HB 489-AVTEC ADMINISTRATION                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR ANDERSON announced  that the first order  of business would                                                               
be HOUSE BILL NO. 489, "An  Act relating to the administration of                                                               
the  Alaska Vocational  Technical  Center; and  providing for  an                                                               
effective date."                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
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GREG  O'CLARAY, Commissioner,  Department  of  Labor &  Workforce                                                               
Development   (DLWD),  explained   that   last   year's  SB   192                                                               
transferred  the  Alaska  Vocational Technical  Education  Center                                                               
(AVTEC)  in Seward  from the  Department of  Education and  Early                                                               
Development to DLWD.   It was recently  discovered, however, that                                                               
the legislation  didn't incorporate statutory authority  for DLWD                                                               
to  set student  tuition and  fees.   Thus HB  489 corrects  that                                                               
oversight.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
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REPRESENTATIVE DAHLSTROM moved to report  HB 489 out of committee                                                               
with  individual  recommendations  and  the  accompanying  fiscal                                                               
notes.   There being no objection,  HB 489 was reported  from the                                                               
House Labor and Commerce Standing Committee.