HB 143-COMMERCIAL FISHING CREWMEMBER LICENSES                                                                      
                                                                                                                              
10:02:49 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SEATON announced that the  first order of business would be                                                               
HOUSE  BILL  NO. 143,  "An  Act  relating to  crewmember  fishing                                                               
licenses."                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SEATON  reviewed the work on  the bill thus far,  which has                                                               
resulted  in three  plausible methods  for adjusting  the license                                                               
costs.   He directed  attention to  the committee  packet handout                                                               
titled   "Three   proposals   for  alternate   7-day   commercial                                                               
crewmember license  fee structures  ... ," which  illustrates the                                                               
economic implications of each approach.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
10:06:42 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SEATON  offered Amendment  1, labeled  28-LS0520\A.2, which                                                               
read [original punctuation provided]:                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
     Page 1, line 10:                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
     Delete "$60 [$30]"                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
     Insert  "$30   plus  one-third  the  amount   that,  in                                                                    
     addition  to  the  base  fee  of  $60,  the  department                                                                    
     charges  under   AS  16.05.480(h)  for   a  nonresident                                                                    
     engaged in  commercial fishing who  is 11 years  of age                                                                    
     or older  and who does not  hold an entry permit  or an                                                                    
     interim-use  permit  to  obtain  an  annual  crewmember                                                                    
     fishing license"                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
10:08:54 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE HERRON objected.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SEATON  offered Conceptual  Amendment 1  to Amendment  1 to                                                               
read:                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
     Amendment 1, line 3                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
     Following "one-third"                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
     Insert "rounded to the nearest dollar"                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
There being no  objection, Conceptual Amendment 1  to Amendment 1                                                               
was adopted.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE HERRON clarified that  the amounts effectively are                                                               
adjusted to  $77.00 and $93.00, respectively,  through the action                                                               
of the  conceptual amendment, and  then removed his  objection to                                                               
Amendment 1.   There being no further objection,  Amendment 1, as                                                               
amended, was adopted.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  SEATON,  after  ascertaining  no one  wished  to  testify,                                                               
closed public testimony on HB 143.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
10:10:14 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE FEIGE moved  to report HB 143, as  amended, out of                                                               
committee  with individual  recommendations and  the accompanying                                                               
fiscal  notes.   Without  objection, CSHB  143(FSH) was  reported                                                               
from the House Special Committee on Fisheries.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
The committee took an at-ease from 10:10 a.m. to 10:12 a.m.