04/10/2014 01:30 PM Senate LABOR & COMMERCE

                   HB 302-PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
2:23:41 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR DUNLEAVY  announced the  consideration of  HB 302.  "An Act                                                               
relating to rules  of professional conduct for  the profession of                                                               
public accounting."                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
2:24:18 PM                                                                                                                    
LYNETTE  BERGH,  Staff,  Representative  Steve  Thompson,  Alaska                                                               
State  Legislature,  Juneau,  Alaska,  stated  that  HB  302  was                                                               
drafted in  response to  the Alaska  Board of  Public Accountancy                                                               
(BPA) FY13  annual report recommendations. The  bill addresses AS                                                               
08.04.080, the  professional rules of conduct  for the profession                                                               
of public accounting.  This section of the statute  sets the time                                                               
that the  BPA must notice the  adoption of any rule  or amendment                                                               
and the effective  date to the holder of a  license or permit. It                                                               
amends the number  of days for noticing from 60  days to 30 days,                                                               
which is  in line with  the statutory guidelines of  the Division                                                               
of Corporations, Business, and Professional Licensing.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
2:26:18 PM                                                                                                                    
KAREN  TARVER,   Chair,  Alaska  Board  of   Public  Accountancy,                                                               
introduced herself and offered to answer questions.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR MICCICHE asked why this matters.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
MS.  TARVER  replied it's  a  housekeeping  matter to  align  the                                                               
board's regulations and the division's regulations.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
2:26:56 PM                                                                                                                    
At Ease                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
2:27:32 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR DUNLEAVY reconvened the meeting.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR STEDMAN  summarized that  this aligns board  and division                                                               
requirements.                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
MS. TARVER  agreed; the differences  came to light in  the annual                                                               
report.                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR DUNLEAVY  opened and closed public  testimony and solicited                                                               
a motion.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
2:27:59 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR MICCICHE  moved to report the  CS for HB 302,  Version C,                                                               
from  committee  with  individual  recommendations  and  attached                                                               
fiscal note(s).                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR DUNLEAVY  announced that  without objection,  CSHB 302(L&C)                                                               
was  reported  from  the  Senate   Labor  and  Commerce  Standing                                                               
Committee.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
2:28:17 PM                                                                                                                    
There being  no further  business to  come before  the committee,                                                               
Chair  Dunleavy adjourned  the Senate  Labor &  Commerce Standing                                                               
Committee meeting at 2:28 p.m.