CHAIRMAN RANDY PHILLIPS called the  Senate Rules Committee meeting                                                            
to order  at 7:05  p.m. All  members were  present. The  committee                                                              
took up  SCS CSHB  3001(JUD)-REGULATORY COM.  OF ALASKA:  SUNSET &                                                          
MISC.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  HALFORD  moved  to  calendar  SCS HB  3001(JUD)  and  its                                                              
accompanying fiscal note.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRMAN  PHILLIPS announced  that without  objection, the  motion                                                              
carried.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR THERRIAULT noted for the record that, according to the                                                                  
legal drafter, the ex parte provision only applies to the quasi-                                                                
judicial actions taken by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska                                                                   
(RCA) and not to its internal rule making activities.