Legislature(2005 - 2006)

05/02/2005 10:36 AM Senate FIN


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     SENATE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 35(L&C)                                                                                       
     "An Act  extending the termination  date of the State  Board of                                                            
     Registration  for Architects,  Engineers,  and Land  Surveyors;                                                            
     extending the term  of a temporary member of the State Board of                                                            
     Registration  for Architects,  Engineers,  and Land  Surveyors;                                                            
     and providing for an effective date."                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
This was  the second  hearing for  this bill in  the Senate  Finance                                                            
Committee.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
2:40:52 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Wilken  moved  to  report the  bill  from  Committee  with                                                            
individual recommendations and accompanying fiscal notes.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
There  being  no  objection,  SCS  HB  35(L&C)   was  REPORTED  from                                                            
Committee with  previous fiscal note #1 dated January  25, 2005 from                                                            
the Department  of  Commerce, Community  and  Economic Development.                                                             
While there  would be zero  fiscal impact in  FY 06, there  would be                                                            
fiscal note beginning in FY 07.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
[NOTE: This action was  rescinded later in the hearing and a Finance                                                            
Committee  committee substitute  was  reported out.  See Time  Stamp                                                            
3:18:10 PM.]                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
2:41:11 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     SENATE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 35(L&C)                                                                                       
     "An Act  extending the termination  date of the State  Board of                                                            
     Registration  for Architects,  Engineers,  and Land  Surveyors;                                                            
     extending the term  of a temporary member of the State Board of                                                            
     Registration  for Architects,  Engineers,  and Land  Surveyors;                                                            
     and providing for an effective date."                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
This bill,  which had been reported  from Committee [See  Time Stamp                                                            
2:40:07 PM], was again before the Committee.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
AT EASE 3:19:12 PM / 3:20:49 PM                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
VIC KOHRING, the bill's  sponsor, stated that this legislation would                                                            
extend  the Board  of Registration  for Architects,  Engineers,  and                                                            
Land Surveyors  until June 2009. The  Division of Legislative  Audit                                                            
recommended this four-year extension.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Green  informed  the sponsor  that  the  Committee,  being                                                            
unaware of a pending amendment, had reported out the bill.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Wilken  moved to RESCIND  the action of reporting  the bill                                                            
from Committee.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
There being  no objection,  the action  of REPORTING  the bill  from                                                            
Committee was RESCINDED.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Green stated  that the  Labor & Commerce  Committee  (L&C)                                                            
version   of  the   bill  was   again  before   the  Committee   for                                                            
consideration.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
3:22:00 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
SAM  KITO,  Chair, Legislative  Liaison  Committee  for  the  Alaska                                                            
Professional   Design  Council,  informed   the  Committee   that  a                                                            
forthcoming   amendment  would  correct   an  inadvertent   drafting                                                            
omission  in the  L&C committee  substitute.  The proposed  language                                                            
would  provide  transition  language  pertaining  to  the  temporary                                                            
Landscape Architect Board Member position.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Conceptual Amendment  #1: This amendment inserts a  new section into                                                            
the bill as follows.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     Sec. 3.  The uncodified law of  the State of Alaska  is amended                                                            
     by adding a new section to read:                                                                                           
     TRANSITION:  TEMPORARY BOARD  MEMBER. The  term of office  of a                                                            
     person   holding  a   temporary  position   on  the  Board   of                                                            
     Registration  of  Architects,  Engineers,  and  Lang  Surveyors                                                            
     before  July 1,  2005, expires  June  30, 2005.  The person  is                                                            
     eligible  for  reappointment  under  sec. 2  of this  Act.  The                                                            
     temporary member may  remain in the position until the governor                                                            
     names a new appointee or reappoints the temporary member.                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Wilken moved to adopt Amendment #1.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
There being no objection, Amendment #1 was ADOPTED.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Wilken  moved  to  report   the  bill,  as  amended,  from                                                            
Committee with  individual recommendations  and accompanying  fiscal                                                            
note.                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
There  being  no  objection,  SCS  HB  35(FIN)   was  REPORTED  from                                                            
Committee with  previous fiscal note #1 dated January  25, 2005 from                                                            
the Department  of  Commerce, Community  and  Economic Development.                                                             
While there  would be zero  fiscal impact in  FY 06, there  would be                                                            
fiscal note beginning in FY 07.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
3:24:18 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                

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