HB 217-SP. REQ. ARTS LICENSE PLATES; COMPETITION                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
9:53:37 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR LYNN announced  that the final order of  business was HOUSE                                                               
BILL NO.  217, "An Act  relating to special  request registration                                                               
plates commemorating the  arts; and relating to  the Alaska State                                                               
Council on the Arts."                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR LYNN offered his understanding  that a committee substitute                                                               
was  available for  HB  217, and  he asked  the  bill sponsor  to                                                               
address it.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
9:54:11 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE KREISS-TOMKINS,  as sponsor  of HB  217, indicated                                                               
that  an available  committee substitute  (CS)  would modify  the                                                               
cost in  the original  bill from  $150 to  $35 for  the specialty                                                               
license plate.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
9:54:31 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  KELLER  moved  to adopt  the  proposed  committee                                                               
substitute (CS), Version 29-LS0999\E,  Martin, 1/21/16, as a work                                                               
draft.   [There  being no  objection,  Version E  was before  the                                                               
committee.]                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE KREISS-TOMKINS described HB  217 as "American Idol                                                               
meets  Alaska license  plates."   He relayed  that under  HB 217,                                                               
every  four years  the Alaska  State Council  on the  Arts (ASCA)                                                               
would  hold a  state-wide  competition for  license plate  design                                                               
that best  embodies the spirit,  beauty, or landscape  of Alaska.                                                               
He said those  who would be able to submit  designs could include                                                               
Alaskan  artists  such as  Byron  Birdsall  or  Ray Troll.    The                                                               
designs would  be adjudicated by  a jury assembled by  ASCA, then                                                               
Alaskans  at large  could  vote  for a  winning  design from  the                                                               
finalists'  works.   The winning  design  would go  on a  limited                                                               
edition run  for four years, and  Alaskans could choose to  buy a                                                               
limited edition  plate during the four  years of its run.   After                                                               
that, the process would be repeated.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
9:56:19 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE KELLER moved to rescind  the committee's action in                                                               
adopting Version E as a work draft.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
9:56:26 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  GRUENBERG  objected  to  ascertain  that  he  had                                                               
received all  paperwork in question, then  removed his objection.                                                               
There  being  no further  objection,  the  committee's action  in                                                               
adopting Version E was rescinded.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
9:56:36 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  KELLER  moved  to adopt  the  proposed  committee                                                               
substitute (CS), Version 29-LS0999\N,  Martin, 1/25/16, as a work                                                               
draft.   There being no  further objection, Version N  was before                                                               
the committee.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
[HB 217 was held over.]