05/08/1997 03:43 PM Senate RES

                                                                               
      CSHB 109(FIN) MANAGEMENT OF STATE LAND AND RESOURCES                     
                                                                               
CHAIRMAN HALFORD brought CSHB 109(FIN) before the committee as the             
final order of business.   However, because the draft Resources SCS            
was not back from the drafter, he stated the committee would stand             
in recess until it was available.                                              
                                                                               
CHAIRMAN HALFORD recessed the Senate Resources Committee at 4:00               
p.m., and called it back to order at 6:12 p.m.  He then asked Mr.              
Luckhaupt to review the changes made to the Resources SCS after                
going through the bill section by section the previous day.                    
                                                                               
JERRY LUCKHAUPT, Legal Counsel, Legislative Affairs Agency,                    
outlined the following changes.                                                
                                                                               
Section 7.  The "staking and lease" language was reinserted.                   
                                                                               
Section 8.  It is a new section that allows the use of site                    
specific land use plans when a regional land use plan is not being             
completed.                                                                     
                                                                               
Section 14.  The interest rate was changed from four percent to                
three percent.                                                                 
                                                                               
Section 21.  Removal of a below-ground tank was changed from 30                
days to 60 day after termination of a lease.                                   
                                                                               
Section 23.  In subsection (a) the language "in areas of the state             
with dispersed populations if the land is classified for that                  
purpose under the procedures required by AS 38.05.300 and                      
38.05.945" was deleted out of the first sentence.                              
                                                                               
Section 33.  The fee for a homestead entry permit if the entry is              
on land not classified agricultural was changed from $20 per acre              
to $10 per acre.                                                               
                                                                               
Section 35.  It is a conforming change because AS 38.09.050(a)(3)              
is being repealed.                                                             
                                                                               
Section 40.  The citation of AS 38.05.056 was changed to AS                    
38.05.856.  Language was also changed on lines 22 and 23 to address            
a concern relating to people that had permits and they hadn't been             
acted on by the department.                                                    
                                                                               
After the review of the changes, CHAIRMAN HALFORD requested a                  
motion to adopt the Resources SCS.                                             
                                                                               
SENATOR LEMAN moved the adoption of SCS CSHB 109(RES) dated 5/8/97.            
Hearing no objection, it was so ordered.                                       
                                                                               
SENATOR GREEN moved SCS CSHB 109(RES) and the accompanying fiscal              
note be passed out of committee with individual recommendations.               
Hearing no objection, it was so ordered.