CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 226(FIN)                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act extending the termination of the state training                                                                    
     and employment program; requiring a review of the                                                                          
     program; and providing for an effective date."                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Hoffman  MOVED to ADOPT  SCS CSHB 226(FIN),  labeled                                                                   
25-LS0778\L,  Wayne, 4/9/08,  as  the work  draft before  the                                                                   
Committee.  Co-Chair Stedman OBJECTED.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Stedman commented that  version L reduces the sunset                                                                   
date to 2010  and requires the department to  post its report                                                                   
on the Alaska Online Public Notice System.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Stedman WITHDREW  his  OBJECTION.   There being  NO                                                                   
OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
10:04:08 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
RYNNIEVA MOSS, STAFF, REPRESENTATIVE  JOHN COGHILL, explained                                                                   
that job  training and  employment are  very important.   The                                                                   
sponsor feels that  this program is the best way  to get that                                                                   
accomplished.    The  current commissioner  has  inherited  a                                                                   
program  that needs  improvements  and has  appointed a  task                                                                   
force to  address some  of the problems  that face  the State                                                                   
Training  and   Employment  Program   (STEP).     She  voiced                                                                   
appreciation for the extension of the program through 2010.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Stedman  noted two fiscal notes from  the Department                                                                   
of Labor  and Workforce Development.   The one  from business                                                                   
services  is  for  $5,678,100  -  the amount  of  the  FY  09                                                                   
operating  budget  for  the  program.    The  other  is  from                                                                   
unemployment  insurance  for   $356,900  -  STEP's  share  of                                                                   
unemployment  insurance  tax   collection  cost  required  by                                                                   
federal law.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
10:05:31 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CLARK   BISHOP,  COMMISSIONER,   DEPARTMENT   OF  LABOR   AND                                                                   
WORKFORCE  DEVELOPMENT, thanked  everyone for  their work  on                                                                   
the bill.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Senator Thomas asked who requested  the sunset date extension                                                                   
of two years.   Mr. Bishop replied that the bill  came out of                                                                   
the Senate Labor and Commerce  Committee with a date of 2018.                                                                   
The  department  requested  and  would prefer  10  years  for                                                                   
continuity  reasons.   Senator Thomas  asked if  there was  a                                                                   
recommendation by  the auditors.   Mr. Bishop said  he didn't                                                                   
think so.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Hoffman  MOVED to  REPORT SCS  CSHB 226(FIN)  out of                                                                   
Committee  with individual  recommendations and  accompanying                                                                   
fiscal notes.   There being NO  OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
SCS  CSHB 226(FIN)  was REPORTED  out of  Committee with  "no                                                                   
recommendation"  and  with  two   new  fiscal  notes  by  the                                                                   
Department of Labor and Workforce Development.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
AT-EASE:       10:09:13 AM                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
RECONVENED:    10:13:31 AM                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Stedman MOVED  to RESCIND  the action  to move  SCS                                                                   
CSHB 226(FIN) from  Committee.  There being  NO OBJECTION, it                                                                   
was so ordered.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Stedman noted  that  more work  was  needed on  the                                                                   
bill.                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
AT-EASE:       10:15:06 AM                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
RECONVENED:    10:15:34 AM                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 226(FIN)                                                                                                
     "An Act extending the termination of the state training                                                                    
     and employment program; requiring a review of the                                                                          
     program; and providing for an effective date."                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Stedman  reported that  this was the  second hearing                                                                   
on HB 226.  There was a need to clear up some issues.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Senator  Elton  MOVED  to  REPORT   SCS  CSHB  226(FIN)  from                                                                   
Committee   with    individual   recommendations    and   the                                                                   
accompanying fiscal note.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
AT EASE:       3:56:32 PM                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
RECONVENED:    3:56:46 PM                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
SCS  CSHB  226(FIN)  was REPORTED  from  Committee  with  "no                                                                   
recommendation"  and  with  two   new  fiscal  notes  by  the                                                                   
Department of Labor and Workforce Development.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
AT EASE:       3:57:07 PM                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
RECONVENED:    4:29:37 PM