SENATE RULES COMMITTEE March 20, 1998 11:58 a.m. MEMBERS PRESENT Senator Tim Kelly, Chair Senator Loren Leman, Vice Chair Senator Robin Taylor Senator John Torgerson MEMBERS ABSENT Senator Jim Duncan COMMITTEE CALENDAR SENATE BILL NO. 76 "An Act relating to long-term plans of certain state agencies and recommendations regarding elimination of duplication in state agency functions." SENATE BILL NO. 313 "An Act relating to sponsor certification of initiative petitions; relating to sponsor identification during petition circulation; relating to the voidability of an initiated law; placing limitations on the compensation that may be paid to sponsors of initiative petitions; prohibiting payments to persons who sign or refrain from signing initiative petitions; and repealing procedures for filing a supplementary initiative petition." SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 14 Establishing the Alaska Task Force on Parity for Mental Health. PREVIOUS SENATE COMMITTEE ACTION SB 76 - See State Affairs minutes dated 2/19/98 and 2/24/98. Finance report 3/20/98. SB 313 - See Judiciary Committee minutes dated 3/18/98. Finance referral waived 3/19/98. SCR 14 - See HESS minutes dated 4/30/97, 1/30/98, 2/4/98, 2/11/98 and 2/16/98. Finance report 3/20/98. WITNESS REGISTER Senator Sean Parnell State Capitol Juneau, AK 99801-1182 POSITION STATEMENT: Prime Sponsor of SB 76 ACTION NARRATIVE TAPE 98-3, SIDE A CHAIRMAN KELLY called the Senate Rules Committee meeting to order at 11:58 a.m., and noted the presence of Senators Taylor, Leman, Torgerson and Kelly. SB 313 - PROCEDURES FOR INITIATIVES CHAIRMAN KELLY brought SB 313 before the committee as the first order of business. SENATOR LEMAN moved and asked unanimous consent SB 313 be approved for calendaring at the discretion of the Chair. Hearing no objection, it was so ordered. SCR 14 - PARITY FOR MENTAL HEALTH TASK FORCE CHAIRMAN KELLY brought SCR 14 before the committee as the next order of business. SENATOR LEMAN moved and asked unanimous consent SCR 14 be approved for calendaring at the discretion of the Chair. Hearing no objection, it was so ordered. SB 76 - STATE LONG-TERM PLANNING CHAIRMAN KELLY brought SB 76 before the committee as the final order of business. There was a proposed amendment to the bill for the committee's consideration. SENATOR SEAN PARNELL, prime sponsor of SB 76, explained the legislation simply amends the Executive Budget Act to make it clear that the Legislature sets the policy with respect to budgeting. He directed attention to language on pages 3 and 4 that requires a truth in budgeting statement from the governor to be submitted with the annual budget on December 15 of every year. He said the truth in budgeting statement is really tangential to the bill and unnecessary to the bill, and the amendment would delete that language. SENATOR LEMAN moved the adoption of the following amendment to SB 76: Amendment No. 1 Page 3, line 31, through page 4, line 1: Delete "The copies shall be accompanied by a statement of "Truth in Budgeting" prepared under (e) of this section." Page 4, lines 4 - 20: Delete all material. Renumber the following bill sections accordingly. Hearing no objection to the motion to adopt the amendment, CHAIRMAN KELLY stated the amendment was adopted and would be incorporated into a Rules CS. SENATOR LEMAN moved and asked unanimous consent CSSB 76(RLS) be approved for calendaring at the discretion of the Chair. Hearing no objection, it was so ordered. There being no further business to come before the committee, the meeting adjourned at 12:03 p.m.