SB 186-EXECUTIVE BRANCH ETHICS                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
1:59:48 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR ROKEBERG announced  that the final order  of business would                                                               
be  CS FOR  SENATE BILL  NO. 186(JUD),  "An Act  relating to  the                                                               
Alaska  Executive  Branch  Ethics   Act;  and  providing  for  an                                                               
effective date."                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The committee took a brief at ease.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
2:01:12 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE COGHILL  moved that the committee  adopt Amendment                                                               
1, labeled 24G-2, 3/24/06, 9:30 AM, which read:                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
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       Delete "until the personnel board makes a finding                                                                    
     of probable cause"                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
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          Delete "personnel board"                                                                                          
          Insert "attorney general"                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
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          Delete "board"                                                                                                    
          Insert "attorney general"                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
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          Delete "personnel board"                                                                                          
          Insert "attorney general"                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  ROKEBERG  announced  that   there  was  an  objection  for                                                               
discussion purposes.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
2:01:40 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
DAN  WAYNE,  Attorney,  Legislative  Legal  Counsel,  Legislative                                                               
Legal and  Research Services,  Legislative Affairs  Agency (LAA),                                                               
explained that the legislation contains  a reference to "probable                                                               
cause termination  by the  personnel board"  and that  notion was                                                               
carried throughout the legislation.   However, the probable cause                                                               
termination  is actually  performed by  the attorney  general and                                                               
thus  the  legislation  should have  referred  to  the  "attorney                                                               
general" in the locations specified in Amendment 1.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
2:03:47 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR ROKEBERG announced that the  objection to the amendment was                                                               
withdrawn and there  being no further objection,  Amendment 1 was                                                               
adopted.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR ROKEBERG then announced that SB 186 would be held over.