02/22/2018 03:15 PM House STATE AFFAIRS

         HB 152-ORGANIZED MILITIA; AK ST. DEFENSE FORCE                                                                     
                                                                                                                              
4:19:50 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR KREISS-TOMKINS  announced that the final  order of business                                                               
would be CS FOR HOUSE BILL  NO. 152(MLV), "An Act relating to the                                                               
organized militia; and relating to  the authority of the adjutant                                                               
general."                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
4:20:22 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  LEDOUX moved  to adopt  the committee  substitute                                                               
(CS) for  HB 152, Version  30-LS0366\R, Wallace, 2/12/18,  as the                                                               
working document, referred to as "Version R."                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR KREISS-TOMKINS objected for the purpose of discussion.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
4:20:38 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
KENDRA KLOSTER,  Staff, Representative  Chris Tuck,  Alaska State                                                               
Legislature, on  behalf of Representative Tuck,  prime sponsor of                                                               
HB  152,  relayed  that  Version  R  removes  "imminent  response                                                               
authority" - the language allowing  the adjutant general (TAG) to                                                               
call the national  guard to duty if the  governor is unavailable.                                                               
She  added  that  Version  R   retained  the  language  regarding                                                               
command,   control,   the    TAG   accepting   resignations   and                                                               
retirements,  and adding  the Alaska  State Defense  Force (ASDF)                                                               
and Alaska Naval Militia (AKNM) to the tuition program.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
4:21:27 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  KREISS-TOMKINS  removed his  objection  to  the motion  to                                                               
adopt Version  R.   There being no  further objection,  Version R                                                               
was before the committee.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  LEDOUX commented  that  Version  R addresses  her                                                               
concerns.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  WOOL  commented  that  Version  R  addresses  his                                                               
concerns as well.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE TUCK expressed that the  state should devise a way                                                               
to quickly respond in situations  of imminent danger to the state                                                               
of Alaska -  a natural disaster or other circumstance  - when the                                                               
governor and  lieutenant governor  are incapacitated.   Currently                                                               
there  would  have to  be  a  designation  that the  governor  is                                                               
incapacitated, then  the swearing  in of the  lieutenant governor                                                               
before  action can  be taken  by  the military  to keep  Alaskans                                                               
safe.                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
4:23:21 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE LEDOUX moved to report  the CS for HB 152, Version                                                               
30-LS0366\R, Wallace,  2/12/18, out of committee  with individual                                                               
recommendations  and the  accompanying zero  fiscal note.   There                                                               
being no  objection, CSHB 152(STA)  moved out of the  House State                                                               
Affairs Standing Committee.