05/01/2006 05:00 PM Senate COMMITTEE ON UNIVERSITY OVERSIGHT
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ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
SENATE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON UNIVERSITY OVERSIGHT
May 1, 2006
5:09 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Senator Gary Stevens, Chair
Senator Thomas Wagoner
Senator Kim Elton
Senator Ben Stevens
MEMBERS ABSENT
Senator Ralph Seekins, Vice Chair
Senator Con Bunde
Senator Lyman Hoffman
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 14(RES)
Urging the United States Congress to pass legislation to convey
land to the University of Alaska.
MOVED SCS CSHJR 14(UOV) OUT OF COMMITTEE
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION
BILL: HJR 14
SHORT TITLE: URGE CONGRESS TO GRANT LAND TO UNIVERSITY
SPONSOR(s): REPRESENTATIVE(s) ELKINS
03/01/05 (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
03/01/05 (H) EDU, RES
01/31/06 (H) EDU AT 11:00 AM CAPITOL 106
01/31/06 (H) Moved CSHJR 14(EDU) Out of Committee
01/31/06 (H) MINUTE(EDU)
02/01/06 (H) EDU RPT CS(EDU) 3DP 4NR
02/01/06 (H) DP: LYNN, WILSON, NEUMAN;
02/01/06 (H) NR: SALMON, GATTO, GARA, THOMAS
02/15/06 (H) RES AT 1:00 PM CAPITOL 124
02/15/06 (H) Moved CSHJR 14(RES) Out of Committee
02/15/06 (H) MINUTE(RES)
02/17/06 (H) RES RPT CS(RES) 4DP 3NR
02/17/06 (H) DP: SEATON, ELKINS, SAMUELS, RAMRAS;
02/17/06 (H) NR: GATTO, LEDOUX, CRAWFORD
03/03/06 (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S)
03/03/06 (H) VERSION: CSHJR 14(RES)
03/06/06 (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
03/06/06 (S) UOV, RES
04/24/06 (S) UOV AT 5:00 PM BELTZ 211
04/26/06 (S) UOV AT 5:00 PM BELTZ 211
05/01/06 (S) UOV AT 5:00 PM BELTZ 211
WITNESS REGISTER
James Van Horn, Staff
Representative James Elkins
POSITION STATEMENT: Presented HJR 14 on behalf of the sponsor
Dick Mylius, Director
Division of Mining, Land and Water
Department of Natural Resources
400 Willoughby Ave.
Juneau, AK 99801-1724
POSITION STATEMENT: Available for questions related to HJR 14
Mari Montgomery, Director
Land Management Office
University of Alaska
P.O. Box 755000
Fairbanks, AK 99775
POSITION STATEMENT: Available for questions related to HJR 14
ACTION NARRATIVE
CHAIR GARY STEVENS called the Senate Special Committee On
University Oversight meeting to order at 5:09:09 PM. Present
were Senators Kim Elton, Thomas Wagoner, and Chair Gary Stevens.
Senator Ben Stevens arrived during the course of the meeting.
CSHJR 14(RES)-URGE CONGRESS TO GRANT LAND TO UNIVERSITY
CHAIR GARY STEVENS announced HJR 14 to be up for consideration.
5:09:50 PM
JAMES VAN HORN, Staff to Representative James Elkins, sponsor of
HJR 14, said the resolution urges Congress to pass legislation
to convey 250,000 acres in federal land to the University of
Alaska. As the largest landholder in Alaska it is important that
the federal government support the land grant to the University
of Alaska to make it financially independent.
SENATOR WAGONER remarked he's unaware of any land grant
university in the U.S. that has become financially independent.
Mr. Van Horn clarified this would make the university less
dependent on the Legislature for funding.
DICK MYLIUS, Director of the Division of Mining, Land and Water
for the Department of Natural Resources, said he was available
to answer questions.
MARI MONTGOMERY, Director of the University of Alaska Land
Management Office, said she was available to answer questions.
5:12:59 PM
SENATOR KIM ELTON referenced page 2, line 21 and noted that Gale
Norton is no longer the Secretary of the Interior.
SENATOR GARY STEVENS said that is a good point and asked Mr. Van
Horn to comment on whether the sponsor would object to changing
the reference to the Acting Secretary of the Interior.
5:15:06 PM
MR. VAN HORN responded he could see no problem with making that
change.
CHAIR GARY STEVENS called an at-ease from 5:15:29 PM to 5:18:11
PM.
Senator Ben Stevens joined the meeting.
SENATOR ELTON motioned to amend the resolution on page 2, line
21 to read "the Acting United States Secretary of the Interior;"
and delete the name "Gale Norton,".
There being no objection Amendment 1 passed.
Senator Wagoner motioned to report SCS CSHJR 14(UOV) from
committee with individual recommendations and attached fiscal
note(s). There being no objection, the motion carried.
There being no further business to come before the committee,
Chair Gary Stevens adjourned the meeting at 5:20:24 PM.
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