12/17/2003 03:10 PM House JUD

                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
               HOUSE JUDICIARY STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                             
                       Anchorage, Alaska                                                                                        
                       December 17, 2003                                                                                        
                           3:10 p.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Representative Tom Anderson, Vice-Chair                                                                                         
Representative Les Gara                                                                                                         
Representative Max Gruenberg (via teleconference)                                                                               
Representative Jim Holm (via teleconference)                                                                                    
Representative Dan Ogg (via teleconference)                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Representative Lesil McGuire, Chair                                                                                             
Representative Ralph Samuels                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
REVIEW OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATIONS                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
TAPES                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
03-74, SIDES A & B                                                                                                              
03-75, SIDE A                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
VICE-CHAIR  TOM  ANDERSON  convened  the  meeting  of  the  House                                                             
Judiciary  Standing  Committee  at  3:10  p.m.    Representatives                                                               
Anderson,  Gara,   Gruenberg  (via  teleconference),   Holm  (via                                                               
teleconference),  and Ogg  (via teleconference)  were present  at                                                               
the call to order.  Vice  Chair Anderson noted that Chair McGuire                                                               
and Representative Samuels were unable to attend the meeting.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Mark K.  Johnson, Commissioner,  Chair, Regulatory  Commission of                                                               
Alaska  (RCA), Department  of  Community  & Economic  Development                                                               
(DCED), presented a review of  the proposed regulations developed                                                               
pursuant to HB  111.  He spoke on the  objective process followed                                                               
by the RCA  in promulgating the proposed  regulations, the impact                                                               
of open dockets  on what concepts the Commission  addressed in R-                                                               
03-03,   and  explained   and  provided   clarification  on   the                                                               
regulations  and  definitions  proposed  in  R-03-03.    He  also                                                               
responded to  questions regarding  the concepts of  market share,                                                               
market  power,  incumbent   carriers,  dominant  carriers,  rural                                                               
competition, rural exemptions, and competitive service areas.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Kate Giard, Commissioner, Regulatory  Commission of Alaska (RCA),                                                               
Department of  Community & Economic Development  (DCED), assisted                                                               
with  the presentation.   She  spoke  on the  concepts of  market                                                               
share  and  market power  and  responded  to questions  regarding                                                               
wireless  competition  in  rural  Alaska  and  Universal  Service                                                               
Funds.                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
There were no announcements.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The committee took no action.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
There being no  further business before the  committee, the House                                                               
Judiciary Standing Committee was adjourned at 5:02 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-Third                                                               
Alaska  State Legislature  this  information may  be obtained  by                                                               
contacting the Legislative Reference Library at (907) 465-3808.