HB 133-PUBLIC MEETINGS: EXEMPT MUNI SVC AREA BD                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
8:42:36 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR MCCORMICK announced  that the next order  of business would                                                               
be HOUSE BILL  NO. 133, "An Act exempting  municipal service area                                                               
boards  from  the requirements  of  the  Open Meetings  Act;  and                                                               
providing for an effective date."                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
8:42:50 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  JESSE  SUMNER,  Alaska State  Legislature,  prime                                                               
sponsor,  said  HB 133  seeks  to  exempt meetings  of  municipal                                                               
service area boards  from the Open Meetings Act (OMA).   He noted                                                               
that he would like to amend  the bill to more narrowly tailor the                                                               
legislation  to  fact finding  missions  for  the observation  or                                                               
investigation  of road  or maintenance  issues, as  such a  broad                                                               
exemption could be problematic.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
8:43:44 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  MCCORMICK opened  public  testimony.   After  ascertaining                                                               
that no one wished to testify, he closed public testimony.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
8:44:31 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  SUMNER  suggested  that a  forthcoming  amendment                                                               
could  replace the  exemption  for  administrative or  managerial                                                               
meetings with  the investigation  of road or  maintenance issues,                                                               
or  solely  to  meet  on   matters  that  are  administrative  or                                                               
managerial in nature.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR MCCORMICK announced that HB 133 would be held over.