03/23/1993 09:03 AM Senate CRA

  SENATOR  RANDY  PHILLIPS  introduced  SB 92  (REAA  ADVISORY                 
  VOTES) as the next order of business.                                        
                                                                               
  SENATOR FRED ZHAROFF, prime sponsor  of SB 92, explained the                 
  legislation will add  to statute the  ability for REAA's  to                 
  take an advisory vote on their election ballot.   Currently,                 
  there is  nothing  that  allows  them  to  put  an  advisory                 
  question on the ballot,  and they have to do  advisory votes                 
  in  each  of  the  communities.   One  school  district  has                 
  approximately 17 different schools, and each  advisory board                 
  would  have to  hold an  advisory ballot.   He said  this is                 
  unlike  the municipal  school  districts where  the  borough                 
  assembly can put an advisory question on a ballot.                           
                                                                               
  Senator Zharoff said this change  would affect approximately                 
  23  REAA's in  the state.    He added  that he  knows  of no                 
  opposition to the legislation.                                               
                                                                               
  Number 070                                                                   
                                                                               
  SENATOR ADAMS asked  if there was  enough lead time for  the                 
  printing of  the ballots.   SENATOR  ZHAROFF responded  that                 
  there was a proposed  amendment which says a  resolution has                 
  to be  in by the  first Friday  in August.   Current statute                 
  provides that it has to be postmarked by the first Friday in                 
  August and then it has to be received within five days.                      
                                                                               
  Number 134                                                                   
                                                                               
  BOB  WEINSTEIN,  Superintendent,  Southeast   Island  School                 
  District,  said  they are  the  REAA  for most  of  southern                 
  Southeast Alaska, and  their school  board is  on record  in                 
  favor  of SB 92 and  that they would  also be supportive the                 
  proposed amendment.  He said there currently is no mechanism                 
                                                                               
                                                                               
  for an REAA to  get an advisory opinion from  voters similar                 
  to the mechanism in municipalities  and the legislation will                 
  accomplish that.                                                             
                                                                               
  Number 160                                                                   
                                                                               
  SENATOR ADAMS moved that following amendment be adopted:                     
                                                                               
  AMENDMENT #1                                                                 
                                                                               
  Page  1,  line 8:   After  "ballot"  insert:   "A resolution                 
  described in this subsection must be filed with the division                 
  of elections on or before the first Friday of  August of the                 
  year in which the advisory question is required to be placed                 
  on the ballot."                                                              
                                                                               
  Hearing no  objection, the  Chair stated  the amendment  had                 
  been adopted.                                                                
                                                                               
  Number 168                                                                   
                                                                               
  SENATOR TAYLOR moved  and asked unanimous consent  that CSSB
  (CRA)  be  passed  out   of  committee  with  individual                 
  recommendations.  Hearing no objection, it was so ordered.