SB 51-UNIFORM INTER.CHILD SUPPORT; PARENTAGE  1:41:33 PM CHAIR MCGUIRE announced the consideration of SB 51. "An Act relating to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, including jurisdiction by tribunals of the state, registration and proceedings related to support orders from other state tribunals, foreign support orders, foreign tribunals, and certain persons residing in foreign countries; relating to determination of parentage of a child; and providing for an effective date." She asked Senator Coghill if his concerns had been satisfied. SENATOR COGHILL said he had questions on drafting style. CHAIR MCGUIRE asked for a motion to adopt the proposed committee substitute (CS). SENATOR COGHILL moved to adopt the CS for SB 51, labeled 29- GS1897\W, as the working document. CHAIR MCGUIRE found no objection and announced that version W was before the committee. 1:42:04 PM CHAIR MCGUIRE requested an explanation of the changes. CAROL BEECHER, Director, Child Support Services Division, Department of Revenue, introduced herself. STACY STEINBERG, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Collections and Support Section, Department of Law, stated that she reviewed legislative counsel Kate Glover's memo regarding the changes to SB 51. It does two basic things. It takes care of the issues with the legislative drafting style and it makes a few changes that the federal Office of Child Support requested to ensure that the bill is in line with the Uniform Act. MS. STEINBERG provided the following sectional analysis, reviewing the changes between version A and the new committee substitute version W: AS 25.25.101: The definitions in Section 1 of version A were separated into Sections 1 - 16 in version W. This change was to be consistent with drafting style. AS 25.25.102(b): Page 6, line 12 of version A read "agency under AS 25.27.010". Version W reads "agency created under AS 25.27.010". This change was to be consistent with drafting style. 1:44:41 PM AS 25.25.205(a): Section 26 of version W deletes a semicolon that followed "order" in version A and adds a comma after "and" on the same line. AS 25.25.205(b)(2): Section 27 of version W changes "its" to "the tribunal's" for clarity and to conform with style. AS 25.25.207(b): Section 32 of version W reads "shall determine, by order,". Section 17 of version A on page 10, line 29, read "by order shall determine". This was changed for clarity. AS 25.25.207(e): Section 35 of version W includes a grammatical change. A comma was added following "determines". AS 25.25.280: Section 40 of version W makes a grammatical change. A comma was added following "apply". AS 25.25.304(b): Section 43 of version W, adds "the" following "under". AS 25.25.307(b): Version A reads "within five days of receipt,". Version W reads "within five days after receipt,". This is consistent with the style of both the state statutes and the Uniform Code. CHAIR MCGUIRE asked Ms. Steinberg to concentrate on the substantive changes. MS. STEINBERG said most changes are stylistic. 1:49:33 PM At ease 1:54:52 PM CHAIR MCGUIRE reconvened the meeting and reiterated her request that Ms. Steinberg concentrate on the substantive changes. MS. STEINBERG explained on page 16, line 11, the phrase "in a record" was inserted replacing "written". This is specific language in the Uniform Act. Page 19, line 27, the phrase "under penalty of perjury" was added to match the exact language in the Uniform Act. Page 30, the definition for "foreign support agreement" was changed to match the Uniform Law Commission definition. MS. STEINBERG concluded that the rest of the changes were not substantive. 1:57:03 PM SENATOR COGHILL asked how the drafting was done. MS. STEINBERG explained that the Department of Law prepared the first draft, the federal Office of Child Support reviewed it and suggested a few changes, and then legislative counsel for Legal Services incorporated legislative drafting styles. CHAIR MCGUIRE found no public testifiers and closed public testimony. SENATOR COGHILL described SB 51 as a "take it or leave it bill." He commented on the effective date. MS. STEINBERG agreed with the characterization and noted that the effective date must be July 1, 2015. CHAIR MCGUIRE expressed hope that the bill would help children. SENATOR COGHILL noted there was still no protection for children in the Pacific Rim. SENATOR COGHILL motioned to report CS for SB 51(JUD) from committee with individual recommendations and attached fiscal note(s). CHAIR MCGUIRE announced that without objection, CSSB 51(JUD) is reported from the Senate Judiciary Standing Committee.