01/12/2004 11:30 AM Senate CCM

                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                    
                 SENATE COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES                                                                               
                        January 12, 2004                                                                                        
                           11:30 a.m.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Senator Gene Therriault, Chair                                                                                                  
Senator Ben Stevens                                                                                                             
Senator Gary Wilken                                                                                                             
Senator Johnny Ellis                                                                                                            
Senator Bettye Davis                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
All Members Present                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                              
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Consideration of the Committee on Committees Report.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
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CHAIR GENE  THERRIAULT called the Senate  Committee on Committees                                                             
meeting to order  at 11:30 a.m.  All members  were present. Chair                                                               
Therriault  told  members  the  purpose of  the  meeting  was  to                                                               
consider changes  to the  committee structure to  incorporate the                                                               
Senate's newest member, Senator Burt Stedman.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR THERRIAULT presented his recommendations as follows:                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
     Senator Stedman would replace Senator Wagoner as chair                                                                     
    of the Senate Community and Regional Affairs Committee;                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
       Senator Dyson would replace Senator Taylor on the                                                                        
     Senate Finance Committee; and                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
    Senator    Wagoner    would   co-chair    the    Senate                                                                     
     Transportation Committee with Senator Cowdery.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
He noted  that some changes were  also made to the  membership of                                                               
the Legislative Council  but those changes are not  a function of                                                               
the Committee on Committees.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR ELLIS asked what changes were made.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  BEN STEVENS  said  that Senator  Gary  Stevens became  a                                                               
member of the Legislative Council.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR THERRIAULT noted that  Senator Tom Wagoner replaced Senator                                                               
Dyson as a  member of the Legislative Council.  Senator Dyson was                                                               
removed because of his busier  duties as chair of the Senate HESS                                                               
Committee and his  seat on the Senate  Finance Committee. Senator                                                               
Gary Stevens filled Senator Taylor's vacant seat.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR BEN  STEVENS moved to  adopt the Committee  on Committees                                                               
report dated January 12, 2004.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR THERRIAULT announced that  without objection, the Committee                                                               
on Committees report  would be reported to the  full Senate. With                                                               
no further  business to come  before the committee,  he adjourned                                                               
the meeting at 11:32 a.m.