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HB 130                                                                                            
The Finance Committee has considered:                                                               
                                                                                                    

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     HOUSE BILL NO. 130                                                                             
     "An Act granting certain state land to the University of Alaska and                            
     establishing the university research forest; and providing for an                              
     effective date."                                                                               
                                                                                                    
and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                 
                                                                                                    
     CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 130(FIN)                                                                 
     "An Act relating to the grant of certain state land to the University                          
     of Alaska; relating to the duties of the Board of Regents;                                     
     establishing the university research forest; and providing for an                              
     effective date."                                                                               
                                                                                                    
The report was signed by Representatives Meyer and Chenault, Co-                                    
chairs, with the following individual recommendations:                                              
                                                                                                    
Do pass (4):  Hawker, Weyhrauch, Kelly, Foster                                                      
                                                                                                    
No recommendation (5):  Holm, Stoltze, Moses, Meyer, Chenault                                       
                                                                                                    
A Finance Committee letter of intent for CSHB 130(FIN), signed by                                   
Representatives Meyer and Chenault, Co-chairs, follows:                                             
                                                                                                    
"It is the intent of the 24th Alaska State Legislature that the University                          
of Alaska maintain its role in the state as an academically strong and                              
financially secure state university system in order to remain a                                     
cornerstone of the long-term development of a stable population and                                 
contribute to a healthy, diverse economy in the state.                                              
                                                                                                    
The State of Alaska and the University of Alaska have identified                                    
particular lands to be conveyed to the Board of Regents in trust for the                            
University of Alaska. The 24th Alaska State Legislature intends that                                
the Board of Regents of the University of Alaska receive land in trust                              
for the University of Alaska under the provisions in House Bill 130 in                              
an expeditious manner; and encourage the development of in-state                                    
value-added industries to the extent economically feasible and                                      
practicable when it develops the land conveyed.                                                     
                                                                                                    
The University has agreed that land conveyed at Cold Foot Node will                                 
not be used for the purposes of establishing businesses that would                                  

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compete with an existing business that has entered into a long-term                                 
lease with the Department of Natural Resources.  It is the intent of the                            
Legislature to approve that arrangement between those parties and the                               
University.                                                                                         
                                                                                                    
Further, it is the intent of the Legislature that the University of Alaska                          
uses the land for development purposes that contribute to the                                       
economic diversification and vitality of Alaska. The University may                                 
not convey the land to a not-for-profit corporation or to an entity that                            
intends to set the land aside in trust for conservation purposes or non-                            
economically productive uses."                                                                      
                                                                                                    
The following fiscal note(s) apply to CSHB 130(FIN):                                                
                                                                                                    
1.  Zero, Dept. of Fish & Game                                                                      
2.  Fiscal, Dept. of Law                                                                            
3.  Fiscal, Dept. of Natural Resources                                                              
4.  Fiscal, University of Alaska                                                                    
                                                                                                    
HB 130 was referred to the Rules Committee for placement on the                                     
calendar.