2015-03-23                     House Journal                      Page 0554
The Speaker referred the following to the House Special Committee                                                               
on Fisheries and the Resources Committee:                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Board of Fisheries                                                                                                            
    Robert Ruffner - Soldotna                                                                                                   
    Appointed:  3/23/2015   Term Expires:  6/30/2015                                                                            
    Reappointed:  7/1/2015   Term Expires:  6/30/2019                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
A resume for the appointment is on file in the Chief Clerk's office.                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                    REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
HB 115                                                                                                                        
The Finance Committee considered:                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 115                                                                                                          
    "An Act relating to the transfer of public land from the federal                                                            
    government to the state and to the disposal of that land; and                                                               
    providing for an effective date."                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
    CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 115(FIN)                                                                                              
    "An Act relating to the sovereignty of the state and the state's right                                                      
    to a credit or setoff for amounts or injuries inequitably or                                                                
    unlawfully caused or claimed by the federal government;                                                                     
    requiring the United States to lift certain land orders and federal                                                         
    withdrawals; relating to the transfer of public land or interests in                                                        
    public land from the federal government to the state and to the                                                             
    disposal of that land or any interest in land; and providing for an                                                         
    effective date."                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
The report was signed by Representatives Neuman and Thompson,                                                                   
Co-chairs, with the following individual recommendations:                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Do pass (5):  Saddler, Pruitt, Gattis, Neuman, Thompson                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Do not pass (2):  Gara, Guttenberg