SB 181-IDENTIFICATION OF CONTRACTOR IN ADS                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
3:31:38 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR HUGHES announced  the consideration of SENATE  BILL NO. 181                                                               
"An   Act    relating   to   identification    requirements   for                                                               
contractors."                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
She  noted that  this  was the  second hearing  and  there was  a                                                               
committee substitute (CS) for the committee to consider.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
3:31:46 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR MYERS moved  to adopt the work draft  CSSB 181(CRA), work                                                               
order 32-LS1404\G, as the working document.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
3:32:00 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR HUGHES objected for purposes of discussion.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
3:32:10 PM                                                                                                                    
At ease.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
3:32:31 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR  HUGHES reconvened  the  meeting and  asked  Mr. Phelps  to                                                               
provide an  explanation of  changes from version  B to  version G                                                               
for SB 181.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
3:32:41 PM                                                                                                                    
DANIEL  PHELPS,  Staff,  Senator  Shelley  Hughes,  Alaska  State                                                               
Legislature, Juneau, Alaska, stated that  he would first answer a                                                               
question Senator Meyers asked after  the first hearing about what                                                               
sort of  contractors would  be affected  by SB  181. He  read the                                                               
definition of  "contractor" in Title  08, Chapter 18  and advised                                                               
that members  of the Alaska  General Contractors  Association and                                                               
the Alaska Builders Association would be affected by SB 181.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
     Sec. 08.18.171. Definitions.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
     (4) "contractor" means a person who, in the pursuit of                                                                     
        an independent business, undertakes or offers to                                                                        
     perform, or claims to have  the capacity to perform, or                                                                    
     submits  a  bid  for  a project  to  construct,  alter,                                                                    
     repair, move,  or demolish  a building,  highway, road,                                                                    
     railroad,  or any  type of  fixed structure,  including                                                                    
     excavation  and   site  development  and   erection  of                                                                    
     scaffolding;    "contractor"    includes   a    general                                                                    
     contractor,  builder, mechanical  contractor, specialty                                                                    
     contractor, and subcontractor;                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
3:34:17 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR HUGHES asked  for an explanation of changes  from version B                                                               
to version G.                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
MR.  PHELPS stated  that the  CS is  in response  to a  point the                                                               
Department  of  Commerce,   Community  and  Economic  Development                                                               
(DCCED) made about home inspectors  being required to provide the                                                               
same identification  information as contractors. He  reviewed the                                                               
following explanation of changes from  version B to version G for                                                               
SB 181:                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
     Section 1    AS 08.18.051 (b)   Page 1,  Line 3 through                                                                  
     Page 1, Line 12                                                                                                          
     Removes  the definition  of  "landing  page" from  this                                                                    
     section and places it in section 3. No other changes.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
     Section 2   AS 08.18.053 (b)    Page 1, Line 13 through                                                                  
     Page 2, Line 6                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
     Adds a  section which offers a  similar opportunity for                                                                    
     home  inspectors regulated  under  AS.08.18.053 as  was                                                                    
     made for  contractors under AS.08.18.051 in  section 1.                                                                    
     The amendment language is identical in both sections.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
     Section 3   AS 08.18.171    Page 2, Line 7 through Page                                                                  
     2, Line 10                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
     Moves   the   definition   of   "landing   page"   from                                                                    
     AS.08.18.051 to  AS.08.18.171 which is  the definitions                                                                    
     section for all of chapter 18.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
3:36:11 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR HUGHES removed her objection;  finding no further objection                                                               
or questions, she asked the will of the committee.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
3:36:21 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR MYERS  moved to  report SB  181, work  order 32-LS1404\G,                                                               
from  committee  with  individual  recommendations  and  attached                                                               
fiscal notes.                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
3:36:33 PM                                                                                                                    
At ease.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
3:36:44 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR HUGHES  reconvened the meeting  and announced  that without                                                               
objection, CSSB  181(CRA) was reported from  the Senate Community                                                               
and Regional Affairs Standing Committee.