02/04/2016 08:00 AM House STATE AFFAIRS

            HCR 15-UNIFORM RULES: REGULATION REVIEW                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
8:46:16 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                              
CHAIR  LYNN announced  that the  next order of  business would  be                                                              
HOUSE CONCURRENT  RESOLUTION NO. 15 Proposing an  amendment to the                                                              
Uniform  Rules of  the Alaska  State Legislature  relating to  the                                                              
jurisdiction of standing committees.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
8:47:04 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
TOM  WRIGHT, Staff,  Representative  Mike  Chenault, Alaska  State                                                              
Legislature,  presented   HCR  15  on  behalf   of  Representative                                                              
Chenault, prime sponsor.   He testified that HCR 15  is offered in                                                              
conjunction with HB  229 and proposes a change in  Uniform Rule 20                                                              
to   allow  standing   committees  of   jurisdiction  to   include                                                              
oversight  over  regulations  proposed  or  adopted  to  implement                                                              
agency  or  departmental  programs  and activities.    He  further                                                              
stated that this  change in the legislature's Uniform  Rules would                                                              
replace  the function  provided by  the Administrative  Regulation                                                              
Review Committee.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  LYNN asked  Mr.  Wright whether  HCR  15 would  need to  be                                                              
moved out of committee along with HB 229 for both to work.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
MR. WRIGHT replied in the affirmative.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
8:48:07 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE GRUENBERG  reminded the committee that  because the                                                              
proposed resolution  would amend  the Uniform Rules,  a two-thirds                                                              
vote of each house would be required.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
MR. WRIGHT confirmed that was the case.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE GRUENBERG  commented that it is not  often that the                                                              
legislature  has  the   opportunity  to  look  at  Rule   20  -  a                                                              
fundamentally    important    uniform   rule    prescribing    the                                                              
jurisdiction  of  each  standing  committee  -  and  the  proposed                                                              
legislation will  give the legislature that opportunity.   He went                                                              
on to ask  Mr. Wright if he  was aware of any changes  that should                                                              
be made to Rule 20 on the jurisdiction of any committee.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
MR. WRIGHT  responded that he  was not.   He asserted that  he and                                                              
the  speaker  use   Uniform  Rule  20  extensively   to  determine                                                              
committee  assignments  for proposed  legislation  coming  through                                                              
their office.                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
[HCR 15 was held over.]