Legislature(1999 - 2000)
01/22/1999 05:02 PM House RLS
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HOUSE RULES STANDING COMMITTEE
January 22, 1999
5:02 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Representative John Cowdery, Chairman
Representative Brian Porter
Representative Joe Green
Representative Gail Phillips
Representative Ethan Berkowitz
Representative Reggie Joule
MEMBERS ABSENT
Representative Pete Kott
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
*HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 6
"Establishing a House Special Committee on Electric Utility
Restructuring."
- MOVED CSHR 6(RLS)OUT OF COMMITTEE
PREVIOUS ACTION
BILL: HR 6
SHORT TITLE: H SPEC CMTE ON UTILITY RESTRUCTURING
SPONSOR(S): RULES
Jrn-Date Jrn-Page Action
1/19/99 15 (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRAL(S)
1/19/99 16 (H) RULES FOR CALENDARING
1/19/99 10 (H) MEMBERS: HUDSON, CH., COWDERY, V.CH.,
1/19/99 10 (H) KOTT, ROKEBERG, PORTER, DAVIES
1/20/99 52 (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 1/21/99
1/21/99 52 (H) RETURN TO RLS COMMITTEE
1/22/99 (H) RLS AT 5:00 PM SPEAKER'S CHAMBER
WITNESS REGISTER
Representative Bill Hudson
Alaska State Legislature
Capitol Building, Room 108
Juneau, Alaska 99801
Telephone: (907) 465-3744
POSITION STATEMENT: Discussed HR 6.
Walt Wilcox, Legislative Assistant
to Representative Hudson
Alaska State Legislature
Capitol Building, Room 108
Juneau, Alaska 99801
Telephone: (907) 465-3744
POSITION STATEMENT: Provided information on HR 6.
ACTION NARRATIVE
TAPE 99-1, SIDE A
Number 001
CHAIRMAN JOHN COWDERY called the House Rules Standing Committee
meeting to order at 5:02 p.m. Members present at the call to order
were Representatives Cowdery, Porter, Green, Phillips, Berkowitz
and Joule. Representative Kott was absent.
HR 6 - H SPEC CMTE ON UTILITY RESTRUCTURING
Number 010
CHAIRMAN COWDERY announced the first order of business was House
Resolution No. 6, "Establishing a House Special Committee on
Electric Utility Restructuring." He explained that the purpose of
the meeting was to delete the word "electric" from the title and
throughout the resolution.
REPRESENTATIVE HUDSON, Chairman of the Special Committee on Utility
Restructuring, clarified that this change would broaden the scope
of the committee in order to cover telecommunications as well as
other relevant issues. Representative Hudson said that the
electric utilities in the Anchorage area, in particular, will be
the major issue. This would provide the committee with the
authority to take up issues dealing with utilities.
REPRESENTATIVE PORTER moved to adopt the proposed committee
substitute.
REPRESENTATIVE BERKOWITZ objected for discussion purposes. He
noted that there was a substantive difference in the proposed
resolution and last year's resolution. Last year's resolution
included Uniform Rule 1(e) regarding proportional representation.
Why was proportional representation omitted in the current
resolution? Representative Berkowitz referred to HCR 34, last
year's resolution, which stated, "the presiding officer of each
body shall apportion minority membersto the joint committee
provided in Rule1(e), Uniform Rules of the Alaska State
Legislature, for standing committees."
WALT WILCOX, Legislative Assistant to Representative Hudson, Alaska
State Legislature, said that there had been discussion on this
matter of having another Minority member. Mr. Wilcox believed that
the aforementioned difference between HCR 34 and HR 6 was left to
the discretion of the Speaker rather than the Uniform Rules.
REPRESENTATIVE GREEN pointed out that the Uniform Rules do not
provide for special committees to maintain that ratio. The Uniform
Rules do specify that all committees are to consist of an uneven
number of members.
REPRESENTATIVE PORTER stated that there was no intent not to
utilize the proportion called for in the Uniform Rules.
REPRESENTATIVE PHILLIPS suggested amending the proposed committee
substitute.
Line 16,
"Further resolve that the Speaker of the House of
Representatives shall determine the number of members of the
committee consistent with the Uniform Rules."
CHAIRMAN COWDERY asked if the Uniform Rules applied to special
committees.
REPRESENTATIVE BERKOWITZ stated that Uniform Rules specifies that
a committee must consist of an odd number of people; there is no
rule of proportionality in a special committee. Representative
Berkowitz inquired as to why the rule of proportionality was
included last year, but not included in the this year's resolution.
REPRESENTATIVE HUDSON believed that there was no intent to disrupt
the normal pattern. Whatever is decided, the committee must have
one more member in order to consist of an odd number of members.
REPRESENTATIVE PHILLIPS moved to adopt the aforementioned amendment
to the proposed committee substitute. There being no objection, it
was so ordered.
REPRESENTATIVE PORTER moved to adopt CSHR 6(RLS). There being no
objection, it was so ordered.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business before the committee, the House
Rules Standing Committee meeting was adjourned at 5:10 p.m.
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