Legislature(2011 - 2012)BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
02/28/2012 01:30 PM Senate LABOR & COMMERCE
| Audio | Topic |
|---|---|
| Start | |
| SB138 | |
| SB174 | |
| SB190 | |
| SB157 | |
| Adjourn |
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
| += | SB 190 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | SB 138 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | SB 157 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | SB 116 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | SB 174 | TELECONFERENCED | |
SB 174-OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY JOB NOTIFICATIONS
1:44:33 PM
CHAIR EGAN announced consideration of SB 174.
1:44:58 PM
SENATOR GIESSEL said she had submitted an amendment to SB 174
[February 23, 2012 Senate Labor and Commerce Committee meeting]
that included posting job opportunities for all industries in
Alaska. Its purpose was to promote resident hire on a broader
scale to all industries and to include those who live off of the
broadband network. Just posting on the Internet could exclude a
lot of people.
She also said that while they are focused on the hiring of
Alaska residents, a report for the Alaska Training Program
called "Performance 2010" indicated that Kotzebue has a
technical training center for these types of jobs and only 87
percent of those students are Alaska residents (using the
Department of Labor and Workforce Development's definition of
receiving a Permanent Fund Dividend). The Alaska Institute of
Technology's students are 80 percent residents and Galena
Learning Academy is 50 percent. It really highlights what they
know from being lifelong Alaskans - that Alaskans are made up of
both residents and nonresidents, and many of those nonresidents
become residents.
SENATOR GIESSEL said the other interesting thing that happened
since the last committee meeting was that she listened to a
radio interview of former Representative Harry Crawford who is
from the State of Louisiana. In his interview he talked about
coming to Alaska in 1975 and how Alaska was a refuge, because
when he came, no one asked him where he was from or who he knew.
What they asked was "what can you do." He rapidly received a job
and has been here ever since. That is the purpose of her
amendment - to post all job opportunities regardless of how high
paying they are or where they are offered or what the industry
is. She repeated her motion to adopt Amendment 1.
27-LS0967\M.1
Bailey/Wayne
AMENDMENT 1
OFFERED IN THE SENATE
TO: SB 174 BY SENATOR GIESSEL
Page 1, line 1:
Delete "in the oil and gas production industries"
Page 1, line 3:
Delete "that"
Insert "job opportunity"
Page 1, line 8:
Delete "by oil and gas producer"
Page 1, line 9:
Delete "an oil or gas producer"
Insert "a for-profit business licensed to do
business in the state"
Page 1, line 10:
Delete "producer"
Insert "for-profit business"
Page 2, lines 12 - 13:
Delete "and notifies job service organizations as
required under AS 43.82.230(b); or"
Insert "in newspapers in the location where the
work is to be performed and in other publications
distributed throughout the state, including in rural
areas;
(2) the employer uses Alaska job service
organizations located throughout the state and not
just in the location where the work is to be performed
in order to notify Alaskans of work opportunities;
and"
Renumber the following paragraph accordingly.
Page 2, line 17:
Delete all material.
Page 2, line 18:
Delete "(2)"
Page 2, line 20:
Delete ";"
Insert "."
Page 2, lines 21 - 24:
Delete all material.
Page 3, line 6:
Delete "with oil or gas producers"
Page 4, line 4:
Delete "and"
Page 4, line 6, following "AS 23.05.095":
Insert "; and
(13) a statement of state and municipal job
opportunities"
1:48:20 PM
SENATOR PASKVAN objected because he thought it would put an
added burden on newspapers and other publications distributed
throughout the state.
1:49:13 PM
SENATOR GIESSEL asked for a roll call vote.
SENATOR DAVIS said she wanted to hear the sponsor's opinion on
the amendment.
1:49:35 PM
SENATOR HOLLIS FRENCH, sponsor of SB 174, said Senator Paskvan
stated his objection, which was the expanding cost.
A roll call vote was taken. Senator Giessel voted in favor of
Amendment 1 and Senators Menard, Davis, Paskvan and Egan voted
against it. Therefore, Amendment 1 failed by a 1:4 vote.
1:50:25 PM
SENATOR PASKVAN moved to bring CS for SB 174, labeled 27-
LS0967\I, back before the committee for purposes of discussion.
CHAIR EGAN objected for discussion purposes.
1:50:36 PM
SENATOR FRENCH said language on page 2, lines 4-5 of version I,
deleted reference to the Alaska online public notice system and
replaced it with "Internet-based labor exchange system operated
by the department." It's called ALEXsys and they were concerned
that it could change in the future. They wanted a generic name
so there wouldn't be a conflict. Also on page 2, lines 16-19,
the provisions of Alaska Stranded Gas Development Act (in
(d)(2)) were expanded to include AS 43.90.130 (15), the AGIA
provision. The AGIA provision was missed in the first version
of the bill. Both are local hire and local publication
provisions within the two acts. No changes were made to sections
2 and 3 and the online public notice system in version M was
deleted. The title was amended to conform to the changes made in
section 1.
CHAIR EGAN noted that Paula Scavara and Paul Dick from the
Department of Labor and Workforce Development were available to
answer questions.
SENATOR MENARD asked if the department liked the bill.
1:53:15 PM
PAULA SCAVARA, Special Assistant, Department of Labor and
Workforce Development (DOLWD), said the department believes the
bill is redundant, because any business can post jobs on its
system now for free and it can do it without contacting the
department.
SENATOR MENARD commented that redundancy isn't ever a good idea
in government.
MS. SCAVARA said this bill mandates that the information go
through the commissioner's office, which then ensures it's
posted - plus other entities have to be notified. It makes more
work out of something that is already being done.
SENATOR MENARD asked why the sponsor is zeroing in on just one
industry and duplicating what is already available to all
industries.
MS. SCAVARA added that not only does the department take job
postings, they hold many job fairs for other industries, like
prior to the commercial crab season in Unalaska and the tourism
industry.
1:57:09 PM
SENATOR PASKVAN asked if this would change the zero fiscal note.
MS. SCAVARA said that fiscal note was for the online public
notice system, which is run by the Lieutenant Governor's Office,
and the DOLWD would have to review the CS if it passes, because
it would put them in charge of the notifications.
SENATOR PASKVAN said his understanding is that employers with
more than 100 employees have the discretion to use the system or
not.
MS. SCAVARA replied that is correct.
SENATOR PASKVAN said the bill would just say uniformly that if
there is a job, they have to at least follow this minimal
process at no cost to them.
MS. SCAVARA responded that oil and gas producers with 100 or
more employees would have to notify the Department of Labor and
Workforce Development, and then the department would have to
make the other notifications along with the online posting.
SENATOR PASKVAN said that posting now is at no additional charge
to the employer.
MS. SCAVARA replied she couldn't answer that.
SENATOR PASKVAN said assuming they use the system now, posting
is a voluntary burden.
MS. SCAVARA answered under the bill, they'll have to take
another step to notify the commissioner's office.
2:00:27 PM
SENATOR GIESSEL asked if she had today's number of job postings.
MS. SCAVARA replied no, but she would get the number; she added
that it varies each day.
SENATOR GIESSEL asked if she was looking only at readily
identifiable oil and gas companies or at support industries as
well.
MS. SCAVARA replied that they looked at certain classification
codes of jobs that include more than just the major oil
companies, but subcontractors as well.
CHAIR EGAN said because the notification requirement just
changes departments, he thought the fiscal note should still be
zero under the CS.
MS. SCAVARA responded that she doesn't work with the data bases
on a day-to-day basis. She questioned if the jobs come in every
day if they would have to do the notifications every day or once
a week. It might require extra staff.
SENATOR GIESSEL opined that Ms. Scavara was referring to page 2
of the bill that says the "commissioner shall cause the
notification," not that the companies would themselves post
these things on the automated system.
CHAIR EGAN agreed with her and said the commissioner is causing
that through ALEXsys now.
MS. SCAVARA responded that no one in the commissioner's office
deals with ALEXsys, but that the Employment Security Division
works with that. Right now a company enters its own data, but
the way this bill is written a company would give its
information to the commissioner's office and they would get that
data entered somehow.
2:04:14 PM
SENATOR FRENCH said he disagreed with her use of the word
redundant, because it's clear that all the jobs on the North
Slope aren't getting posted on ALEXsys now. The listing as of
February 23 showed 25 jobs offered through BP, but
ConocoPhillips had only 3. These two companies are roughly the
same size and employ roughly the same number of people, and it
stands to reason that there are some job openings that
ConocoPhillips is not posting. Just getting the word out is a
minimal burden on industry and on the administration; this bill
is not meant to create a huge new burden.
SENATOR PASKVAN commented that assuming they are currently
posting, this bill would pose zero extra burden.
SENATOR FRENCH agreed if it's already being done, then there is
no additional burden.
2:06:07 PM
SENATOR PASKVAN moved to report CSSB 174(L&C), version I, from
committee with individual recommendations and attached zero
fiscal note. There being no objection, the motion carried.
| Document Name | Date/Time | Subjects |
|---|---|---|
| SB 190 lttr supporting, APHA.pdf |
SL&C 2/28/2012 1:30:00 PM |
SB 190 |
| SB 190 Sponsor Statement.pdf |
SL&C 2/28/2012 1:30:00 PM |
SB 190 |
| SB 190 lttr supporting, Big Game Commercial Services Board.pdf |
SL&C 2/28/2012 1:30:00 PM |
SB 190 |
| SB 190 Sectional Analysis.pdf |
SL&C 2/28/2012 1:30:00 PM |
SB 190 |
| SB0190A.pdf |
SL&C 2/28/2012 1:30:00 PM |
SB 190 |
| CSSB 190 blank v M.PDF |
SL&C 2/28/2012 1:30:00 PM |
SB 190 |
| SB 190 BGCS Fact Sheet.pdf |
SL&C 2/28/2012 1:30:00 PM |
SB 190 |
| SB 190 BGCS Roster.pdf |
SL&C 2/28/2012 1:30:00 PM |
SB 190 |
| SB 190 Explanation of Changes.pdf |
SL&C 2/28/2012 1:30:00 PM |
SB 190 |
| SB 122 emails supporting L&C CS.PDF |
SL&C 2/28/2012 1:30:00 PM |
SB 122 |
| SB138-DCCED-RCA-2-24-12.PDF |
SL&C 2/28/2012 1:30:00 PM |
SB 138 |
| SB 138 Ver.R.PDF |
SL&C 2/28/2012 1:30:00 PM |
SB 138 |
| SB 157 DRAFT CS v D.PDF |
SL&C 2/28/2012 1:30:00 PM |
SB 157 |
| CSSB 174 BLANK v I 022412.PDF |
SL&C 2/28/2012 1:30:00 PM |
SB 174 |
| SB 174 Amendment M.1, Sen. Giessel.PDF |
SL&C 2/28/2012 1:30:00 PM |
SB 174 |