01/20/1999 12:05 PM House LEC

                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                              
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL                                                                                                           
January 20, 1999                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                              
1.    ROLL CALL                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
The Legislative Council meeting was called to order at 12:05 p.m. by Pam                                                        
Varni, Executive Director of Legislative Affairs Agency in the Butrovich Room,                                                  
Capitol Room 205.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
The roll was taken.  In attendance were Council members Miller, Donley,                                                         
Hoffman, T. Kelly, Leman, Pearce, Torgerson, Barnes, Berkowitz, Cowdery, Ogan,                                                  
G. Phillips, and  Porter.  Member absent was Rokeberg.  Staff present were                                                      
Cook, Crawford, Finley, Ibesate, and Schofield.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
2.    ELECTION OF CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR                                                                                        
                                                                                                                              
Senator T. Kelly moved and asked unanimous consent to elect Senator Miller as                                                   
Chair of the Legislative Council for the Twenty-first Legislature;                                                              
Representative Porter moved and asked unanimous consent to elect                                                                
Representative Barnes as Vice Chair.  There was no objection and the motion                                                     
passed with unanimous consent.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                              
3.    APPROVAL OF OCTOBER 2, 1998 MEETING MINUTES                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Senator Leman moved that the minutes of the October 2, 1998 meeting be                                                          
approved. The motion was approved unanimously.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
4.    FY 98 LEGISLATURE AUDIT                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                              
Ms. Varni presented a brief overview of the FY 98 annual audit by KPMG Peat                                                     
Marwick LLP.  She stated that it was the final FY 98 audit of the entire                                                        
Legislature.  She stated that there were no audit exceptions.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
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5.    DRAFTING MANUAL (21 LEGISLATIVE SESSION)                                                                                
                                                                                                                              
Ms. Pam Finley, Revisor of Statutes gave a brief overview of the 1999 Manual                                                    
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of Legislative Drafting for the 21 Legislative Session.  Representative                                                         
Barnes moved that the 1999 Manual of Legislative Drafting be adopted.                                                           
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:       Miller, Donley, Hoffman, T, Kelly, Leman, Pearce, Torgerson,                                                        
Barnes,                                                                                                                         
            Berkowitz, Cowdery, Ogan, G. Phillips, and Porter.                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
NAYS: None                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
ABSENT:     Rokeberg                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                              
The motion was adopted.                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
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6.    REVISOR'S BILL (21 LEGISLATIVE SESSION)                                                                                 
                                                                                                                              
Assistant Revisor James Crawford presented the 1999 Revisor's Bill for the                                                      
Council's consideration.  Discussion of the bill focused on corrections to                                                      
various statutes containing an obsolete reference to a repealed criminal                                                        
records statute.  A motion to divide the revisor's bill into two bills, one                                                     
devoted exclusively to the criminal records  corrections, passed without                                                        
objection.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                              
7.    OTHER BUSINESS                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                              
Representative Barnes passed out to the members a memorandum updating the                                                       
members on pending lawsuits, other business before Legislative Council and                                                      
accomplishments over the last two years.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
The meeting adjourned at 12:30 p.m.