03/15/2005 01:30 PM Senate TRANSPORTATION

                   ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                   
           SENATE TRANSPORTATION STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                           
                        March 15, 2005                                                                                          
                           1:36 p.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Senator Charlie Huggins, Chair                                                                                                  
Senator John Cowdery, Vice Chair                                                                                                
Senator Gene Therriault                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Senator Albert Kookesh                                                                                                          
Senator Hollis French                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Overview Presentation: Division of Motor Vehicles                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
WITNESS REGISTER                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Mr. Duane Bannock, Director                                                                                                     
Department of Motor Vehicles                                                                                                    
Anchorage, AK                                                                                                                   
POSITION STATEMENT:  Delivered Overview Presentation                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
ACTION NARRATIVE                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR CHARLIE HUGGINS called the Senate Transportation Standing                                                               
Committee meeting to order at 1:36:11 PM. Present were Senators                                                               
John Cowdery and Chair Charlie Huggins.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
     ^Overview Presentation: Department of Motor Vehicles                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
1:37:19 PM                                                                                                                    
MR. DUANE BANNOCK, director, Department of Motor Vehicles,                                                                      
delivered an overview presentation.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Driver licensing:                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Features of the new digital license                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
1:44:30 PM                                                                                                                    
Commercial drivers license                                                                                                      
     Hazardous materials (HAZMAT) endorsement                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
1:49:54 PM                                                                                                                    
Disqualifiers of HAZMAT endorsements.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
1:53:31 PM                                                                                                                    
Renewing HAZMAT license beginning June 1, 2005.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
2:00:23 PM                                                                                                                    
Future federal regulations                                                                                                      
     Alien licensing                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
2:11:02 PM                                                                                                                    
Congressional legislation                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
2:14:31 PM                                                                                                                    
Improvements in documentation                                                                                                   
Social security                                                                                                                 
     Fraud                                                                                                                      
     Protection                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Presentation ended at 2:18:22 PM.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Question and answer period followed.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
There being no further business to come before the committee,                                                                   
Chair Huggins adjourned the meeting at 2:35:11 PM.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
NOTE: The meeting was recorded and a  copy of it may be obtained                                                                
by contacting the  Senate Records Office at  State Capitol, Room                                                                
3, Juneau,  Alaska 99801 (mailing address),  (907) 465-2870, and                                                                
after  adjournment of  the second  session of  the Twenty-Fourth                                                                
Alaska State  Legislature this  information may  be  obtained by                                                                
contacting the Legislative Reference Library at (907) 465-3808.