00                   HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 21                                                                   
01 Relating to conserving energy resources and reducing the state's energy costs by                                        
02 contacting organizations that represent state employees to determine if the organizations                               
03 will agree to the exchange of an established annual paid state holiday for a new annual                                 
04 paid state holiday on the day after Thanksgiving Day, thereby allowing certain state-                                   
05 owned or state-leased buildings to be closed for a period of four consecutive days; and                                 
06 requesting the adoption of heating and electricity conservation measures for use when                                   
07 certain state-owned or state-leased buildings are closed.                                                               
08 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
09       WHEREAS the availability of fuel and other energy resources is vital to the people of                           
10 Alaska; and                                                                                                             
11       WHEREAS increasing efficiency in the use of fuel and other energy resources                                     
12 conserves the availability of those resources; and                                                                      
13       WHEREAS reducing the amount of heat and electricity used on state holidays to                                   
14 operate buildings owned or leased by the state increases efficiency in the use of energy                                

01 resources; and                                                                                                          
02       WHEREAS establishing a paid state holiday on the day after Thanksgiving Day                                     
03 would allow the state to close certain state-owned or state-leased buildings for a period of four                       
04 consecutive days; and                                                                                                   
05       WHEREAS closing certain state-owned or state-leased buildings for a period of four                              
06 consecutive days would conserve energy resources and save the state money on heating and                                
07 electrical costs; and                                                                                                   
08       WHEREAS many private sector and government employers annually grant                                             
09 employees paid leave from work on the day after Thanksgiving Day, and many private sector                               
10 and government employees take paid leave from work on that day;                                                         
11       BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature respectfully requests that the                                 
12 Governor ask each organization that represents state employees to exchange one paid annual                              
13 state holiday established by contract, other than the last Thursday of each November, for the                           
14 contractual right to a new paid annual state holiday on the day after Thanksgiving Day; and be                          
15 it                                                                                                                      
16       FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature respectfully requests the                                    
17 Governor to develop and implement heating and electricity conservation measures for use                                 
18 when certain state-owned or state-leased buildings are closed.