HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 15 Relating to the continuation of the Task Force on Unmanned Aircraft Systems. 7:30:41 PM Representative Costello MOVED to ADOPT the proposed committee substitute for HCR 15, Work Draft 28-LS1190\C (Strasbaugh, 3/25/14). Co-Chair Stoltze OBJECTED for discussion. DANIEL GEORGE, STAFF, REPRESENTATIVE BILL STOLTZE, explained that the only change in the CS was located on page 2, lines 25 through 28. The bill originally designated that the task force would include three public members; the language had been changed to include one public member and two industry representatives. Co-Chair Stoltze asked the sponsor to clarify that the change did not reduce the public members, but reflected the bill's intent. REPRESENTATIVE SHELLEY HUGHES, SPONSOR agreed. Co-Chair Stoltze explained that there was no diminution of the public members. The bill had always included one public member, which was clarified in the change. 7:32:14 PM Co-Chair Stoltze WITHDREW his OBJECTION. There being NO further OBJECTION, Workdraft 28-LS1190\C was ADOPTED. Co-Chair Stoltze asked if the sponsor had any discussions with the Legislative Affairs Agency. Representative Hughes replied in the affirmative. She elaborated that the bill specified that one of the public hearings would be held at the University of Alaska test site in Fairbanks. She noted that a cost was associated with travel to Fairbanks, which was clearly indicated in the fiscal note. Co-Chair Stoltze noted that the fiscal note did not increase, but accurately reflected what would happen. Representative Hughes agreed. Representative Gara MOVED Amendment 1: Page 3, line 8: Following "privacy" insert "and public safety" Representative Costello OBJECTED for discussion. Representative Gara pointed to page 3, line 8 and specified that the amendment would add the identification of public safety concerns following language pertaining to the identification of potential privacy concerns. He elaborated that drones crashed and sometimes crashed into populated areas. He wanted to ensure that the task force could recommend law changes to the legislature in the event that contracted drones were being used in highly populated areas, which could be dangerous. He used the hypothetical example of the use of drones over highways by state troopers to detect speeders. He wanted the task force to have the ability to make recommendations on a state level to the legislature and on a federal level to the Federal Aviation Administration. Co-Chair Stoltze wondered why the bill used the word "problems" instead of "concerns." He opined that the word problem had a negative connotation; whereas, a concern was something to be attentive to. Representative Hughes was fine with the change. 7:36:05 PM AT EASE 7:36:39 PM RECONVENED Co-Chair Stoltze MOVED to AMEND Amendment 1. He explained that the intent was to replace the word "problems" with the word "concerns" following the words "privacy and public safety." There being NO OBJECTION, the amendment to Amendment 1 was ADOPTED. Representative Costello WITHDREW her OBJECTION to Amendment 1. There being NO further OBJECTION, Amendment 1 was ADOPTED as amended. 7:37:21 PM Representative Costello discussed that the fiscal impact note from the Legislature included a cost of $8,900 in FY 15 through FY 17 and zero impact in FY 18 through FY 20. Vice-Chair Neuman MOVED to REPORT CSHCR 15(FIN) out of committee with individual recommendations and the accompanying fiscal note. There being NO OBJECTION, CSHCR 15(FIN) was REPORTED out of committee with a "do pass" recommendation and with one new fiscal impact note from the Legislature. 7:39:00 PM AT EASE 7:40:47 PM RECONVENED