ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE  LEGISLATIVE BUDGET AND AUDIT COMMITTEE  Anchorage, Alaska October 21, 2015 9:34 a.m. MEMBERS PRESENT Representative Mike Hawker, Chair Senator Anna MacKinnon, Vice Chair Representative Kurt Olson Representative Steve Thompson Representative Sam Kito Senator Lyman Hoffman Senator Click Bishop MEMBERS ABSENT  Representative Lance Pruitt Senator Cathy Giessel Senator Bert Stedman Representative Mark Neuman Senator Pete Kelly OTHER LEGISLATORS PRESENT  Representative Geran Tarr Representative Louise Stutes Representative Dan Saddler COMMITTEE CALENDAR  APPROVAL OF MINUTES EXECUTIVE SESSION RELEASE OF AUDITS OTHER COMMITTEE BUSINESS PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION  No previous action to record WITNESS REGISTER No witnesses to record ACTION NARRATIVE 9:34:57 AM CHAIR MIKE HAWKER called the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee meeting to order at 9:34 a.m. Representatives Kito, Olson, Thompson, and Hawker, and Senators Bishop and MacKinnon were present at the call to order. Senator Hoffman arrived as the meeting was in progress. 9:36:11 AM CHAIR HAWKER noted that there was a quorum to do business. ^APPROVAL OF MINUTES APPROVAL OF MINUTES    9:36:25 AM CHAIR HAWKER announced that the first order of business would be the approval of the minutes. 9:36:44 AM SENATOR MACKINNON made a motion to approve the minutes of September 10, 2015. There being no objection, the minutes from the meeting of September 10, 2015 were approved. 9:37:08 AM SENATOR MACKINNON made a motion to approve the minutes of October 7, 2015. There being no objection, the minutes from the meeting of October 7, 2015 were approved. ^EXECUTIVE SESSION EXECUTIVE SESSION    9:37:22 AM CHAIR HAWKER announced that the committee would next go into executive session. 9:37:38 AM SENATOR MACKINNON made a motion to move to executive session for the purpose of discussing confidential audit reports under AS 24.20.301. There being no objection, the committee went into executive session at 9:38 a.m. 11:01:43 AM CHAIR HAWKER brought the committee back to order at 11:01 a.m. Present at the call back to order were Representatives Kito and Thompson (via teleconference), Representatives Olson and Hawker, Senator Bishop (via teleconference), and Senators Hoffman and MacKinnon. ^RELEASE OF AUDITS RELEASE OF AUDITS    SENATOR MACKINNON made a motion for the final audits for the Alaska Agricultural and Fisheries Products Preference Use by State Entities, the Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission, the Citizens' Advisory Commission on Federal Areas, and the Real Estate Commission (sunset) to be released to the public for response. There being no objection, the aforementioned final audits were released to the public. 11:04:08 AM SENATOR MACKINNON made a motion for the preliminary audit for the Big Game Commercial Services Board sunset to be released to the appropriate agency for response. There being no objection, it was so ordered. ^OTHER COMMITTEE BUSINESS OTHER COMMITTEE BUSINESS    11:04:22 AM CHAIR HAWKER announced that at request of the Senate Resources Standing Committee, the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee had engaged professional contracts - for a sum not to exceed $25,000 - with Roger Marks and Bill Barron to support various committees, particularly the Senate Resources Standing Committee, during the special session. 11:05:02 AM ADJOURNMENT There being no further business before the committee, the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee meeting was adjourned at 11:05 a.m.