HB  77-2017 REVISOR'S BILL                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
1:55:20 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR   COGHILL  reconvened   the   meeting   and  announced   the                                                              
consideration of HB 77.                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
1:56:26 PM                                                                                                                    
LISA  KIRSCH,   Assistant  Revisor,  Legislative   Legal  Counsel,                                                              
Legislative  Legal Services, Legislative  Affairs Agency,  advised                                                              
that   the  revisor's   bill   is   an  opportunity   to   correct                                                              
deficiencies,   conflicts,   and   obsolete  provisions   in   the                                                              
statutes.  She  described it  as  a  "housekeeping" bill  that  is                                                              
presented  to the  legislature  to review  and  determine that  it                                                              
changes nothing of a substantive nature.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
She  explained  that  the  bill has:  six  sections  that  delete,                                                              
repeal, or  update obsolete provisions;  22 sections  that correct                                                              
errors or  oversights; and 32 sections  that improve the  form and                                                              
substance  of  the  law.  There are  also  several  sections  that                                                              
remove the words  "but not limited to." AS 01.10.040(b)  says that                                                              
using  the words  "including" or  "includes" also  means "but  not                                                              
limited  to." It's  a global  provision  in Title  1 that  applies                                                              
throughout  the  Alaska  statutes  unless  stated  otherwise.  She                                                              
asked how the chair would like her to proceed.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
1:59:10 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR COGHILL related  that he reads revisor bills  looking to see                                                              
that  state statutes  match  federal code  updates  and to  ensure                                                              
that   individuals  are   properly  referenced.   He  asked   what                                                              
amendment was passed on House floor.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MS.   KIRSCH  said   the  floor   amendment  was   to  remove   AS                                                              
47.07.900(14)  from the repealer  Section 60  in version O.  It is                                                              
an orphaned  definition for  the term "nurse  midwife" that  is no                                                              
longer used and was repealed in 2016.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR COGHILL said  he would like to give members  time to look at                                                              
the bill  before getting  any further  committee review.  He asked                                                              
if anything in the bill comes close to a policy call.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
MS. KIRSCH answered  no; her office tries to  avoid policy matters                                                              
within a revisor bill.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
2:03:31 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR  MEYER asked  if there would  be public  testimony  on the                                                              
bill.                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR COGHILL answered no.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  COSTELLO asked  for an  explanation of  the process  that                                                              
results in a revisor's bill.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MS.  KIRSCH explained  that  the drafting  attorneys  are given  a                                                              
title  or  two  to  review  and report  to  the  revisors  who  do                                                              
research of the  session laws to tease out whether  it is a change                                                              
that  can  be done  in  the  context  of a  revisor's  bill.  That                                                              
information   is  compiled   with   information   that  comes   in                                                              
throughout   the  year   from   other  branches   of   government,                                                              
legislators, the publisher, and practitioners.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
2:07:47 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR COGHILL held HB 77 in committee for further review.