HB  45-CONTRIBUTIONS, LOBBYISTS, DISCLOSURE                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
9:50:41 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SEATON announced that the  last order of business was HOUSE                                                               
BILL  NO.  45,  "An  Act  amending the  definition  of  the  term                                                               
'lobbyist' in the  Regulation of Lobbying Act;  and providing for                                                               
an effective date."                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
9:50:51 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  SEATON   informed  the  committee  that   there  are  some                                                               
amendments  coming, although  they  are not  yet  available.   He                                                               
asked  if there  are  any  questions for  which  the sponsor  can                                                               
provide answers at the next hearing on HB 45.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
9:51:38 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SEATON,  upon determining  there was no  one who  wished to                                                               
testify and there  were no questions for  the representative from                                                               
the  Alaska  Public  Offices  Commission  (APOC),  closed  public                                                               
testimony.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
[HB 45 was heard and held.]