ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE  JOINT COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE BUDGET AND AUDIT  March 29, 2004 12:12 p.m. MEMBERS PRESENT Representative Ralph Samuels, Chair Representative Mike Hawker Representative Vic Kohring Senator Ben Stevens Senator Con Bunde Senator Gary Wilken Senator Lyman Hoffman MEMBERS ABSENT  Representative Mike Chenault Representative Beth Kerttula Senator Gene Therriault, Vice Chair COMMITTEE CALENDAR    OTHER COMMITTEE BUSINESS WITNESS REGISTER There were no witnesses to record. ACTION NARRATIVE [Due to technical difficulties these minutes were reconstructed from the committee secretary's log notes] CHAIR RALPH SAMUELS called the Joint Committee on Legislative Budget and Audit meeting to order at 12:12 p.m. Representatives Samuels, Hawker and Kohring, and Senators Ben Stevens, Bunde, Wilken, and Hoffman were present at the call to order. ^OTHER COMMITTEE BUSINESS CHAIR SAMUELS announced that the only business would be the approval of the Stranded Gas Act contract. SENATOR HOFFMAN asked how much the contract is for and if the person would be reporting to Chair Samuels. CHAIR SAMUELS answered that the contract is not to exceed $100,000 and would be awarded to Bonnie Robson whose experience at the Department of Natural Resources, Department of Law, and in the practice of law gives her the expertise needed by the committee. REPRESENTATIVE HAWKER moved to authorize Chair Samuels to award the contract to Ms. Robson, not to exceed $100,000. He added that Ms. Robson would report directly to Chair Samuels. CHAIR SAMUELS, hearing no objection, announced the approval of the contract. ADJOURNMENT  There being no further business before the committee, the Joint Committee on Legislative Budget and Audit meeting was adjourned at 12:15 p.m.