02/19/2002 01:37 PM House TRA

HB 369-NAMING BONDSTEEL BRIDGE OF HONOR                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRMAN KOHRING  said the next  matter before the  committee was                                                               
HOUSE BILL  NO. 369,  "An Act naming  bridge number  1121, across                                                               
the Knik  River, the  Sergeant James  Bondsteel Bridge  of Honor;                                                               
and providing for an effective date."   He said that the bill has                                                               
been brought by request of the governor.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
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LADDIE SHAW,  Director, Veterans Affairs, Department  of Military                                                               
&  Veterans Affairs  (DMVA), testified  via  teleconference.   He                                                               
said  the department  appreciates the  bill.   He said  there are                                                               
about 68,000  veterans in the state,  and that it is  nice to see                                                               
there is  legislation honoring veterans.   He told  the committee                                                               
that the department would like to  see the bridge named after Mr.                                                               
Bondsteel.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
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REPRESENTATIVE MASEK  thanked Laddie Shaw, Carol  Carrol, General                                                               
Oates [all  of the DMVA], and  the governor for putting  the bill                                                               
forward.   She said it  would be a great  thing for the  state to                                                               
honor Mr. Bondsteel  since he was a Congressional  Medal of Honor                                                               
winner.   She said it was  a well-deserved request, and  that she                                                               
was putting her whole support behind its passage.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
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REPRESENTATIVE MASEK made a motion  to move HB 369 from committee                                                               
with  individual  recommendations  and  zero  fiscal  notes  with                                                               
unanimous consent.   There being no objections, HB  369 was moved                                                               
out of the House Transportation Standing Committee.