ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE  HOUSE RULES STANDING COMMITTEE  January 24, 2007 12:02 p.m. MEMBERS PRESENT Representative John Coghill, Chair Representative John Harris Representative Anna Fairclough Representative Craig Johnson Representative Ralph Samuels Representative Beth Kerttula Representative David Guttenberg MEMBERS ABSENT  All members present COMMITTEE CALENDAR  ORGANIZATIONAL PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION  No previous action to record WITNESS REGISTER No witnesses to record ACTION NARRATIVE CHAIR JOHN COGHILL called the House Rules Standing Committee meeting to order at 12:02:46 PM. Representatives Coghill, Harris, Fairclough, Johnson, Samuels, Kerttula, and Guttenberg were present at the call to order. ^Organizational 12:03:19 PM CHAIR COGHILL announced that this meeting would address the organizational issues of the House Rules Standing Committee. 12:03:24 PM REPRESENTATIVE HARRIS moved that Representative Samuels be nominated and elected as Vice Chair of the House Rules Standing Committee. There being no objection, it was so ordered. 12:03:47 PM REPRESENTATIVE SAMUELS moved that the House Rules Standing Committee delegate authority to calendar all measures to the Chair of the House Rules Standing Committee. There being no objection, it was so ordered. 12:04:12 PM REPRESENTATIVE SAMUELS moved that the House Rules Standing Committee adopt a policy that does not require electronic recording of subcommittee meetings if minutes are prepared, and requires the subcommittee to submit a subcommittee report form to the full committee, and requires that "Notice of subcommittee meeting must be posted no later than 4:00 p.m. the day before the meeting is to be held." CHAIR COGHILL explained that previous policy required five-day notice of subcommittee meetings. However, compliance was difficult. Therefore, this proposed policy provides some flexibility while providing a "bright line" with regard to notification requirements. He noted that the committee packet should include further explanation with regard to this policy as well as the subcommittee report form that will be utilized. 12:05:16 PM REPRESENTATIVE KERTTULA related her understanding that the problem has been that there hasn't been any notice of subcommittee meetings in the past, and thus this policy strengthens the notice requirements for subcommittee meetings. 12:05:46 PM CHAIR COGHILL, upon determining that there was no objection, announced that the aforementioned policy on subcommittee meetings was adopted. ADJOURNMENT  There being no further business before the committee, the House Rules Standing Committee meeting was adjourned at 12:06 p.m.