ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                   
                      SENATE RULES COMMITTEE                                                                                  
                          March 16, 2001                                                                                        
                            11:25 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                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL NO. 119                                                                                      
"An Act naming the William R. Wood Fairbanks International Airport;                                                             
and providing for an effective date."                                                                                           
     APPROVED FOR CALENDARING                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
SENATE BILL NO. 93                                                                                                              
"An Act relating to the Arctic Winter Games Team Alaska trust; and                                                              
providing for an effective date."                                                                                               
     APPROVED FOR CALENDARING                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CS FOR HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 6(HES) am                                                                                
Requesting the Governor to declare March 18 - 24, 2001, to be                                                                   
Inhalants and Poisons Awareness Week and August 26 - September 1,                                                               
2001, to be Inhalant Awareness Week.                                                                                            
     APPROVED FOR CALENDARING                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
SB 119 - See Transportation minutes dated 3/13/01.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
SB 93 - See State Affairs minutes dated 2/20/01 and Finance Report                                                              
dated 3/14/01.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
HCR 6 - See State Affairs minutes dated 3/15/01.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
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CHAIRWOMAN DRUE PEARCE  called the Senate Rules Committee meeting to                                                          
order  at 11:25 a.m.  Present  were Senators  Phillips, Therriault,                                                             
Ellis and Pearce.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR PHILLIPS  moved to calendar SB  93-ARCTIC  WINTER GAMES TEAM                                                        
ALASKA TRUST.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  ELLIS  objected  and  asked if  the  original  fiscal  note                                                            
applies to this bill.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRWOMAN PEARCE answered  that SB 93 is not an appropriations bill                                                            
and explained  that capitalization  will occur  at some future  date                                                            
after the trust is set up.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR ELLIS removed his objection.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRWOMAN PEARCE announced  that, without objection, SB 93 would be                                                            
calendared.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  THERRIAULT  moved   to calendar   SB  119-WILLIAM  R.  WOOD                                                        
FAIRBANKS  INTL  AIRPORT.   There  being  no objection,  the  motion                                                        
carried.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRWOMAN   PEARCE  noted  that   because  Inhalants  and   Poisons                                                            
Awareness Week will begin March 18, it will be calendared today.                                                                
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR THERRIAULT  moved to calendar CSHCR  6(HES)am-INHALANTS  AND                                                        
POISONS  AWARENESS  WEEKS.   There being  no objection,  the  motion                                                        
carried.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
There being no further business to come before the committee,                                                                   
CHAIRWOMAN PEARCE adjourned the meeting.