04/26/1999 03:25 PM House L&C

SB 50 am - BOILER AND PRESSURE VESSEL INSPECTIONS                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Number 0307                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRMAN ROKEBERG announced the committee's next order of business                                                              
is SB 50 am, "An Act relating to certain boiler and pressure vessel                                                             
inspections and inspectors; and providing for an effective date."                                                               
The chairman informed the committee that he had attended meetings                                                               
subsequent to the previous committee hearing on SB 50 [April 21,                                                                
1999].  It was decided that his suggestion to refine the scope of                                                               
the plumbing inspectors to make them more available and involve the                                                             
municipalities would require further work.  Noting the time                                                                     
required to move legislation, the chairman indicated the                                                                        
legislation before the committee does provide for certification of                                                              
additional inspectors within the department which will hopefully be                                                             
a step forward in addressing the backlog and safety issue before                                                                
the state.  Chairman Rokeberg announced he would not make any                                                                   
amendments, as he had originally planned, to SB 50 am and requested                                                             
that the bill be moved out of committee.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Number 0366                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE HALCRO made a motion to move SB 50 am out of                                                                     
committee with individual recommendations and the attached zero                                                                 
fiscal note.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE MURKOWSKI questioned where the legislation goes                                                                  
next.                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRMAN ROKEBERG answered that SB 50 am goes to the House floor.                                                               
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE BRICE commented that this is a change in revenue                                                                 
source and therefore it is technically a zero fiscal note.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRMAN ROKEBERG informed the committee he was pleased with the                                                                
response he received from the department [Department of Labor] but                                                              
the department believed that moving in the direction and scope the                                                              
chairman desired would slow the legislation's progress.  Chairman                                                               
Rokeberg reiterated that he would like to move the legislation on                                                               
its way.  There being no objection, SB 50 am moved out of the House                                                             
Labor and Commerce Standing Committee.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Number 0452                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRMAN ROKEBERG called an at-ease at 3:33 p.m.  The committee                                                                 
came back to order in less than a minute.