Legislature(2009 - 2010)CAPITOL 106

04/09/2009 08:00 AM House STATE AFFAIRS


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* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+ SB 58 MARMOT DAY TELECONFERENCED
<Bill Hearing Rescheduled to 04/11/09>
+ SB 72 CHILD SAFETY SEATS & SEAT BELTS TELECONFERENCED
<Bill Hearing Rescheduled to 04/11/09>
*+ HB 76 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL & LB&A MEMBERSHIP TELECONFERENCED
Scheduled But Not Heard
+ HJR 31 SUPPORT SOLDIERS' BURIAL DESIGNATIONS TELECONFERENCED
Heard & Held
+ HB 106 VILLAGE & REGIONAL PUB.SAFETY OFFICERS TELECONFERENCED
Heard & Held
+ Bills Previously Heard/Scheduled TELECONFERENCED
+= HB 24 PROCUREMENT PREFERENCE FOR VETERANS TELECONFERENCED
Moved CSHB 24(MLV) Out of Committee
HB  24-PROCUREMENT PREFERENCE FOR VETERANS                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
8:07:13 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR LYNN announced  that the first order of  business was HOUSE                                                               
BILL NO. 24, "An Act  relating to a public procurement preference                                                               
for Alaska veterans."                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
[Before the committee was CSHB 24(MLV).]                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
8:07:18 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CRYSTAL KOENEMAN,  Staff, Representative Anna  Fairclough, Alaska                                                               
State Legislature,  reported that  after the House  State Affairs                                                               
Standing Committee's  last hearing of  HB 24, on  Tuesday, [April                                                               
7,  2009], the  sponsor  and her  staff  met with  Representative                                                               
Gruenberg,  and were  able to  address his  concerns without  the                                                               
need to create a committee substitute.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE   SEATON    recalled   a   concern    [voiced   by                                                               
Representative  Gruenberg   at  the  prior  hearing   of  HB  24]                                                               
regarding language  beginning on  page 2,  line 11,  [relating to                                                               
qualification for bidder preference, and which read as follows]:                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     "or the bidder  must have sold supplies  of the general                                                                    
     nature solicited to  other state agencies, governments,                                                                    
     or the general public."                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  SEATON reminded  the committee  that the  concern                                                               
had been  that [that language would  discriminate against someone                                                               
who is  new in  business].   He asked if  that was  the sponsor's                                                               
intent.                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
8:08:16 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MS.  KOENEMAN  explained that  that  language  is currently  used                                                               
"under the Alaska  bidder preference."  In response  to a follow-                                                               
up question, she offered her  understanding that if this language                                                               
was changed  in HB 24, it  would be necessary to  also change the                                                               
Alaska bidder preference language.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
8:09:14 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
VERN  JONES,  Chief  Procurement  Officer,  Division  of  General                                                               
Services,  Department   of  Administration  (DOA),   stated  that                                                               
changing the  aforementioned language in  HB 24 would  not change                                                               
the  requirements  for the  Alaska  bidder  preference; a  bidder                                                               
would still  have to be in  business for six months  prior to the                                                               
bid  opening  in  order  to  qualify for  that  preference.    He                                                               
continued:                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
     To  qualify  for  this preference,  you  also  have  to                                                                    
     qualify for  the Alaska  bidder preference,  so, unless                                                                    
     you  went back  and changed  that, ...  the change  you                                                                    
     might be  contemplating would have any  affect wouldn't                                                                    
     necessarily require  you, though, to change  the Alaska                                                                    
     bidder preference either.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
8:10:07 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  JOHNSON asked  Mr. Jones  if he  had had  time to                                                               
consider [a  suggestion Representative  Johnson had  made, during                                                               
the  April  7 meeting,  to  add  language  so that  the  proposed                                                               
definition  of  "Alaska  veteran"  as  an  individual  who  is  a                                                               
resident of the  state was changed to require  that individual to                                                               
have been  a resident  of the state  for at least  30 days].   He                                                               
said he  wants to know if  that change can be  made without going                                                               
"over the line."                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
MR.  JONES prefaced  his  answer by  stating that  he  is not  an                                                               
expert  regarding  veteran discharge  papers.    He said  he  had                                                               
discussed the suggestion with some  staff members and it is their                                                               
consensus that  "that would be  a difficult  thing to be  able to                                                               
determine and  track."  He  said [CSHB 24(MLV)] does  not require                                                               
the onerous provision that the  division maintain a registry.  It                                                               
would be necessary  for the division to create a  "check box" for                                                               
veterans to  check, and, in  addition, some  competitive policing                                                               
would be  necessary.   He stated  that even  if the  division was                                                               
able  to gather  the initial  information, it  probably does  not                                                               
have  the  means and  is  not  the  right  entity to  track  that                                                               
information without a registry.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  JOHNSON  responded  that although  he  thinks  it                                                               
would  be nice  to  include  that requirement,  he  can "see  the                                                               
problem" in doing so.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
8:12:00 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  SEATON  moved  to  report  CSHB  24(MLV)  out  of                                                               
committee  with individual  recommendations and  the accompanying                                                               
fiscal  notes.    There  being no  objection,  CSHB  24(MLV)  was                                                               
reported out of the House State Affairs Standing Committee.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                

Document Name Date/Time Subjects
01 HJR031B.pdf HSTA 4/9/2009 8:00:00 AM
01 4-2-09 CSHB106_T.pdf HSTA 4/9/2009 8:00:00 AM
HB 106
02 Sponsor Statement HJR 31.doc HSTA 4/9/2009 8:00:00 AM
03 HJR031-1-1-040809-MLV-N.pdf HSTA 4/9/2009 8:00:00 AM
04 Expenses Incident to Death.doc HSTA 4/9/2009 8:00:00 AM
05 DD93.pdf HSTA 4/9/2009 8:00:00 AM
06 Air Force Association support letter.pdf HSTA 4/9/2009 8:00:00 AM
02 4.8.09HB106_SponsorStatement.pdf HSTA 4/9/2009 8:00:00 AM
HB 106
03 HB106_SummaryOfChanges2.pdf HSTA 4/9/2009 8:00:00 AM
HB 106
04 HB106-Fiscal_Note-DPS-DET-02-23-09.pdf HSTA 4/9/2009 8:00:00 AM
HB 106
05 NAB Resolution.pdf HSTA 4/9/2009 8:00:00 AM
06 4.8.09HB106_Sectional.pdf HSTA 4/9/2009 8:00:00 AM
HB 106
07 H.R. 1633.pdf HSTA 4/9/2009 8:00:00 AM
3-13-09 - HB 76 Research.pdf HSTA 4/9/2009 8:00:00 AM
HB 76