Legislature(1993 - 1994)
04/28/1994 04:02 PM Senate RLS
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SENATE RULES COMMITTEE
April 28, 1994
4:02 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Senator Rick Halford, Chair
Senator Steve Rieger, Vice Chair
Senator George Jacko
Senator Suzanne Little
Senator Fred Zharoff
MEMBERS ABSENT
All members present
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
HOUSE BILL NO. 71
"An Act relating to the involuntary dissolution of Native
corporations; and providing for an effective date."
HOUSE BILL NO. 180 am
"An Act relating to the residential housing inspection requirements
of the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation."
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 302(STA)
"An Act excluding certain sports officials and certain recreational
activities sanctioned by an employer from coverage provided under
workers' compensation; and providing for an effective date."
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 392(FIN) am
"An Act relating to the confidentiality of permanent fund dividend
application information; relating to the permanent fund dividend
program; and providing for an effective date."
CS FOR SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 397(FIN)
"An Act relating to the power to levy property taxes in second
class cities."
HOUSE BILL NO. 400
"An Act relating to administrative proceedings involving a
determination of eligibility for a permanent fund dividend or
authority to claim a dividend on behalf of another."
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 442(FIN)
"An Act relating to criminal justice information; providing
procedural requirements for obtaining certain criminal justice
information; and providing for an effective date."
CS FOR SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 497(CRA)(title am)
"An Act relating to the titles that describe the two principal
executive officers of electric and telephone cooperatives."
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 34
Declaring June 5 - 11, 1994, as Alaska Garden Week.
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 34
Requesting the Department of Commerce to give a high priority to
fisheries development project grants for the Alaska salmon
industry.
PREVIOUS SENATE COMMITTEE ACTION
HB 71 - See Community & Regional Affairs minutes dated
4/28/93. See Judiciary minutes dated 3/9/94
and 3/11/94.
HB 180 - See Community & Regional Affairs minutes
dated 4/22/93, 4/24/93.
See Rules minutes dated 4/26/94.
HB 302 - See Judiciary minutes dated 4/23/94.
HB 392 - Finance report dated 4/27/94.
HB 397 - See Community & Regional Affairs minutes dated
3/22/94. See Judiciary minutes dated 4/18/94.
Finance report dated 4/28/94.
HB 400 - See State Affairs minutes dated 4/25/94.
Finance report 4/28/94.
HB 442 - Finance report 4/28/94.
HB 497 - See State Affairs minutes dated 4/11/94. See Labor and
Commerce minutes dated 4/26/94.
HCR 34 - See State Affairs minutes dated 4/27/94.
HJR 34 - See Resources minutes dated 3/25/94 and 3/28/94.
Finance report dated 4/27/94.
WITNESS REGISTER
David Harding, Staff to Representative Eileen MacLean
State Capitol
Juneau, AK 99801-1182
POSITION STATEMENT: Offered information on HB 180
ACTION NARRATIVE
TAPE 94-6, SIDE A
Number 001
CHAIRMAN RICK HALFORD called the Senate Rules Committee meeting to
order at 4:02 p.m.
SENATOR RIEGER moved and asked unanimous consent that HB 71
(DISSOLUTION OF NATIVE CORPORATIONS) be approved for calendaring at
the Chair's discretion. Hearing no objection, it was so ordered.
SENATOR RIEGER moved and asked unanimous consent that CSHB 302(STA) )
(WORKERS COMP FOR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES) be approved for
calendaring at the Chair's discretion. Hearing no objection, it
was so ordered.
SENATOR RIEGER moved and asked unanimous consent that CSHB 392(FIN) )
am (PERMANENT FUND DIVIDEND PROGRAM) be approved for calendaring at t
the Chair's discretion. Hearing no objection, it was so ordered.
SENATOR RIEGER moved and asked unanimous consent that CSSSHB
397(FIN) (TAXING POWER OF SECOND CLASS CITIES) be approved for
calendaring at the Chair's discretion. Hearing no objection, it
was so ordered.
SENATOR RIEGER moved and asked unanimous consent that HB 400 (PFD
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS) be approved for calendaring at the
Chair's discretion. Hearing no objection, it was so ordered.
SENATOR RIEGER moved and asked unanimous consent that CSHB 442(FIN) )
(CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION) be approved for calendaring at the
Chair's discretion. Hearing no objection, it was so ordered.
SENATOR RIEGER moved and asked unanimous consent that CSSSHB
497(CRA)(title am) (OFFICERS OF UTILITY COOPERATIVES) be approved
for calendaring at the Chair's discretion. Hearing no objection,
it was so ordered.
SENATOR RIEGER moved and asked unanimous consent that HCR 34
(ALASKA GARDEN WEEK) be approved for calendaring at the Chair's
discretion. Hearing no objection, it was so ordered.
SENATOR RIEGER moved and asked unanimous consent that HJR 34 (FED
FISH RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT GRANTS) be approved for calendaring at
the Chair's discretion. Hearing no objection, it was so ordered.
CHAIRMAN HALFORD brought HB 180 am (AHFC HOUSING INSPECTION
REQUIREMENTS) before the committee as the next order of business.
SENATOR LITTLE directed attention to a proposed amendment to HB
180. She explained it keeps the intent of the bill intact and
allows flexibility in areas where an ICBO certified inspector isn't
reasonably available, as well as allowing for the inspector to make
a case-by-case determination. She believes it is a better way to
handle the problem than the video tape idea as proposed in the bill
before the committee.
DAVID HARDING, staff to the prime sponsor of the legislation,
Representative Eileen MacLean, said it was unclear exactly what the
amendment would accomplish. He thinks the approval on a case-by-
case basis would be overly burdensome to AHFC. He also pointed out
that in vast areas of the Bush there aren't any ICBO inspectors,
because the volume of new construction is so small. The intent of
the bill was to create some built in flexibility and opportunity
for some qualified people to be able to do these inspections
without having each case reviewed by AHFC. He noted AHFC thinks
the language proposed in the bill is fine.
SENATOR LITTLE said her real problem is with the video taping and
the possible liability. She has been a building inspector and she
can see a situation where a person video taping a structure could
avoid an area, either purposely or accidently, and could miss a big
problem with a structure.
CHAIRMAN HALFORD asked Mr. Harding if he thought the sponsor would
object to having inspections performed by a licensed architect or
by a license engineer, whether or not the inspections are in rural
areas. SENATOR LITTLE commented that she would like to keep the
rural provision in there since that's where the difficulty is.
She said she would be willing to work with the sponsor to come up
with something that gets the problem resolved, but is a little more
acceptable.
CHAIRMAN HALFORD stated action on HB 180 am would be withheld until
Senator Little and the sponsor get together to discuss her
concerns.
There being no further business to come before the committee, the
meeting was adjourned at 4:15 p.m.
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