ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE  SENATE TRANSPORTATION STANDING COMMITTEE  March 29, 2007 1:31 p.m. MEMBERS PRESENT Senator Albert Kookesh, Chair Senator John Cowdery, Vice Chair Senator Bill Wielechowski Senator Gary Wilken MEMBERS ABSENT  Senator Donny Olson COMMITTEE CALENDAR  CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 126(JUD)(title am) "An Act relating to access to criminal justice information for certain employees of the Department of Administration; relating to the procedure for changes to certificates, registration, titles, licenses, permits, and other forms relating to driving and motor vehicles; relating to requirements for, cancellations of, renewals of, reinstatements of, expirations of, disqualifications of, withdrawals of, suspensions or revocations of, and exemptions from commercial and other driver's licenses, permits, or privileges to drive; relating to records concerning motor vehicles and their drivers; relating to penalties for violating commercial driver licensing requirements; relating to the driver's license compact; and providing for an effective date." MOVED CSHB 126(JUD)(title am) OUT OF COMMITTEE PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION  BILL: HB 126 SHORT TITLE: FORMS/DOCUMENTS/RIGHTS RELATED TO DRIVING SPONSOR(s): REPRESENTATIVE(s) JOHANSEN 02/12/07 (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS 02/12/07 (H) STA, JUD 02/15/07 (H) TRA AT 1:30 PM CAPITOL 17 02/15/07 (H) 02/20/07 (H) STA AT 8:00 AM CAPITOL 106 02/20/07 (H) Moved Out of Committee 02/20/07 (H) MINUTE(STA) 02/21/07 (H) STA RPT 6DP 1NR 02/21/07 (H) DP: JOHNSON, JOHANSEN, ROSES, GRUENBERG, DOLL, LYNN 02/21/07 (H) NR: COGHILL 02/22/07 (H) STA AT 8:00 AM CAPITOL 106 02/22/07 (H) 03/12/07 (H) JUD AT 1:00 PM CAPITOL 120 03/12/07 (H) Moved CSHB 126(JUD) Out of Committee 03/12/07 (H) MINUTE(JUD) 03/14/07 (H) JUD RPT CS(JUD) 2DP 4NR 1AM 03/14/07 (H) DP: GRUENBERG, LYNN 03/14/07 (H) NR: COGHILL, DAHLSTROM, HOLMES, RAMRAS 03/14/07 (H) AM: SAMUELS 03/22/07 (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) 03/22/07 (H) VERSION: CSHB 126(JUD)(TITLE AM) 03/23/07 (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS 03/23/07 (S) TRA 03/29/07 (S) TRA AT 1:30 PM BUTROVICH 205 WITNESS REGISTER Randy Ruaro Staff to Representative Johansen Alaska State Capitol Juneau, AK POSITION STATEMENT: Presented CSHB 126(JUD)(title am) for the sponsor. Duane Bannock, Director Division of Motor Vehicles Anchorage, AK POSITION STATEMENT: Commented on CSHB 126(JUD)(title am). ACTION NARRATIVE CHAIR ALBERT KOOKESH called the Senate Transportation Standing Committee meeting to order at 1:31:21 PM. Present at the call to order were Senators Wielechowski, Cowdery, Wilken, and Chair Kookesh. CSHB 126(JUD)(Title am)-FORMS/DOCUMENTS/RIGHTS RELATED TO  DRIVING    CHAIR KOOKESH announced CSHB 126(JUD)(title am) to up for consideration. RANDY RUARO, aide to Representative Johansen, said that the bill will address compliance with federal statutes and regulations regarding commercial truck driving. Non-compliance would incur a yearly federal penalty, and the state DMV would no longer be able to issue inter-state commercial driver's licenses. 1:33:30 PM SENATOR COWDERY asked if the committee substitute should be adopted. CHAIR KOOKESH replied no. SENATOR COWDERY said that everyone he's talked with is in support of the bill. MR. RUARO said that there has been no opposition to date. 1:34:58 PM CHAIR KOOKESH asked if the DMV supports the bill. DUANE BANNOCK, Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV), replied that it does. SENATOR COWDERY moved to pass CSHB 128(JUD)(title am) from committee with individual recommendations and attached fiscal note(s). There being no objection, it was so ordered. There being no further business to come before the committee, Chair Kookesh adjourned the meeting at 1:36:59 PM.