04/18/2015 10:00 AM Senate STATE AFFAIRS

               HJR 22-STEWART-HYDER BORDER HOURS                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
12:51:59 PM                                                                                                                   
CHAIR STOLTZE announced the consideration of HJR 22.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  DAN ORTIZ,  Alaska State  Legislature, sponsor  of                                                              
HJR 22, reminded  the committee that this resolution  calls on the                                                              
Canadian Border  Services Agency (CBSA) to restore  24-hour access                                                              
between  the   border  of  Hyder,   Alaska  and   Stewart  British                                                              
Columbia, Canada.  About 87  people reside in  Hyder and  the only                                                              
road in and out  of the community crosses the border.  On April 1,                                                              
2015 CBSA  closed the border between  midnight and 8 am,  which is                                                              
inconvenient  for  Hyder residents  and  very problematic  in  the                                                              
event of an emergency.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  STOLTZE found  no questions  or testimony  and solicited  a                                                              
motion.                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
12:54:00 PM                                                                                                                   
SENATOR WIELECHOWSKI  moved to report  HJR 22 from  committee with                                                              
individual recommendations and zero fiscal note.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  STOLTZE  announced  that   without  objection,  HJR  22  is                                                              
reported from the Senate State Affairs Standing Committee.