SENATE BILL NO. 45                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act relating to an exemption from the regulation                                                                       
     of construction contractors."                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
1:50:10 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  MacKinnon  informed   the  committee  that  public                                                                    
testimony had been taken on SB 45 on April 7, 2017.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Vice-Chair   Bishop  MOVED   to  ADOPT   proposed  committee                                                                    
substitute  for  SB  45,   Work  Draft  30-LS0321\O  (Bruce,                                                                    
4/10/17).                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair MacKinnon OBJECTED for discussion.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
JULI   LUCKY,  STAFF,   SENATOR  ANNA   MACKINNON,  directed                                                                    
committee  attention  to Page  3,  lines  8 through  11  and                                                                    
explained changes (copy on file):                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
     Moved  the language  defining when  construction begins                                                                    
     from section  4 (uncodified  law) to  section 3,  so it                                                                    
     will  appear  in AS  08.18.161  with  the rest  of  the                                                                    
     exemption language.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Ms. Lucky  explained that  the change  would make  it easier                                                                    
for the public to look up, and obey, the law.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
1:51:46 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
JULIANA MELIN,  STAFF, SENATOR  MIA COSTELLO,  expressed the                                                                    
sponsor's support for the change.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair MacKinnon  WITHDREW her  OBJECTION. There  being NO                                                                    
OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
1:52:45 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Vice-Chair  Bishop  MOVED  to report  CSSB  45(FIN)  out  of                                                                    
Committee   with   individual    recommendations   and   the                                                                    
accompanying fiscal  note. There being NO  OBJECTION, it was                                                                    
so ordered.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CSSB 45(FIN) was REPORTED out  of committee with a "do pass"                                                                    
recommendation  and  with   one  previously  published  zero                                                                    
fiscal note: FN1(CED).                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
1:53:18 PM                                                                                                                    
AT EASE                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
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RECONVENED