HB 44-AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINES: FEES  5:34:51 PM CHAIR REINBOLD reconvened the meeting. She announced the consideration of HB 44. HOUSE BILL NO. 44, "An Act relating to fees for using an automated teller machine; and providing for an effective date." 5:35:08 PM REPRESENTATIVE DAN ORTIZ, Alaska State Legislature, Juneau, paraphrased from the sponsor's statement. The intent of this bill is to allow retail automatic teller machines (ATMs) to charge a withdraw fee on transactions made by international bank card holders. Currently, independently owned ATMs are not able to charge a fee on transactions made by international card holders. Our current law only pertains to ATMs owned by state-sponsored banks or credit unions, and does not include retail and individually owned ATMs. Because of this gap, retail ATMs cannot charge a withdraw fee on transactions from bank cards outside of the United States. Alaska welcomes millions of visitors each year, with a large percentage of those visitors from out of the country. In the summer of 2016 alone, nearly 300,000 international visitors came to Alaska. Retail ATM owners cannot charge fees on these tourists' transactions. Multiple other states have already passed laws to close this gap and allow retail ATM owners to charge a transaction fee to international card holders 5:36:48 PM SENATOR COSTELLO asked if she has seen the bill previously. REPRESENTATIVE ORTIZ answered yes. He said that the bill did not quite make it through the process during the last legislature. 5:37:08 PM SENATOR BIRCH recalled the bill. He characterized the bill as a good bill. He thanked Representative Ortiz for bringing the bill forward. He remarked on a mid-air crash that happened in Ketchikan that resulted in loss of life. He offered condolences to Representative Ortiz and members of the family and community. REPRESENTATIVE ORTIZ replied that he appreciated the support and condolences. 5:37:56 PM CHAIR REINBOLD opened public testimony and after first determining no one wished to testify, closed public testimony on HB 44. 5:39:36 PM SENATOR BISHOP reviewed the fiscal note for HB 44 as follows: The Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development (DCCED), Banking and Securities prepared the fiscal note. The Office of Management and Budget component number was 2808. 5:40:04 PM At ease. 5:40:12 PM CHAIR REINBOLD called the committee back to order. SENATOR BISHOP continued to review the fiscal note from the Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development (DCCED), Banking and Securities for HB 44 as follows: He read the zero fiscal note bill analysis, as follows: The bill will allow an individual or entity who owns an automated teller machine (ATM) to charge a fee to conduct a transaction accessing an account from an international financial institution. The division does not currently regulate ATM fees. The bill does not require a change to regulations. The Division of Banking and Securities does not anticipate fiscal impact from this legislation. SENATOR BISHOP reiterated that this is a zero fiscal note. 5:41:19 PM SENATOR COSTELLO moved to report HB 44, version 31-LS0223\A from committee with individual recommendations and attached fiscal note. There being no objection, HB 44 was reported from the Senate Labor and Commerce Standing Committee.