HB 416 - OMNIBUS STATE FEES & COST ASSESSMENTS                              
                                                                               
 The next order of business to come before the House State Affairs             
 Committee was HB 416.                                                         
                                                                               
 CHAIR JAMES called on Nancy Slagle, Office of the Governor , to               
 present the bill.                                                             
                                                                               
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 NANCY SLAGLE, Director, Budget Review, Office of Management and               
 Budget, Office of the Governor , said HB 416 was an intricate part            
 of the Governor's long-range fiscal plan.  It was also part of the            
 Majority's fiscal plan.  She referred the committee members to a              
 memorandum from the Department of Law regarding the single subject            
 rule.  She explained it was the opinion of the department that HB             
 416 did not violate any single subject rules.  She further referred           
 the committee members to the section analysis prepared by the                 
 Office of the Governor.  She would go over the section analysis on            
 Thursday, April 11, 1996, at the next scheduled hearing in the                
 interest of time.  Representatives from the departments would also            
 be present to answer any questions of the committee members.                  
                                                                               
 CHAIR JAMES announced there was a witness via teleconference in               
 Anchorage, Jules Tileston.                                                    
                                                                               
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 JULES TILESTON, Director, Central Office, Division of Mining and              
 Water Management, Department of Natural Resources, announced he               
 would wait until Thursday, April 11, 1996, to testify.                        
                                                                               
 MS. SLAGLE explained Mr. Tileston was on-line due to a proposed               
 amendment.