SENATE STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE  May 13, 1995 11:10 a.m. MEMBERS PRESENT Senator Bert Sharp, Chairman Senator Randy Phillips, Vice-Chairman Senator Loren Leman MEMBERS ABSENT Senator Jim Duncan Senator Dave Donley COMMITTEE CALENDAR CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 48(RES) Requesting that the Federal Subsistence Board not adopt the proposed subsistence moose hunting regulations for the Kenai Peninsula, and refrain, until January 1, 1997, from adopting federal regulations that would grant subsistence preferences for fish or game or changing any customary and traditional use determinations. PREVIOUS SENATE COMMITTEE ACTION HJR 48 - No previous senate committee action. WITNESS REGISTER Representative Mike Navarre State Capitol, Juneau, Alaska, 99801-1182¶465-3779 POSITION STATEMENT: prime sponsor of HJR 48 Eddie Grasser, Alaska Outdoor Council P.O. Box 2193, Palmer, AK 99645¶745-3772 POSITION STATEMENT: testified on HJR 48 ACTION NARRATIVE SSTA - 5/13/95 HJR 48 KENAI PENINSULA SUBSISTENCE PROPOSAL TAPE 95-24, SIDE A Number 001 CHAIRMAN SHARP calls the Senate State Affairs Committee to order at 11:10 and brings up HJR 48 as the first order of business before the committee. The chairman calls the first witness. REPRESENTATIVE MIKE NAVARRE, prime sponsor of HJR 48, states HJR 48 asks the Federal Subsistence Board to refrain from adopting any federal subsistence regulations that would grant subsistence preferences or change any of the customary and traditional use determinations without concurrence from the Commissioner of the Department of Fish & Game until January 1, 1997. The reasoning for this is to try to provide for a cooling-off period and an opportunity for the new administration, our congressional delegation, the legislature, and the citizens of the state to try to find a consensus for resolving the subsistence issue. Another purpose is to address the subsistence moose hunt proposed for the Kenai Peninsula. Number 068 EDDIE GRASSER, Alaska Outdoor Council, states the AOC supports HJR 48. The resolution would address a statewide issue. He thinks the methods the Federal Subsistence Board uses for determining customary and traditional use leaves a lot to be desired, as compared to the state system. The AOC also looks at HJR 48 as part of a package to resolve the subsistence issue. Number 092 SENATOR RANDY PHILLIPS makes a motion to discharge HJR 48 from the Senate State Affairs Committee with individual recommendations. CHAIRMAN SHARP, hearing no objection, orders HJR 48 released from committee with individual recommendations. CHAIRMAN SHARP adjourns the Senate State Affairs Committee meeting at 11:15 a.m.