HB 107-BD OF REGENTS REGIONAL RESIDENCY QUALIF.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
4:15:55 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR DUNLEAVY announced  that the final order  of business would                                                               
be HB 107.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR DUNLEAVY welcomed Senator Huggins  to the meeting. He noted                                                               
HB 107  was previously  heard on  March 7, 2016,  and has  a zero                                                               
fiscal note. He said public testimony was open.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  LYNN GATTIS,  Alaska State  Legislature,  sponsor of  HB                                                               
107. She addressed Senator Gardner's  previous question about how                                                               
many people  applied for the Board  of Regents in 2014  and 2015.                                                               
She reported that 29 applied in  2014 and 37 applied in 2015. The                                                               
Governor's Office  explained that  when there  is an  opening, an                                                               
advertisement is posted on the  State of Alaska's website for two                                                               
weeks.  She opined  that  the  news of  an  opening also  reached                                                               
people by word of mouth and  she was surprised at the high number                                                               
of applicants.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR GARDNER inquired, for purposes  of the bill's provisions,                                                               
where the applicants were from.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  GATTIS  said  she  attempted   to  find  out  where  the                                                               
applicants were from, but received no information.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR GARDNER said she would  try to have that information when                                                               
the bill comes to the Senate  Floor because she thought the terms                                                               
of the bill might be impossible to fill.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
4:19:41 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR DUNLEAVY closed public testimony.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
4:19:50 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR GIESSEL  moved to report  CSHB 107(EDC)am  from committee                                                               
with individual  recommendations and  attached zero  fiscal note.                                                               
There being no objection, the motion carried.