HB  32-LINES OF BUSINESS ON BUSINESS LICENSE                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
1:59:03 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR  DUNLEAVY   reconvened  the   meeting  and   announced  the                                                               
consideration of  HB 32.  "An Act providing  for the  issuance of                                                               
one  business  license  for  multiple   lines  of  business;  and                                                               
providing for reissuance  of a business license to  make a change                                                               
on the license."  This was the second hearing.  [CSHB 32(FIN) was                                                               
before the committee.]                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
1:59:06 PM                                                                                                                    
CHARLES  GUINCHARD, Staff,  Representative  Mia Costello,  Alaska                                                               
State Legislature,  Juneau, Alaska, explained that  HB 32 changes                                                               
current  law to  allow  a  person to  operate  multiple lines  of                                                               
business on one  business license. The bill also  allows a person                                                               
to  make  one  discretionary  change to  their  business  license                                                               
within the first  30 days of receiving the license,  or to make a                                                               
change  at  any time  during  the  license  period to  correct  a                                                               
mistake on the license.                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR DUNLEAVY  noted that Sara  Chambers and  Kathryn Fagerstrom                                                               
with  the   Department  of   Commerce,  Community   and  Economic                                                               
Development (DCCED) were available to answer questions.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
He closed public testimony.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR MICCICHE  highlighted that the  committee spent a  lot of                                                               
time on the bill during the  previous hearing. It appears to be a                                                               
good piece  of legislation that  will reduce the burden  of doing                                                               
business in Alaska.                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
2:01:12 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR  MICCICHE  moved to  report  HB  32 from  committee  with                                                               
individual recommendations and attached fiscal note(s).                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  DUNLEAVY  announced  that  without objection,  HB  32  was                                                               
reported from the Senate Labor & Commerce Standing Committee.