SB 274-STATE FIREARM DISPOSAL AND INVENTORY  CHAIR GENE THERRIAULT announced SB 274 to be up for discussion. 3:39:14 PM SENATOR CHARLIE HUGGINS moved to adopt the proposed committee substitute (CS), Version X [labeled 24-LS1636\X, Bannister, 3/22/06], as a work draft. Without objection, it was so ordered and Version X was before the committee. 3:39:39 PM SENATOR FRED DYSON, Alaska State Legislature, sponsor of SB 274, characterized Version X as a much more polished version that he believes the Department of Public Safety (DPS), the Department of Administration, and the attorneys are comfortable with. It clarifies there is no liability for the state to dispose of firearms. For guns that the general population cannot legally own, such as sawed-off shotguns and fully automatic weapons, it makes provisions for them to be sold to a Class 3 dealer. The few weapons that are illegal to own - such as those with defaced serial numbers - can be disassembled, the illegal parts can be thrown away, and the remaining parts can be made available to whoever wants them. Furthermore, DPS must report yearly to the finance committee what firearms it traded in. [Due to technical difficulties, there is no audio recording for the time period 3:41:06 PM to 3:43:18 PM.] 3:41:06 PM CHAIR THERRIAULT referred to page 2, subsection (d), which talks about a part of a surplus firearm. He asked whether that includes ammunition. WES KELLER, Staff to Senator Fred Dyson, pointed out that "surplus firearm" [page 3, line 3, in the definitions section] means a firearm or ammunition. 3:43:23 PM SENATOR DYSON, in response to Senator Huggins, referred to page 2, line 2, saying this makes it clear that the state is still able to trade firearms in. 3:44:06 PM JAMES HELGOE, Lieutenant, Division of Alaska State Troopers, Department of Public Safety, informed members that DPS supports the bill in its current version, which gives DPS the flexibility to dispose of firearms that come into state possession. 3:44:52 PM SENATOR HUGGINS moved to report CS for SB 274, Version X [24- LS1636\X, Bannister, 3/22/06] from committee with individual recommendations and attached fiscal note(s). Without objection, CSSB 274(STA) was reported from the Senate State Affairs Standing Committee.