ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                   
           SENATE COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE                                                                      
                          April 18, 2001                                                                                        
                             1:57 p.m.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Senator John Torgerson, Chair                                                                                                   
Senator Alan Austerman                                                                                                          
Senator Randy Phillips                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Senator Georgianna Lincoln                                                                                                      
Senator Pete Kelly                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CS FOR SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 16(CRA)                                                                            
"An Act relating to cities incorporated under state law that are                                                                
home rule communities; and providing for an effective date."                                                                    
     MOVED CSSSHB 16(CRA) OUT OF COMMITTEE                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                              
HB 16 - See Community and Regional Affairs minutes dated                                                                        
     4/4/01                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
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CHAIRMAN JOHN TORGERSON called the Senate Community & Regional                                                                
Affairs Committee meeting to order at 1:57 p.m. Present were                                                                    
Austerman, Phillips and Chairman Torgerson.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
There was one item on the agenda.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                   HB  16-HOME RULE COMMUNITIES                                                                             
                                                                                                                              
CHAIRMAN TORGERSON said  he is ready to move the bill even though he                                                            
has some concerns with  the bill. Those concerns center particularly                                                            
in the area of entitlements  of land, money and revenue sharing that                                                            
communities would automatically receive. However, the majority of                                                               
the concerns are finance issues so should appropriately be                                                                      
discussed in that committee.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
He asked for a motion.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR PHILLIPS moved HB 16 and accompanying fiscal notes from                                                                 
committee with individual recommendations. There were no                                                                        
objections.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRMAN Torgerson adjourned the meeting at 2:00 p.m.