HOUSE FINANCE COMMITTEE                                   
                        JANUARY 23, 1997                                       
                            1:35 P.M.                                          
                                                                               
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  CALL TO ORDER                                                                
                                                                               
  Co-Chair  Mark  Hanley called  the  House Finance  Committee                 
  meeting to order at 1:35 p.m.                                                
                                                                               
  PRESENT                                                                      
                                                                               
  Co-Chair Hanley               Representative Grussendorf                     
  Co-Chair Therriault           Representative Kohring                         
  Representative Davies         Representative Martin                          
  Representative Davis          Representative Moses                           
  Representative Foster         Representative Mulder                          
                                                                               
  Representative Kelly was not present for the meeting.                        
                                                                               
  ALSO PRESENT                                                                 
                                                                               
  Jerome  Komisar,  President,  University  of  Alaska;  Wendy                 
  Redman,  Vice-President,  Legislative Liason,  University of                 
  Alaska; Bruce Botelho, Commissioner, Department of Law; Fred                 
  Fisher,  Director,  Division  of   Administrative  Services,                 
  Department  of Law;  Ron  Otte, Commissioner,  Department of                 
  Public   Safety;  Ken   Bischoff,   Director,  Division   of                 
  Administrative  Services,  Department   of  Public   Safety;                 
  Margaret Pugh, Commissioner, Department of Corrections;  Bob                 
  Cole,   Director,   Division  of   Administrative  Services,                 
  Department of Corrections.                                                   
                                                                               
  SUMMARY                                                                      
                                                                               
       DEPARTMENT OVERVIEWS:                                                   
            University of Alaska                                               
            Department of Law                                                  
            Department of Public Safety                                        
            Department of Corrections                                          
                                                                               
  (Copies of log notes, meeting tapes  and handouts will be on                 
  file  with  the House  Finance  Committee Secretaries  until                 
  after the 20th  Legislative Session.   Contact #465-6814  or                 
  meeting  tapes  and   handouts  will   be  located  at   the                 
  Legislative Library, #465-3809.)