05/09/2003 08:54 AM House STA

HJR 14-NATIONAL WHEELCHAIR GAMES                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR WEYHRAUCH announced that the  final order of business would                                                               
be HOUSE  JOINT RESOLUTION  NO. 14, Relating  to urging  that the                                                               
2006  National Veterans  Wheelchair Games  be held  in Anchorage,                                                               
Alaska.                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
MARK  GNADT, Staff  to Representative  Eric  Croft, Alaska  State                                                               
Legislature, thanked the  committee for hearing HJR  14, which he                                                               
said is a good resolution to keep moving.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Number 1621                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  SEATON  moved  to  adopt CSHJR  14,  Version  23-                                                               
LS0709\Q, Kurtz, 5/9/03, as the working document.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  GRUENBERG objected  for  discussion purposes  and                                                               
then withdrew his objection.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
[No  objection was  stated  and  thus Version  Q  was treated  as                                                               
adopted.]                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR WEYHRAUCH  explained that he made  some grammatical changes                                                               
to this legislation.   Furthermore, he inserted  language on page                                                               
2, lines  10-12, regarding Anchorage as  an wheelchair accessible                                                               
city.   Also,  he  deleted  the language  from  [Version H]  that                                                               
specified  that  the  National   Veterans  Wheelchair  Games  are                                                               
anticipated  to bring  in  millions of  dollars  because this  is                                                               
desired because  Anchorage is a  good city  and Alaska is  a good                                                               
state.    He emphasized  that  the  National Veterans  Wheelchair                                                               
Games is a very important event and is welcome in Alaska.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
MR. GNADT said that the sponsor appreciates the changes.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE LYNN noted his support of the resolution.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE GRUENBERG moved to report CSHJR 14, Version 23-                                                                  
LS0709\Q,  Kurtz,  5/9/03,  out   of  committee  with  individual                                                               
recommendations and  the accompanying fiscal notes.   There being                                                               
no objection, CSHJR 14(STA) was reported from committee.