04/13/2023 03:00 PM House STATE AFFAIRS

         HB 140-LEG SALARIES; STATE OFFICERS COMP COMM                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
3:13:31 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SHAW  announced that the  first order of business  would be                                                               
HOUSE  BILL NO.  140,  "An  Act relating  to  the State  Officers                                                               
Compensation Commission;  and relating to policies  of the Alaska                                                               
Legislative  Council regarding  allowances and  reimbursement for                                                               
moving expenses."  [HB 140,  as amended, was moved from committee                                                               
on  4/11/23;  in  committee  packets  was  a  proposed  committee                                                               
substitute (CS)  for HB  140, Version  33-LS069\B, Klein/Wallace,                                                               
4/11/23, "Version B."]                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
3:14:01 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE WRIGHT moved to rescind  the committee's action on                                                               
4/11/23  in  reporting  CSHB  140(STA) [HB  140,  as  amended  on                                                               
4/11/23] from  committee.   There being no  objection, it  was so                                                               
ordered.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
3:14:28 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE WRIGHT moved to adopt  the proposed CS for HB 140,                                                               
Version 33-LS069\B, Klein/Wallace, 4/11/23, as the work draft.                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SHAW objected for the purpose of discussion.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
3:14:58 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
JOSH  WALTON, Staff,  Representative  Laddie  Shaw, Alaska  State                                                               
Legislature,  on behalf  of Chair  Shaw, relayed  that Version  B                                                               
corrected conflicting  language in the  version of the  bill that                                                               
moved from  committee on 4/11/23.   He  deferred to Mr.  Klein to                                                               
provide an explanation of changes in Version B.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
3:16:15 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
NOAH  KLEIN,  Legislative  Legal  Services,  Legislative  Affairs                                                               
Agency, recalled that a  previously adopted amendment essentially                                                               
bifurcated the compensation committee  report creating a separate                                                               
report for  the legislature and  a separate report  for executive                                                               
branch officials.   He explained  that the amendment  used plural                                                               
language,  while  another amendment  was  in  the singular.    He                                                               
highlighted  page 2,  line  11,  of Version  B,  noting that  the                                                               
language in the proposed CS was  drafted in the plural to correct                                                               
those technical inconsistencies.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
3:17:45 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  SHAW removed  his objection  to  the motion  to adopt  the                                                               
proposed  CS for  HB  140.   There  being  no further  objection,                                                               
Version B was before the committee.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
3:18:00 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  WRIGHT  moved to  report  CSHB  140, Version  33-                                                               
LS069\B,   Klein/Wallace,   4/11/23,   out  of   committee   with                                                               
individual  recommendations and  the  accompanying fiscal  notes.                                                               
There  being no  objection,  CSHB 140(STA)  was  moved the  House                                                               
State Affairs Standing Committee.