04/17/2010 11:39 AM Senate FIN

HOUSE BILL NO. 345                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act designating the bridge to be built on the                                                                          
     Dalton Highway at approximately mile post 308 as the                                                                       
     Sam Schuyler Memorial Bridge."                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
JANE  PIERSON, CHIEF  OF STAFF,  REPRESENTATIVE JAY  RAMRAS,                                                                    
SPONSOR, testified to  the details of the  bill. She related                                                                    
that the  bill would  give the  name "Sam  Schuyler Memorial                                                                    
Bridge" to  a bridge that will  be built at Milepost  308 on                                                                    
the  Dalton   Highway.  Sam   Schuyler  was   a  well-loved,                                                                    
respected  Alaska Department  of  Transportation and  Public                                                                    
Facilities employee  who spent his entire  career working on                                                                    
the Dalton  Highway. Sam exhibited a  spirited tenacity that                                                                    
set him apart from his peers.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
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Co-Chair  Stedman  noted  one  zero  fiscal  note  from  the                                                                    
Department of  Transportation and Public  Facilities because                                                                    
the  cost   of  the   sign  has   been  budgeted   into  the                                                                    
construction of the bridge.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
MARY    SIROKY,   LEGISLATIVE    LIAISON,   DEPARTMENT    OF                                                                    
TRANSPORTATION  AND PUBLIC  FACILITIES,  testified that  the                                                                    
department  supports the  bill. She  referred to  letters of                                                                    
support for the bill.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
HB 345 was HEARD and HELD in committee for further review.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
AT EASE        1:50:51 PM                                                                                                     
RECONVENED     1:51:28 PM