HB  63-REPEAL WORKERS' COMP APPEALS COMMISSION                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
3:16:01 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SUMNER announced that the  first order of business would be                                                               
HOUSE BILL  NO. 63, "An  Act repealing the  Workers' Compensation                                                               
Appeals  Commission;  relating to  decisions  and  orders of  the                                                               
Workers'  Compensation Appeals  Commission; relating  to superior                                                               
court   jurisdiction   over    appeals   from   Alaska   Workers'                                                               
Compensation Board  decisions; repealing Rules 201.1,  401.1, and                                                               
501.1, Alaska  Rules of Appellate  Procedure, and  amending Rules                                                               
202(a),  204(a)  -  (c),  210(e), 601(b),  602(c)  and  (h),  and                                                               
603(a), Alaska  Rules of Appellate  Procedure; and  providing for                                                               
an effective date."                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
3:16:05 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  SUMNER   opened  public  testimony   on  HB  63.     After                                                               
ascertaining  that nobody  wished  to testify,  he closed  public                                                               
testimony.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
3:16:30 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SUMNER announced that HB 63 was held over.