03/08/2001 08:02 AM House STA

SCR  4-ALASKA TARTAN DAY                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Number 0125                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR COGHILL  announced that the  first order of  business would                                                               
be CS  FOR SENATE CONCURRENT  RESOLUTION NO. 4(STA),  Relating to                                                               
declaring April 6, 2001, as Alaska Tartan Day.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Number 0162                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR RANDY  PHILLIPS, Alaska  State Legislature,  came forward                                                               
to testify as  prime sponsor of SCR 4.   He explained that Tartan                                                               
Day recognizes Americans of Scottish heritage.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Number 0353                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
DAN  HENDERSON,  Pipe  Major, Alaska  Highlanders,  testified  by                                                               
teleconference.  Many people of  Scottish descent live in Alaska.                                                               
April 6 has been celebrated as  Tartan Day in Canada for the past                                                               
15 years.   It has  been observed in  Alaska since 1995,  and was                                                               
declared by the United States Congress in 1997.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  JAMES referred  to  a list  showing Senators  and                                                               
Representatives who may be of  Scottish descent.  "With this many                                                               
people possibly  having Scottish  background," she  observed, "we                                                               
should  be  able  to  have  a  lot  more  control  over  reducing                                                               
spending."  [Laughter.]                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Number 0730                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  STEVENS  moved  to  report CSSCR  4(STA)  out  of                                                               
committee  with individual  recommendations and  the accompanying                                                               
fiscal notes.   There being no objection, CSSCR  4(STA) was moved                                                               
out  of   the  House  State   Affairs  Standing   Committee  with                                                               
individual  recommendations  and  the  accompanying  zero  fiscal                                                               
note.