Legislature(2005 - 2006)CAPITOL 106

04/25/2006 08:00 AM House STATE AFFAIRS


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08:09:48 AM Start
08:10:01 AM Division of Homeland Security Executive Session
09:56:36 AM Adjourn
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+ Division of Homeland Security TELECONFERENCED
Executive Session - by invitation only
<Teleconference Invitation Only>
                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
             HOUSE STATE AFFAIRS STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                           
                         April 25, 2006                                                                                         
                           8:09 a.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Representative Paul Seaton, Chair                                                                                               
Representative Carl Gatto, Vice Chair                                                                                           
Representative Jim Elkins                                                                                                       
Representative Bob Lynn                                                                                                         
Representative Jay Ramras                                                                                                       
Representative Berta Gardner                                                                                                    
Representative Max Gruenberg                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
All members present                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
DIVISION OF HOMELAND SECURITY EXECUTIVE SESSION - by invitation                                                                 
only.                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
No previous action to record                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
WITNESS REGISTER                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
No witnesses to record                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
ACTION NARRATIVE                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  PAUL  SEATON  called  the  House  State  Affairs  Standing                                                             
Committee meeting to order at  8:09:48 AM.  Representatives Lynn,                                                             
Elkins, Gardner,  and Seaton were  present at the call  to order.                                                               
Representatives  Gatto,  Ramras  and  Gruenberg  arrived  as  the                                                               
meeting was in progress.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
^Division of Homeland Security Executive Session                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
8:10:01 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SEATON announced that the only order of business was the                                                                  
Division of Homeland Security Executive Session.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
8:10:02 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  LYNN   moved  to   go  into   executive  session.                                                               
[Although there was  no objection, the executive  session did not                                                               
start  immediately.    It  took place  during  the  at-ease  that                                                               
follows.]                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
8:10:15 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  SEATON   explained  Rule  22(b)(3),   regarding  executive                                                               
sessions, and named the staff allowed to stay in the room.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR   SEATON  stated   for  the   record  that   the  following                                                               
legislative staff members  had been invited and  were present for                                                               
the  executive session:   Louie  Flora,  Staff to  Representative                                                               
Paul  Seaton;  Cody Rice,  Staff  to  Representative Carl  Gatto,                                                               
Michael  J.   Sica,  Staff  to  Representative   Bob  Lynn;  Iris                                                               
Matthews,  Staff  to  Representative   Berta  Gardner;  and  Anne                                                               
Pesckoe, Assistant to Representative Max Gruenberg.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
8:12:07 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  GRUENBERG  expressed  his  desire  that  everyone                                                               
state  for  the record  that  he/she  is  in agreement  with  the                                                               
confidentiality of the executive session.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
8:12:28 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SEATON asked if anyone  disagreed with the policy outlined.                                                               
There  was no  response, which  Chair Seaton  specified meant  no                                                               
dissent.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
The committee  took an at-ease from  8:13:43 AM to 9:56:09  AM to                                                           
hold the executive session.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
There being no  further business before the  committee, the House                                                               
State  Affairs  Standing  Committee   meeting  was  adjourned  at                                                               
9:56:36 AM.                                                                                                                   

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