MINUTES                                                                        
ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                       
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET AND AUDIT COMMITTEE                                         
August 21, 1997                                                                
1:44 P.M.                                                                      
Legislative Information Office                                                 
Anchorage, Alaska                                                              
                                                                               
TAPES                                                                          
                                                                               
SFC 97-156, Side 1                                                             
SFC 97-156, Side 2                                                             
SFC 97-157, Side 1                                                             
                                                                               
CALL TO ORDER                                                                  
                                                                               
Chairman Randy Phillips convened the meeting of the                            
Legislative Budget and Audit Committee at approximately 1:44                   
P.M. at the Anchorage LIO, Anchorage, Alaska.                                  
                                                                               
PRESENT                                                                        
                                                                               
  Senators    Representatives                                                  
                                                                               
  Chrm. Phillips   Rep. Bunde                                                  
  Sen. Adams    Rep. Croft                                                     
  Sen. Donley   Rep. James                                                     
  Sen. Halford   Rep. Therriault                                               
  Sen. Pearce                                                                  
                                                                               
  Sen. Torgerson                                                               
  (alternate)                                                                  
                                                                               
ALSO PRESENT (either in the Senate Finance Committee Room,                     
Juneau, or via teleconference from Anchorage LIO).                             
                                                                               
Mike Greany, Director, Division of Legislative Finance;                        
Ginger Patton, Gretchen Mannix, Dave Tonkovich, Jim Hauck,                     
Fiscal Analysts, Division of Legislative Finance; Annalee                      
McConnell, Director, Office of Management and Budget; Carol                    
Carroll, Director, Administrative Services, Department of                      
Military and Veterans' Affairs; Ken Bischoff, Director,                        
Division of Administrative Services, Department of Public                      
Safety; Lamar Cotten, Deputy Commissioner, Department of                       
Community and Regional Affairs; Craig Goodrich, State Fire                     
Marshall; Jim Baldwin, Assistant Attorney General,                             
Department of Law.                                                             
                                                                               
SUMMARY                                                                        
                                                                               
A copy of the Agenda, a list of the RPL's that were                            
discussed and voting sheets are on file in the Senate                          
Secretary's Office.  Minutes of the meeting were not                           
transcribed due to poor teleconference connection.  Copies                     
of the tapes and handwritten log notes may be obtained by                      
contacting the Reference Library, Legislative Affairs                          
Agency, Goldstein Building, Second Floor, Juneau, Alaska; or                   
telephoning #(907) 465-3808.                                                   
                                                                               
ADJOURNMENT                                                                    
                                                                               
Chairman Phillips adjourned the meeting at approximately                       
4:46 P.M.                                                                      
                                                                               
                                                                               
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