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HB 50                                                                                             
The following letter dated January 12, 2001, was received regarding:                                
                                                                                                    
     HOUSE BILL NO. 50                                                                              
     "An Act extending the termination date of the State Board of                                   
     Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors to                                  
     June 30, 2005; relating to the temporary member of that board;                                 
     and providing for an effective date."                                                          
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
"Dear Speaker Porter:                                                                               
                                                                                                    
This letter replaces my letter dated January 10, 2001 as shown in 2001                              
House Journal, pages 51-52, concerning HB 50.                                                       
                                                                                                    
In keeping with Alaska's tradition of appropriate regulation of our                                 
occupations and professions, on January 10, 2001, I transmitted a bill                              
extending the "sunset" of the State Board of Registration for                                       

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Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors to June 30, 2005.  The bill                               
also extended the temporary landscape architect board member                                        
position to the same date.                                                                          
                                                                                                    
In 1998, I signed into law a bill establishing licensure of landscape                               
architects and adding a landscape architect to this state board as a                                
temporary, non-voting position.  The landscape architect member's                                   
expertise was very valuable when the board wrote the first regulations                              
governing this profession.  Landscape architect licensing is still in its                           
early stages.  The status of the landscape architect seat can best be                               
evaluated as part of board sunset review in 2005.                                                   
                                                                                                    
I urge your prompt and favorable action on this bill.                                               
                                                                                                    
                                Sincerely,                                                         
                                /s/                                                                 
                                Tony Knowles                                                        
                                Governor"                                                          
                                                                                                    
HB 50 is in the Labor & Commerce Committee with a further referral                                  
to the Finance Committee.