ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                    
                     SENATE RULES COMMITTEE                                                                                   
                          June 26, 2002                                                                                         
                            7:05 p.m.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
Senator Randy Phillips, Chair                                                                                                   
Senator John Cowdery, Vice Chair                                                                                                
Senator Rick Halford                                                                                                            
Senator Gene Therriault                                                                                                         
Senator Johnny Ellis                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
All members present                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                              
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 3001(JUD)                                                                                   
"An  Act relating  to  the powers  and  duties  of the  Regulatory                                                              
Commission of  Alaska, establishing a  task force to  inquire into                                                              
the operation  of the  commission, and  extending the  termination                                                              
date of  the commission  to June  30, 2003;  and providing  for an                                                              
effective date."                                                                                                                
     APPROVED FOR CALENDARING                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
PREVIOUS SENATE COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
HB 3001 - See Judiciary minutes dated 6/25/02 and 6/26/02.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
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CHAIRMAN RANDY PHILLIPS called the  Senate Rules Committee meeting                                                            
to order  at 7:05  p.m. All  members were  present. The  committee                                                              
took up  SCS CSHB  3001(JUD)-REGULATORY COM.  OF ALASKA:  SUNSET &                                                          
MISC.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  HALFORD  moved  to  calendar  SCS HB  3001(JUD)  and  its                                                              
accompanying fiscal note.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRMAN  PHILLIPS announced  that without  objection, the  motion                                                              
carried.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR THERRIAULT noted for the record that, according to the                                                                  
legal drafter, the ex parte provision only applies to the quasi-                                                                
judicial actions taken by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska                                                                   
(RCA) and not to its internal rule making activities.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
There being no further business to come before the committee,                                                                   
CHAIRMAN PHILLIPS adjourned the meeting.