04/11/2007 01:30 PM House FINANCE

HOUSE BILL NO. 178                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act relating to the Governor's Committee on                                                                            
     Employment of People with Disabilities; and providing                                                                      
     for an effective date."                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
ROB  MEYERS, STAFF,  REPRESENTATIVE  PEGGY WILSON,  explained                                                                   
that the bill  is at the request of the  Governor's Committee                                                                   
on   Employment    and   Rehabilitation   of    People   with                                                                   
Disabilities.     Congress  has   changed  the   requirements                                                                   
recently and this bill would change  Alaska statute to comply                                                                   
with those  requirements.   He  explained the changes  to the                                                                   
bill such as meeting times and the makeup of the council.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Meyer asked  about the  zero fiscal  note from  the                                                                   
Department of Labor.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
PAULA  SCAVERA,  LEGISLATIVE LIAISON,  DEPARTMENT  OF  LABOR,                                                                   
reported that  the fiscal  note was done  to show  that there                                                                   
was a cost from federal receipts.   Federal receipt authority                                                                   
is  no longer  needed.   Co-Chair  Meyer  requested that  the                                                                   
fiscal note be dated.  Ms. Scavera  said she would see to it.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
2:42:26 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Vice Chair  Stoltze  MOVED to  REPORT CSHB  178 (FIN) out  of                                                                   
committee  with  individual  recommendations   and  with  the                                                                   
accompanying fiscal  note.  There being NO  OBJECTION, it was                                                                   
so ordered.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CSHB  178 (HES)  was REPORTED  out  of Committee  with a  "do                                                                   
pass" recommendation  and with a new zero fiscal  note by the                                                                   
Department of Labor and Workforce Development.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
2:43:14 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
At ease.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
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