Legislature(2015 - 2016)BUTROVICH 205

04/07/2016 09:00 AM Senate STATE AFFAIRS

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Board of Fisheries:
Israel Payton
Alan Cain
Robert Ruffner
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+= SB 150 MVA COMMISSIONER MEMBER OF CDVSA TELECONFERENCED
Heard & Held
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Moved CSSB 171(STA) Out of Committee
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Heard & Held
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            SB 150-DMVA COMMISSIONER MEMBER OF CDVSA                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
9:10:51 AM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR STOLTZE announced the consideration of SB 150 and moved to                                                                
adopt Amendment 1, labeled 29-GS2797\A.2:                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
                          AMENDMENT 1                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
OFFERED IN THE SENATE                                                                                                           
     TO SB 150                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
     Page 1, line 2, following "Assault":                                                                                     
          Insert "; and relating to the duties of the                                                                         
     Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault"                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
     Page 2, following line 13:                                                                                                 
     Insert a new bill section to read:                                                                                         
        "* Sec. 3. AS 18.66.050 is amended to read:                                                                         
          Sec. 18.66.050. Duties of the council. The                                                                          
     council shall                                                                                                              
               (1) Hire an executive director, and the                                                                          
     executive  director  may   hire  staff;  the  executive                                                                    
     director is  in the  exempt service  under AS 39.25.110                                                                    
     and staff  members are in the  classified service under                                                                    
     AS 39.25.100;                                                                                                              
               (2) Elect one of its members as presiding                                                                        
     officer;                                                                                                                   
               (3) In consultation with authorities in the                                                                      
     field,  develop,   implement,  maintain,   and  monitor                                                                    
     domestic   violence,   sexual   assault,   and   crisis                                                                    
     intervention   and   prevention   programs,   including                                                                    
     educational  programs, films,  and school  curricula on                                                                    
     the  cause,  prevention,   and  treatment  of  domestic                                                                    
     violence and sexual assault;                                                                                               
               (4) Coordinate services provided by the                                                                          
     Department  of Law,  the  Department  of Education  and                                                                    
     Early  Development, the  Department  of Public  Safety,                                                                    
     the  Department  of  Health and  Social  Services,  the                                                                    
     Department of  Corrections, the Department  of Military                                                                
     and  Veterans' Affairs,  and other  state agencies  and                                                                
     community  groups   dealing  with   domestic  violence,                                                                    
     sexual   assault,    and   crisis    intervention   and                                                                    
     prevention,   and  provide   technical  assistance   as                                                                    
     requested  by   those  state  agencies   and  community                                                                    
     groups;                                                                                                                    
               (5)  Develop  and  implement  a  standardized                                                                    
     data  collection system  on  domestic violence,  sexual                                                                    
     assault, and crisis intervention and prevention;                                                                           
               (6)  Conduct public  hearings and  studies on                                                                    
     issues   relating  to   violence,  including   domestic                                                                    
     violence and sexual assault, and  on issues relating to                                                                    
     the role of crisis intervention and prevention;                                                                            
               (7)  Receive and  dispense state  and federal                                                                    
     money   and    award   grants   and    contracts   from                                                                    
     appropriations  for  the  purpose  to  qualified  local                                                                    
     community  entities   for  domestic   violence,  sexual                                                                    
     assault,   and  crisis   intervention  and   prevention                                                                    
     programs;                                                                                                                  
               (8)  Oversee  and  audit  domestic  violence,                                                                    
     sexual assault, and  crisis intervention and prevention                                                                    
     programs that receive money under this chapter;                                                                            
               (9) Provide  fiscal and  technical assistance                                                                    
     to plan,  organize, implement, and  administer domestic                                                                    
     violence, sexual  assault, and crisis  intervention and                                                                    
     prevention programs;                                                                                                       
               (10) Make  an annual  report to  the governor                                                                    
     on the activities of the  council, plans of the council                                                                    
     for  new services  and programs,  and  concerns of  the                                                                    
     council,  including   recommendations  for  legislation                                                                    
     necessary to  carry out the  purposes of  this chapter;                                                                    
     the  council  shall  notify the  legislature  that  the                                                                    
     report is available;                                                                                                       
               (11)  Adopt  regulations in  accordance  with                                                                    
     AS 44.62  (Administrative Procedure  Act) to  carry out                                                                    
     the  purposes  of  this  chapter  and  to  protect  the                                                                    
     health,  safety,  well-being,  and privacy  of  persons                                                                    
     receiving  services financed  with grants  or contracts                                                                    
     under this chapter;                                                                                                        
               (12)  Consult with  the Department  of Health                                                                    
     and  Social Services  in the  formulation of  standards                                                                    
     and procedures for the delivery  of services to victims                                                                    
     of  domestic violence  by  health  care facilities  and                                                                    
     practitioners of  healing arts  and personnel  in those                                                                    
     facilities as required in AS 18.66.300;                                                                                    
               (13)   Consult   with   the   Alaska   Police                                                                    
     Standards  Council and  other police  training programs                                                                    
     in  the state  to develop  training programs  regarding                                                                    
     domestic   violence  for   police   officers  and   for                                                                    
     correction, probation, and parole officers;                                                                                
               (14) Consult with public employers, the                                                                          
     Alaska   Supreme    Court,   school    districts,   and                                                                    
     prosecuting   authorities    who   are    required   by                                                                    
     AS 18.66.300   -   18.66.310  to   provide   continuing                                                                    
     education courses in domestic violence to employees."                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR COGHILL objected for discussion purposes.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
9:11:02 AM                                                                                                                    
DANIEL GEORGE, Staff, Senator  Stoltze, Alaska State Legislature,                                                               
Juneau, Alaska,  explained that Amendment 1  catches an oversight                                                               
to  add  the commissioner  for  the  Department of  Military  and                                                               
Veterans' Affairs (DMVA) to the  Council on Domestic Violence and                                                               
Sexual Assault (CDVSA).                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR COGHILL removed his objection.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR STOLTZE announced  that no further objection  was heard and                                                               
Amendment 1 was adopted.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
9:12:25 AM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR STOLTZE moved to adopt Amendment 2, labeled 29-GS2797\A.1:                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                          AMENDMENT 2                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
OFFERED IN THE SENATE                                                                                                           
     TO SB 150                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
     Page 2, line 7, following "affairs":                                                                                   
          Insert "who shall serve ex officio as a nonvoting                                                                 
     member of the council"                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR COGHILL objected for discussion purposes.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
MR. GEORGE said two letters  were presented to the committee that                                                               
addressed Amendment  2. They were  from the commissioner  of DMVA                                                               
and the Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault.                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR COGHILL commented that the  amendment would make the DMVA                                                               
commissioner an ex officio, non-voting member for CDVSA.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR STOLTZE  explained that the  purpose for ex  officio status                                                               
was  not to  alter CDVSA's  public balance  as well  as keep  the                                                               
fiscal note  from occurring  on the bill.  He said  a sensitivity                                                               
existed to not have an  outnumbering of government officials over                                                               
public members.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR STOLTZE opened public testimony.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  WIELECHOWSKI  asked  if  Commissioner  Hummel  supported                                                               
Amendment 2 for SB 150.                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
9:13:59 AM                                                                                                                    
LAURIE HUMMEL,  Commissioner, Department  of Military  & Veterans                                                               
Affairs  (DMVA),  Anchorage,  Alaska, replied  that  she  opposed                                                               
making commissioners  non-voting members on  the administration's                                                               
own boards, commissions and councils.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  WIELECHOWSKI  pointed  out   that  the  concern  was  an                                                               
imbalance  would   occur  with  her  appointment.   He  asked  if                                                               
Commissioner Hummel agreed that the concern was valid.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
COMMISSIONER  HUMMEL  voiced  that  she was  concerned  about  an                                                               
imbalance  and recommended  that an  additional public  member be                                                               
added to the board.                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  STOLTZE  asked if  the  administration  proposed adding  a                                                               
public member when introducing the bill.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
COMMISSIONER HUMMEL replied that she  did not believe there was a                                                               
discussion.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
9:16:40 AM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR WIELECHOWSKI pointed out  that CDVSA's current membership                                                               
already had five commissioners and  four public members. He asked                                                               
if the committee wanted to add more public members.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR STOLTZE commented  that SB 150 was not his  bill, but added                                                               
that he  did not  want to further  promote CDVSA's  imbalance. He                                                               
opined that  the administration  could have  offered alternatives                                                               
for the imbalance.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR HUGGINS  commented that the  bill was a prime  example of                                                               
being  careful  before asking  for  something  where the  state's                                                               
price tag for doing business was driven up.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
9:18:22 AM                                                                                                                    
JAYNE  ANDREEN,  President,  Alaska  Public  Health  Association,                                                               
Douglas,  Alaska,  testified in  opposition  to  Amendment 2  and                                                               
voiced her support  for a balanced board. She  shared her history                                                               
of  serving on  CDVSA's  board and  discussed  the importance  of                                                               
having a balanced  board. She set forth that  public members have                                                               
an  important   voice  whose  primary   role  is  serving   as  a                                                               
coordinating entity.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
9:20:50 AM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR STOLTZE  noted that  each commissioner  has a  strong voice                                                               
and  could serve  as ex-officio  members. He  suggested that  all                                                               
commissioners should  be ex officio.  He stated that  Amendment 2                                                               
was the  most cost effective way  to not disrupt the  balance and                                                               
make sure  that the public votes  were at least at  par. He noted                                                               
that  fiscal  notes  for  board  costs  have  been  appropriately                                                               
scrutinized and  opined that the  cost for adding  another member                                                               
would be better served going to victims' services.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
9:22:13 AM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR  WIELECHOWSKI pointed  out  that SB  150  would make  the                                                               
CDVSA board  6-commissioners and 4-public members.  He said there                                                               
was  a  reluctance  to  spend more  money  on  additional  public                                                               
members. He asked Ms. Andreen  if she would support an imbalanced                                                               
board.                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
MS. ANDREEN replied that she  would support adding another public                                                               
member.                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  STOLTZE   commented  that  the  2014   gubernatorial  race                                                               
involved DMVA discussions by the  governor where arrests would be                                                               
made.  He opined  that the  attorney general's  office has  had a                                                               
muted response to DMVA.                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR MCGUIRE asked  if there was anything  in CDVSA's meetings                                                               
that prevented any commissioner  or lawmakers from addressing the                                                               
council.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
9:25:30 AM                                                                                                                    
LAUREE MORTON,  Executive Director, Council on  Domestic Violence                                                               
and Sexual  Assault, Juneau, Alaska,  answered no.  She specified                                                               
that  CDVSA's  meetings  were  open to  the  public  with  stated                                                               
comment periods. She revealed that  CDVSA has issue-specific days                                                               
where guest speakers were invited.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  MCGUIRE asked  if there  has  been an  instance where  a                                                               
request to attend was denied.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
9:27:14 AM                                                                                                                    
MS. MORTON answered no, not during her tenure since 2011.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR MCGUIRE opined that SB 150  was a solution in search of a                                                               
problem. She  stated that  she did  not think  politicizing CDVSA                                                               
was  appropriate. She  set forth  that  she did  not support  the                                                               
amendment.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR STOLTZE  explained that the  amendment was offered  as kind                                                               
of a placeholder to facilitate  a discussion. He remarked that he                                                               
was comfortable with  sending SB 150 forward  to Senator McKinnon                                                               
in the Senate Finance Committee.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR MCGUIRE  replied that  she was  not comfortable  with the                                                               
power imbalance created by the  amendment. She requested that the                                                               
SB 150 be held in committee.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  STOLTZE  stated  that  the  bill would  be  held  for  the                                                               
administration to address the committee's issues.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR WIELECHOWSKI  asked Ms. Morton  to comment on SB  150 and                                                               
Amendment 2.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MS. MORTON replied  that the council was neutral on  the bill and                                                               
would  accept  the  decision. She  revealed  that  state  members                                                               
absorb costs within their own  departments to participate and the                                                               
council provides cost for public  members that would amount to an                                                               
approximate $2,500  fiscal note.  She set  forth that  both costs                                                               
and balance were important.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  STOLTZE  asked  Mr. Christensen  from  the  University  of                                                               
Alaska  to address  the committee.  He  inquired if  there was  a                                                               
problem  with  sexual  assault   and  domestic  violence  on  the                                                               
university's campuses.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
9:32:49 AM                                                                                                                    
CHRIS CHRISTENSEN,  Associate Vice President of  State Relations,                                                               
University of Alaska, Anchorage,  Alaska, replied that there were                                                               
issues with violence  on the university campus.  He detailed that                                                               
rates tended  to be lower  than rates in the  general population,                                                               
but  the university  was very  concerned. He  explained that  the                                                               
university aggressively  focuses on  following Title IX  rules as                                                               
well.                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR STOLTZE  asked if there  was a problem whether  revealed or                                                               
hidden regarding sexual assaults on campuses.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
MR. CHRISTENSEN  replied that there  was a problem.  He specified                                                               
that some  problems were  stranger-on-stranger violence  that was                                                               
found  in the  rest of  the  state and  some were  dating-related                                                               
violence where alcohol and drugs were a significant part.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR STOLTZE  opined that  sexual assaults  on campuses  was not                                                               
raised  in the  campaign and  were really  concealed because  the                                                               
university does  not want to  talk about  it. He asserted  that a                                                               
university person should be on be a member on the CDVSA board.                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR STOLTZE announced  that SB 150 would be  held in committee.                                                               
[Amendment 2 was pending.]                                                                                                      

Document Name Date/Time Subjects
SB 150 DMVA Letter to Senate State Affairs - 03-29-16.pdf SSTA 4/7/2016 9:00:00 AM
SB 150
SB 150 ANDVSA Written Testimony 04-05-2016.pdf SSTA 4/7/2016 9:00:00 AM
SB 150
HB 273 Sponsor Statement.pdf SSTA 4/7/2016 9:00:00 AM
HB 273
HB 273 Summary of Changes from Version P to Version I.PDF SSTA 4/7/2016 9:00:00 AM
HB 273
HB 273 Sectional Analysis by LAA Legal Services - Version I - 03-10-16.PDF SSTA 4/7/2016 9:00:00 AM
HB 273
HB 273 Letter of Support - AARP - 02-05-16.PDF SSTA 4/7/2016 9:00:00 AM
HB 273
HB 273 Support Letter - Alaska Automobile Dealers Association - 01-28-16.pdf SSTA 4/7/2016 9:00:00 AM
HB 273
HB 77 Sponsor Statement to Version P (House Finance CS).pdf SSTA 4/7/2016 9:00:00 AM
HB 77
HB 77 Sectional Analysis by Sponsor of version W (Initial Version).pdf SSTA 4/7/2016 9:00:00 AM
HB 77
HB 77 Version W (Initial Version).PDF SSTA 4/7/2016 9:00:00 AM
HB 77
HB 77 Version E (House State Affairs CS).pdf SSTA 4/7/2016 9:00:00 AM
HB 77
HB 77 Version P (House Finance CS).pdf SSTA 4/7/2016 9:00:00 AM
HB 77
HB 77 Backup Document - Non-apparent disabilities symbol.pdf SSTA 4/7/2016 9:00:00 AM
HB 77
HB 77 Fiscal Note #3 DOA-DMV 3-25-16.pdf SSTA 4/7/2016 9:00:00 AM
HB 77
HB 77 Letter of Support - Alaska Commission on Aging 3-22-16.pdf SSTA 4/7/2016 9:00:00 AM
HB 77
HB 77 Letter of Support - Governor's Council on Disabilities & Special Education 3-14-16.pdf SSTA 4/7/2016 9:00:00 AM
HB 77
HB 77 Letter of Support - Email Art Delaune 04-06-16.pdf SSTA 4/7/2016 9:00:00 AM
HB 77
HB 77 Letter of Support - Frank Ron 02-19-15.pdf SSTA 4/7/2016 9:00:00 AM
HB 77
HB 77 Letter of Support - Juanita Webb.pdf SSTA 4/7/2016 9:00:00 AM
HB 77
HB 77 Letter of Support - Wallbusters' explanation of Hidden Disabilities.pdf SSTA 4/7/2016 9:00:00 AM
HB 77
SB 171 REPLACEMENT Fiscal Note (unpublished) to CS(STA)H - DOA-DOF 04-06-16.PDF SSTA 4/7/2016 9:00:00 AM
SB 171
HB 231 SCS(STA) Work Draft Version N - 04-06-2016.pdf SSTA 4/7/2016 9:00:00 AM
HB 231
SB 150 Amendment #1 (Adopted) in SSTA - By Senator Stoltze (A.2).pdf SSTA 4/7/2016 9:00:00 AM
SB 150
SB 150 Amendment #2 (Offered, Objected, and Held - Unresolved) in SSTA - By Senator Stoltze (A.1).pdf SSTA 4/7/2016 9:00:00 AM
SB 150
SB 171 Amendment #1 to CS(STA) version H by Stoltze (H.2) - (Withdrawn).pdf SSTA 4/7/2016 9:00:00 AM
SB 171
SB 171 Amendment #2 to CS(STA) version H by Stoltze (H.1) - (Adopted).pdf SSTA 4/7/2016 9:00:00 AM
SB 171
SB 171 Amendment #3 to CS(STA) version H by Stoltze (H.5) - (Adopted).pdf SSTA 4/7/2016 9:00:00 AM
SB 171
SB 171 Amendment #4 to CS(STA) version H by Stoltze (H.6) - (Adopted).pdf SSTA 4/7/2016 9:00:00 AM
SB 171
HB 77 Legal Opinion Regarding State Liability per SSTA Questions - 4-12-2016.pdf SSTA 4/7/2016 9:00:00 AM
HB 77
HB 273 Letter of Support - Kayla Epstein 04-11-2016.pdf SSTA 4/7/2016 9:00:00 AM
HB 273
HB 273 Comparison Version from Version P to Version I (Initial to HCS STA).pdf SSTA 4/7/2016 9:00:00 AM
HB 273