02/15/2022 03:30 PM Senate STATE AFFAIRS

            HB 148-ALASKA COORDINATE SYSTEM OF 2022                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
4:44:11 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR SHOWER  announced the consideration  of HOUSE BILL  NO. 148                                                               
am "An Act relating to the Alaska Coordinate System of 2022."                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
[This was the second hearing and public testimony was noticed.]                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
He asked the  sponsor if he had any comments  before he looked to                                                               
the will of the committee.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
4:44:44 PM                                                                                                                    
REPRESENTATIVE  LADDIE SHAW,  Alaska  State Legislature,  Juneau,                                                               
Alaska, sponsor of HB 148,  thanked the committee for hearing the                                                               
bill, which would help the state in many ways.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SHOWER asked if there were any questions for the sponsor.                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR HOLLAND said he views  the bill as a technical correction                                                               
to advance technology so surveys are more accurate.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
4:45:40 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR SHOWER  opened public  testimony on HB  148 and  noted that                                                               
Gwen Gervelis was available to respond to questions.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
4:46:10 PM                                                                                                                    
GWEN GERVELIS,  Surveys Section Chief, Division  of Mining, Land,                                                               
and Water,  Department of  Natural Resources,  Anchorage, Alaska,                                                               
confirmed that she was available to answer questions.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
4:46:34 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR  SHOWER discerned  that there  was  nobody in  the room  or                                                               
online who  wished to comment  and he closed public  testimony on                                                               
HB 148.                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SHOWER  noted that he had  lost a quorum, so  he would hold                                                               
HB 123 until the next meeting.