Legislature(2007 - 2008)BELTZ 211
04/03/2008 09:00 AM Senate STATE AFFAIRS
| Audio | Topic |
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| Start | |
| SB228 | |
| HJR32 | |
| HB193 | |
| HJR19 | |
| HJR38 | |
| HB252 | |
| Adjourn |
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
| + | HJR 19 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | HB 193 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | HJR 32 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | HJR 38 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | HB 252 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | TELECONFERENCED | ||
| = | SB 228 | ||
HB 193-POLICE STANDARDS COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP
CHAIR MCGUIRE announced the consideration of HB 193. [Before the
committee was CSHB 193(STA).]
9:55:09 AM
REPRESENTATIVE BOB ROSES, Alaska State Legislature, said the
original version took an 11-member board and removed a police
chief and a commissioner and put in two line officers. He later
discovered concern about those bumped off the board and was
asked to expand the board to 13 members so no one would be
removed. But the board would still have the ability to address
his original concern of equability. The Police Standards Council
is the only board that can suspend a license that doesn't have
peer representation. That was the only intent for the bill. By
adding two line officers and making it a 13-member board, the
bill gained more support. The additional line officers will have
to have five years of experience, be covered under the standards
council, and would have to be police, probation, parole,
municipal correction, or state correction officers.
9:57:36 AM
CHAIR MCGUIRE asked about an amendment stating that it will be
one police officer and the other would be a probation, parole,
or corrections officer.
REPRESENTATIVE ROSES said he will not object to it.
SENATOR FRENCH said he sees a letter of support from the Police
Standards Council. Good job.
CHAIR MCGUIRE said this is the way to work a bill.
9:59:29 AM
TERRY VRABEC, Executive Director, Alaska Police Standards
Council, said there has been good work on HB 193. He has spoken
with the president of the Alaska Association of Chiefs of Police
and numerous others who support the new version of the bill.
CHUCK KOPP, Kenai Police Department, said he is a past chair of
the council. The composition of the council has been fair and
balanced. There has never been opposition to an officer on the
council. One has served as the public member for many years and
did a great job. The opposition was only in inserting the labor
component and speculating that the governor would consider
officers nominated by labor organizations. "We didn't' want that
to become a tool for labor management disputes." He now supports
the bill because the labor language has been removed.
10:02:04 AM
DAN HOFFMAN, Chief, Fairbanks Police, said he is the chair of
the Alaska Police Standards Council. The council fully supports
the bill in its current form. The council has never been opposed
to having rank and file membership; it just didn't want a forum
for labor disputes.
SENATOR STEVENS said with the addition of two members, the
fiscal note should have changed.
SENATOR FRENCH moved to adopt the Senate committee substitute
(CS) to HB 193, labeled 25-LS0712\E, as the working document.
Hearing no objections Version E was before the committee.
10:03:58 AM
CRYSTAL KOENEMAN, Staff to Representative Roses, said adding two
members to the council will demand another fiscal note.
SENATOR FRENCH asked the cost to run the Police Standards
Council.
MR. VRABEC said it is listed as a $10,000 increment. There are
two to three meetings per year and travel costs are the only
cost for the two new members. The budget derives out of
surcharges, and it will not cause the council a hardship to
incur that money for travel costs.
CHAIR MCGUIRE offered conceptual Amendment 1 as follows:
Page 1, Line 13
After "and"
Insert "one serves as a police officer, and one
serves as"
CHAIR MCGUIRE said the two will represent roughly 50:50. She
didn't want two police officers or two parole officers without
representation of the other.
SENATOR FRENCH suggested it should say: "one of whom" in both
instances.
CHAIR MCGUIRE said it is conceptual so the drafters will work
it. The intent is to get one police officer and one in the other
category. Hearing no objection, Amendment 1 carried.
10:07:08 AM
SENATOR FRENCH moved to report the Senate CS to CSHB 193, as
amended, from committee with individual recommendations and
attached fiscal note(s). There being no objection, SCS CSHB
193(STA) passed out of committee.
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