HB 342-LAND SALES PRACTICES                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
3:51:18 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR KITO  announced that  the next order  of business  would be                                                               
HOUSE BILL NO.  342, "An Act amending  and repealing registration                                                               
filing  provisions  of  the Uniform  Land  Sales  Practices  Act;                                                               
relating  to the  jurisdiction of  the  office of  administrative                                                               
hearings; and providing for an effective date."                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
3:51:30 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MIKE  NAVARRE,  Commissioner  Designee, Department  of  Commerce,                                                               
Community &  Economic Development  (DCCED), introduced HB  342 on                                                               
behalf of the  House Rules Committee by request  of the governor.                                                               
He explained that the proposed  bill would repeal an obsolete law                                                               
which  had been  adopted  by  nine states  before  it was  deemed                                                               
obsolete.  He  said it had been identified as  something that was                                                               
no being used  and there are more than adequate  laws in place to                                                               
address similar protections.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
3:52:48 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR KITO opened public testimony on HB 342.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  KITO commented  that he  appreciates that  Alaska has  the                                                               
smallest number of statutes governing state activities.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR KITO held over HB 342.