04/18/1997 09:13 AM Senate FIN

       SB  9    CAPITAL  PROJECT  MATCHING  GRANT  FOR  INDIAN                 
       RESERVATION                                                             
                                                                               
                                                                               
       SENATOR  MACKIE   testified  on  behalf  of  the  bill.                 
       SENATOR ADAMS MOVED SB 9 from committee with individual                 
       recommendations.  Without objection,  SB 9 was REPORTED                 
       OUT with previous zero fiscal notes from the Department                 
       of Administration  and the Department of  Community and                 
       Regional Affairs.                                                       
                                                                               
  SB 9  CAPITAL PROJECT MATCHING GRANT FOR INDIAN RESERVATION                  
                                                                               
  SENATOR JERRY MACKIE,  Sponsor, testified  on behalf of  the                 
  bill.    He noted  that a  similar  bill almost  passed last                 
  session.  He explained that it clarified language to include                 
  Metlakatla  in  the  Capital  Matching  Grants  program  and                 
  clarified  the  intent of  the  act.   He  pointed  out that                 
  Metlakatla  also  qualified  for   Unincorporated  Community                 
  grants  and the bill corrects  that by excluding the village                 
  from that program.  He addressed the question of whether the                 
  bill  would  include  other municipalities  organized  under                 
  federal law as  an Indian  Reserve by stating  that it  only                 
  applied to  Metlakatla.   He cited  a  letter from  Attorney                 
  General Bruce Botelho in support of the statement.                           
                                                                               
  SENATOR ADAMS brought up the  village of Venetie, commenting                 
  that  it  should apply.    SENATOR  MACKIE  referred to  the                 
                                                                               
                                                                               
  Attorney  General's   letter  in   response,  stating   that                 
  Metlakatla was the only Indian Reservation recognized.                       
                                                                               
  SENATOR  ADAMS  MOVED SB  9  from committee  with individual                 
  recommendations.  Without  objection, SB 9 was  REPORTED OUT                 
  with  previous  zero  fiscal notes  from  the  Department of                 
  Administration and the Department of  Community and Regional                 
  Affairs.