JOINT HOUSE AND SENATE ECONOMIC TASK FORCE March 13, 1993 9:00 a.m. HOUSE MEMBERS PRESENT Representative Eileen MacLean, Chair Representative Jeannette James, Vice Chair Representative Bettye Davis Representative Joe Green Representative Bill Hudson Representative Jerry Mackie Representative Carl Moses Representative Al Vezey Representative Bill Williams HOUSE MEMBERS ABSENT None OTHER HOUSE MEMBERS PRESENT Speaker Ramona Barnes Representative Gail Phillips SENATE MEMBERS PRESENT Senator Tim Kelly, Chair Senator Robin Taylor Senator George Jacko Senator Fred Zharoff SENATE MEMBERS ABSENT Senator Bert Sharp, Vice Chair Senator Rick Halford Senator Suzanne Little OTHER SENATE MEMBERS PRESENT Senator Georgianna Lincoln Senator Drue Pearce COMMITTEE CALENDAR Joint House and Senate Economic Task Force Mini-Summit Introduction Representative Eileen MacLean, Chair, House Economic Task Force Senator Tim Kelly, Chair, Senate Economic Task Force Small Business Alaska State Chamber of Commerce BIDCO Specialist Alaska Bankers Association Public Testimony Oil and Gas Alaska Oil and Gas Association Cook Inlet Region, Inc. Public Testimony Governor Walter J. Hickel Fisheries United Fishermen of Alaska Pacific Seafood Processors Association American Factory Trawlers Association Public Testimony Rural Development Alaska Federation of Natives Alaska Regional Development Organizations (ARDOR) Musk Ox Development Corporation Public Testimony Forest Resources Alaska Forestry Association Southeast Conference U.S. Forest Service Public Testimony Minerals/Coal Alaska Miners Association Alaska Coal Producers Association Public Testimony Tourism/Transportation Alaska Visitors Association Hickey & Associates Public Testimony Commissioner's Report Commissioner Glenn Olds Commissioner Paul Fuhs Commissioner John Sandor WITNESS REGISTER Please refer to the "Report of the Joint House and Senate Economic Mini-Summit" prepared by the Department of Commerce and Economic Development, for a complete list of the names and addresses of those who testified. ACTION NARRATIVE TAPES 93-1 to 93-8 (Copies of tapes may be requested from both the House and Senate Economic Task Force offices.) The joint meeting of the House and Senate Economic Task Force committees was called to order at 9:00 a.m. by House Chair Eileen MacLean. The meeting was teleconferenced around the state. No official minutes were transcribed from the tapes of the meeting. The Department of Commerce and Economic Development put together a report, which can be found in the files of both committees. The report summarizes what was said at the meeting by representatives of the various groups and those who testified from the teleconference sites. The meeting was adjourned at 6:15 p.m. BILLS SUPPORTED IN MINI-SUMMIT TESTIMONY Small Business HJR 11 / SJR 11 - REPEAL OF REGULATIONS BY LEGISLATURE HB 147 / SB 122 - EMPLOYER'S LIABILITY FOR REFERENCE INFO HB 12 / SB 40 - GROUP HEALTH INS. FOR SMALL EMPLOYERS HB 14 - APPROP: BIDCO FUND SB 112 - UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE REVISIONS SB 86 - FUND TRANSFERS UNDER THE UCC HB 180 - AHFC HOUSING INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS SB 154 / HB 220 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANT FUND