04/16/2024 03:00 PM House STATE AFFAIRS

         SB 68-PUBLIC NOTICE FOR STATE ACTIONS/HEARINGS                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
3:03:10 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SHAW  announced that the  first order of business  would be                                                               
CS FOR  SENATE BILL NO.  68(RES) AM,  "An Act relating  to public                                                               
notice  for  certain  state  actions  and  public  hearings;  and                                                               
providing for an effective date."                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
3:03:33 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SHAW moved to adopt Amendment 1 to CSSB 68(RES) AM,                                                                       
labeled 33-LS0412\D.A.1, Bullard, 3/16/24, which read:                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
     Page 1, line 1, following "notice":                                                                                      
          Insert "requirements for museums and"                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
     Page 1, following line 3:                                                                                                  
     Insert a new bill section to read:                                                                                         
        "* Section 1. AS 14.57.210(b) is amended to read:                                                                   
          (b)  To acquire title under (a) of this section,                                                                      
     the museum  shall publish  a notice  for at  least four                                                                
     consecutive  weeks  on  a  dedicated  Internet  webpage                                                                
     maintained   by   the   museum  responsible   for   the                                                                
     undocumented  property and  at  least once  a week  for                                                                
     four  consecutive  weeks  either   in  a  newspaper  of                                                                
     general circulation in the  judicial district where the                                                                    
     museum  is  located  or  on   a  social  media  account                                                                
     maintained by the museum. The notice must include                                                                      
               (1)  a brief and general description of the                                                                      
     property;                                                                                                                  
               (2)  the date or approximate date, if known,                                                                     
     of the acquisition of the property by the museum;                                                                          
               (3)  the name, address, electronic mail                                                                      
     address,   and   telephone   number   of   the   museum                                                                
     representative to  contact for  more information  or to                                                                    
     make a claim of ownership;                                                                                                 
               (4)  the initial date of publication on the                                                                  
     Internet webpage  [DATE OF THE LAST  PUBLICATION OF THE                                                                
     NOTICE UNDER THIS SUBSECTION]; and                                                                                         
               (5)  a statement that the museum will                                                                            
     acquire title  to the property  if a valid claim  of an                                                                    
     owner to  the property  is not  received by  the museum                                                                    
     within 45  days from the  date of the  last publication                                                                    
     of the notice under this subsection."                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
     Page 1, line 4:                                                                                                            
          Delete "Section 1"                                                                                                  
          Insert "Sec. 2"                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
     Renumber the following bill sections accordingly.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE WRIGHT objected.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
3:03:46 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
The committee took an at-ease from 3:03 p.m. to 3:07 p.m.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
3:07:46 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
BUDDY   WHITT,  Staff,   Representative  Laddie   Shaw,  answered                                                               
committee questions  related to  CSSB 68(RES)  am.   He suggested                                                               
Chair  Shaw  table  Amendment 1  and  await  further  information                                                               
related to the proposed amendment.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
3:08:34 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SHAW announced that the committee would [table Amendment                                                                  
1].  There being no objection, Amendment 1, with pending                                                                        
objection, was tabled.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
3:08:38 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SHAW [moved to adopt] Amendment 2 to CSSB 68(RES) AM,                                                                     
labeled 33-LS0412\D.A.2, Bullard, 4/6/24, which read as follows:                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     Page 7, line 21, following "circulation":                                                                                  
          Insert ", and in other appropriate information                                                                    
     media,"                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     Page 7, lines 22 - 23:                                                                                                     
          Delete "The department"                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
     Page 7, lines 24 - 26:                                                                                                     
          Delete "] may also publish the notice [BE                                                                         
     PUBLISHED] in other appropriate information media."                                                                        
       Insert "MAY ALSO BE PUBLISHED IN OTHER APPROPRIATE                                                                       
     INFORMATION MEDIA.]"                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE WRIGHT objected for the purpose of discussion.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
3:08:51 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
The committee took an at-ease from 3:08 p.m. to 3:09 p.m.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
3:09:14 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MR. WHITT,  on behalf of  Chair Shaw, explained that  Amendment 2                                                               
would clean up language  in Section 10, on page 7.   He said that                                                               
the proposed  amendment is a  clarifying amendment  to straighten                                                               
out unclear language currently in CSSB 68(RES) AM.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
3:11:22 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  WRIGHT removed  his  objection to  the motion  to                                                               
adopt Amendment 2.   There being no  further objection, Amendment                                                               
2 was adopted.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
3:11:32 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
The committee took an at-ease from 3:11 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
3:15:59 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SHAW announced  that the committee would  [take Amendment 1                                                               
off the table].                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
3:16:20 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  CARRICK, [who  had  not been  present when  Chair                                                               
Shaw moved  to adopt Amendment 1]  made a second motion  to adopt                                                               
Amendment 1 [text previously provided].                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE WRIGHT made a second  objection for the purpose of                                                               
discussion.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE CARRICK,  as the original sponsor  of Amendment 1,                                                               
explained how  the proposed amendment  would affect  CSSB 68(RES)                                                               
AM. She said that Amendment 1  aims to change Alaska Statute (AS)                                                               
14.57.210  to make  online postings  of  museum collections  more                                                               
practical  and noticeable  to  people living  in  rural areas  of                                                               
Alaska.                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
3:18:44 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  SHAW  asked Representative  Wright  if  he maintained  his                                                               
objection.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE WRIGHT said, "I do."                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
3:18:51 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
The committee took an at-ease from 3:18 p.m. to 3:20 p.m.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
3:20:30 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  WRIGHT withdrew  his objection  to the  motion to                                                               
adopt Amendment  1 to CS FOR  SENATE BILL NO. 68(RES)  AM.  There                                                               
being no further objection, Amendment 1 was adopted.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
3:21:06 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  WRIGHT  moved  to  report  CSSB  68(RES)  am,  as                                                               
amended,  out of  committee with  individual recommendations  and                                                               
the accompanying  fiscal notes.   There  being no  objection, HCS                                                               
CSSB  68(STA)  was  reported  out  of  the  House  State  Affairs                                                               
Standing Committee.