04/10/2012 09:00 AM Senate STATE AFFAIRS

                HB 247-ALASKA NATIONAL GUARD DAY                                                                            
                                                                                                                              
9:37:10 AM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR  WIELECHOWSKI   announced  that  HB  247   was  before  the                                                               
committee.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE BOB LYNN, sponsor of  HB 247, introduced the bill.                                                               
He related  that National Guard  honors Alaska and  Alaska should                                                               
honor the  National Guard with  a special day of  recognition. He                                                               
said the National  Guard can't be mentioned in  the same sentence                                                               
without the  words assist, deploy, help,  perform, rescue, serve,                                                               
or save.  HB 247 recognizes the  value and the dedication  of the                                                               
Guard with a day of its own on  July 30, which is the same day in                                                               
1948 when the Guard was officially authorized by Congress.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR WIELECHOWSKI opened and then closed public testimony.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
At-ease from 9:39:16 a.m. to 9:39:36 a.m.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
9:39:34 AM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR WIELECHOWSKI  noted that  HB 247 was  short and  simple. He                                                               
asked for the will of the committee.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  KOOKESH  moved  to  report   HB  247,  version  A,  from                                                               
committee with  individual recommendations and the  attached zero                                                               
fiscal notes. There being no  objection, HB 204 was reported from                                                               
the Senate State Affairs Standing Committee.