HB 304-ALASKA FIRE STANDARDS COUNCIL                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
9:13:46 AM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR  WIELECHOWSKI  announced  that  the next  bill  before  the                                                               
committee would be  HB 304, which would modify  the membership of                                                               
the Alaska  Fire Standards  Council. The bill  would add  one new                                                               
member that must  be from the Alaska Fire  Chiefs Association. In                                                               
addition, it specifies  that one existing seat must  be filled by                                                               
a  member  of  the  State  Alaska  Firefighters  Association  and                                                               
another   by  a   representative  of   the  Alaska   Professional                                                               
Firefighters Association.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR WIELECHOWSKI  noted a fiscal  note for the bill  for $2,200                                                               
annually to cover  the travel and per diem costs  of the new seat                                                               
created on the Council.                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  KOOKESH  moved to  report  HB  304 from  committee  with                                                               
individual recommendations  and the  attached fiscal  note. There                                                               
being no  objection, HB  304 was reported  from the  Senate State                                                               
Affairs Standing Committee.