HB 290-DELIVERY OF RESOLUTIONS  HCR 10-UNIFORM RULES: RESOLUTION DISTRIBUTION  4:36:07 PM CHAIR CARRICK announced that the final order of business would be HOUSE BILL NO. 290, "An Act relating to delivery of resolutions by the governor." and HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 10, Proposing an amendment to the Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature relating to resolutions. 4:36:27 PM AYDEN NICHOL, Staff, Representative Ky Holland, Alaska State Legislature, provided a brief reintroduction of HB 290 and HCR 10 on behalf of Representative Holland, prime sponsor. HE said HB 290 places a timeline on the governor's signature on resolutions of 15 days or 20 days out of session. The second measure, HCR 10 moves the distribution of resolutions from the Office of the Lieutenant Governor to the Senate Secretary' Office and Office of the Chief Clerk. 4:37:27 PM REPRESENTATIVE HOLLAND, as prime sponsor, said that regarding the timelines on flow of measures passed, he has distributed information. He commented it was interesting how fast the legislature can move on some measures and how long it can drag out on other measures. He is still interested in figuring out how to streamline the processes of the legislature. 4:38:04 PM REPRESENTATIVE VANCE asked a question about the role of the Office of the Lieutenant Governor as this removes them from the process. MR. NICHOL stated that the sponsor has no additional information. REPRESENTATIVE VANCE stated she is uneasy to eliminate an elected official from the process without understanding why and what consequences there may be. The legislation would make it an administrative procedure. She noted that the House State Affairs Standing Committee is the only committee of referral for the legislation. She asked, "Why just resolutions; what about all communications?" MR. NICHOL clarified that the sponsor's office spoke with the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, which had no issues with this function being removed from its control. REPRESENTATIVE HOLLAND said that the office discussed this on Saturday with the lieutenant governor. The office was trying to find out whether there is a long-term issue with the process; but that history is lost. 4:42:30 PM REPRESENTATIVE HOLLAND said he is looking only at joint resolutions and the timeline. This resolution would create greater alignment with other processes and timelines as well as continuity regarding who has responsibilities. 4:44:10 PM REPRESENTATIVE STORY said she appreciated the maker of the legislation bringing this forward. She was unaware of the timelines and said this would make government processes more efficient. CHAIR CARRICK said she liked both items because they put up sidebars of what could be a political decision. 4:45:36 PM REPRESENTATIVE HOLLAND said he appreciated the discussion and Mr. Nicol for the research done. This is a small but important step to get the message transmitted. [HB 290 and HCR 10 were held over] 4:46:49 PM CHAIR CARRICK made committee announcements. 4:47:26 PM The committee took a brief at-ease at 4:47 p.m.