ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE  SENATE LABOR AND COMMERCE STANDING COMMITTEE  April 6, 2012 1:01 p.m. MEMBERS PRESENT Senator Dennis Egan, Chair Senator Joe Paskvan, Vice Chair Senator Linda Menard Senator Bettye Davis Senator Cathy Giessel MEMBERS ABSENT  All members present COMMITTEE CALENDAR  GOVERNOR'S APPOINTMENTS Regulatory Commission of Alaska Janis Wilson - Anchorage State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors Howard "Keith" Walters - Healy Board of Marine Pilots Tom Rueter - Anchorage Alaska Workers' Compensation Board Robert Weel - Anchorage - CONFIRMATIONS ADVANCED PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION  No previous Committee Action to Record WITNESS REGISTER No witnesses to record ACTION NARRATIVE 1:01:20 PM CHAIR DENNIS EGAN said he is reconvening the recessed Senate Labor and Commerce Standing Committee meeting from April 5 at 1:01 p.m. Present at the call to order were Senators Davis, Paskvan, Menard, and Chair Egan. ^Confirmation Hearings CONFIRMATION HEARINGS  1:01:43 PM CHAIR EGAN announced consideration of the Governor's appointees as follows: Regulatory Commission of Alaska Janis Wilson - Anchorage Appointed: 4/10/2006 Reappointed: 4/1/2012 Term Expires: 3/1/2018 State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors Howard "Keith" Walters - Healy Appointed: 3/1/2012 Term Expires: 3/1/2016 Board of Marine Pilots Tom Rueter - Anchorage Appointed: 4/1/2012 Term Expires: 3/1/2016 Alaska Workers' Compensation Board Robert Weel - Anchorage Appointed: 1/23/2006 Reappointed: 3/1/2006 Reappointed: 3/1/2009 Reappointed: 3/1/2012 Term Expires: 3/1/2015 1:02:01 PM SENATOR GIESSEL joined the committee. 1:02:41 PM SENATOR PASKVAN moved to forward the names of Janice Wilson for the Regulatory Commission of Alaska, Howard Walters for the State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers and Land Surveyors, Tom Reuter and for the Board of Marine Pilots and Robert Weel for the Alaska Workers' Compensation Board to the full body of the legislature. He added that this in no way indicated intent to vote either for or against the appointees in a joint session. CHAIR EGAN found no further comments and no objections, and said the names were forwarded. 1:04:10 PM Recess from 1:04:10 to 1:04:45 p.m. 1:04:45 PM CHAIR EGAN called the Senate Labor and Commerce Standing Committee meeting back to order at 1:04:45 and recessed it to a call of the Chair at 1:04:47 p.m.