HOUSE LABOR AND COMMERCE STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                         
                         February 3, 1999                                                                                       
                             3:18 p.m.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
OVERVIEW:  DEPARTMENT OF LABOR                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
[Presentation:    Department   of  Labor  Fiscal  Year  2000  Budget                                                            
Overview]                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
TAPE(S) 99-3, SIDE(S) A & B                                                                                                     
TAPE(S) 99-4, SIDE(S) A [There is no recording on this tape.]                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CALL TO ORDER                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRMAN  NORMAN  ROKEBERG convened  the  House Labor  and  Commerce                                                            
Standing Committee meeting to order at 3:18 p.m.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
PRESENT                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Committee members present  at the call to order were Representatives                                                            
Rokeberg, Halcro,  Sanders, Murkowski,  and Harris.  Representative                                                             
Cissna joined the committee at 4:00 p.m.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
ED FLANAGAN, Commissioner-designee,  Department of  Labor, presented                                                            
an overview of the Department of Labor.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
DWIGHT PERKINS, Deputy  Commissioner, Department of Labor, presented                                                            
an overview of his duties in the Department of Labor.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
PAUL   GROSSI,  Director,   Division   of   Workers'  Compensation,                                                             
Department  of  Labor, presented  an  overview  of the  Division  of                                                            
Workers' Compensation.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
REBECCA J. GAMEZ, Director, Division of Employment Security,                                                                    
Department of Labor, presented an overview of the Division of                                                                   
Employment Security.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
AL DWYER, Director, Division of Labor Standards and Safety,                                                                     
Department of Labor, presented an overview of the Division of                                                                   
Labor Standards and Safety.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
DENISE LICCIOLI, Acting Director, Division of Administrative                                                                    
Services, Department of Labor, presented an overview of the                                                                     
Division of Administrative Services.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The committee took no action.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
The meeting was adjourned at 5:12 pm.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
NOTE:                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
The meeting was recorded and handwritten log notes were taken.  A                                                               
copy of the tape(s) and log notes may be obtained by contacting                                                                 
the House Records Office at 130 Seward Street, Suite 211, Juneau,                                                               
Alaska  99801-1182, (907) 465-2214, and after adjournment of the                                                                
second session of the Twenty-first Alaska State Legislature, in                                                                 
the Legislative Reference Library.