HB 34 - FEDERAL LAWS, REGULATIONS & EXEC. ORDERS                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
1:05:39 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR KELLER announced that the  first order of business would be                                                               
HOUSE  BILL  NO. 34,  "An  Act  making  state compliance  with  a                                                               
federal   law,  regulation,   or  presidential   executive  order                                                               
contingent  on receipt  of certain  information from  the federal                                                               
government."   [Before  the committee  was  a proposed  committee                                                               
substitute (CS) for HB 34,  Version 28-LS0195\C, Nauman, 1/30/13,                                                               
adopted as the working document  on 2/25/13; included in members'                                                               
packets was  a new  proposed CS for  HB 34,  Version 28-LS0195\O,                                                               
Nauman, 4/1/13.]                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
1:06:09 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  LYNN  moved  to   adopt  the  proposed  committee                                                               
substitute (CS)  for HB 34, Version  28-LS0195\O, Nauman, 4/1/13,                                                               
as the  working document.   There being  no objection,  Version O                                                               
was before the committee.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
1:06:41 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE TAMMIE WILSON,  Alaska State Legislature, sponsor,                                                               
mentioning  that  she would  be  working  during the  interim  to                                                               
address  concerns with  HB 34,  explained that  Version O  of the                                                               
bill would preclude the state  from complying with a federal law,                                                               
federal  regulation, or  presidential executive  order until  the                                                               
state requests  from the federal  government a written  report on                                                               
the  economic  effect  -  on  the state,  on  the  community,  on                                                               
industry, and  on the  local government -  of complying  with the                                                               
federal  law,  federal   regulation,  or  presidential  executive                                                               
order;  and   would  preclude  the   state  from   accepting  any                                                               
associated federal  funding until  either the  federal government                                                               
or the state provides that written  report.  Under Version O, the                                                               
state  would   request  the  written  report   from  the  federal                                                               
government, but  if the  federal government  does not  provide it                                                               
within 90 days,  then the state would instead  prepare the report                                                               
and transmit it to the legislature.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  T. WILSON  explained that  also under  Version O,                                                               
the state would be required to  complete a similar report for all                                                               
state  laws,   state  regulations,  and  executive   orders;  the                                                               
Administrative Regulation  Review Committee would be  required to                                                               
provide certain  types of information about  proposed regulations                                                               
in its statutorily-required notifications,  and would be required                                                               
to submit  comments to  the lieutenant  governor on  the proposed                                                               
regulations  prior  to  those  regulations  being  filed  by  the                                                               
lieutenant governor;  and the lieutenant  governor would  in turn                                                               
[be  required  to review  those  comments,  and would]  have  the                                                               
discretion to return the proposed  regulations to the appropriate                                                               
department for  further consideration.   The changes  proposed by                                                               
HB  34, she  proffered, would  result in  the state  and industry                                                               
having a  better understanding of  the economic  ramifications of                                                               
federal and  state laws, regulations,  and executive  orders, and                                                               
thereby  be better-equipped  to make  decisions.   In conclusion,                                                               
she reiterated  that she would  be working during the  interim to                                                               
address concerns with HB 34.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
[HB 34, Version O, was held over.]