01/30/2018 01:00 PM Senate LABOR & COMMERCE

        HB 114-BOILER/PRESSURE VESSEL INSPECTION REPORTS                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
2:19:41 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR COSTELLO announced the consideration of HB 114.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
2:20:12 PM                                                                                                                    
REPRESENTATIVE SAM  KITO III,  Alaska State  Legislature, Juneau,                                                               
Alaska,  stated  that  HB  114  is a  House  Labor  and  Commerce                                                               
Committee  bill  that  was  introduced  at  the  request  of  the                                                               
Department of  Labor and Workforce  Development (DOLWD).  It does                                                               
two things. First,  it establishes a $10 fee for  each boiler and                                                               
pressure  vessel inspection  report that  is filed  without using                                                               
the online system. Second, it  reduces the time allowed to submit                                                               
the report  following an inspection  from the current 30  days to                                                               
15 days.  The bill seeks  to encourage  people to use  the online                                                               
system.  The nominal  fee for  those who  do not  use the  online                                                               
system helps  cover the department's costs  for manually entering                                                               
the information.  He listed the  individuals available  to answer                                                               
questions.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  MICCICHE asked  if the  bill provides  any accommodation                                                               
for  a  small  business  owner   in  rural  Alaska  who  has  not                                                               
transitioned to using technology.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE KITO deferred the question to the department.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
2:22:07 PM                                                                                                                    
DEBORA  KELLY, Director,  Division of  Labor Standards  & Safety,                                                               
Department of  Labor and  Workforce Development  (DOLWD), Juneau,                                                               
Alaska, explained  that these inspections  are generally  done by                                                               
insurance  companies  or  state inspectors,  not  small  business                                                               
owners.  The inspector  is still  free to  submit the  inspection                                                               
report by mail,  and the impact would  be a $10 fee  every two to                                                               
five  years.  She  noted  that most  of  the  inspection  reports                                                               
already come through the online system.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
2:23:12 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR COSTELLO  found no one who  wanted to testimony on  HB 114.                                                               
Finding no questions, she solicited a motion.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
2:23:36 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR  MICCICHE moved  to  report HB  114  from committee  with                                                               
individual recommendations and attached fiscal note(s).                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR COSTELLO stated  that without objection, HB  114 moves from                                                               
the Senate Labor and Commerce Standing Committee.