ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE  SENATE RESOURCES STANDING COMMITTEE  April 19, 2009 11:21 a.m. MEMBERS PRESENT Senator Lesil McGuire, Co-Chair Senator Bill Wielechowski, Co-Chair Senator Hollis French Senator Gary Stevens MEMBERS ABSENT  Senator Charlie Huggins, Vice Chair Senator Bert Stedman Senator Thomas Wagoner COMMITTEE CALENDAR  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 14(STA) "An Act designating the Alaskan Malamute as the official state dog." MOVED CSSB 14(STA) OUT OF COMMITTEE CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 27(RES) Relating to sovereign powers of the state. MOVED SCS CSHJR 27(2D RES) OUT OF COMMITTEE PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION  BILL: HB 14 SHORT TITLE: ALASKAN MALAMUTE AS STATE DOG SPONSOR(s): REPRESENTATIVE(s) GARDNER 01/20/09 (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS 01/20/09 (H) STA 01/20/09 (H) PREFILE RELEASED 1/9/09 02/26/09 (H) STA AT 8:00 AM CAPITOL 106 02/26/09 (H) Moved CSHB 14(STA) Out of Committee 02/26/09 (H) MINUTE(STA) 02/27/09 (H) STA RPT CS(STA) 4DP 2NR 1AM 02/27/09 (H) AM: GATTO 02/27/09 (H) DP: SEATON, GRUENBERG, WILSON, PETERSEN 02/27/09 (H) NR: JOHNSON, LYNN 04/07/09 (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) 04/07/09 (H) VERSION: CSHB 14(STA) 04/08/09 (S) STA, RES 04/08/09 (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS 04/14/09 (S) STA RPT 4NR 04/14/09 (S) NR: MENARD, FRENCH, PASKVAN, KOOKESH 04/14/09 (S) STA AT 9:00 AM BELTZ 211 04/14/09 (S) Moved CSHB 14(STA) Out of Committee 04/14/09 (S) MINUTE(STA) 04/15/09 (S) RES AT 3:30 PM BUTROVICH 205 04/15/09 (S) Heard & Held 04/15/09 (S) MINUTE(RES) BILL: HJR 27 SHORT TITLE: STATE SOVEREIGNTY SPONSOR(s): REPRESENTATIVE(s) KELLY 03/19/09 (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS 03/19/09 (H) RES 03/30/09 (H) RES AT 1:00 PM BARNES 124 03/30/09 (H) Moved CSHJR 27(RES) Out of Committee 03/30/09 (H) MINUTE(RES) 04/01/09 (H) DP: OLSON, SEATON, WILSON, JOHNSON, NEUMAN 04/01/09 (H) RES RPT CS(RES) 5DP AM2 04/01/09 (H) AM: GUTTENBERG, TUCK 04/06/09 (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) 04/06/09 (H) VERSION: CSHJR 27(RES) 04/07/09 (S) RES 04/07/09 (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS 04/15/09 (S) RES AT 3:30 PM BUTROVICH 205 04/15/09 (S) Heard & Held 04/15/09 (S) MINUTE(RES) 04/17/09 (S) RES AT 3:30 PM BUTROVICH 205 04/17/09 (S) Moved SCS CSHJR 27RES) Out of Committee 04/17/09 (S) MINUTE(RES) 04/18/09 (S) RES RPT SCS 3DP 3NR SAME TITLE 04/18/09 (S) RETURNED TO RES COMMITTEE 04/18/09 (S) DP: MCGUIRE, WAGONER, HUGGINS 04/18/09 (S) NR: WIELECHOWSKI, FRENCH, STEVENS WITNESS REGISTER DEREK MILLER Staff to Representative Kelly Alaska State Legislature Juneau, AK POSITION STATEMENT: Commented on HJR 27 for the sponsor. ACTION NARRATIVE 11:21:33 AM CO-CHAIR LESIL MCGUIRE called the Senate Resources Standing Committee meeting to order at 11:21 a.m. Present at the call to order were Senators Stevens, Wielechowski, French and McGuire. HB 14 ALASKAN MALAMUTE AS STATE DOG  11:22:11 AM CO-CHAIR MCGUIRE announced HB 14 to be up for consideration. [CSHB 14(STA) was before the committee.] She explained that the idea of having an official state dog has been around for a long time. She thought having the Alaska Malamute as the official state dog and to have the Alaskan Husky as Alaska's official sled dog. She asked for other ideas on that point. CO-CHAIR WIELECHOWSKI, hearing no other ideas, moved to report HB 14 from committee with individual recommendations and attached fiscal note(s). There being no objection, CSHB 14(STA) moved from committee. HJR 27-STATE SOVEREIGNTY 11:23:48 AM CO-CHAIR MCGUIRE announced HJR 27 to be up for consideration. [SCS CSHB(RES), 26-LS0760\E had been moved from committee on 4/17/09.] CO-CHAIR WIELECHOWSKI moved to adopt Senate CS for CSHJR 27, 26- LS0760\S as the working document. There being no objection, version S was before the committee. CO-CHAIR MCGUIRE asked him to explain the changes that were made. DEREK MILLER, staff to Representative Kelly, sponsor of HJR 27, explained the SCS deleted a "whereas clause" from the previous version in reference to the federal government being an agent of the states. The sponsor supports this compromise, he said. 11:24:35 AM CO-CHAIR WIELECHOWSKI asked if SENATOR FRENCH had reviewed the SCS. SENATOR FRENCH replied yes, and he found that his concerns were addressed. 11:25:11 AM CO-CHAIR WIELECHOWSKI moved to report [SCS for] CS for HJR 27 from committee with individual recommendations and attached fiscal note(s). There being no objection, SCS CSHJR 27(2D RES), 26-LS0760\S, moved from committee. 11:25:34 AM There being no further business to come before the committee, Co-Chair McGuire adjourned the meeting at 11:25 a.m.