01/21/1998 01:30 PM Senate JUD

                                                                               
              SB 234 - BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF AK BAR ASSN                       
                                                                               
CHAIRMAN ROBIN TAYLOR called the Judiciary Committee meeting to order at       
1:30 p.m. and announced SB 234 to be up for consideration.                     
                                                                               
MS. DEBORAH O'REGAN, Executive Director, Alaska Bar Association, said the      
legislative audit recommended that the Board of Governors be continued and     
also recommended that they consider mandatory continuing legal education       
(CLE) and more information provided to the public about the existence of       
the discipline system of the Bar and things like that.                         
                                                                               
MR. STEVE VANGOOR, Bar Council, Alaska Bar Association, said he                
administers the attorney discipline process in Alaska. He met with the         
Legislative Budget and Audit committee and participated in the exit            
interviews and heard their preliminary recommendations. He didn't recall       
hearing any objection to the continued existence or function of the Bar        
Association.                                                                   
                                                                               
SENATOR MILLER moved to pass SB 234 out of committee with individual           
recommendations.  There were no objections and it was so ordered.