HB 113-ALASKA FIRE STANDARDS COUNCIL                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
5:49:19 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR DYSON  announced that the  next order of business  would be                                                               
HB 113.                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
MIKE PASCHALL,  Staff, Representative  Eric Feige, sponsor  of HB                                                               
113, introduced  the bill. He  explained that this bill  adds one                                                               
member to the Alaska Fire  Standards Council by having one member                                                               
from  each  of the  statewide  fire  organizations, bringing  the                                                               
number of members  up to 12. The bill was  drafted at the request                                                               
of council and is supported by all three organizations.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
He noted there  was a question about the fiscal  note at the last                                                               
hearing, which has been answered. He  said he has spoken with the                                                               
administrator from the  Department of Public Safety  and with the                                                               
Fire  Standards  Council,  whose  programs  receive  $250,000  in                                                               
general funds  appropriations and an additional  $250,000 in fund                                                               
receipts  for  providing the  programs.  It  is the  department's                                                               
opinion that  there are sufficient  funds to absorb the  costs of                                                               
one  more member  on the  council.  That concurs  with the  House                                                               
Finance Committee's zeroing of the fiscal note.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
5:50:55 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR  COGHILL moved  to report  HB 113  from committee  to the                                                               
next committee  of referral  with individual  recommendations and                                                               
the attached zero  fiscal note. There being no  objection, it was                                                               
so ordered.