SB 180-SAFETY CODE TASK FORCE  CHAIR CON BUNDE called the Senate Labor and Commerce Standing Committee meeting to order at 1:31 p.m. Present were SENATORS DAVIS, SEEKINS and FRENCH. MR. ZACH WARWICK, staff to Senator Therriault, said they like the committee substitute (CS) and noted a fiscal note was submitted to fund travel to meetings. SENATOR DAVIS moved to adopt CSSB 180(L&C), Version D, as the working document. There were no objections and it was adopted. MR. DAVID OWENS, Owens Inspection Services, supported SB 180. He recommended adding a certified building inspector to the task force. CHAIR BUNDE thanked him for his support and said he would forward his suggestion to the bill's sponsor. MR. JAMES BAISDEN, Kenai Fire Marshall, opposed SB 180 because there is no building or fire code official as a voting member of the task force. CHAIR BUNDE asked Mr. Warwick if the fire marshall would be on the advisory committee. MR. WARWICK replied the Fire Marshall would. He noted he is compiling a list of all of the members who were hoping to be on the advisory panel for the Senate Finance Committee. SENATOR STEVENS arrived at 1:37 p.m. MR. STEVE SHUTTLEWORTH, Fairbanks building official, said Fairbanks concurs with the purpose and spirit of SB 180, but believes that municipal participation should be included on the task force, and that a member of the fire department should be there as well. He commented: If the task force is to reach an equitable solution and provide a meaningful recommendation to the Legislature, it is essential that personnel would provide daily plan review and inspections for municipal code compliance and be provided an opportunity to engage in the important decisions. To do otherwise would exclude valuable expertise and insight. We also request that any appointment to the task force not result in duplicate representation. CHAIR BUNDE asked if the bill's sponsor wanted to entertain amendments in this committee or whether it will be difficult to accommodate everyone who wants to be on the task force. MR. WARWICK replied that it is going to be difficult to accommodate everyone, but Senator Therriault would entertain amendments at another level. He cautioned that unless the bill starts moving, the task force, which is required to provide recommendations at the start of the next session, would be useless. SENATOR SEEKINS moved to pass CSSB 180(L&C), Version D, from committee with individual recommendations and the attached fiscal note. The roll was taken. SENATORS STEVENS, DAVIS, FRENCH, SEEKINS and BUNDE voted yea and CSSB 180(L&C) passed from committee.