03/19/2005 09:30 AM House STATE AFFAIRS

HB 152-STATE INFO SYSTEM PLAN: LEGISLATURE                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
9:35:44 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  SEATON announced  that  the first  order  of business  was                                                               
HOUSE BILL NO.  152, "An Act amending the definition  of the term                                                               
'state agencies'  as it  presently applies  to the  provisions of                                                               
law  that establish  the  Telecommunications Information  Council                                                               
and  as it  applies under  Executive Order  No. 113;  relating to                                                               
information  systems  in  the  legislative   branch  and  to  the                                                               
Telecommunications  Information  Council;  and providing  for  an                                                               
effective date."                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SEATON  handed the gavel  to Representative Gatto  while he                                                               
presented HB  152 on behalf  of the House State  Affairs Standing                                                               
Committee, sponsor.   He indicated that Executive  Order (EO) 113                                                               
moved   the  telecommunications   information   council  to   the                                                               
Department of Administration.  He  said the definition within [EO                                                               
113]  included  the legislature,  which  was  an oversight.    He                                                               
explained  that the  legislature had  the choice  at the  time of                                                               
either not  approving EO 113  or approving it and  correcting the                                                               
error with a  future bill.  The  proposed HB 152 is  such a bill.                                                               
He specified  that HB  152 would only  correct the  oversight; it                                                               
would  not  exempt  the  railroad, the  permanent  fund,  or  the                                                               
[Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC)].                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SEATON took back the gavel and opened public testimony.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
9:37:32 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE GARDNER asked  if Chair Seaton knew  of anyone who                                                               
objected to this bill.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SEATON replied that he had not heard objections.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
9:38:16 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE ELKINS  moved to  report HB  152 out  of committee                                                               
with  individual  recommendations  and  the  accompanying  fiscal                                                               
notes.  There being no objection,  HB 152 was reported out of the                                                               
House State Affairs Standing Committee.