2014-02-14                     Senate Journal                      Page 1643
                     Third Reading of Senate Resolutions                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
SJR 15                                                                                                                        
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 15 Opposing any international                                                                       
designation of Alaska land or water as an international park, world                                                             
heritage site, biosphere reserve, Ramsar site, or other classification of                                                       
land or water that affects the use of land or water by the state or an                                                          
Alaska Native corporation without approval by the United States                                                                 
Congress and the Alaska State Legislature; requesting the United                                                                
States Department of State and the United States Department of the                                                              
Interior to cease all further action related to an international                                                                
designation for land and water in the state until the action is approved                                                        
by the United States Congress and the Alaska State Legislature;                                                                 
requesting that the United States Congress pass legislation requiring                                                           
Congressional approval of any international designation that affects                                                            
the use of land or water by the state or the United States; requesting                                                          
that the governor be involved in the process and development of any                                                             
joint action plan; requesting that the state, including the departments                                                         
responsible for the management of fish and wildlife and other natural                                                           
resources, be an integral part of any discussion, agreement,                                                                    
understanding, or other process that affects the use or development of                                                          
fish and wildlife and other natural resources in the state; and urging                                                          
the governor and the attorney general to reserve all legal remedies for                                                         
a taking of the natural resources of the state by an international                                                              
designation of land and water in the state, was read the third time.                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Senator Coghill moved and asked unanimous consent that SENATE                                                                   
JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 15 be held in third reading to the                                                                         
February 18 calendar. Without objection, it was so ordered.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
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Honoring - Bethel Regional High School Warriors 2013 Class 1-2-3A                                                               
State Wrestling Champions                                                                                                       
Representative(s) Herron                                                                                                        
Senator(s) Hoffman, Huggins, Bishop, Coghill, Dunleavy, Dyson,                                                                  
Egan, Ellis, Fairclough, Gardner, Giessel, Kelly, McGuire, Meyer,                                                               
Micciche, Olson, Stedman, Stevens, Wielechowski