HOUSE BILL NO. 63                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act extending the termination date of the Board of                                                                     
     Governors of the Alaska Bar Association; and providing                                                                     
     for an effective date."                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
4:32:24 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CECIL ELLIOT, STAFF,  REPRESENTATIVE MIKE HAWKER, understood                                                                    
that the committee had a CS to offer.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Stoltze  stated that there was  a CS for HB  63 and                                                                    
inquired if the  sponsors had seen it.  Ms. Elliot responded                                                                    
in  the affirmative,  but added  that Representative  Hawker                                                                    
preferred  a  clean  sunset bill  rather  than  establishing                                                                    
policy in  a sunset bill;  however, the sponsor  would defer                                                                    
to the will of the committee.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Representative   Costello  MOVED   to  ADOPT   the  proposed                                                                    
committee  substitute  for  HB 63,  Work  Draft  28-LS0309\O                                                                    
(Bailey, 4/8/13).                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Representative   Holmes   OBJECTED   for  the   purpose   of                                                                    
discussion.  She  wanted to  ensure  that  Section 3,  which                                                                    
mandated  continuing  legal  education for  members  of  the                                                                    
Board  of  Governors of  the  Alaska  Bar Association,  only                                                                    
applied to the lawyer members.  She believed that there were                                                                    
non-lawyer members  on the  board and  inquired if  that was                                                                    
correct.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Stoltze interjected that  there were 3 non-attorney                                                                    
members on the board.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Representative  Holmes  was  not sure  if  the  non-attorney                                                                    
members  should   be  required   to  take   mandatory  legal                                                                    
education.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Stoltze  indicated  that   there  had  been  equal                                                                    
protection  questions   regarding  requiring   the  attorney                                                                    
members  to   take  continuing  legal  education,   but  not                                                                    
requiring  the  public members  to  do  so. He  additionally                                                                    
referenced  a  letter of  intent  from  the House  Judiciary                                                                    
Committee  regarding  the  legislation and  the  Alaska  Bar                                                                    
Association.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Representative Holmes  inquired if the  mandatory continuing                                                                    
legal education  would apply to non-attorney  members of the                                                                    
board. Co-Chair Stoltze replied in the affirmative.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Representative Costello asked  what the voluntary continuing                                                                    
legal education requirements were for the board.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
DANIEL GEORGE,  STAFF, REPRESENTATIVE BILL  STOLTZE, replied                                                                    
that  currently members  of the  Board of  Governors of  the                                                                    
Alaska  Bar Association  were required  to take  3 hours  of                                                                    
continuing legal education, which  could only be mandated by                                                                    
the Supreme  Court; however, the Alaska  Bar Association and                                                                    
an  audit   had  made  recommendations  to   increase  that.                                                                    
Additionally, there  was the  voluntary hour  component that                                                                    
had a current  recommendation of 9 hours;  this provision in                                                                    
the bill stated  that members of the  board "shall complete"                                                                    
the recommended hours.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
4:36:06 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Representative Gara  would consider  the bill and  listen to                                                                    
what people had  to say on the House Floor;  however, he did                                                                    
not want  to hold up the  bill and removed any  objection he                                                                    
may have made.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Stoltze  commented that  Representative  Gruenberg                                                                    
might have some thoughts on the bill.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Representative Holmes WITHDREW her OBJECTION.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
There  being no  further OBJECTION,  Work Draft  28-LS0309\O                                                                    
was ADOPTED as a working document.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Stoltze inquired  if the  fiscal note  in members'                                                                    
packets was  the most  recent note.  Mr. George  stated that                                                                    
the Alaska Bar Association did  not receive funding from the                                                                    
legislature.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Representative Costello discussed one  zero fiscal note from                                                                    
the Department of Administration.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Representative Holmes  MOVED to  REPORT CSHB 63(FIN)  out of                                                                    
committee   with   individual    recommendations   and   the                                                                    
accompanying fiscal note.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 63(FIN) was REPORTED out  of committee with a "do pass"                                                                    
recommendation  and with  one zero  impact fiscal  note from                                                                    
the Department of Administration.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
4:38:13 PM                                                                                                                    
AT EASE                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
4:39:05 PM                                                                                                                    
RECONVENED                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Stoltze  spoke to  the letter of  intent for  HB 63                                                                    
from the House Judiciary Committee.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Representative Holmes  MOVED to  ADOPT the letter  of intent                                                                    
for HB 63 from the House Judiciary Committee.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Stoltze  noted that  the  letter  of intent  would                                                                    
accompany the bill to the House floor.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 63(FIN) was REPORTED out  of committee with a "do pass"                                                                    
recommendation  and  with  one  zero fiscal  note  from  the                                                                    
Department  of  Administration   and  with  an  accompanying                                                                    
letter of intent from the House Judiciary Committee.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Stoltze communicated  that Co-Chair Austerman would                                                                    
continue the meeting.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
4:39:44 PM                                                                                                                    
AT EASE                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
4:48:13 PM                                                                                                                    
RECONVENED