SB 147-WATER AND SEWER TASK FORCE                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
3:38:07 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR OLSON announced the consideration of SB 147.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
3:39:03 PM                                                                                                                    
DORTHY SHOCKLEY,  Staff for Senator Albert  Kookesh, Alaska State                                                               
Legislature, introduced herself.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
MARY SCHLOSSER,  Staff for Senator  Albert Kookesh,  Alaska State                                                               
Legislature, introduced herself.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
MS. SCHOCKLEY  said the  bill would create  a nine  member Alaska                                                               
Water and Sewer  Task Force (WSTF) to address  the estimated 6000                                                               
homes in  Alaska without safe  water and sanitation  systems. She                                                               
said  WSTF   would  be  responsible   for  collecting   data  and                                                               
presenting a report to the legislature in January 2013.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  OLSON asked  if additional  information  had come  forward                                                               
since the bill was last heard before the committee.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
MS. SCHOCKLEY answered no.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
3:39:43 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR  ELLIS moved  to  report  SB 147  out  of committee  with                                                               
individual recommendations and accompanied fiscal note(s).                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
3:39:50 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR  OLSON said  without objection,  SB 147  passed out  of the                                                               
Community and Regional Affairs Committee.