04/25/2001 09:17 AM House RLS

HB 132-ALCOHOL:LOCAL OPTION/DWI/LICENSING                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR KOTT  announced that the  final order of business  would be                                                               
HOUSE  BILL  NO. 132,  "An  Act  relating  to the  possession  or                                                               
distribution of alcohol in a  local option area; requiring liquor                                                               
license  applicants to  submit fingerprints  for  the purpose  of                                                               
conducting a  criminal history background check,  and relating to                                                               
the  use  of  criminal  justice   information  by  the  Alcoholic                                                               
Beverage Control Board; providing for  a review of alcohol server                                                               
education courses  by the Alcoholic Beverage  Control Board every                                                               
two years;  and providing  for an effective  date."   [Before the                                                               
committee is CSHB 132(RLS), version 22-LS0380\S, Ford, 4/24/01.]                                                                
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  BERKOWITZ inquired  as to  whether someone  could                                                               
explain the  differences between the  version that passed  out of                                                               
the  House  Judiciary Standing  Committee  or  the House  Finance                                                               
Committee and the version before the committee.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
The committee took an at-ease from 9:55 a.m. to 9:56 a.m.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Number 2069                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
HEATHER  NOBREGA, Staff  to House  Judiciary Standing  Committee,                                                               
Alaska State  Legislature, said that the  following minor changes                                                               
are encompassed in  version S.  On page 2,  line 28, the language                                                               
"and operate" was  added in order that a state  can designate and                                                           
operate a  delivery site.   On page  5, line 28,  and on  page 6,                                                               
line 1, the notification would  now be reported to the "municipal                                                               
police agency"  as well as the  Alaska state troopers.   The last                                                               
change is found on page 7,  line 2, where language was added such                                                               
that operation of a delivery  site was included in the definition                                                               
of a criminal justice activity.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  KOTT  indicated  that  the last  change  would  allow  the                                                               
operator, which he  guessed would be a state  employee, to access                                                               
the APSIN  (Alaska Public Safety  Information Network)  system in                                                               
order to perform a background check.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MS. NOBREGA agreed with Chair Kott's statement.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
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REPRESENTATIVE   BERKOWITZ   inquired   as   to   whether   these                                                               
individuals  that can  access  the  criminal justice  information                                                               
system   receive   training   and   are   bound   by   the   same                                                               
confidentiality rules  as all other  individuals who  operate the                                                               
system.                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
MS. NOBREGA said that she didn't know.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE BERKOWITZ requested that  she check on that before                                                               
this legislation moves to the floor.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR KOTT  related his  belief that  these individuals  would be                                                               
bound  by  the  same  confidentiality restrictions  that  are  in                                                               
existing law.                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
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REPRESENTATIVE  McGUIRE moved  to  report CSHB  132 [version  22-                                                               
LS0380\S,  Ford,  4/24/02]  as  amended  out  of  committee  with                                                               
individual  recommendations and  the  accompanying fiscal  notes.                                                               
There being  no objection,  CSHB 132(RLS)  was reported  from the                                                               
House Rules Standing Committee.