04/20/2005 08:30 AM House RULES

HB 121-SERVICE AREAS IN SECOND CLASS BOROUGHS                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
9:06:59 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR ROKEBERG  announced that the  next order of  business would                                                               
be  HOUSE BILL  NO. 121,  "An  Act relating  to consolidating  or                                                               
abolishing certain service areas in second class boroughs."                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
9:07:12 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  COGHILL withdrew  Conceptual  Amendment 1,  which                                                               
was left pending at the April  13, 2005, hearing.  There being no                                                               
objection, Conceptual Amendment 1 was withdrawn.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
9:07:40 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  COGHILL  moved  that the  committee  rescind  its                                                               
action in adopting  CSHB 121, [Version L, Cook,  4/11/05].  There                                                               
being no objection, CSHB 121(CRA) was before the committee.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
9:08:27 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  COGHILL  moved to  adopt  CSHB  121, Version  24-                                                               
LS0396\S, Cook,  4/18/05, as the  working document.   There being                                                               
no objection, Version S was before the committee.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
9:09:08 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
LINDA ANDERSON,  Lobbyist, Fairbanks  North Star  Borough, stated                                                               
that  Version  S  is  a compromise  that  tightens  the  sidebars                                                               
related to giving a second  class borough the ability to dissolve                                                               
or combine a road service area  if the criteria specified on page                                                               
2 [of  Version S] are  met.   She related her  understanding that                                                               
Version  S satisfies  all parties  while  remedying the  problems                                                               
facing the Fairbanks North Star Borough.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
9:10:32 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  COGHILL moved  to  report CSHB  121, Version  24-                                                               
LS0396\S,  Cook,  4/18/05,  out   of  committee  with  individual                                                               
recommendations and the accompanying fiscal notes.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
9:10:55 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE   KERTTULA  opined   that  the   problem  is   the                                                               
underlying  statute  and  commented  that until  it's  fixed  the                                                               
problem will remain.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
9:11:37 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  ROKEBERG,   upon  determining  there  was   no  objection,                                                               
announced that  CSHB 121(2d  RLS) was reported  out of  the House                                                               
Rules Standing Committee.