Legislature(2015 - 2016)CAPITOL 120

04/02/2015 01:00 PM House JUDICIARY

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* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
-- Will be Continued from 4/1/15 Meeting --
+ Bills Previously Heard/Scheduled TELECONFERENCED
+= HCR 1 GOVERNOR:TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY AND JURIS. TELECONFERENCED
Moved CSHCR 1(CRA) Out of Committee
-- Public Testimony --
+= HJR 3 CONGRESS:NATIVE TRIBAL JURIS. & AUTHORITY TELECONFERENCED
Moved CSHJR 3(CRA) Out of Committee
-- Public Testimony --
         HCR  1-GOVERNOR:TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY AND JURIS.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
2:49:30 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR LEDOUX announced that the  final order of business would be                                                               
HOUSE  CONCURRENT  RESOLUTION  NO.  1,  Urging  the  Governor  to                                                               
acknowledge   officially  the   sovereignty   of  Alaska   tribal                                                               
governments,  to   create  clear  and  consistent   policies  for                                                               
increased state  collaboration and  partnership with  tribes, and                                                               
to direct  the attorney general  to conduct a complete  review of                                                               
the state's  litigation against Alaska Native  tribes; urging the                                                               
Governor  to acknowledge  the inherent  criminal jurisdiction  of                                                               
Alaska  tribal   governments  over  tribal  members   within  the                                                               
boundaries of  their villages; urging  the Governor  to cooperate                                                               
with  tribes'  efforts to  transfer  Native  land to  trust;  and                                                               
urging the Governor to  support multilateral negotiations between                                                               
tribal  governments,  nontribal  municipalities,  and  the  state                                                               
government    to    delineate   clearly    tribal    geographical                                                               
jurisdictions. [Before the committee was CSHCR 1(CRA).]                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
2:49:36 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
TIMOTHY CLARK,  Staff, Representative Bryce Edgmon,  Alaska State                                                               
Legislature, said  this resolution is addressed  to Governor Bill                                                               
Walker  and  requests  that he  establish  a  more  collaborative                                                               
relationship in  terms of the  state's dealings with tribes.   He                                                               
offered  that   it  encourages   Governor  Walker   to  negotiate                                                               
intergovernmental  agreements,  increase   tribal  authority  and                                                               
responsibility,  enforce  laws  and   deliver  justice  in  their                                                               
communities, and  directs the Alaska Attorney  General to conduct                                                               
a review of the state's litigation against tribes.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE GRUENBERG surmised that  page 3, lines 8-17, urges                                                               
Governor Walker to establish  the policies, negotiate agreements,                                                               
and directs the attorney general  to conduct a complete review of                                                               
the  state's  litigation.    He suggested  a  report  also  being                                                               
submitted  to the  legislature  of which  would  be a  conceptual                                                               
amendment.   He asked whether  the sponsor would be  in agreement                                                               
so the  legislature knows  what has  been accomplished,  and that                                                               
the report is available at the beginning of each year.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
2:51:49 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR LEDOUX  advised that amendments  are submitted 24  hours in                                                               
advance.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE GRUENBERG  asked if Chair LeDoux  would be willing                                                               
to allow the discussion to continue.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR LEDOUX said "Not on the amendment."                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  GRUENBERG  confirmed  that Chair  LeDoux  is  not                                                               
taking any amendments.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR LEDOUX  responded "I'm not  taking any amendments,"  and it                                                               
can be discussed on the floor of the House of Representatives.                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
2:52:23 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MR. CLARK said he is not  at liberty to answer for Representative                                                               
Edgmon  as to  whether he  would  be amenable  to the  conceptual                                                               
amendment,  but that  Representative Edgmon  would be  willing to                                                               
discuss the amendment.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
2:52:49 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR LEDOUX  noted that public  testimony was closed  during the                                                               
last meeting.                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
2:53:37 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  CLAMAN  moved  to  report CSHCR  1,  version  29-                                                               
LS0353\E  out of  committee with  individual recommendations  and                                                               
the accompanying fiscal notes.   There being no objections, CSHCR
1(CRA) moved from the House Judiciary Standing Committee.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
2:53:56 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                

Document Name Date/Time Subjects
HCR1 Additional Documentation - memo from AG.docx HJUD 4/2/2015 1:00:00 PM
HJR 3
HJR 3 Additional Documentation--Senate Report 113 on Alaska Safe Families and Villages Act.pdf HJUD 4/2/2015 1:00:00 PM
HCR 1