Representative Al Vezey
District 32 - Republican
State Capitol, Room 13
Juneau, AK 99801-1182
Phone: (907) 465-3719
Fax: (907) 465-3258
Interim:
119 N Cushman St, Suite 211
Fairbanks, AK 99701
Phone: (907) 456-5081
Fax: (907) 456-8245
Elected to the House 1992, 1994, 1996
Date/Place of Birth: 6/3/49; Shreveport, LA
Occupation: Construction
Spouse: Jean
Children: Russell, Josie, Sarah
Residency in Alaska: Anchorage, 1972-73;
Fairbanks, 1974-present
Education: High School - Gainesville High,
Gainesville, GA, 1965-67; College - Georgia Tech, 1967-72, B.S.
Civil Engineering.
Political and Government Positions: State
Representative, 1993-present; Reapportionment Board, 1991; Alaska
Public Offices Commission, 1988-89; Fairbanks North Star Borough
Road Commission, 1979-88; District 18 Republican Party Chairman,
1984-88.
Business and Professional Positions: Associated
General Contractors of Alaska, President, 1991-92, Board Member,
1986-94; Permafrost Technology Foundation,
1991-94; Alaska Miners Association, 1983-94.
Service Organization(s) Membership: New Hope
Church, Building Committee Chairman, 1985-92; Fairbanks Youth
Hockey, Coach, 1983-86; New Hope Methodist-Presbyterian Church,
Council, 1982-84; Cub Scout Pack 42, Leader, 1980-82; Ducks
Unlimited; National Rifle Association; Association of the U.S.
Army, Air Force Association.
Special Interests: Hunting, fishing, skeet
shooting, government and history.
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Prime Sponsor of the following legislation
HB
37: Relating to a requirement that a parent,
guardian, or custodian consent before certain minors receive an
abortion; establishing a judicial bypass procedure by which a
minor may petition a court for authorization to consent to an
abortion without consent of a parent, guardian, or custodian;
amending the definition of "abortion"; and amending
Rules 40 and 79, Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure; Rules 204, 210,
212, 213, 508, and 512.5, Alaska Rules of Appellate Procedure;
and Rule 9, Alaska Administrative Rules. (Jointly sponsored by
Kelly, Kohring, and Mulder.)
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HB
69: An Act relating to designating flunitrazepam
as a schedule IA controlled substance; and providing for an
effective date.
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HB
96: An Act relating to appointments to the Board
of Fisheries or the Board of Game.
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HB
101: An Act relating to certain irrevocable
transfers in trust, to the jurisdiction governing a trust, to
challenges to trusts or property transfers in trust, to the
validity of trust interests, and to transfers of certain trust
interests; and providing for an effective date.
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HB
112: An Act amending the definition of
"political party" except as the definition of the term
applies to the regulation of contributions and expenditures in
state and municipal election campaigns, an amendment that also
has the effect of changing the definition of "political
organization" as applied to the regulation of games of
chance and contests of skill.
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HB
124: An Act relating to items not subject to
collective bargaining and to application of the Public Employment
Relations Act to municipalities and other political subdivisions.
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HB
143: An Act relating to the art in public places
requirements for state-owned and state-leased buildings and
facilities.
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HB
163: An Act relating to designating
gamma-Hydroxybutyrate as a schedule IVA controlled substance; and
providing for an effective date.
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HB
164: An Act providing that employment as a
legislator or with the National Education Association is not
credited service under the teachers' retirement system; repealing
the limited certificate for teachers of Alaska Native language or
culture and removing those teachers from membership in the
teachers' retirement system; and repealing a provision permitting
members of the teachers' retirement system to count unused sick
leave credit as credited service.
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HB
175: An Act relating to issuance of motor
vehicle registrations and titles, and to licenses and permits to
operate a motor vehicle.
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HB
181: An Act relating to separate segregated
funds for certain political contributions from corporations and
labor organizations.
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HB
209: An Act regulating the use of pre-hire
project labor agreements for public construction projects by the
state and political subdivisions of the state.
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HB
229: An Act relating to the establishment and
operation of charter schools.
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HB
238: An Act amending the program of exploration
incentive credits for activities involving locatable or leaseable
minerals or coal deposits on certain land in the state; and
providing for an effective date.
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HB
253: An Act allowing a local bidder preference
in certain contracts for school construction.
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HB
260: An Act relating to the boundaries of the
North Slope Borough, to regional educational attendance areas for
land detached from the North Slope Borough, and to payment of
certain bounded debt of the North Slope Borough; and providing
for an effective date.
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HB
269: An Act relating to permits to carry
concealed handguns; and relating to the possession of firearms.
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HB
271: An Act relating to collective bargaining
agreements for the overtime wage requirement exemption.
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HB
338: An Act relating to the repeal of provisions
of the Administrative Procedure Act, prohibiting the adoption of
regulations by an agency of the executive branch of state
government, annulling all regulations adopted by an agency of the
executive branch, and relating to additional legislation to carry
out the purposes of this Act; and providing for an effective
date.
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HB
342: An Act relating to optional exemptions for
municipal property taxes for certain residences.
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HB
385: An Act requiring the division of
information services in the Department of Administration to
prepare a request for proposals concerning access for Alaska
students to computers and the Internet.
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HCR
13: Relating to management of Alaska's wildlife
resources.
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HJR
16: Relating to a federal balanced budget
amendment.
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HJR
22: Relating to the maritime boundary between
Alaska and the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
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HJR
54: Relating to establishing maritime boundaries
with Canada.
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Co-Sponsor of the following legislation
HB 4: Withdrawn by Sponsor: Relating
to permits issued by the Department of Fish and Game for
activities in anadromous fish streams, to forest land use plans
prepared by the Department of Natural Resources, to
rights-of-way, easements, and permits issued by the Department of
Natural Resources, and to disposal of state land and interests in
state land.
HB
6: Amending laws relating to the disclosure of
information relating to certain minors.
HB
51: An Act relating to the Department of
Environmental Conservation.
HB
68: An Act relating to the exemption from the
requirement for payment for overtime under a voluntary work hour
plan; and providing for an effective date.
HB 158: An
Act relating to attendance at a public school on a part-time
basis.
HB
232: An Act establishing the independent
division of administrative hearings in the Department of
Administration in order to provide a source of independent
administrative hearing officers to preside in contested cases;
relating to administrative hearing officers; relating to
contested case proceedings; and providing for an effective date.
HB 266: An
Act relating to limited liability companies and limited
partnerships; and providing for an effective date.
HB
301: An Act relating to wages
on public construction projects in areas covered by a declaration
of economic disaster.
HB
334: An Act relating to wavier of tuition and
fees for certain family members of a police officer killed in the
line of duty; and providing for an effective date.
HB 339: An
Act relating to the child support enforcement agency; and
providing for an effective date.
HB
400: An Act combining parts of the Department of
Commerce and Economic Development and parts of the Department of
Community and Regional Affairs by transferring some of their
duties to a new Department of Commerce and Rural Development;
transferring some of the duties of the Department of Commerce and
Economic Development and the Department of Community and Regional
Affairs to other existing agencies; eliminating the Department of
Commerce and Economic Development and the Department of Community
and Regional Affairs; relating to the Department of Commerce and
Rural Development; adjusting the membership of certain
multi-member bodies to reflect the transfer of duties among
departments and the elimination of departments; and providing for
an effective date.
HCR
1: Relating to a new Alaska liquefied natural
gas project.
HCR
18: Declaring 1997 to be observed as the 80th
Anniversery of the University of Alaska Fairbanks and recognizing
the vital role played by the Univerisity of Alaska Fairbanks.
HJR
14: Relating to supporting the "American
Land Sovereignty Protection Act."
HJR
21: Relating to amendment of Title VIII of the
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act.
HJR 47: Proposing
amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to
the nomination, selection, appointment, and public approval or
rejection of justices of the supreme court and of judges of
courts established by the legislature that have as an exclusive
purpose the exercise of appellate jurisdiction over judicial acts
and proceedings, and requiring legislative confirmation of those
justices and judges and of the appointed members of the judicial
council.
HJR
50: Proposing amendments to the Constitution of
the State of Alaska relating to a public corporation established
to manage the permanent fund.
SB 134: An
Act relating to home schooling for elementary and secondary
students.
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