HB 8-FEDERAL REGULATIONS & EXECUTIVE ORDERS                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
10:09:12 AM                                                                                                                   
CHAIR  WIELECHOWSKI  announced  that  the next  bill  before  the                                                               
committee  would  be  CSHB  8   (FIN),  which  would  enable  the                                                               
legislature to nullify  any federal law or statute  that is found                                                               
to be unconstitutional.                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
JIM POUND, staff  to Representative Wes Keller,  presented CSHB 8                                                               
(FIN)  on behalf  of  the  sponsor. He  explained  that the  bill                                                               
clarifies that when a federal  statute or regulation, secretarial                                                               
order, or  executive order is considered  unconstitutional or not                                                               
properly  adopted,  Alaska's  Attorney General  will  inform  the                                                               
legislature.  The memo  will go  to  the chair  of the  Judiciary                                                               
Committee in each house and  will give legislators information on                                                               
how to  proceed. The bill  imposes state's rights under  the 10th                                                               
Amendment and states  that those federal regulations  do not pre-                                                               
empt Alaska law.                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
JOANNE  GRACE, Chief  Assistant  Attorney,  Opinions, Appeals,  &                                                               
Ethics, Department of  Law, answered questions related  to CSHB 8                                                               
(FIN). She said she did not find any problems with the bill.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
10:12:17 AM                                                                                                                   
STUART  THOMPSON,  representing  himself, Meadow  Lakes,  Alaska,                                                               
testified in support of HB 8.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR WIELECHOWSKI closed public testimony and set HB 8 aside.