04/01/2013 04:30 PM Senate LABOR & COMMERCE

                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
          SENATE LABOR AND COMMERCE STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                        
                         April 1, 2013                                                                                          
                           5:15 p.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Senator Mike Dunleavy, Chair                                                                                                    
Senator Peter Micciche, Vice Chair                                                                                              
Senator Donald Olson                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Senator Bert Stedman                                                                                                            
Senator Johnny Ellis                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 22(L&C)                                                                                 
"An Act  extending the  termination date of  the Board  of Marine                                                               
Pilots; and providing for an effective date."                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
     - MOVED CSHB  22(L&C) OUT OF COMMITTEE                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
SENATE BILL NO. 79                                                                                                              
"An Act establishing  the Sport Fishing Guide  Services Board and                                                               
licensing requirements for  sport fishing guide-outfitters, sport                                                               
fishing  outfitters, sport  fishing assistant  guides, and  sport                                                               
fishing transporters; making  conforming amendments; allowing the                                                               
Department of  Fish and  Game to  collect information  on guiding                                                               
services;  providing  for  an effective  date  by  repealing  the                                                               
effective date  of sec. 32, ch.  58, SLA 2010; and  providing for                                                               
an effective date."                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
     - SCHEDULED BUT NOT HEARD                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 50(FIN)                                                                                                   
"An  Act authorizing  the Alaska  Housing Finance  Corporation to                                                               
allow  certain  commercial  uses   in  a  multi-unit  residential                                                               
housing  development owned  or financed  by  the corporation  and                                                               
limiting  the  Alcoholic  Beverage Control  Board's  issuance  of                                                               
certain  licenses   to  premises   in  the   residential  housing                                                               
development."                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
     - SCHEDULED BUT NOT HEARD                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL NO. 8                                                                                        
"An Act establishing procedures and guidelines for auditing                                                                     
pharmacy records; and providing for an effective date."                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
     - SCHEDULED BUT NOT HEARD                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
BILL: HB  22                                                                                                                  
SHORT TITLE: BOARD OF MARINE PILOTS                                                                                             
SPONSOR(s): REPRESENTATIVE(s) OLSON                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
01/16/13       (H)       PREFILE RELEASED 1/7/13                                                                                

01/16/13       (H)       READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS                                                                        

01/16/13       (H)       L&C, FIN                                                                                               

01/28/13       (H)       L&C AT 3:15 PM BARNES 124                                                                              

01/28/13       (H)       Moved CSHB  22(L&C) Out of Committee                                                                   

01/28/13       (H)       MINUTE(L&C)                                                                                            

01/30/13       (H)       L&C RPT CS(L&C) 7DP                                                                                    

01/30/13       (H)       DP:    CHENAULT,    HERRON,    REINBOLD,                                                               
                         SADDLER, MILLETT, JOSEPHSON, OLSON                                                                     
02/12/13       (H)       FIN AT 1:30 PM HOUSE FINANCE 519                                                                       
02/12/13       (H)       Moved CSHB  22(L&C) Out of Committee                                                                   
02/12/13       (H)       MINUTE(FIN)                                                                                            
02/13/13       (H)       FIN RPT CS(L&C) 9DP 1NR                                                                                
02/13/13       (H)       DP: COSTELLO, GARA, HOLMES, MUNOZ,                                                                     
                         NEUMAN, THOMPSON, EDGMON, T.WILSON,                                                                    
                         STOLTZE                                                                                                
02/13/13       (H)       NR: KAWASAKI                                                                                           
02/22/13       (H)       TRANSMITTED TO (S)                                                                                     
02/22/13       (H)       VERSION: CSHB 22(L&C)                                                                                  
02/25/13       (S)       READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS                                                                        
02/25/13       (S)       L&C, FIN                                                                                               
03/28/13       (S)       L&C AT 1:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)                                                                      
03/28/13       (S)       -- Meeting Postponed until 4/1/13 4:30                                                                 
                         p.m. --                                                                                                
04/01/13       (S)       L&C AT 4:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
WITNESS REGISTER                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
ANNA LATHAM, Staff                                                                                                              
Representative Kurt Olson                                                                                                       
Alaska State Legislature                                                                                                        
Juneau, Alaska                                                                                                                  
POSITION STATEMENT: Introduced HB 22 on behalf of the sponsor.                                                                
                                                                                                                                
KRIS CURTIS, Legislative Auditor                                                                                                
Legislative Audit Division                                                                                                      
Legislative Agencies & Offices                                                                                                  
Juneau, Alaska                                                                                                                  
POSITION STATEMENT: Provided information related to HB 22.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
ACTION NARRATIVE                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
5:15:01 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR  MIKE  DUNLEAVY  called  the   Senate  Labor  and  Commerce                                                             
Standing Committee meeting  to order at 5:15 p.m.  Present at the                                                               
call to order were Senators Micciche, Olson, and Chair Dunleavy.                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                 HB  22-BOARD OF MARINE PILOTS                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
5:15:35 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR DUNLEAVY  announced the  consideration of  HB 22.  He noted                                                               
that CSHB 22(L&C) was before the committee.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
5:16:23 PM                                                                                                                    
ANNA LATHAM, Staff, Representative Kurt  Olson, stated that HB 22                                                               
will extend  the termination date  of the Board of  Marine Pilots                                                               
until June 30,  2019. In accordance with the provisions  of AS 24                                                               
and AS 44,  Legislative Budget & Audit  Committee (LB&A) reviewed                                                               
the activities of  the Board of Marine Pilots  (BMP) to determine                                                               
whether  there was  a demonstrated  public need  for the  board's                                                               
existence and  to see if  it had  been operating in  an efficient                                                               
manner. It  was the opinion  of the LB&A  that the BMP  should be                                                               
extended.  Regulating  and   licensing  qualified  marine  pilots                                                               
benefits the  public safety and  welfare and protects  the marine                                                               
environment.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Speaking to  the committee substitute,  she explained that  HB 22                                                               
was prefiled and  the sponsor estimated the extension  date to be                                                               
June 30,  2018. The sponsor  requested the  CS to align  with the                                                               
termination date suggested in the audit.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR OLSON assumed  the auditor agrees with the  June 30, 2019                                                               
termination date.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
MS. LATHAM said yes; that was the date recommended in the audit.                                                                
                                                                                                                                
KRIS  CURTIS, Legislative  Auditor,  Legislative Audit  Division,                                                               
Legislative  Agencies &  Offices,  said the  agency conducted  an                                                               
audit and recommended the June 30, 2019, six-year extension.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR DUNLEAVY asked if any issues were identified in the audit.                                                                
                                                                                                                                
MS.  CURTIS   said  the  agency  recommended   the  marine  pilot                                                               
coordinator  improve  administration of  operational  activities.                                                               
The audit  identified several small housekeeping  issues, such as                                                               
public  meeting   notifications,  licensing   documentation,  and                                                               
oversight of  the pilot association's drug  and alcohol programs.                                                               
These were material enough to  warrant a recommendation. She said                                                               
there has  been improvement since  the last sunset audit,  so the                                                               
agency recommended a six-year extension.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  DUNLEAVY found  no questions  and  asked the  will of  the                                                               
committee.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
5:19:30 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR  MICCICHE  moved  to  report   CS  for  HB  22(L&C)  from                                                               
committee  with individual  recommendations  and attached  fiscal                                                               
note(s).                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  DUNLEAVY announced  that without  objection, CSHB  22(L&C)                                                               
moved from the Senate Labor and Commerce Standing Committee.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
5:19:57 PM                                                                                                                    
At ease                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
5:20:59 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR  DUNLEAVY  reconvened  the  meeting  and  stated  that  the                                                               
schedule  for   tomorrow's  regularly  scheduled   meeting  would                                                               
include the bills that were not heard today.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
5:21:34 PM                                                                                                                    
There being  no further  business to  come before  the committee,                                                               
Chair Dunleavy  adjourned the Senate Labor  and Commerce Standing                                                               
Committee meeting at 5:21 p.m.