05/17/2002 05:44 PM House FIN

HOUSE BILL NO. 2001                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act setting  timelines for issuance  of final orders                                                                   
     by  the Regulatory  Commission of  Alaska, amending  the                                                                   
     authority   of  the  commission   to  enter   compromise                                                                   
     settlement  orders,   and  extending   the  commission's                                                                   
     termination date to June  30, 2006; and providing for an                                                                   
     effective date."                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Mulder  explained that the legislation  would extend                                                                   
the  Regulatory  Commission  of   Alaska  and  was  virtually                                                                   
identical to  the version that  was previously passed  by the                                                                   
Committee.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Mulder MOVED  to report  HB 2001  out of  Committee                                                                   
with the accompanying fiscal note.  There being NO OBJECTION,                                                                   
it was so ordered.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 2001  was REPORTED  out of  Committee  with a "do  pass"                                                                   
recommendation  and with  a  new fiscal  impact  note by  the                                                                   
Department of Community and Economic Development.