Committee on                                                                   
    Legislative Ethics; exempting certain information from disclosure                                                           
    requirements of the Legislative Ethics Act; relating to the                                                                 
    selection of alternate members and the participation of members                                                             
    and alternate members in formal proceedings of the Select                                                                   
    Committee on Legislative Ethics and its subcommittees; and                                                                  
    defining 'constituent,' 'constituent service,' 'legislative purpose,'                                                       
    'nonlegislative purpose,' and 'private benefit' for the purposes of                                                         
    the Legislative Ethics Act."                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
    CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 193(JUD)                                                                                              
    "An Act increasing the amount of money certain lobbyists may                                                                
    spend on food and beverage for immediate consumption by a                                                                   
    legislator, legislative employee, or a spouse or domestic partner of                                                        
    a legislator or legislative employee without disclosure to the                                                              
    Alaska Public Offices Commission; prohibiting public members                                                                
    of the Select Committee on Legislative Ethics from disclosing                                                               
    information that is confidential under the Legislative Ethics Act;                                                          
    relating to representation by a legislator or legislative employee of                                                       
    another person in an administrative hearing; relating to                                                                    
    prohibitions on the use of state resources under the Legislative                                                            
    Ethics Act; relating to charity events under the Legislative Ethics                                                         
    Act; requiring compensation of public members of the Select                                                                 
    Committee on Legislative Ethics; exempting certain information                                                              
    from disclosure requirements of the Legislative Ethics Act;                                                                 
    relating to the selection of alternate members and the participation                                                        
    of members and alternate members in formal proceedings of the                                                               
    Select Committee on Legislative Ethics and its subcommittees;                                                               
    and defining 'constituent,' 'constituent service,' 'legislative