HB 36: RETIREMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM                                          
                                                                               
  Number 361                                                                   
                                                                               
  CHAIRMAN VEZEY held HB 44 in committee for further                           
  consideration and read the title of HB 36.  He invited                       
  Representative Jerry Mackie, the sponsor of HB 36 to testify                 
  before the committee.                                                        
                                                                               
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  REPRESENTATIVE JERRY MACKIE, PRIME SPONSOR of HB 36, stated                  
  the bill was patterned after SB 337 from 1992.  He read his                  
  sponsor summary and discussed other pieces of information                    
  within the packet.                                                           
                                                                               
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  CHAIRMAN VEZEY discussed the fiscal note.                                    
                                                                               
  Number 445                                                                   
                                                                               
  REPRESENTATIVE MACKIE discussed information within the                       
  handouts he gave to the committee.                                           
                                                                               
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  CHAIRMAN VEZEY asked questions regarding the cost savings of                 
  the program over a three year period.                                        
                                                                               
  REPRESENTATIVE MACKIE discussed the savings by the Hoonah                    
  School District as a sample of money that can be saved with                  
  early retirement.                                                            
  HB 42 and HB 36: RETIREMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM                                
                                                                               
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  WILLIE ANDERSON, a lobbyist for the National Education                       
  Association, spoke in support of HB 36 and HB 42.                            
                                                                               
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  CHAIRMAN VEZEY invited Representative Bill Hudson to speak                   
  on behalf of HB 42.                                                          
                                                                               
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  REPRESENTATIVE BILL HUDSON, PRIME SPONSOR of HB 42, stated                   
  the purpose of HB 42 was to save public dollars.  The                        
  retirement incentive program was a tool to save the state                    
  money, he added.                                                             
                                                                               
  TAPE 93-8, SIDE A                                                            
  Number 000                                                                   
                                                                               
  CHAIRMAN VEZEY invited Senator Jim Duncan to speak on behalf                 
  of the retirement incentive program.                                         
                                                                               
  Number 110                                                                   
                                                                               
  SENATOR JIM DUNCAN related the history of the retirement                     
  program.  He explained the cost savings to the state.                        
                                                                               
  ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                
                                                                               
  Number 296                                                                   
                                                                               
  CHAIRMAN VEZEY announced HB 36 and HB 42 would be held in                    
  committee for further consideration.                                         
                                                                               
  ADJOURNMENT                                                                  
                                                                               
  CHAIRMAN VEZEY then adjourned the meeting at 10:03 a.m.