Legislature(2007 - 2008)CAPITOL 106

02/01/2007 08:00 AM House STATE AFFAIRS


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* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
*+ HB 21 DISPOSAL OF STATE FLAG TELECONFERENCED
Heard & Held
*+ HB 19 LIMITED DRIVER'S LICENSES TELECONFERENCED
Moved CSHB 19(STA) Out of Committee
*+ HB 38 IMPROPER CONTRIBUTIONS TO LEGISLATORS TELECONFERENCED
Heard & Held
*+ HB 58 EXEC. BRANCH ETHICS:INTERESTS & ACTIONS TELECONFERENCED
Heard & Held
+ Bills Previously Heard/Scheduled TELECONFERENCED
HB  19-LIMITED DRIVER'S LICENSES                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
[Contains discussion of HB 85.]                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
8:08:54 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR LYNN  announced that the  next order of business  was HOUSE                                                               
BILL  NO. 19,  "An  Act relating  to  ignition interlock  limited                                                               
driver's license privileges."                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
8:09:39 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE KEVIN  MEYER, Alaska State  Legislature, presented                                                               
HB 19  as prime  sponsor.  He  said the creation  of the  bill is                                                               
credited to the  efforts of a constituent.   Representative Meyer                                                               
said he doesn't  take the issue of drinking  and driving lightly;                                                               
it is a serious public threat  to society.  He reported that last                                                               
year,  5-6,000 Alaskans  received a  driving under  the influence                                                               
(DUI) citation,  and approximately  800 of  those Alaskans  had a                                                               
revoked or suspended license.  He  said he shares the view of his                                                               
constituent that  there must be a  better way to deal  with those                                                               
who have multiple DUIs.   Representative Meyer said the bill will                                                               
not  change the  fact that  when people  get caught  drinking and                                                               
driving, they  will be fined  and lose  their license.   The bill                                                               
will  change  how the  state  deals  with the  "limited  license"                                                               
portion of the DUI laws.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
8:11:41 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  MEYER  explained  that currently  there  are  two                                                               
parts to  the limited license  section of  the DUI statute.   For                                                               
the  first  30   days,  a  person  convicted   of  driving  while                                                               
intoxicated  is  not allowed  to  drive  anywhere and  must  take                                                               
public transportation  or carpool  to get  to work,  for example.                                                               
Then,  for  the next  60  days  the  person  is given  a  limited                                                               
license,   which  allows   driving   to  and   from  work   only.                                                               
Representative Meyer  stated, "We're  not so concerned  where you                                                               
drive,  but  how  you  get there."    The  proposed  legislation,                                                               
through  the use  of  a devise  called  an "ignition  interlock,"                                                               
would enable the  person with the DUI to  drive anywhere, because                                                               
the  device will  not allow  them to  start the  car [if  his/her                                                               
blood alcohol  level is too  high].   Other states have  used the                                                               
system, and it has been used in Alaska with success.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  MEYER admitted  that  using the  device will  not                                                               
stop  people "from  still wanting  to  drive while  intoxicated";                                                               
however, he  argued that currently, people  with limited licenses                                                               
are  still driving  while  intoxicated.   At  least the  ignition                                                               
interlock  system will  ensure  that the  person  driving is  not                                                               
intoxicated.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
8:14:45 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MIKE  PAWLOWSKI,  Staff  to Representative  Kevin  Meyer,  Alaska                                                               
State  Legislature, addressed  committee questions  on behalf  of                                                               
Representative Meyer, prime  sponsor of HB 19.  In  response to a                                                               
question from Chair  Lynn, he offered his  understanding that the                                                               
ignition  interlock device  costs approximately  $125 to  install                                                               
and $100 a month in recurring monitoring fees.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
8:15:34 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  COGHILL  said he  wants  to  talk to  the  vendor                                                               
regarding the  ability to scam the  system and the cost  and life                                                               
span of the device.                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
8:16:08 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE COGHILL, at the behest  of the chair, introduced a                                                               
group of  students from North  Pole Alaska, accompanied  by their                                                               
teacher, Barbara Nore.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
[A  woman named  Julie Robinson  announced from  the back  of the                                                               
room that she  was accompanying seven students with  the Close Up                                                               
Program.]                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR LYNN returned to discussion of HB 19.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
8:17:28 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE MEYER concluded  that he hopes HB 19  will offer a                                                               
better system for dealing with a public safety problem.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
8:18:53 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE   MEYER,   in   response  to   a   question   from                                                               
Representative Doll, reiterated that  last year alone, there were                                                               
5,000 Alaskans  arrested for driving  under the  influence, thus,                                                               
that could well  be the number of devices installed  in the first                                                               
year.                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
8:19:43 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MR.  PAWLOWSKI, in  response to  a  question from  Representative                                                               
Coghill  regarding   insurance  coverage,  said  at   this  point                                                               
insurance companies are  not willing to state  whether passage of                                                               
the bill would have an effect on insurance rates.                                                                               
8:20:37 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE   MEYER,   in   response  to   a   question   from                                                               
Representative Johansen, confirmed  that it is the  intent of the                                                               
bill that the cost of the devices be borne by the offenders.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
8:20:41 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  GRUENBERG  directed  attention to  AS  11.76.140,                                                               
which states that it is a  misdemeanor, punishable by  30 days in                                                               
jail and a  fine.  If the  offender cannot pay both  the fine and                                                               
device, the  court has  the discretion to  allow the  offender to                                                               
only pay  for the device.   He stated, "What we're  interested in                                                               
is making sure that the offender drives safely."                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
8:21:53 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON offered his  understanding that there is a                                                               
system for tracking the ignition interlock devices.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
[MR. PAWLOWSKI nodded yes.]                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  JOHNSON stated  his assumption  that most  of the                                                               
people  using  the device  are  on  probation,  and he  asked  if                                                               
failing the  device and trying  to use the vehicles  anyway would                                                               
be  admissible  as evidence  in  court  as grounds  for  revoking                                                               
probation.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
MR.   PAWLOWSKI  responded   that   he  believes   it  would   be                                                               
[admissible].   He  said the  Division  of Motor  Vehicles has  a                                                               
regulation wherein  it may revoke  a person's  ignition interlock                                                               
license  if  that  person  "blows  over a  certain  level."    He                                                               
explained, "If  I blow into  the device  and can't start  my car,                                                               
have I  committed a crime  or haven't I  committed a crime?"   He                                                               
said the  sponsor is not sure  he wants to see  the license taken                                                               
away in that scenario.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON said he would  like to know if failing the                                                               
blow test would be sufficient evidence to revoke [probation].                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
8:23:52 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE GRUENBERG  noted that  he introduced  the original                                                               
interlock device  bill, which passed  in 1989, and the  answer to                                                               
Representative Johnson's question is  yes, the judge could revoke                                                               
the person's probation.                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  JOHNSON  suggested  that  in itself  might  be  a                                                               
deterrent.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  GRUENBERG mentioned  that  he and  Representative                                                               
Les Gara  are going to  introduce HB  85, which would  extend the                                                               
period during which  the ignition interlock device  could be used                                                               
in a vehicle.                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
8:25:17 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  DOLL expressed  concern that  the individual  may                                                               
not even own a  car and would use other people's  cars.  She said                                                               
she  is  also  concerned  about  the  [work]  load  of  probation                                                               
officers.  She  referred to [page 2, lines 16-19],  which read as                                                               
follows:                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
                    (B) the person is required to maintain                                                                      
     the ignition interlock device  throughout the period of                                                                    
     the  limited license,  to  keep  up-to-date records  in                                                                    
     each  vehicle showing  that  any  required service  and                                                                    
     calibration is  current, and  to produce  these records                                                                    
     immediately on request;                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
8:26:35 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  MEYER suggested  that a  representative from  the                                                               
Department of Public  Safety would be available  to address those                                                               
concerns.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
8:27:15 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MR.  PAWLOWSKI,  in  response to  questions  from  Representative                                                               
Roses,  confirmed that  the Department  of Corrections  certifies                                                               
[those who  install the  devices] and the  vendor of  the devices                                                               
bears the cost of that  certification.  Furthermore, he said, the                                                               
State of Alaska is not subject  by civil suit "over a decision by                                                               
the  commissioner."   He said  the  function of  the devices  was                                                               
"fleshed out" under state law years ago.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
8:27:50 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE GRUENBERG confirmed  that the aforementioned bill,                                                               
passed back  in 1989, stipulated  a department would  oversee the                                                               
certifications;  however,  because   of  contention  between  the                                                               
Department of  Public Safety and  the Department  of Corrections,                                                               
over  which   department  was  responsible,  the   bill  was  not                                                               
implemented for "a year or two."                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
MR. PAWLOWSKI  said, "...  The citation on  that statute  is [AS]                                                               
33.05.020."                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
8:28:43 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON said  he has read about  new tests whereby                                                               
the alcohol content  is "read" through a skin test.   He asked if                                                               
the language  of the bill  will allow for better  technology down                                                               
the road.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
MR. PAWLOWSKI answered  no.  He explained that in  order to avoid                                                               
"false positives,"  the sponsor wants any  new technology brought                                                               
before the legislature for consideration.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE MEYER  confirmed that  future technology,  once it                                                               
has proven itself, can be proposed through a future bill.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
8:30:23 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
WALT MONEGAN,  Acting Commissioner,  Department of  Public Safety                                                               
(DPS), stated that is takes a  collective effort to get the drunk                                                               
driving  situation  under control.    He  reported that  Alaska's                                                               
fatality  rates  [due  to  drunk  driving  accidents]  have  been                                                               
reduced significantly.   He said HB  19 is another piece  to that                                                               
puzzle.   He said [the  ignition interlock device  could possibly                                                               
be circumvented;  however, he point  out that those who  would do                                                               
so  would also  do  the  same with  any  other device  installed.                                                               
Regarding Representative Johnson's mention of  a skin test on the                                                               
steering wheel,  Acting Commissioner Monegan suggested  it may be                                                               
possible that a  false reading could result from  someone who had                                                               
just put  aftershave on  [an alcohol-based  product].   He stated                                                               
support for the proposed legislation.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
8:32:13 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
COMMISSIONER   MONEGAN,   in   response  to   a   question   from                                                               
Representative Coghill, confirmed that  the license carried by an                                                               
individual who  uses the device  would alert a police  officer to                                                               
that  fact.     In   response  to   a  follow-up   question  from                                                               
Representative   Coghill,   he   said  other   members   of   the                                                               
individual's family  could use  the vehicle,  and he  offered his                                                               
understanding that an individual with  several cars would have to                                                               
have a device installed in each of the cars.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
8:33:30 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  GRUENBERG,   regarding  Representative  Johnson's                                                               
previous question  about future  advanced technology,  noted that                                                               
the  definition of  ignition  interlock device  is  found in  [AS                                                               
12.55.102(e)(1)], which read as follows:                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
          (1) "ignition interlock device" means equipment                                                                       
     designed  to   prevent  a  motor  vehicle   from  being                                                                    
     operated  by a  person  who has  consumed an  alcoholic                                                                    
     beverage,   and  that   has  been   certified  by   the                                                                    
     commissioner of corrections under AS 33.05.020(c);                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  GRUENBERG  concluded,  "So, the  commissioner  of                                                               
[the  Department of]  Corrections could,  by regulation,  ... use                                                               
advance  technology, as  you're discussing;  we wouldn't  have to                                                               
deal with it in the legislature."                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
8:34:49 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
JEFF   OTTESEN,  Director,   Division  of   Program  Development,                                                               
Department of  Transportation & Public Facilities  (DOT&PF), told                                                               
the committee that he oversees  the Alaska Highway Safety Office.                                                               
He  apologized for  the  necessity of  making  a correction,  and                                                               
explained as follows:                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
     We  issued a  fiscal note  to you  on Monday  that said                                                                    
     that this  ... law, if  passed, would cause one  of our                                                                    
     highway safety  sanctions to be  relaxed, that  is, the                                                                    
     federal government would no longer  sanction us on this                                                                    
     issue.   I received  the e-mail this  morning as  I was                                                                    
     driving  here,  indirectly  from the  Office  of  Chief                                                                    
     Counsel   of  the   National  Highway   Traffic  Safety                                                                    
     Administration  that rebuts  that.   It's their  review                                                                    
     that this  law would not meet  the federal requirements                                                                    
     of what  is known  as Section  154, thus,  the sanction                                                                    
     would still apply.   That doesn't mean that  it isn't a                                                                    
     good  step forward  in  advancing  highway safety;  but                                                                    
     there would be no relaxation of that safety issue.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  LYNN  asked,  "What  would   be  required  to  have  these                                                               
sanctions lifted?"                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
MR. OTTESEN responded:                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
     This  is  per  the  Office  of  Chief  Counsel  of  the                                                                    
     National  Highway  Traffic Safety  Administration,  and                                                                    
     the three points  they point out [are] that:   it would                                                                    
     permit a repeat offender  to drive before the mandatory                                                                    
     one-year  minimum  suspension  period expected  in  the                                                                    
     federal  law; it  would not  mandate that  the ignition                                                                    
     air  lock  apply to  all  repeat  offenders across  the                                                                    
     state;  and  it would  not  require  that the  ignition                                                                    
     interlock  apply to  all vehicles  owned by  the repeat                                                                    
     offender.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
MR.  OTTESEN  said  he  just checked  the  law,  which  addresses                                                               
vehicles  operated  by the  repeat  offender,  rather than  those                                                               
owned.                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
8:36:47 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  GRUENBERG   asked  for   copy  of   that  e-mail.                                                               
Regarding  owner versus  operator,  he said  he  could foresee  a                                                               
parent owning  a vehicle driven  only by a  son or daughter.   He                                                               
said,  "It  should  be  the  ones  that  the  offender  operates,                                                               
regardless of who owns them."                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
8:38:23 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON  asked, "Is it your  understanding that we                                                               
have to satisfy all three of  those requirements, or is it a best                                                               
two of three, to receive this?"                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
8:38:33 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MR. OTTESEN stated his understanding  that all three requirements                                                               
must be  met.  He  said there may be  "a perverse benefit  to all                                                               
this."  He continued:                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
     Right  now, because  we're sanctioned,  the dollars  in                                                                    
     question -  a little more  than $4 million -  are taken                                                                    
     away from us for highway  purposes and given back to us                                                                    
     for  highway safety  purposes.   Those dollars  are now                                                                    
     being  spread  across  the  state,  [from]  the  police                                                                    
     departments,  to the  Department of  Public Safety,  to                                                                    
     the  DUI teams  that are  out there.   We're  achieving                                                                    
     tremendous  benefits from  those dollars.   What  we're                                                                    
     not able to do with them  is rebuild highways.  So, ...                                                                    
     if we lift  the sanction, the dollars will  stay in the                                                                    
     state,  the dollars  flowing  to  safety programs  will                                                                    
     cease,   [and]   the   dollars   flowing   to   highway                                                                    
     construction will increase.   It's like, "Which of your                                                                    
     children  do   you  like  the  most?"     They're  both                                                                    
     important programs.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
8:39:23 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE GRUENBERG asked if the state would have more                                                                     
flexibility in spending the money if the sanctions were to be                                                                   
lifted.                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
8:39:48 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MR. OTTESEN answered no. He explained:                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
     The dollars  - if they stay  in the highway side  - are                                                                    
     strictly    available    to    highway    construction,                                                                    
     reconstruction,  and  highway   safety  improvements  -                                                                    
     things    like    intersection    improvements    [and]                                                                    
     guardrail[s] ....  If they  get sanctioned, the dollars                                                                    
     actually flow  to the  National Highway  Traffic Safety                                                                    
     Administration, and  then they  give them  to us.   And                                                                    
     they require  that we ...  then identify what  is known                                                                    
     as a  split.   We can split  those dollars  between the                                                                    
     Alaska  Highway   Safety  Office,  which   is  strictly                                                                    
     programs   that   address   behavior  -   things   like                                                                    
     enforcement patrols,  educational efforts,  those kinds                                                                    
     of activities  - or  we can split  some of  the dollars                                                                    
     back to highway safety.  And  when I say safety, I mean                                                                    
     projects  targeted  specifically to  documented  safety                                                                    
     problems,  where we  have a  trail of  evidence through                                                                    
     crash reports  that tells us there's  a safety program.                                                                    
     So,  these  dollars  can  come   back  to  the  highway                                                                    
     program, but  in a  very narrow sense.   They  can't be                                                                    
     used  for  repaving  a  road  or  widening  a  road  or                                                                    
     something like that.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
8:41:02 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  ROSES,  referring  to   a  scenario  wherein  the                                                               
sanctions  are not  met  and  the $4  million  dollars go  toward                                                               
highway safety, asked,  "Are those $4 million counted  in part of                                                               
the highway  matching funds that  you have,  or would it  now not                                                               
be?"                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
8:41:23 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MR. OTTESEN responded as follows:                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
     The  dollars that  go to  highway safety  do require  a                                                                    
     match,  as well.   But  at that  point the  dollars are                                                                    
     being administered  by a different federal  agency than                                                                    
     the  Federal  Highway  Administration;   they're  being                                                                    
     administered  by the  National  Highway Traffic  Safety                                                                    
     Administration.    And  ...   all  this  then  actually                                                                    
     becomes targeted  to DUIs -  it's largely where  it has                                                                    
     to  be spent.    So, we  spend a  great  deal of  these                                                                    
     dollars on DUI patrols.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
     Commissioner  Monegan  was  just  here.   We  have  DUI                                                                    
     patrols in his department  that are producing fantastic                                                                    
     results.    In  the  past  two  years,  Alaska's  fatal                                                                    
     accident rate has dropped from  about 95 ... fatalities                                                                    
     per year to  about 75 or 72.  That  was a one-year drop                                                                    
     a year ago;  it was the largest percentage  drop in the                                                                    
     nation.   And we think the  DUI patrols was a  big part                                                                    
     of that.   In '06  we sustained  that rate.   We didn't                                                                    
     better it, but  we at least sustained it,  so it wasn't                                                                    
     just  an  aberration.    Being a  small  state  with  a                                                                    
     relatively  small number  of  fatalities,  you can  get                                                                    
     aberrations; you  can have a single  accident with five                                                                    
     or  six people  in  it  and really  kind  of skew  your                                                                    
     numbers.  We've now held that number for two years.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
     And we see the result  also -- I believe Representative                                                                    
     Meyer has  talked about the  increase in the  number of                                                                    
     DUI arrests.   Well, that's  in part the result  of the                                                                    
     DUI  patrols.    We've  got  more  eyes  on  the  road,                                                                    
     specifically  looking  for  drivers  who  drink.    So,                                                                    
     tremendous  safety benefit,  just  a phenomenal  safety                                                                    
     benefit.  Like  I said, don't ask me  to choose between                                                                    
     my children; they're both very important.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
8:43:06 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE COGHILL, regarding the issue of a one-year                                                                       
suspension, asked if there is something beyond a one-year                                                                       
suspension mandate.                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
8:43:18 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MR. OTTESEN stated his belief  that there is a mandatory one-year                                                               
suspension  [of the  person's  driver's  license] before  driving                                                               
with  the ignition  interlock  device.   He  said,  "They want  a                                                               
harsher penalty at the start."                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
8:43:41 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  COGHILL said,  "It  was brought  to my  attention                                                               
that not  only is it  a change in  the suspension ...  [to allow]                                                               
early driving;  there might be  some issue  on what to  do during                                                               
the probationary time."                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
8:44:13 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  JOHNSON  indicated  that  he  finds  the  related                                                               
issues of money and "smoking mirrors" to be perplexing.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
8:44:50 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MR.  OTTESEN,  in  response to  a  question  from  Representative                                                               
Johnson, stated:                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     The  lack of  having  a primary  seatbelt  law did  not                                                                    
     result  in a  sanction; there  [were] no  dollars being                                                                    
     sanctioned  for  that  omission  in  the  eyes  of  the                                                                    
     federal government.   There was  a ...  one-time carrot                                                                    
     [dangled] for  passing the primary seatbelt  law of ...                                                                    
     a  little  over  $3  million,  and  we  received  those                                                                    
     dollars  at  the end  of  federal  year 2006,  just  in                                                                    
     September of last year.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
8:45:34 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
BABETTE A. MILLER,  Smart Start of Alaska, said Smart  Start is a                                                               
vendor  certified  through  the   Department  of  Corrections  to                                                               
install, monitor,  and service ignition  interlock devices.   The                                                               
device keeps  track of any  individual assigned to it  and allows                                                               
any  authority  to  log  in  and check  on  the  status  of  that                                                               
individual  to determine  when  and where  the  vehicle is  being                                                               
driven.    Probation officers  have  access  to the  individual's                                                               
driving history prior to the probation appointment.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
MS.  MILLER, in  response to  a previous  question regarding  how                                                               
many  vehicles  must  have  the  device  installed,  stated  that                                                               
currently, Smart Start  is installing the devices  in the vehicle                                                               
that the  individual operates.   If Smart Start notices  that the                                                               
vehicle is  not used frequently,  that may  be an alert  that the                                                               
individual  may  be  driving  one   of  his/her  other  vehicles.                                                               
Regarding the concern  that aftershave may trigger  the device to                                                               
register  as  though  the  person failed  a  sobriety  test,  she                                                               
assured  the committee  that the  Smart Start  ignition interlock                                                               
device is "alcohol specific," and  the wearing of copious amounts                                                               
of aftershave will not affect breath samples taken.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
MS. MILLER  noted that  currently there are  quite a  few clients                                                               
assigned  to  ignition interlock  devices  who  have been  issued                                                               
limited licenses.  She explained  that those individuals are only                                                               
allowed to drive  to and from work and cannot  drive to treatment                                                               
centers or  the grocery  store, for example.   She  remarked, "It                                                               
almost seems  to me that  it defeats  the purpose."   She pointed                                                               
out that  treatment is usually  court ordered or required  by DMV                                                               
in order for the individual to keep his/her license.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
8:50:32 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MS.  MILLER,  in  response  to  a  concern  that  the  individual                                                               
assigned to  a device  might try  to cheat  the system  by having                                                               
someone else  blow into  it, explained that  the device  asks for                                                               
"rolling retests."   If the person fails the  test while driving,                                                               
he/she must  repeat the test until  passing it, or pull  over and                                                               
turn  of  the ignition.    Ms.  Miller  said the  first  [rolling                                                               
retest]  occurs between  1 to  15 minutes  after the  vehicle has                                                               
been  started,  and from  thereafter  it  occurs  every 1  to  45                                                               
minutes for  the duration of the  operation of the vehicle.   She                                                               
said  this feature  usually prevents  the individual  from having                                                               
someone else start the car.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
MS.   MILLER   said  the   device   uses   a  "voice-tone   anti-                                                               
circumvention"  feature; therefore,  the  individual cannot  fill                                                               
air into  a balloon from  an oxygen tank and  try to use  that to                                                               
pass the test.   There must be a voice tone, and it  must be at a                                                               
certain level,  she related.  She  mentioned a new unit  that has                                                               
recently  been released  in Texas,  which  takes a  photo of  the                                                               
individual who is blowing into the unit.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
8:51:48 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MS. MILLER said  there are six clients using the  device who have                                                               
voluntarily  chosen to  do so  after  being eligible  to have  it                                                               
removed.   She told  of one  person who could  not drive  for the                                                               
first four  months with the  device until he/she figured  out how                                                               
far in advance to stop drinking  in order to pass the breath test                                                               
and be able to drive to work.   Other people, she said can't wait                                                               
to get the device off of their vehicle.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
8:53:38 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MS. MILLER, in  response to a question from Chair  Lynn, said the                                                               
device  is  manufactured in  Texas.    In response  to  follow-up                                                               
questions, she said  there are other vendors  of similar devices;                                                               
however, only two  vendors have units certified to  operate to [a                                                               
temperature  of] "45  below."   Monitoring, she  said is  done by                                                               
downloading the data from the device to be interpreted.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
8:55:16 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE COGHILL  asked what the technology  is that allows                                                               
someone not  under court order to  use the device to  drive a car                                                               
with the device installed.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
8:55:40 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MS.  MILLER said  the individual  who is  assigned the  device is                                                               
responsible for  every breath  sample given to  the device.   She                                                               
reiterated that  the device uses  voice tone recognition  and the                                                               
testing while the vehicle is in operation occurs randomly.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
8:56:59 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MS.  MILLER, in  response  to a  request  for clarification  from                                                               
Representative  Doll,  said in  the  beginning,  the Smart  Start                                                               
people ask  that anyone who is  going to use the  vehicle come in                                                               
to the office, watch a video,  and be trained in the operation of                                                               
the unit.   She stated,  "Because there is  no camera in  the car                                                               
that can  positively identify  the individual  that is  using the                                                               
unit,  that if  they  get  into the  car  and  blow alcohol,  the                                                               
individual that  is required  to have  the ignition  interlock is                                                               
responsible for that breath sample."   In response to a follow-up                                                               
question, she said Smart Start  charges $100 for installation and                                                               
$125 a month for operation.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
8:58:34 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  GRUENBERG  drew  attention  to  AS  33.05.020(d),                                                               
which read:                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
          (d) The regulations in (c) of this section must                                                                       
     require  that  the  ignition interlock  device  operate                                                                    
     reliably  over the  range  of automobile  environments,                                                                    
     otherwise known as  automobile manufacturing standards,                                                                    
     for  the  geographic  area  for  which  the  device  is                                                                    
     certified.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE GRUENBERG noted that it  gets colder in some parts                                                               
of the state than in others.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
9:00:51 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MS.  MILLER offered  her understanding  that  statute provides  a                                                               
blanket statement regarding the temperature.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE GRUENBERG said  that is too restrictive.   He said                                                               
other  companies  should be  allowed  to  sell their  product  in                                                               
Southeast Alaska.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR LYNN pointed  out that an individual with  the device needs                                                               
to be able to drive anywhere in the state.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  GRUENBERG  said he  would  like  to explore  that                                                               
issue.                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
9:02:34 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MS.  MILLER,   in  response  to  questions   from  Representative                                                               
Johnson, listed  the areas that  Smart Start operates  in Alaska.                                                               
She said  there are a lot  of areas in which  only one individual                                                               
needs  the   interlock  device   and  Smart   Start's  competitor                                                               
sometimes  covers those  areas.   She  talked about  the cost  of                                                               
flying to locations where there are only one or two clients.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
9:04:20 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MS. MILLER,  in response to Representative  Roses, clarified that                                                               
in  Alaska, the  device must  work in  temperatures ranging  from                                                               
negative 40 Celsius  to positive 85 Celsius.  She  said the units                                                               
have never malfunctioned  due to cold in Fort Yukon,  where it is                                                               
very cold.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  COGHILL offered  his understanding  that negative                                                               
40 Celsius and Fahrenheit are the same temperature.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
9:05:47 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
NARDA BUTLER, testifying on behalf  of herself, revealed that she                                                               
is the  citizen advocate who presented  Representative Meyer with                                                               
the idea for  the bill after meeting [Rodney  Haybert - testimony                                                               
following]  who is  a recovering  alcoholic who  had his  license                                                               
taken away  some years ago.   Ms. Butler shared a  brief personal                                                               
history, including  the fact that  she is a stay-at-home  mom who                                                               
teaches science  to home schooled  children.  She  explained that                                                               
she met  Mr. Haybert when  he was  hired to remodel  her family's                                                               
home and  learned that  although Mr. Haybert  has been  sober for                                                               
five years,  unless the law  is changed, he  will not be  able to                                                               
drive for the  rest of his life.  She  emphasized that her intent                                                               
in asking for a  change in the current law was  not to lessen the                                                               
consequences of poor decision, but  was a result of research that                                                               
led her  to the discovery  of the ignition  interlock technology.                                                               
She  referred to  a handout  in the  committee packet,  entitled,                                                               
"The Top  The Reasons Why Now  is the Right Time  for an Ignition                                                               
Interlock Limited License Program in Alaska."                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
9:11:31 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MS. BUTLER reviewed  the handout, which shows  that 50-75 percent                                                               
of  drivers  whose  driver's licenses  have  been  revoked  drive                                                               
anyway, and that over the past  five years, 14 percent of all the                                                               
individuals with DUI arrests have  also been charged with driving                                                               
with  a revoked/suspended  license.   She  said  those numbers  -                                                               
supplied by the Alaska State Troopers  - are not decreasing.  She                                                               
noted that a Maryland study shows  a 60 percent reduction in risk                                                               
of  committing an  alcohol-related  offense with  the  use of  an                                                               
interlock device, while  another study in Ohio  demonstrates a 65                                                               
percent  decrease in  the  probability of  a  subsequent DUI  for                                                               
offenders who  have the  interlock installed in  their car.   Ms.                                                               
Butler  opined  that  since  interlock   devices  do  not  change                                                               
behavior, they  should be installed  "as soon as possible  for as                                                               
long as  possible."  She  noted that New  Mexico has some  of the                                                               
most comprehensive  ignition interlock  laws, and that  the state                                                               
has   done   away   with   mandatory   periods   of   revocation.                                                               
Furthermore, New Mexico  decided to forego the  funds for safety,                                                               
transferring  that money  instead to  highway construction.   Ms.                                                               
Butler  said the  most current  technology is  "alcohol-specific,                                                               
tamper-resistant, ... and increasingly person-specific."                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
9:14:01 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MS.  BUTLER emphasized  that an  ignition interlock  program that                                                               
"captures the most  number of people" would  provide the greatest                                                               
safety measure possible.  The cost  of the program would be borne                                                               
by  the  offenders, she  remarked.    The administrative  program                                                               
would allow the Division of  Motor Vehicles (DMV) to collect data                                                               
to   "document  performance   and   make  data-driven   decisions                                                               
regarding reinstatement."  She noted  that the second page of the                                                               
aforementioned  handout provides  a list  of resources  for those                                                               
interested in researching  the issue.  Ms.  Butler concluded that                                                               
she does  not want  her children  driving on  the roads  with any                                                               
more people "driving  in a compromised manner," which  is why she                                                               
supports HB 19.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
9:15:32 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
RODNEY  HAYBERT,  testifying  on  behalf  of  himself,  told  the                                                               
committee  that he  is the  aforementioned person  who can  never                                                               
drive again [without  the adoption of the bill and  access to the                                                               
ignition interlock system].  He  said he depends on co-workers or                                                               
public transportation  to get  to and  from work,  and he  is not                                                               
able  to drive  himself to  Alcoholics  Anonymous.   He said  the                                                               
ability to  drive helps people get  off of Welfare and  back into                                                               
society.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
9:17:34 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  LYNN expressed  his appreciation  of Mr.  Haybert's candid                                                               
testimony.  He said it puts a human face on the issue.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
9:17:50 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  GRUENBERG  thanked  Ms. Miller  for  her  efforts                                                               
toward this bill.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
9:18:38 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
DUANE  BANNOCK,  Director,  Division  of  Motor  Vehicles  (DMV),                                                               
Department of Administration, testified in  support of HB 19.  He                                                               
said DMV  believes that HB  19 can make  Alaska a safer  place to                                                               
drive.   He  noted that  currently  there is  a limited  driver's                                                               
license law in  Alaska, which limits [an individual  who has been                                                               
convicted  with  a  DUI]  to  driving to  and  from  work  during                                                               
predetermined hours.   A first time offender  has his/her license                                                               
revoked  for  90  days  and,  after  30  days  of  riding  public                                                               
transportation, that person  may apply for a limited  license.  A                                                               
multiple offender  has his/her license  revoked for a  minimum of                                                               
one  year, must  be on  the public  transportation program  for a                                                               
minimum of 90  days, and then is eligible to  apply for a limited                                                               
license to be able to drive to and  from work.  He noted that the                                                               
court  has the  ability  to give  greater  limited licenses,  for                                                               
example, to allow the individual to  drive to church or to attend                                                               
to an ailing loved one.   The Division of Motor Vehicles does not                                                               
have that authority under the current law.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
MR.  BANNOCK  said  the proposed  legislation  would  change  the                                                               
connotation of  the word "limited," because  the individual would                                                               
be  limited  to  driving  a vehicle  equipped  with  an  ignition                                                               
interlock  device.   He  echoed  previous  testimony that  people                                                               
today with  limited licenses  are probably  going outside  of the                                                               
lines  of  where   and  when  they  can  drive.     The  proposed                                                               
legislation  will  allow  the  individual  willing  to  have  the                                                               
ignition interlock  device installed on his/her  vehicle to drive                                                               
where and whenever.                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
9:22:23 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MR. BANNOCK, in  response to a question from  Chair Lynn, offered                                                               
his  understanding that  the  device is  leased  by the  company,                                                               
thus, it  would be returned  to that  company once the  period of                                                               
leasing ended.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
9:23:11 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MR.  BANNOCK,  in  response to  a  question  from  Representative                                                               
Coghill, explained that under current  rules, law enforcement can                                                               
see "internally"  that a  license is restricted,  and there  is a                                                               
national standard  regarding that "restriction  code."  If  HB 19                                                               
passes,  he  said,  the  division  will  be  creating  a  special                                                               
driver's  license  that  will  be   identified  as  an  "ignition                                                               
interlock device limited license."                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  COGHILL  recommended  there be  a  connection  in                                                               
identifying  both the  driver's license  and the  vehicle license                                                               
plate.                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
MR. BANNOCK said that is a  good idea; however, he cautioned that                                                               
the  division  soon   will  be  forwarding  a   bill  asking  the                                                               
legislature for a  lot of money in order to  make that connection                                                               
electronically,  because the  division's current  technology does                                                               
not allow for that.                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
9:24:49 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  GRUENBERG  noted that  he  had  suggested to  Mr.                                                               
Bannock  on  a  previous  day that  those  hearing  the  driver's                                                               
license  cases ultimately  should be  administrative law  judges.                                                               
He said he thinks that change could be made in phases.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
9:25:37 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MR. BANNOCK  said he has  not had  the opportunity to  carry that                                                               
conversation forward, but will do so.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
9:26:42 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR LYNN closed public testimony.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
9:27:25 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE ROSES moved to adopt Amendment 1, which read as                                                                  
follows:                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
     Page 2, lines 2 - 3:                                                                                                       
          Delete all material and insert:                                                                                       
          "(f)  A court revoking a driver's license,                                                                            
     privilege to  drive, or privilege  to obtain  a license                                                                    
     under AS 28.15.181(c), or  the department when revoking                                                                    
     a driver's  license, privilege  to drive,  or privilege                                                                    
     to obtain  a license  under AS 28.15.165(c),  may grant                                                                    
     ignition"                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
     Page 2, line 6, following "by the":                                                                                        
          Insert "court or"                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
     Page 2, line 7, following "The":                                                                                           
          Insert "court or"                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
9:27:39 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE COGHILL objected to Amendment 1 for discussion                                                                   
purposes.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
9:27:49 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MR. PAWLOWSKI explained that Amendment 1 corrects an oversight                                                                  
in the bill; it would give the court the authority they maintain                                                                
under current law.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
9:28:42 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE COGHILL removed his objection to Amendment 1.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
9:28:48 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR LYNN announced that there being no objection, Amendment 1                                                                 
was adopted.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
9:29:48 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE GRUENBERG moved to adopt Amendment 2, which read                                                                 
as follows:                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
     Page 2, Line 8                                                                                                             
          Delete "or" and add ","                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
     Page 2, Line 9                                                                                                             
          After "28.35.032;" and "or similar municipal                                                                          
     ordinance;"                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  GRUENBERG   explained  that  Amendment   2  would                                                               
provide the  courts and the  Division of Motor Vehicles  to grant                                                               
ignition interlock limited licenses  in cases that are violations                                                               
of municipal ordinances in addition to state statute.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE MEYER said he approves of Amendment 2.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
9:31:05 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE COGHILL removed his objection to Amendment 2.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
There being no further objection, Amendment 2 was adopted.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
9:31:16 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  GRUENBERG [moved  to  adopt]  Amendment 3,  which                                                               
would add the following text from HB 85 into HB 19:                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
     * Sec. 6. AS 28.35.030 is amended by adding a new                                                                        
     subsection to read:                                                                                                        
          (u) In addition to penalties provided in (a) or                                                                       
     (n) of this section, the court may place a person                                                                          
     convicted under those subsections on probation for a                                                                       
     period of not more than five years following a term of                                                                     
     imprisonment, including any suspended term of                                                                              
     imprisonment. The court may place a limitation on the                                                                      
     person's driver's license during the term of the                                                                           
     probation as provided in AS 28.15.201(d) or (f).                                                                           
     * Sec. 7. AS 28.35.032 is amended by adding a new                                                                        
     subsection to read:                                                                                                        
          (u) In addition to penalties provided in (a) or                                                                       
     (p) of this section, the court may place a person                                                                          
     convicted under those subsections on probation for a                                                                       
     period of not more than five years following a term of                                                                     
     imprisonment, including any suspended term of                                                                              
     imprisonment. The court may place a limitation on the                                                                      
     person's driver's license during the term of the                                                                           
     probation as provided in AS 28.15.201(f).                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  GRUENBERG explained  that [AS  28.35.030] relates                                                               
to driving while intoxicated (DWI)  and DUI, while [AS 28.35.032]                                                               
addresses refusal  to take a  breathalyzer test.   The amendment,                                                               
he said,  would extend  the court's  jurisdiction to  ensure that                                                               
people  don't drive  while  intoxicated again.    In response  to                                                               
questions  from Representative  Coghill,  he  confirmed that  the                                                               
language is  from a bill he  and Representative Les Gara  are co-                                                               
sponsoring and does not extend beyond probation issues.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
9:33:14 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE MEYER  said his  gut feeling is  that he  does not                                                               
object  to  Amendment  3;  however, he  noted  that  someone  was                                                               
available to testify from the court system.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
9:33:37 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE COGHILL [objected to Amendment 3].                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
9:33:49 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
DOUG  WOOLIVER,  Administrative  Attorney, Alaska  Court  System,                                                               
reminded  the committee  members  that the  court  does not  take                                                               
positions on a bill.   He said, at first glance,  he does not see                                                               
any problem with Amendment 3 from the court's perspective.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  GRUENBERG  stated  for  the  record  that  he  is                                                               
offering Amendment  3 with the  understanding that if there  is a                                                               
problem brought  to light  in the next  committee of  referral to                                                               
the House Judiciary Standing Committee  - a committee on which he                                                               
sits - he will not hesitate to remove Amendment 3.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
9:34:41 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  JOHNSON asked  if the  court can  currently offer                                                               
probation of  more than five  years, and Amendment 3  would limit                                                               
that to the five years.                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
MR. WOOLIVER  said he  doesn't know,  but that  would be  part of                                                               
what he considers if Amendment 3 is adopted.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MR. JOHNSON said  he hopes the reverse would also  be true - that                                                               
if  the House  State Affairs  Standing Committee  does not  adopt                                                               
Amendment 3,  Representative Gruenberg would introduce  it in the                                                               
House Judiciary Standing Committee.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
9:35:30 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE GRUENBERG  clarified that it is  not his intention                                                               
to limit the court's jurisdiction, but to expand it.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
9:35:45 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE   COGHILL  said   the  language   seems  like   an                                                               
expansion, but  "not to exceed  five years"  would seem to  put a                                                               
limitation on  the court.   He said,  "What I'll be  studying is:                                                               
If ... you  had a lifetime revocation, what  would a probationary                                                               
period look like once we've changed that law?"                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
9:36:27 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE GRUENBERG  recommended that  his co-sponsor  in HB
85 be allowed to respond.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
9:36:50 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE LES  GARA, Alaska  State Legislature, said  he has                                                               
not seen  the amendment.   Notwithstanding  that, he  stated that                                                               
the  current bill  would only  impose  the interlock  requirement                                                               
during the  DMV administrative period of  the license suspension.                                                               
He explained that there are people  who have received DWIs two or                                                               
three  times for  being  habitual drinkers  who  drive under  the                                                               
influence.   He  said  it would  be wise  to  have the  interlock                                                               
device   requirement  during   the   short   period  of   license                                                               
revocation, but  also to cover  other lengths of sentencing.   He                                                               
said the court  should have the discretion to  consider the facts                                                               
and decide  whether or not  to extend  the term of  interlock use                                                               
through the probation  period and perhaps for  another five years                                                               
after that.  He reiterated that  he had not seen Amendment 3, but                                                               
that is how the language was written in HB 85.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  GRUENBERG confirmed  that he  had just  taken the                                                               
language directly from HB 85.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
9:38:37 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MR. BANNOCK,  in response  to Chair Lynn,  said he  was reviewing                                                               
the language  from Sections  6 and 7  as Representative  Gara was                                                               
speaking,  and it  does not  appear  that the  division would  be                                                               
affected by using that language in the bill.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
9:39:51 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  COGHILL removed  his  objection  to Amendment  3.                                                               
There being no further objection, Amendment 3 was adopted.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
9:40:01 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE ROSES  moved to report  HB 19, as amended,  out of                                                               
committee [with  individual recommendations and  the accompanying                                                               
fiscal  notes].   [There  being no  objection,  CSHB 19(STA)  was                                                               
reported out of the House State Affairs Standing Committee].                                                                    
                                                                                                                                

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