Legislature(1999 - 2000)

08/03/2000 01:05 PM House TRA

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             HOUSE TRANSPORTATION STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                            
                        Anchorage, Alaska                                                                                       
                         August 3, 2000                                                                                         
                            1:05 p.m.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
OVERSIGHT HEARING:  DRINKING AND DRIVING                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
TAPE(S)                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
00-29, SIDE(S) A & B                                                                                                            
00-30, SIDE(S) A & B                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CALL TO ORDER                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Representative  Andrew   Halcro,  Chairman,  convened   the  House                                                              
Transportation Standing Committee meeting at 1:05 p.m.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
PRESENT                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Committee   members   present   at   the  call   to   order   were                                                              
Representatives Halcro,  Hudson (via teleconference),  Cowdery and                                                              
Kemplen.  Other legislators participating  were Senator Elton (via                                                              
teleconference) and Representatives Berkowitz and Rokeberg.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
The   following   people  presented   information   and   answered                                                              
questions:                                                                                                                      
O.C. MADDEN  (Anchorage) outlined  ideas from an  Alaska citizen's                                                            
perspective regarding "the privilege to purchase."                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
DEL  SMITH,  Deputy Commissioner,  Department  of  Public  Safety,                                                              
discussed statistics, arrests and the proposed .08 limit.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
JUDGE SIGURD MURPHY,  Alaska District Court -  Anchorage, outlined                                                              
the fines.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
ROGER  ROM, Assistant  District  Attorney,  3rd Judicial  District                                                              
(Anchorage), Department of Law, offered information.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MARY  MORAN, Administrator,  Highway  Safety  Office, Division  of                                                              
Statewide  Planning,  Department   of  Transportation  and  Public                                                              
Facilities, addressed options.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
JOHN CORSO, City  Attorney, City and Borough of  Juneau, discussed                                                              
options.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
MATT  FELIX, National  Council on  Alcoholism (Juneau),  addressed                                                              
treatment.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
JOE  MURDY,  Co-Chair,  Municipality   of  Anchorage  Task  Force,                                                              
discussed treatment options.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
RANDY LORENZ,  Staff to Representative  Vic Kohring,  Alaska State                                                              
Legislature   (via   teleconference),   discussed   the   proposed                                                              
legislation being offered by Representative Kohring.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MARTI  GREESON,  Executive Director,  Anchorage  Chapter,  Mothers                                                              
Against Drunk Driving (MADD), discussed options.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
JERRY  McCUTCHEON  (Anchorage)  provided   feedback  on  available                                                              
options.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
DON  SKEWIS,  Cabaret  Hotel  and  Restaurant  Retail  Association                                                              
(CHARR), offered the industry's viewpoint.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
BLAIR McCUNE, Deputy Director, Public  Defender Agency, Department                                                              
of Administration, addressed treatment and costs.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
JACK AMON, Anchorage  Restaurant and Beverage  Association (ARBA),                                                              
discussed the industry's viewpoint and offered ideas.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
BILL  BREDERSEN, "ALANO  Club" (Alcoholics  Anonymous),  addressed                                                            
funding issues and the recovery process.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
MICHAEL HULLSMAN, North Star Community Council, offered options.                                                                
                                                                                                                                
DOUGLAS  GRIFFIN,  Director,  Alcoholic   Beverage  Control  (ABC)                                                              
Board, Department of Revenue, discussed regulatory oversight.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
DONALD MANN,  Police Office, Anchorage Police  Department, offered                                                              
the enforcement viewpoint.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
TIMBERWOLF   GARDNER,  Mothers  Against   Drunk  Driving   (MADD),                                                              
discussed enforcement and taxes.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The committee took no action.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
The meeting was adjourned at an unspecified time.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
NOTE:                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
The meeting was recorded and handwritten  log notes were taken.  A                                                              
copy  of  the tape(s),  log  notes  and  backup materials  may  be                                                              
obtained  by  contacting  the  House Records  Office  at  129  6th                                                              
Street,  Suite 229,  Juneau, Alaska   99801,  (907) 465-2214,  and                                                              
after  adjournment  of  the second  session  of  the  Twenty-first                                                              
Alaska State  Legislature by contacting the  Legislative Reference                                                              
Library at 129 6th Street, Suite  102, Juneau, Alaska 99801, (907)                                                              
465-3808.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                

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