Legislature(2003 - 2004)

05/09/2004 07:30 PM House STA

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                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
             HOUSE STATE AFFAIRS STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                           
                          May 9, 2004                                                                                           
                           7:30 p.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Representative Bruce Weyhrauch, Chair                                                                                           
Representative Bob Lynn                                                                                                         
Representative Paul Seaton                                                                                                      
Representative Max Gruenberg                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Representative Jim Holm, Vice Chair                                                                                             
Representative John Coghill                                                                                                     
Representative Ethan Berkowitz                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 302(FIN)                                                                                                 
"An Act  relating to the  authority to take  oaths, affirmations,                                                               
and   acknowledgments  in   the  state,   to  notarizations,   to                                                               
verifications,   to   acknowledgments,   to  fees   for   issuing                                                               
certificates with the seal of  the state affixed, and to notaries                                                               
public; and providing for an effective date."                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
     - MOVED HCS CSSB 302(STA) OUT OF COMMITTEE                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
BILL: SB 302                                                                                                                  
SHORT TITLE: OATHS; NOTARIES PUBLIC; STATE SEAL                                                                                 
SPONSOR(S): RULES BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
02/06/04       (S)       READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS                                                                        
02/06/04       (S)       STA, JUD                                                                                               
02/19/04       (S)       STA AT 3:30 PM BELTZ 211                                                                               
02/19/04       (S)       Moved CSSB 302(STA) Out of Committee                                                                   
02/19/04       (S)       MINUTE(STA)                                                                                            
02/20/04       (S)       STA RPT CS FORTHCOMING 3DP 1NR                                                                         
02/20/04       (S)       DP: STEVENS G, COWDERY, STEDMAN;                                                                       
02/20/04       (S)       NR: GUESS                                                                                              
02/20/04       (S)       FIN REFERRAL ADDED AFTER JUD                                                                           
02/23/04       (S)       STA CS RECEIVED       NEW TITLE                                                                        
03/19/04       (S)       JUD RPT CS  2DP 1NR          NEW TITLE                                                                 
03/19/04       (S)       DP: SEEKINS, OGAN; NR: FRENCH                                                                          
03/19/04       (S)       JUD AT 8:00 AM BUTROVICH 205                                                                           
03/19/04       (S)       Moved CSSB 302(JUD) Out of Committee                                                                   
03/19/04       (S)       MINUTE(JUD)                                                                                            
04/30/04       (S)       FIN AT 9:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532                                                                      
04/30/04       (S)       Moved CSSB 302(FIN) Out of Committee                                                                   
04/30/04       (S)       MINUTE(FIN)                                                                                            
05/01/04       (S)       FIN RPT CS 6DP                NEW TITLE                                                                
05/01/04       (S)       DP: GREEN, WILKEN, DYSON, OLSON,                                                                       
05/01/04       (S)       BUNDE, STEVENS B                                                                                       
05/08/04       (S)       TRANSMITTED TO (H)                                                                                     
05/08/04       (S)       VERSION: CSSB 302(FIN)                                                                                 
05/08/04       (H)       READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS                                                                        
05/08/04       (H)       FIN                                                                                                    
05/08/04       (H)       STA REFERRAL ADDED BEFORE FIN                                                                          
05/09/04       (H)       STA AT 4:30 PM CAPITOL 102                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
WITNESS REGISTER                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
No witnesses to record                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
ACTION NARRATIVE                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
TAPE 04-82, SIDE A                                                                                                            
Number 0001                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
[Not on  tape, but reconstructed  from the  committee secretary's                                                               
log notes,  was the following  call to order and  announcement of                                                               
the first order of business.]                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  BRUCE WEYHRAUCH  called the  House State  Affairs Standing                                                             
Committee meeting to order at  7:30 p.m.  Representatives Seaton,                                                               
Lynn,  Gruenberg,  and Weyhrauch  were  present  at the  call  to                                                               
order.                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
SB 302-OATHS; NOTARIES PUBLIC; STATE SEAL                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Number 0005                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR WEYHRAUCH  announced that the  first order of  business was                                                               
CS  FOR  SENATE  BILL  NO.  302(FIN), "An  Act  relating  to  the                                                               
authority  to take  oaths, affirmations,  and acknowledgments  in                                                               
the    state,   to    notarizations,    to   verifications,    to                                                               
acknowledgments, to  fees for issuing certificates  with the seal                                                               
of the state  affixed, and to notaries public;  and providing for                                                               
an effective date."                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
[The recording starts at this point.]                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Number 0044                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  GRUENBERG  moved  to adopt  the  House  committee                                                               
substitute  (HCS) for  CS for  SB 302(STA),  Version 23-GS2022\S,                                                               
Bannister, 5/9/04,  as a work  draft.  There being  no objection,                                                               
Version S was before the committee.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE LYNN  expressed, for the record,  his appreciation                                                               
of  Chair  Weyhrauch's  handling   of  the  House  State  Affairs                                                               
Standing Committee for the last couple of years.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Number 0067                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  SEATON  moved  to  report HCS  CSSB  302  out  of                                                               
committee  with individual  recommendations and  the accompanying                                                               
fiscal notes.   There being  no objection, HCS CSSB  302(STA) was                                                               
reported out of the House State Affairs Standing Committee.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
There being no  further business before the  committee, the House                                                               
State Affairs  Standing Committee  meeting was adjourned  at 7:31                                                               
p.m.                                                                                                                            

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