02/14/1997 01:40 PM House FIN

                                                                               
                                                                               
                     HOUSE FINANCE COMMITTEE                                   
                        FEBRUARY 14, 1997                                      
                            1:40 P.M.                                          
                                                                               
  TAPE HFC 97 - 28, Side 1, #000 - end.                                        
  TAPE HFC 97 - 28, Side 2, #000 - end.                                        
  TAPE HFC 97 - 29, Side 1, #000 - #520.                                       
                                                                               
  CALL TO ORDER                                                                
                                                                               
  Co-Chair Gene Therriault called  the House Finance Committee                 
  meeting to order at 1:40 P.M.                                                
                                                                               
  PRESENT                                                                      
                                                                               
  Co-Chair Hanley               Representative Kelly                           
  Co-Chair Therriault           Representative Mulder                          
  Representative Davies         Representative Martin                          
  Representative Davis          Representative Grussendorf                     
                                                                               
  Representatives Foster, Kohring and  Moses were not  present                 
  for the meeting.                                                             
                                                                               
  ALSO PRESENT                                                                 
                                                                               
  Annalee  McConnell,  Director,   Office  of  Management  and                 
  Budget, Office of the Governor;  Robert Stalnaker, Director,                 
  Division   of  Retirement   and   Benefits,  Department   of                 
  Administration;    Jim    Christensen,     (Testified    via                 
  teleconference),  North  Slope Borough,  Barrow;  Dan Kelly,                 
  (Testified via teleconference), Department of Transportation                 
  and Public  Facilities, Anchorage; Hank  Harrell, (Testified                 
  via  teleconference),   Fairbanks  Correctional   Institute,                 
  Department  of  Corrections,  Fairbanks;   Robert  Blaedorn,                 
  (Testified via teleconference),  Department of  Corrections,                 
  Kenai;  John  Adams, (Testified  via  teleconference), State                 
  Troopers,   Department  of   Public   Safety;  Bob   Zorich,                 
  (Testified  via teleconference),  Sport Fish,  Department of                 
  Fish  and Game,  Petersburg;  Steve  Hanson, (Testified  via                 
  teleconference), Department  of Fish  and Game,  Petersburg;                 
  Bill Donaldson, (Testified  via teleconference),  Department                 
  of  Fish  and  Game,  Kodiak;  John  Logan,  (Testified  via                 
  teleconference),  City   of  Kodiak,   Kodiak;  Jim   Allen,                 
  (Testified via teleconference), Department of Transportation                 
  and Public  Facilities, Anchorage;  Diana Crane,  (Testified                 
  via teleconference),  North Slope  Borough, Barrow;  Carolyn                 
  Anderson, (Testified via  teleconference), Self, Barrow; Ken                 
  Griffin,  Self,  Juneau; Phil  Rigby,  Self,  Juneau; Harold                 
  Cleek,   ASEA,    Juneau;   Betty    Jo,   (Testified    via                 
  teleconference),  Self,   Barrow;  Elsie   Martinez-Kailahi,                 
  (Testified via teleconference), Self, Barrow.                                
                                                                               
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  SUMMARY                                                                      
                                                                               
  PRESENTATION:  Retirement Incentive Program                                  
                 Annalee   McConnell,   Director,   Office  of                 
  Management               and Budget, Office of the Governor                  
                                                                               
  (Copies of log notes, meeting tapes  and handouts will be on                 
  file with  the  House Finance  Committee  Secretaries  until                 
  after the 20th  Legislative Session.   Contact #465-6814  or                 
  meeting  tapes  and   handouts  will   be  located  at   the                 
  Legislative Library, #465-3809.)                                             
                                                                               
                                                                               
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