02/21/2011 08:00 AM House EDUCATION

                     HB 6-REMOVING A REGENT                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR DICK  announced that the  first order of business  would be                                                               
HOUSE BILL NO.  6, "An Act authorizing the governor  to remove or                                                               
suspend a  member of the  Board of  Regents of the  University of                                                               
Alaska  for good  cause;  and establishing  a  procedure for  the                                                               
removal or suspension of a regent."                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
8:24:17 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE   MAX   GRUENBERG,   Alaska   State   Legislature,                                                               
explained the substantive  changes presented in the CS  for HB 6.                                                               
He said  the language  from page  2, lines  2-4, of  the original                                                               
bill  has been  retained in  the CS  and now  appears on  page 1,                                                               
lines 12  and 13; indicating  that the legislature has  the power                                                               
to  pass laws  that pertain  to the  University of  Alaska.   The                                                               
second  change  occurs  on  page  3, line  8,  which  adopts  the                                                               
adjudicative  chapter  from  the administrative  procedures  act,                                                               
replacing language which empowered the  governor to provide a due                                                               
process procedure;  the adjudicative chapter is  well established                                                               
under AS  44.62.330-.630.   Specifically, this  change designates                                                               
that the  proceedings in this  section fall under  the guidelines                                                               
of the  Administrative Procedures  Act (APA).   Finally,  page 2,                                                               
lines 27-31,  allows a suspended  regent to request a  hearing to                                                               
either defend  against the  grounds of suspension  or to  have it                                                               
lifted.                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
8:27:23 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR DICK closed public testimony.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
8:27:43 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  P. WILSON  moved to  report CSHB  6, Version  27-                                                               
LS0027\D,  Mischel,  2/9/11,  out of  committee  with  individual                                                               
recommendations and  the accompanying fiscal notes.   There being                                                               
no objection, CSHB6  (EDC) was reported from  the House Education                                                               
Standing Committee.                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
The committee took an at-ease from 8:28 a.m. to 8:31 a.m.