HCR 15-UNIFORM RULES: REGULATION REVIEW  8:46:16 AM   CHAIR LYNN announced that the next order of business would be HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 15 Proposing an amendment to the Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature relating to the jurisdiction of standing committees. 8:47:04 AM TOM WRIGHT, Staff, Representative Mike Chenault, Alaska State Legislature, presented HCR 15 on behalf of Representative Chenault, prime sponsor. He testified that HCR 15 is offered in conjunction with HB 229 and proposes a change in Uniform Rule 20 to allow standing committees of jurisdiction to include oversight over regulations proposed or adopted to implement agency or departmental programs and activities. He further stated that this change in the legislature's Uniform Rules would replace the function provided by the Administrative Regulation Review Committee. CHAIR LYNN asked Mr. Wright whether HCR 15 would need to be moved out of committee along with HB 229 for both to work. MR. WRIGHT replied in the affirmative. 8:48:07 AM REPRESENTATIVE GRUENBERG reminded the committee that because the proposed resolution would amend the Uniform Rules, a two-thirds vote of each house would be required. MR. WRIGHT confirmed that was the case. REPRESENTATIVE GRUENBERG commented that it is not often that the legislature has the opportunity to look at Rule 20 - a fundamentally important uniform rule prescribing the jurisdiction of each standing committee - and the proposed legislation will give the legislature that opportunity. He went on to ask Mr. Wright if he was aware of any changes that should be made to Rule 20 on the jurisdiction of any committee. MR. WRIGHT responded that he was not. He asserted that he and the speaker use Uniform Rule 20 extensively to determine committee assignments for proposed legislation coming through their office. [HCR 15 was held over.]