04/13/2023 03:00 PM House STATE AFFAIRS

         HB 140-LEG SALARIES; STATE OFFICERS COMP COMM                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
3:13:31 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SHAW  announced that the  first order of business  would be                                                               
HOUSE  BILL NO.  140,  "An  Act relating  to  the State  Officers                                                               
Compensation Commission;  and relating to policies  of the Alaska                                                               
Legislative  Council regarding  allowances and  reimbursement for                                                               
moving expenses."   [CSHB 140(STA) was reported  out of committee                                                               
on 4/11/23.]                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
3:14:01 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE WRIGHT moved to rescind  the committee's action on                                                               
4/11/23  in reporting  CSHB  140(STA) out  of  committee.   There                                                               
being no objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
3:14:28 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE WRIGHT moved to adopt  the proposed CS for HB 140,                                                               
Version  33-LS069\B,  Klein/Wallace,   4/11/23,  as  the  working                                                               
document.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SHAW objected for the purpose of discussion.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
3:14:58 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
JOSH  WALTON, Staff,  Representative  Laddie  Shaw, Alaska  State                                                               
Legislature,  on  behalf  of Representative  Shaw,  relayed  that                                                               
Version B  corrected conflicting language  in the version  of the                                                               
bill that  had moved from committee  on 4/11/23.  He  deferred to                                                               
Mr. Klein to provide an explanation of changes in Version B.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
3:16:15 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
NOAH  KLEIN,  Legislative  Legal  Services,  Legislative  Affairs                                                               
Agency, recalled that a  previously adopted amendment essentially                                                               
bifurcated the compensation committee  report creating a separate                                                               
report for  the legislature and  a separate report  for executive                                                               
branch officials.   He explained  that the amendment  used plural                                                               
language,  while  another amendment  was  in  the singular.    He                                                               
highlighted  page 2,  line  11,  of Version  B,  noting that  the                                                               
language in the proposed CS was  drafted in the plural to correct                                                               
those technical inconsistencies.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
3:17:45 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  SHAW  removed  his  objection.   There  being  no  further                                                               
objection, Version B was before the committee.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
3:18:00 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  WRIGHT  moved to  report  CSHB  140, Version  33-                                                               
LS069\B,   Klein/Wallace,   4/11/23,   out  of   committee   with                                                               
individual  recommendations and  the  accompanying fiscal  notes.                                                               
There being no  objection, CSHB 140(STA) was reported  out of the                                                               
House State Affairs Standing Committee.