01/26/2001 01:10 PM House JUD

                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
               HOUSE JUDICIARY STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                             
                        January 26, 2001                                                                                        
                           1:10 p.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
DEPT.  OF TRANSPORTATION  & PUBLIC  FACILITIES OVERVIEW:  FEDERAL                                                               
LEGISLATION AND SANCTIONS ON LOWERING THE ALCOHOL LIMIT TO .08                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
DEPT.  OF LAW  OVERVIEW:  NIEDERMEYER CASE,  ALCOHOL AND  DRIVING                                                               
PROBLEMS                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
TAPES                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
01-8, SIDES A & B                                                                                                               

01-9, SIDE A                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CALL TO ORDER                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  NORMAN  ROKEBERG,   Chairman,  called  the  House                                                               
Judiciary Standing Committee to order at 1:10 p.m.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
PRESENT                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Committee members  present were Representatives  Rokeberg, James,                                                               
Coghill, Meyer, Berkowitz, and Kookesh.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
The following  people gave overviews  on the impact  lowering the                                                               
alcohol  limit  to  .08  would  have  on  their  departments  and                                                               
organizations:                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
DENNIS POSHARD, Legislative  Liaison/Special Assistant, Office of                                                               
the  Commissioner,   Department  of  Transportation   and  Public                                                               
Facilities                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
MARY MORAN,  Administrator, Highway Safety Office,  Department of                                                               
Transportation and Public Facilities                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MILLIE WEBB,  National President,  Mothers Against  Drunk Driving                                                               
(MADD)                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
DEAN  J.   GUANELI,  Chief  Assistant  Attorney   General,  Legal                                                               
Services Section-Juneau, Department of Law                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
ROBERT BUTTCANE,  Legislative & Administrative  Liaison, Division                                                               
of Juvenile Justice, Department of Health & Social Services                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
DOUG  WOOLIVER,  Administrative Attorney,  Administrative  Staff,                                                               
Office of the Administrative Director, Alaska Court System                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
No announcements were made.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The committee took no action.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRMAN   ROKEBERG  adjourned   the  House   Judiciary  Standing                                                               
Committee at 3:00 p.m.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
NOTE:   The meeting was  recorded and handwritten log  notes were                                                               
taken.  A  copy of the tape(s)  and log notes may  be obtained by                                                               
contacting the  House Records  Office at  State Capitol,  Room 3,                                                               
Juneau,  Alaska   99801 (mailing  address),  (907) 465-2214,  and                                                               
after  adjournment of  the second  session  of the  Twenty-Second                                                               
Alaska  State Legislature  this  information may  be obtained  by                                                               
contacting the Legislative Reference Library at (907) 465-3808.