04/05/2005 01:30 PM Senate LABOR & COMMERCE

         SB 142-REGIONAL SCHOOL BD LAND/BLDG OWNERSHIP                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR CON BUNDE announced SB 142 to be up for consideration.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
NONA  WILSON, Legislative  Liaison, Department  of Transportation                                                               
and Public  Facilities (DOTPF), said  there were  questions about                                                               
SB 142 in  the last meeting and the department  wanted to address                                                               
those.                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
KIP  KNUDSEN,  Deputy  Commissioner of  Aviation,  Department  of                                                               
Transportation and Public Facilities (DOTPF), explained:                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
     Our lawyers  were trying to do  us a favor and  give us                                                                    
     some  power and  influence over  buildings that  school                                                                    
     districts might also  want to claim. We  don't have any                                                                    
     event where a school district  is leasing a building, a                                                                    
     DOT building.  So, giving  us the  power to  deny their                                                                    
     request would  be silly. So,  really all  we're focused                                                                    
     on is  land. All we really  care about is title  to the                                                                    
     land  and, hopefully,  this amendment  strips the  bill                                                                    
     down to the barest essential.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  BUNDE  moved  Amendment  1  and  objected  for  discussion                                                               
purposes. There were no questions and Amendment 1 was adopted.                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
2:06:11 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR BUNDE closed public testimony.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  SEEKINS   moved  CSSB   142(L&C)  from   committee  with                                                               
individual  recommendations   and  attached  zero   fiscal  note.                                                               
Senators  Seekins,  Davis, Ben  Stevens,  Ellis  and Chair  Bunde                                                               
voted yea; and CSSB 142(L&C) moved from committee.