ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                 
              HOUSE STATE AFFAIRS STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                          
                          January 9, 2001                                                                                       
                             8:06 a.m.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                              
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
TAPES                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                              
01-1, SIDE A                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                              
CALL TO ORDER                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  JOHN  COGHILL,  Chairman,  called  the  House  State                                                            
Affairs Standing Committee meeting to order at 8:06 a.m.                                                                        
                                                                                                                              
PRESENT                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Committee  members  present  were  Representatives   Coghill,  Fate,                                                            
Stevens, Wilson, Crawford and Hayes.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                              
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRMAN  COGHILL reviewed  the duties  of the  House State  Affairs                                                            
Committee as per Rule 20 of the House Uniform Rules.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRMAN  COGHILL  then went  over guidelines  in  an informational                                                             
memorandum on the conduct of committee meeting.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRMAN COGHILL  noted that two committee overviews  are scheduled,                                                            
one on January  16 regarding the Department of Public  Safety Public                                                            
and one on  January 18 regarding the  Department of Administration.                                                             
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRMAN  COGHILL commented  very briefly on  the nature of  each of                                                            
the bills thus  far read across the floor and referred  to the State                                                            
Affairs Committee.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRMAN COGHILL  then introduced the committee aide,  house records                                                            
secretary, and Gavel-to-Gavel coverage personnel.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  WILSON  asked if bills  would be  considered in  the                                                            
order in which they had been referred.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRMAN COGHILL  indicated that that  would not necessarily  be the                                                            
case.   As there are  several bills  related to  the same issue,  he                                                            
proposed discussing those bills as a group.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                              
There were no further announcements.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                              
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The committee took no action.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                              
CHAIRMAN  COGHILL   adjourned  the  House  State  Affairs   Standing                                                            
Committee meeting at 8:28 a.m.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
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  State Capitol,  Room  3,                                                            
Juneau, Alaska   99801 (mailing address)  (907) 465-2214,  and after                                                            
adjournment of the second  session of the Twenty-Second Alaska State                                                            
Legislature  this  information  may be  obtained by  contacting  the                                                            
Legislative Reference Library at (907) 465-3808.