00Enrolled SJR 17                                                                                                         
01 Relating to the Alaska-Yukon Intergovernmental Relations Accord, to annual legislative                                  
02 exchanges, and to continuing intergovernmental work on matters of joint concern and mutual                              
03 interest.                                                                                                               
04                                       _______________                                                                   
05 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                             
06      WHEREAS the citizens of Yukon Territory, Canada, and the citizens of Alaska share                                
07 many interests and connections and have long enjoyed an extensive and open common border;                               
08 and                                                                                                                     
09      WHEREAS the Yukon Legislative Assembly and the Alaska State legislature have a                                   
10 longstanding tradition of annual legislative exchanges since 1980; and                                                  
11      WHEREAS Pat Duncan, the former Premier of the Yukon, and Tony Knowles, the                                       
12 former Governor of Alaska, signed the Alaska-Yukon Intergovernmental Relations Accord on                                
13 September 8, 2000, for Alaska and the Yukon Territory to work together on matters of joint                              
14 concern and enter into specific cooperative arrangements; and                                                           
15      WHEREAS the Alaska-Yukon Intergovernmental Relations Accord will expire on                                       
16 September 8, 2003;                                                                                                      

01      BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature supports the extension of the                                   
02 Alaska-Yukon Intergovernmental Relations Accord; and be it                                                              
03      FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature offers to continue to                                         
04 engage in annual legislative exchanges with the Yukon Legislative Assembly and to continue                              
05 to work with the Yukon Legislative Assembly on matters of joint concern and mutual interest.                            
06      A COPY of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable Dennis Fentie, Premier of                               
07 Yukon Territory.