2010-02-26                     House Journal                      Page 1596
HB 289                                                                                                                        
The State Affairs Committee considered:                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
     HOUSE BILL NO. 289                                                                                                         
     "An Act authorizing state agencies to pay private legal fees and                                                           
     costs incurred by persons exonerated of alleged Alaska Executive                                                           
     Branch Ethics Act violations; allowing certain public officers and                                                         
     former public officers to accept state payments to offset private                                                          
     legal fees and costs related to defending against an Alaska                                                                
     Executive Branch Ethics Act complaint; and creating certain                                                                
     exceptions to Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act limitations on                                                            
     the use of state resources to provide or pay for transportation of                                                         
     spouses and children of the governor and the lieutenant governor."                                                         
                                                                                                                                
and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
     CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 289(STA)                                                                                             
     (same title)                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
The report was signed by Representative Lynn, Chair, with the                                                                   
following individual recommendations:                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Do pass (4):  Seaton, Gruenberg, Petersen, Lynn                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
No recommendation (1):  Johnson                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal note(s) apply to CSHB 289(STA):                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
1.  Indeterminate, Office of the Governor                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
HB 289 was referred to the Judiciary Committee.