03/14/2019 01:30 PM Senate TRANSPORTATION

                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
            SENATE TRANSPORTATION STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                          
                         March 14, 2019                                                                                         
                           1:31 p.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Senator Shelley Hughes, Chair                                                                                                   
Senator Mike Shower, Vice Chair                                                                                                 
Senator David Wilson                                                                                                            
Senator Jesse Kiehl                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Senator Peter Micciche                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
SENATE BILL NO. 54                                                                                                              
"An Act approving the transfer of certain Alaska Railroad                                                                       
Corporation land; and providing for an effective date."                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
     - MOVED SB 54 OUT OF COMMITTEE                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
BILL: SB  54                                                                                                                  
SHORT TITLE: ALASKA RAILROAD CORP. LAND TRANSFERS                                                                               
SPONSOR(s): SENATOR(s) COGHILL                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
02/13/19       (S)       READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS                                                                        
02/13/19       (S)       TRA, FIN                                                                                               
03/12/19       (S)       TRA AT 1:30 PM BUTROVICH 205                                                                           
03/12/19       (S)       Heard & Held                                                                                           
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WITNESS REGISTER                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
RYNNIEVA MOSS, Staff                                                                                                            
Senator John Coghill                                                                                                            
Alaska State Legislature                                                                                                        
Juneau, Alaska                                                                                                                  
POSITION STATEMENT: Presented information and answered questions                                                              
about SB 54 on behalf of the sponsor.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
ACTION NARRATIVE                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
1:31:46 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR SHELLEY  HUGHES called  the Senate  Transportation Standing                                                             
Committee meeting  to order at 1:31  p.m. Present at the  call to                                                               
order were Senators Kiehl, Wilson, Shower, and Chair Hughes.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
          SB  54-ALASKA RAILROAD CORP. LAND TRANSFERS                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
1:32:09 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR HUGHES announced the consideration of SENATE BILL NO. 54                                                                  
"An  Act  approving  the  transfer  of  certain  Alaska  Railroad                                                               
Corporation land; and providing for an effective date."                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
1:32:35 PM                                                                                                                    
RYNNIEVA  MOSS,   Staff,  Senator  John  Coghill,   Alaska  State                                                               
Legislature, Juneau, stated  that this is not a  new purchase. It                                                               
is  a   correction  to  a   purchase  already  approved   by  the                                                               
legislature.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
1:33:00 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR  HUGHES  opened  public testimony  and  after  ascertaining                                                               
there was no one to testify, closed public testimony.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
1:33:34 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR SHOWER  moved to  report SB  54, work  order 31-LS0426\M,                                                               
from  committee  with  individual  recommendations  and  attached                                                               
fiscal note(s). There being no objection, the motion carried.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
1:34:20 PM                                                                                                                    
There being  no further  business to  come before  the committee,                                                               
Chair  Hughes   adjourned  the  Senate   Transportation  Services                                                               
Standing Committee at 1:34 p.m.