03/13/2009 03:30 PM Senate RESOURCES

                       SB  58-MARMOT DAY                                                                                    
4:18:57 PM                                                                                                                    
CO-CHAIR   WIELECHOWSKI   announced   SB   58  to   be   up   for                                                               
consideration.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
DEBBIE  PRAYTOR,  staff to  Senator  Menard,  sponsor of  SB  58,                                                               
introduced herself.                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
MARILYN LANE, staff to Senator Menard, also introduced herself.                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
MS. PRAYTOR said  that SB 58 establishes February 2  of each year                                                               
as  Marmot  Day  and  creates   a  localized  Alaska  version  of                                                               
Groundhog  Day.  Other  states also  have  incarnations  of  "the                                                               
famous groundhog." It can be  celebrated by special events at the                                                               
Alaska Zoo to school celebrations with an educational angle.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
4:21:34 PM                                                                                                                    
CO-CHAIR  MCGUIRE  moved to  report  SB  58 from  committee  with                                                               
individual  recommendations and  attached  fiscal note(s).  There                                                               
was no objection and it was so ordered.