04/22/2019 01:00 PM House RESOURCES

        HB 122-FUNTER BAY MARINE PARK: UNANGAN CEMETERY                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
2:05:46 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR LINCOLN announced  the final order of  business would be                                                               
HOUSE BILL  NO. 122, "An  Act relating  to the Funter  Bay marine                                                               
park unit  of the  state park system;  relating to  protection of                                                               
the social  and historical significance  of the  Unangax cemetery                                                               
located  in Funter  Bay and  providing for  the amendment  of the                                                               
management  plan  for  the  Funter  Bay  marine  park  unit;  and                                                               
providing for an effective date.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  HANNAN,  speaking  as  the  sponsor  of  HB  122,                                                               
directed  attention to  a memorandum  included  in the  committee                                                               
packet  incorrectly dated  5/16/19,  which  should read  4/16/19.                                                               
She said  the memorandum  answers questions  raised at  the first                                                               
hearing of the  bill on 4/15/19.  Also included  in the committee                                                               
packet was another  version of a map entitled,  "Funter Bay State                                                               
Marine  Park" which  illustrated  the existing  Funter Bay  State                                                               
Marine Park  in a  bold outline.   Representative  Hannan pointed                                                               
out most  of the  park is over  water with a  portion on  land in                                                               
Coot  Cove;  the  recommendation  by the  Department  of  Natural                                                               
Resources was to add acreage,  including the cemetery, and create                                                               
a contiguous  parcel.   In addition, Ledge  Island is  not always                                                               
above water and would also be included in the marine park.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
2:09:21 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR  TARR moved  to  report  HB 122  out  of committee  with                                                               
individual  recommendations and  the  accompanying fiscal  notes.                                                               
There  being no  objection, HB  122 was  reported from  the House                                                               
Resources Standing Committee.