04/05/2016 05:30 PM House FISHERIES

         HB 366-COMM. FISH. ENTRY PERMIT LOANS & BANKS                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
5:31:04 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR STUTES announced  that the only order of  business would be                                                               
HOUSE BILL NO. 366, "An  Act relating to commercial fishing entry                                                               
permits;  establishing   regional  community  permit   banks  and                                                               
regions  for  certain  commercial fishing  permits;  relating  to                                                               
commercial  fishing   entry  permits   and  regions   leased  and                                                               
controlled by a  regional community permit bank;  relating to the                                                               
duties  of  the Commercial  Fisheries  Entry  Commission and  the                                                               
Department of Commerce, Community,  and Economic Development; and                                                               
providing for an effective date."                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
5:31:40 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  KREISS-TOMKINS stated  that a  proposed committee                                                               
substitute (CS) to  HB 366, to be offered for  adoption, would be                                                               
forthcoming.  He further explained  that the intention is to have                                                               
a working draft  made available for public review, as  well as to                                                               
address constitutional  questions that  arose during  the initial                                                               
hearing of the bill.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
[The  forthcoming  CS  was  treated as  being  in  the  committee                                                               
packet.]                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
5:31:55 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  STUTES asked  to have  the  question of  constitutionality                                                               
addressed.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE KREISS-TOMKINS  deferred to Legislative  Legal and                                                               
Research Services.                                                                                                              
5:333 PM                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
ALPHEUS  BULLARD,   Attorney,  Legislative  Legal   and  Research                                                               
Services, said HB 366 is constitutionally sound.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  KREISS-TOMKINS   asked  whether  HB   366  allows                                                               
ownership of a  permit by any entity other than  an individual or                                                               
a permit bank.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
MR.  BULLARD responded  that only  natural  persons and  regional                                                               
community permit banks would be allowed to hold permits.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON called  a point of order,  and objected to                                                               
proceeding   any  further   without   having   the  proposed   CS                                                               
distributed to the committee.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE KREISS-TOMKINS pointed out  that the comments made                                                               
relate to HB 366, as previously introduced.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR STUTES announced HB 366 as [held over].