HB 42-ELIMINATE UNNECESSARY AGENCY PUBLICATIONS  3:37:30 PM CHAIR SHAW announced that the next order of business would be HOUSE BILL NO. 42, "An Act relating to the elimination or modification of state agency publications that are outdated, duplicative, or excessive." 3:38:05 PM PALOMA HARBOUR, Fiscal Management Analyst, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), presented HB 42, on behalf of the House Rules Standing Committee, sponsor by request of the governor. She informed the committee that the legislature previously passed House Bill 187, which required the governor to submit a bill every other year to eliminate or modify requirements for publications or reports deemed to be outdated, duplicative, or excessive. In accordance with those requirements, agencies submitted feedback to OMB during the last budget cycle on reports that should be eliminated or modified. HB 42, she said, was a reflection of those changes. 3:38:59 PM MS. HARBOUR introduced the sectional analysis for HB 42 [included in the committee packet], which read as follows [original punctuation provided]: Sec. 1: Amends AS 16.05.050(b) repeals the requirement the Big Game Opportunity report be physically submitted to the legislature as it is provided electronically Sec. 2: Amends AS 16.05.130(b) by eliminating the publication by the Department of Fish and Game reporting the money derived from waterfowl conservation tags and limited edition prints as this program was eliminated in Fiscal Year 2009 Sec. 3: Amends AS 18.65.086(b) requiring the Department of Public Safety to report the number of investigations that result in the Department of Family and Community Service taking temporary or permanent custody of a child. The Department of Public Safety does not have direct access to this information and the last time the information was reported to them was in 2012. Sec. 4: AS 28.05.031 is conforming language due to the transfer of duties relating to the publishing of road rules and regulations from the Department of Public Safety to the Department of Administration Sec. 5: Amends AS 33.30.017(b) repeals the requirement that the Department of Corrections shall annually report the collection and use of utility fees to the Legislature. The Department is not authorized to expend the fees outside the annual appropriation process Sec. 6: Amends the provision of the Executive Budget Act (AS 37.07.020(f)) that was amended by HB 187 (32nd Legislature) to clarify and streamline the production of the outdated or excessive publications report Sec. 7: Amends AS 37.07.040 requiring the Office of Management and Budget to report the amount of lapsing general funds to include the amount expended in the first half of the current fiscal year and projected to be expended for the remainder of the year Sec. 8: Amends AS 37.07.060(b) requiring the Governor to submit the budgets in electronic format rather than in a joint message to a joint session Sec. 9: Amends AS 37.13.170 removes the requirement of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation to publish the annual income statement and balance sheet in a newspaper and instead publish it electronically Sec. 10 19 Make conforming amendments related to the repeal of AS 43.55.180 (a one-time report on oil and gas taxes that has been completed and delivered to the legislature) Sec. 20: Amends AS 47.14.112(a) is conforming language Sec. 21: Amends AS 47.14.112(d) is conforming language Sec. 22 and 23: Repeal outdated, duplicative, or excessive statutory reports identified by state agencies under AS 44.99.220. 3:43:36 PM CHAIR SHAW sought to verify the zero fiscal note. MS. HARBOUR confirmed [that the attached fiscal note was a zero fiscal note]. 3:43:45 PM REPRESENTATIVE STORY referred to Section 3 and sought to confirm that a report would still be provided by the Department of Family and Community Services (DFCS). MS. HARBOUR shared her understanding that a report on the number of investigations would still be provided by the Department of Public Safety (DPS); however, the number of children put into temporary or permanent custody as a result of those investigations would be excluded, as the exact number was not provided by DFCS. 3:44:33 PM REPRESENTATIVE STORY asked whether DFCS had information on the [number of] children that were taken for temporary or permanent custody. MS. HARBOUR responded, "I'm sure DFCS does have that, but it's not necessarily tied to every time that the Department of Public Safety has an investigation." She clarified that the department reported the total number of children that may have been placed in permanent or temporary custody; however, that number was not necessarily tied to a DPS investigation. 3:45:14 PM REPRESENTATIVE CARPENTER requested further explanation of Section 5. MS. HARBOUR stated that the annual budget provided DOC the authority to expend the utility fees. Further, as a part of the budget process, reports detailed the amount of incoming and expended revenue, in addition to how it was being expended. She clarified that the report under AS 33.30.017 required separate reporting from the annual budget process, which OMB deemed duplicative. 3:46:34 PM CHAIR SHAW opened public testimony on HB 42; after ascertaining that no one wished to testify, he closed public testimony. 3:47:03 PM REPRESENTATIVE C. JOHNSON asked whether HB 42 would be an appropriate vehicle to implement electronic public notice requirements, as opposed to being published in a newspaper of record. MS. HARBOUR believed that Representative C. Johnson's suggestion would be a much larger requirement related to separate statutes than those cited in HB 42. She offered to follow up with the committee. REPRESENTATIVE C. JOHNSON said, "It certainly fits in the title, so I'll take that into consideration." 3:48:01 PM REPRESENTATIVE CARPENTER asked why OMB's report on the amount of lapsing general funds was unnecessary, per Section 7 of the bill. MS. HARBOUR clarified that Section 7 was changing the reporting requirement, not eliminating it. She said OMB would continue to report the amount of projected lapse, in addition to the amount expended for the first half of the fiscal year, which was informing the lapse projection. 3:49:09 PM CHAIR SHAW announced that HB 42 would be held over.