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  SSHJR 15: 100 DAY SESSION LIMIT                                              
                                                                               
  CHAIRMAN VEZEY read the title of SSHJR 15, and invited the                   
  sponsor, Representative Pete Kott, to testify.                               
                                                                               
  Number 211                                                                   
                                                                               
  REPRESENTATIVE PETE KOTT, PRIME SPONSOR of SSHJR 15,                         
  discussed the public's desire to change from 120 session                     
  days to 100.  He spoke on the history of session length, and                 
  stated that twenty six states had shorter sessions than                      
  Alaska.                                                                      
                                                                               
  Number 215                                                                   
                                                                               
  CHAIRMAN VEZEY asked Representative Kott if he thought SSHJR                 
  15 would pass both legislative bodies and become law.                        
                                                                               
  Number 256                                                                   
                                                                               
  REPRESENTATIVE KOTT definitely thought SSHJR 15 would pass                   
  both bodies or he would not have brought it before the                       
  legislature.                                                                 
  Number 257                                                                   
                                                                               
  HJR 5: 90 DAY SESSION & FEBRUARY CONVENING DATE                              
                                                                               
  CHAIRMAN VEZEY thanked Representative Kott for his                           
  testimony, and asked if there were any comments on HJR 5,                    
  which related to the same subject.                                           
                                                                               
  Number 285                                                                   
                                                                               
  REPRESENTATIVE KOTT discussed the difference between SSHJR                   
  15, which had a 100 day limit to HJR 5, which had a limit of                 
  90 days.  He noted that in HJR 5 the first day of session                    
  did not count whereas in SSHJR 15 the first day was                          
  included, which closed the difference in time to only nine                   
  days.  The major difference was that in HJR 5 the starting                   
  date was the fourth Monday in February, while the starting                   
  date in SSHJR 15 was the second Monday in January, with the                  
  exception of gubernatorial election years.  On those years                   
  it would be the third Monday in January, he said.                            
                                                                               
  Number 307                                                                   
                                                                               
  CHAIRMAN VEZEY summarized the differences and pointed out                    
  the adjournment date in HJR 5 would be later in May.                         
                                                                               
  Number 331                                                                   
                                                                               
  REPRESENTATIVE KOTT discussed the scheduling and hearing of                  
  bills with a change in the length of session.                                
                                                                               
  Number 345                                                                   
                                                                               
  CHAIRMAN VEZEY asked if there were any more comments or                      
  testimony regarding HJR 5.  There being none, HJR 5 was held                 
  in committee for further consideration.