SENATE STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE  April 19, 2000 3:15 p.m. MEMBERS PRESENT  Senator Jerry Ward, Chairman Senator Lyda Green Senator Randy Phillips Senator Kim Elton MEMBERS ABSENT  Senator Gary Wilken COMMITTEE CALENDAR  HOUSE BILL NO. 324 "An Act requiring written consent by the person who is the subject of the information before releasing personal information contained in motor vehicle records, to comply with 18 U.S.C. 2721; and providing for an effective date." -MOVED OUT OF COMMITTEE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 335(FIN) "An Act relating to information contained in retirement system records; relating to retirement boards; relating to procedures and hearings under state retirement systems; relating to benefits for reemployed retired members of retirement systems; relating to eligibility for normal retirement for members of the teachers' retirement system who have Alaska BIA credited service; relating to disability benefits for members of state retirement systems; relating to deduction of premiums from retirement benefits; relating to protection of, and assignment and transfer of, amounts held in retirement systems; relating to retirement benefits for certain employees earning high salaries; relating to qualified domestic relations orders in state retirement systems; relating to the definition of 'retirement fund' in the teachers' retirement system; relating to membership of state employees in the teachers' retirement system; relating to refund of contributions made to the judicial retirement system or to the former elected public officers retirement system and repayment of refunded contributions in those systems; relating to self-insurance and excess loss insurance for persons receiving benefits from a state retirement system; relating to participation of elected officials in the public employees' retirement system; relating to the level income option benefit under the public employees' retirement system; relating to participation of employees of political subdivisions and public organizations in the public employees' retirement system; relating to crimes for defrauding a state retirement system; relating to the definition of 'pension fund' in the public employees' retirement system; relating to calculation of years of service and of benefits under the public employees' retirement system for noncertificated employees of certain educational employers; and relating to individual accounts maintained for members of the former elected public officers retirement system." -MOVED OUT OF COMMITTEE Confirmation hearing for Lisa Fitzpatrick of Anchorage to the State Commission for Human Rights. PREVIOUS SENATE COMMITTEE ACTION  HB 324 - No previous action. HB 355 - No previous action. WITNESS REGISTER  Mr. Guy Bell Director of the Division of Retirement and Benefits Department of Administration P.O. Box 110203 Juneau, AK 99811-0203 POSITION STATEMENT: Commented on CSHB 335. ACTION NARRATIVE  TAPE 00-09, SIDE A  Number 001 CHAIRMAN WARD called the Senate State Affairs Committee to order at 3:15 p.m. Present were Senators Ward, Green, Elton, and Phillips. The first order of business to come before the committee was HB 324. HB 324-PERSONAL INFO IN MOTOR VEH. RECORDS  SENATOR ELTON moved HB 324 out of committee with individual recommendations. Without objection, the motion carried. HB 335-STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEMS AND BENEFITS  MR. GUY BELL, Director of the Division of Retirement and Benefits, Department of Administration, stated CS for HB 335 is a retirement system clean-up bill sponsored by Representative Hudson at the request of the retirement boards. SENATOR GREEN moved CS for HB 335 out of committee with individual recommendations. Without objection, the motion carried. SENATOR ELTON moved to report Lisa Fitzpatrick's name to the House and Senate for confirmation to the State Commission for Human Rights. Without objection, the motion carried. There being no further business to come before the committee, CHAIRMAN WARD adjourned the meeting at 3:18 p.m.