03/27/2001 10:56 AM Senate RLS

                     ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                   
                      SENATE RULES COMMITTEE                                                                                  
                          March 27, 2001                                                                                        
                            10:56 a.m.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Senator Drue Pearce, Chair                                                                                                      
Senator Randy Phillips                                                                                                          
Senator Gene Therriault                                                                                                         
Senator Johnny Ellis                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Senator John Cowdery, Vice Chair                                                                                                
                                                                                                                              
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 15                                                                                                  
Relating to imports of salmon from Chile.                                                                                       
     MOVED CSSJR 15(RLS) OUT OF COMMITTEE                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
SJR 15 - See Resources minutes dated 3/16/01.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
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CHAIRWOMAN DRUE PEARCE  called the Senate Rules Committee meeting to                                                          
order at 10:56  a.m.   Present were  Senators Phillips, Therriault,                                                             
Ellis and Pearce.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRWOMAN  PEARCE announced that  SJR 15-CHILEAN FARMED  SALMON was                                                        
before  the committee,  and  that Senator  Austerman  requested  the                                                            
committee  to  consider adopting  a  committee  substitute,  labeled                                                            
Version J.   Three changes  were made in Version  J.  Two  "whereas"                                                            
clauses  were deleted,  the  first on  page  2, lines  4-6, and  the                                                            
second on  page 2, lines  7-8.  In addition,  specific language  was                                                            
deleted on page  2, lines 14-16.  She asked if anyone  had questions                                                            
about the proposed committee substitute.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  PHILLIPS commented  that  about 10  or 15  years ago,  fish                                                            
farming was proposed in  the legislature and strongly opposed by the                                                            
commercial fishing industry  of Alaska.  Now, a resolution is before                                                            
the  legislature  that asks  Congress  to  restrict the  buying  and                                                            
selling of salmon  worldwide.  He thinks a consistent  public policy                                                            
regarding wild stock versus  fish farming in Alaska is important and                                                            
that we can't have it both ways.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRWOMAN PEARCE  stated the fishing community has  been consistent                                                            
in that it does not support fish farming in Alaska or elsewhere.                                                                
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR THERRIAULT moved  to adopt Version J as the working document                                                            
before  the committee.   There  being no  objection,  Version J  was                                                            
adopted in lieu of the original bill.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  THERRIAULT  moved   to calendar   CSSJR  15(RLS)  with  its                                                            
accompanying  zero  fiscal  note.   There  being no  objection,  the                                                            
motion carried.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
There being no further business to come before the committee,                                                                   
CHAIRWOMAN PEARCE adjourned the meeting at 10:58 a.m.