03/12/1993 08:00 AM House RES

  Number 284                                                                   
                                                                               
  VICE CHAIRMAN HUDSON referred to the state operating budget,                 
  and specifically HB 65, which Representative Hudson said                     
  would convert state services to user-fee programs.  He said                  
  that approach was essential if the state was to continue to                  
  provide oversight and professional assistance.  He asked Mr.                 
  Mueller if he was aware of what had been done in the budget                  
  process for FY 94.                                                           
                                                                               
  MR. MUELLER replied that Janice Adair of the DEC had given                   
  the wastewater board a briefing, and he agreed that a                        
  program where industry helped pay for regulation would be a                  
  fair way to deliver services.                                                
                                                                               
  CHAIRMAN WILLIAMS thanked the members of the Water and                       
  Wastewater Works Advisory Board for their presentation.  He                  
  noted Representative Finkelstein had joined the meeting at                   
  8:25 a.m., and also announced that the remainder of the                      
  meeting would be held by teleconference with sites in                        
  Anchorage, Fairbanks and Mat-Su.  The next item on the                       
  agenda would be HB 201.