ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
          SENATE LABOR AND COMMERCE STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                        
                         April 5, 2012                                                                                          
                           1:32 p.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Senator Dennis Egan, Chair                                                                                                      
Senator Joe Paskvan, Vice Chair                                                                                                 
Senator Linda Menard                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Senator Bettye Davis                                                                                                            
Senator Cathy Giessel                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
GOVERNOR'S APPOINTMENTS                                                                                                         
     Regulatory Commission of Alaska                                                                                          
          Janis Wilson - Anchorage                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
     State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and                                                               
     Land Surveyors                                                                                                           
          Howard "Keith" Walters - Healy                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
     Board of Marine Pilots                                                                                                   
          Tom Rueter - Anchorage                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     Alaska Workers' Compensation Board                                                                                       
          Robert Weel - Anchorage                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
     - CONFIRMATIONS RESCHEDULED TO 4/6/12                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 252(FIN)                                                                                                  
"An  Act exempting  certain small  businesses from  the corporate                                                               
income tax; and providing for an effective date."                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
     - SCHEDULED BUT NOT HEARD                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 301(FIN)                                                                                                  
"An  Act  relating to  enforcement  of  boating safety  statutes;                                                               
amending  the termination  date of  certain statutes  relating to                                                               
the  use, operation,  and regulation  of boats,  a uniform  state                                                               
waterway  marking system,  and civil  liability for  boat owners;                                                               
providing for  an effective date  by amending the  effective date                                                               
of secs. 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 14, 16, 18, 20, 23, 26, and 27, ch. 28,                                                                
SLA 2000, as amended; and providing for an effective date."                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
     - SCHEDULED BUT NOT HEARD                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
SENATE BILL NO. 166                                                                                                             
"An Act relating to the licensing of medical laboratory science                                                                 
professionals; and providing for an effective date."                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     - SCHEDULED BUT NOT HEARD                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
SENATE BILL NO. 128                                                                                                             
"An Act relating to brewery licenses."                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
     - SCHEDULED BUT NOT HEARD                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Meeting recessed and no bills considered.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
WITNESS REGISTER                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
No witnesses to record                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
ACTION NARRATIVE                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
1:32:04 PM                                                                                                                  
CHAIR DENNIS EGAN called the Senate Labor and Commerce Standing                                                               
Committee meeting to order at 1:32 p.m. Present at the call to                                                                  
order were Senators Paskvan, Menard and Chair Egan.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
1:32:25 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR EGAN announced that the Senate Labor and Commerce                                                                         
Committee was recessed to the call of the Chair at 1:32 p.m.