05/18/2003 01:03 PM Senate FIN

                                                                                                                                
     CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 27(STA)                                                                                  
     Relating to support for a federal appropriation for expansion                                                              
     of the Anchorage Jail.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
This was  the first  hearing for  this bill  in the Senate  Finance                                                             
Committee.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Wilken stated that this bill "encourages the United States                                                             
Congress to appropriate $30 million  for a 200-bed expansion at the                                                             
Anchorage Jail to house additional federal prisoners."                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
LORALI CARTER,  Staff to  Representative Kevin  Meyer testified  to                                                             
reiterate Co-Chair Wilken's explanation of the bill.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Green  offered a  motion to move  the bill from  Committee                                                             
with individual recommendations and accompanying fiscal note.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
There was  no objection and  CS HJR 27  (STA) MOVED from  Committee                                                             
with zero fiscal note # 1 from the Department of Corrections.