04/08/2011 05:00 PM House RULES

          HCR 12-TASK FORCE ON FISCAL FUTURE OF ALASKA                                                                      
                                                                                                                              
5:22:49 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR JOHNSON  announced that  the first  order of business  would                                                              
be HOUSE  CONCURRENT RESOLUTION  NO. 12,  Creating the  Task Force                                                              
on the Fiscal Future  of Alaska as a joint legislative  task force                                                              
and relating to the task force.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
5:23:03 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
ERIN  HARRINGTON, Staff,  Representative  Austerman, Alaska  State                                                              
Legislature,  noted that  the committee packet  should include  an                                                              
amendment, which is  in response to an error in  the drafting that                                                              
was brought  to the  sponsor's attention  after being  referred to                                                              
the House  Rules Standing  Committee.    On  page 2, lines  22-23,                                                              
the language  references the "office  of management and  budget in                                                              
the  Department  of  Administration".    However,  the  Office  of                                                              
Management and  Budget is  housed in the  Office of  the Governor.                                                              
Therefore,  the amendment  in the committee  packet would  correct                                                              
that technical drafting error.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
5:23:43 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE OLSON  moved that the committee adopt  Amendment 1,                                                              
labeled 27-LS0783\M.1, Wayne, 4/7/11, which read:                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
     Page 2, lines 22 - 23:                                                                                                     
          Delete "Department of Administration"                                                                                 
          Insert "Office of the Governor"                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
There being no objection, Amendment 1 was adopted.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
5:24:18 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE   AUSTERMAN   moved   that  the   committee   adopt                                                              
Conceptual   Amendment  2,   as   follows  [original   punctuation                                                              
provided]:                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
      Page 2, Line 18:  After "senate" insert "one of whom                                                                      
     shall be co-chair"                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
     Page 2, Line 20:  After "representatives" insert "one                                                                      
     of whom shall be co-chair"                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR JOHNSON objected for discussion purposes.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
5:24:57 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  AUSTERMAN   explained  that  nothing   in  HCR  12                                                              
specifies  who would  be the  chair  of the  proposed task  force.                                                              
Therefore,  Conceptual Amendment  2 would  address that such  that                                                              
one  of  the members  appointed  by  the  Senate  and one  of  the                                                              
members appointed  by the House  would each  be a co-chair  of the                                                              
task force.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
5:25:27 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR JOHNSON withdrew his objection.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
There  being no  further  objection,  Conceptual  Amendment 2  was                                                              
adopted.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
5:25:43 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR JOHNSON,  upon determining  no one  else wished  to testify,                                                              
closed public testimony.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
5:25:53 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE OLSON  moved to report  HCR 12, as amended,  out of                                                              
committee  with individual  recommendations  and the  accompanying                                                              
fiscal  notes.    There being  no  objection,  CSHCR  12(RLS)  was                                                              
reported out of committee.