03/03/2006 03:36 PM House L&C

HB 377-EXEMPTION: RES. BLDG. DRAWINGS & SPECS                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  KOTT announced  that the  only order  of business                                                               
would be  HOUSE BILL NO.  377, "An  Act relating to  an exemption                                                               
from certain  registration and practice requirements  for persons                                                               
preparing drawings or specifications  related to the construction                                                               
of certain buildings."                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  LYNN  moved  to   adopt  CSHB  377,  Version  24-                                                               
LS1471\G,  Bannister, 2/28/06,  as the  working document.   There                                                               
being no objection, Version G was before the committee.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE LYNN  asked for an  explanation of the  changes in                                                               
the committee substitute (CS).                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
3:37:05 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MIKE  PAWLOWSKI,  Staff  to Representative  Kevin  Meyer,  Alaska                                                               
State  Legislature,  said that  the  CS  is  a correction  of  an                                                               
oversight  in the  original version  of the  bill.   He explained                                                               
that in  the original  version, in  order to  be exempt  from the                                                               
requirement of having [building]  drawings done by a professional                                                               
architect or engineer,  the building must be a  four family home,                                                               
(which, he noted, is a 4-plex)  not more than three stories high.                                                               
This was  not consistent with the  [International Building Code],                                                               
therefore,  the CS  changes this  to a  duplex, which  houses two                                                               
families and is three stories high.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
3:38:00 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
BILL  TAYLOR,  Director,  Colony  Builders,  explained  that  the                                                               
intent of  HB 377 is  to make  state statute consistent  with the                                                               
International Residential  Code.  He explained  that the language                                                               
was changed for clarity, and  commented that the legislation is a                                                               
"housekeeping" measure.                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
3:38:24 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  KOTT  noted  that  the  Anchorage  Home  Builders                                                               
Association, Inc. (AHBA) supports the legislation.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
3:38:36 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  CRAWFORD moved  to report  CSHB 377,  Version 24-                                                               
LS1471\G, Bannister,  2/28/06, out  of committee  with individual                                                               
recommendations and  the accompanying fiscal notes.   There being                                                               
no objection,  CSHB 377(L&C)  was reported  from the  House Labor                                                               
and Commerce Standing Committee.