03/05/2012 01:00 PM House JUDICIARY

                  SB 173 - 2012 REVISOR'S BILL                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
1:08:02 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
VICE CHAIR  THOMPSON announced that  the first order  of business                                                               
would  be  SENATE  BILL  NO.   173,  "An  Act  making  corrective                                                               
amendments to the  Alaska Statutes as recommended  by the revisor                                                               
of statutes; and providing for an effective date."                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
1:08:36 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
KATHRYN KURTZ,  Assistant Revisor of Statutes,  Legislative Legal                                                               
Counsel,  Legislative Legal  and  Research Services,  Legislative                                                               
Affairs  Agency  (LAA),  mentioning  that  a  revisor's  bill  is                                                               
introduced  each year  to  address  deficiencies, conflicts,  and                                                               
obsolete provisions in statute, explained  that this year, SB 173                                                               
primarily addresses obsolete  provisions.  Specifically, Sections                                                               
1 and  2 would remove  references to  dates long past;  Section 3                                                               
would remove a  reference to now-obsolete federal  law; Section 4                                                               
would make conforming changes regarding  the name of a grant fund                                                               
that was  statutorily changed  last year; and  Sections 5  and 6,                                                               
respectively, would delete a reference  to a definition scheduled                                                               
to  be  repealed  next  year,  and add  that  definition  to  the                                                               
pertinent  statute,  with  Section  5  additionally  replacing  a                                                               
reference to an effective date with the date itself.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MS.  KURTZ went  on to  explain that  Section 7  would replace  a                                                               
reference  to a  since-repealed  definition  with the  definition                                                               
itself, with Sections 8-12 making  conforming changes to statutes                                                               
that reference  that definition; Section  13 would delete  a now-                                                               
no-longer-necessary  exemption regarding  electronic notification                                                               
of  proposed  regulatory  changes;  Section  14  would  repeal  a                                                               
statutory  provision pertaining  to since-repealed  statutes; and                                                               
Section 15  would provide  for an immediate  effective date.   In                                                               
response to a  question, she assured the committee  that no other                                                               
issues need to be addressed via SB 173.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
1:22:16 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE KELLER  moved to  report SB  173 out  of committee                                                               
with  individual  recommendations  and  the  accompanying  fiscal                                                               
notes.   There being no objection,  SB 173 was reported  from the                                                               
House Judiciary Standing Committee.